The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of cattle feed, that activity is 10801.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
10801 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of cattle feed: a sub-class of class 1080, manufacture of prepared animal feeds, within division 10, manufacture of food products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 10Group 108Class 1080Sub-class 10801
Manufacture of cattle feed
Sub-class 10801 · Class 1080 · Group 108 · Division 10 · Section C, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
108015 digits: 10 + 8 + 0 + 1NIC 2025 · Notice dated 16 October 2026
On 18 November 2025 the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released NIC 2025, which uses 6-digit codes aligned with the UN's ISIC Revision 5. This page shows the NIC 2008 code 10801. The matching NIC 2025 code will be added here once it is mapped from MoSPI's official concordance.
How to read it
An NIC code is built in layers. Each digit narrows the one before it: the division, the group, the class, and finally the 5-digit sub-class. Divisions themselves are grouped under lettered sections.
The broadest numbered layer. Division 10 covers manufacture of food products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of prepared animal feeds.
Manufacture of prepared animal feeds. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of cattle feed. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
10801 is a sub-class of class 1080, manufacture of prepared animal feeds. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - production of fishmeal for animal feed, see 1020
- - production of oilseed cake, see 1040
- - activities resulting in by-products usable as animal feed without special treatment, e.g. oilseeds (see 1040), grain milling residues (see 1061) etc.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 10801 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of cattle feed, that activity is 10801.
The company incorporation form asks for the main industrial activity of the proposed company by NIC code.
Not GST. GST registration does not use NIC codes; goods and services there are classified by HSN and SAC codes.
Choosing the right code
10801 is for manufacture of cattle feed. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1080. Each has its own page with the official wording.
10802Class 1080 · another sub-class of the same class10803Class 1080 · another sub-class of the same class10809Class 1080 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1080 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 10801.
Questions
Manufacture of cattle feed, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1080, manufacture of prepared animal feeds.
Class 1080, manufacture of prepared animal feeds, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 10801, they are: 10802 (Manufacture of poultry feed); 10803 (Manufacture of prepared feeds for pets, including dogs, cats, birds, fish etc.); 10809 (Manufacture of other animal feeds n.e.c.).
In Udyam Registration, which asks for the business activity by NIC code, and in the SPICe+ company incorporation form, which asks for the main industrial activity by NIC code. GST registration does not use NIC codes.
About this page
The section, division, group, class and sub-class on this page, and the explanatory note for class 1080, are taken word for word from the official document “National Industrial Classification (All Economic Activities) 2008”, Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
This is reference information on the classification of a business activity. It is not advice on which code your own business should declare, and the official NIC document prevails if the two ever differ. A change in the classification, including the MoSPI concordance to NIC 2025, re-opens this page for checking.
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