The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 20229.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
20229 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 2022, manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics, within division 20, manufacture of chemicals and chemical products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 20Group 202Class 2022Sub-class 20229
Manufacture of caulking compounds and similar non-refractory filling or surfacing preparations, mastics, prepared paint or varnish removers, organic composite solvents and thinners and other related products n.e.c.
Sub-class 20229 · Class 2022 · Group 202 · Division 20 · 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.
202295 digits: 20 + 2 + 2 + 9NIC 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 20229. 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 20 covers manufacture of chemicals and chemical products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of other chemical products.
Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of caulking compounds and similar non-refractory filling or surfacing preparations, mastics, prepared paint or varnish removers, organic composite solvents and thinners and other related products n.e.c. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
20229 is a sub-class of class 2022, manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of dyestuffs and pigments, see 2011
- - manufacture of writing and drawing ink, see 2029
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 20229 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 20229.
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
20229 is for the activity named at the top of this page. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2022 and other classes in group 202. Each has its own page with the official wording.
20221Class 2022 · another sub-class of the same class20222Class 2022 · another sub-class of the same class20223Class 2022 · another sub-class of the same class20224Class 2022 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2022 has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 20229.
These belong to other classes in group 202, manufacture of other chemical products. 20229 itself is in class 2022. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Manufacture of caulking compounds and similar non-refractory filling or surfacing preparations, mastics, prepared paint or varnish removers, organic composite solvents and thinners and other related products n.e.c., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2022, manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics.
Class 2022, manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics, has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 20229, they are: 20221 (Manufacture of paints and varnishes, enamels or lacquers); 20222 (Manufacture of prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and glazes engobes and similar preparations of a kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry); 20223 (Manufacture of printing ink); 20224 (Manufacture of prepared pigments and other colouring matter of a kind used in the manufacture of paints or by artists or other painters).
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 2022, 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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