The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of containers such as tins and cans for food products and boxes, that activity is 25992.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
25992 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of containers such as tins and cans for food products and boxes: a sub-class of class 2599, manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c., within division 25, manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 25Group 259Class 2599Sub-class 25992
Manufacture of containers such as tins and cans for food products and boxes
Sub-class 25992 · Class 2599 · Group 259 · Division 25 · 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.
259925 digits: 25 + 9 + 9 + 2NIC 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 25992. 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 25 covers manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products; metalworking service activities.
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of containers such as tins and cans for food products and boxes. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
25992 is a sub-class of class 2599, manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of tanks and reservoirs, see 2512
- - manufacture of swords, bayonets, see 2593
- - manufacture of clock or watch springs, see 2652
- - manufacture of wire and cable for electricity transmission, see 2732
- - manufacture of power transmission chain, see 2814
- - manufacture of shopping carts, see 3099
- - manufacture of metal furniture, see 3100
- - manufacture of sports goods, see 3230
- - manufacture of games and toys, see 3240
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 25992 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of containers such as tins and cans for food products and boxes, that activity is 25992.
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
25992 is for manufacture of containers such as tins and cans for food products and boxes. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2599. Each has its own page with the official wording.
25993Class 2599 · another sub-class of the same class25994Class 2599 · another sub-class of the same class25995Class 2599 · another sub-class of the same class25996Class 2599 · another sub-class of the same class25999Class 2599 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2599 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 25992. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of containers such as tins and cans for food products and boxes, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2599, manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.
Class 2599, manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c., has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 25992, those with a page here are: 25993 (Manufacture of metal cable and other articles made of wire (except for electric transmission)); 25994 (Manufacture of metal household articles (plates, saucers, pots, kettles, saucepans, frying pans and other non-electrical utensils, small hand-operated kitchen appliances and accessories)); 25995 (Manufacture of metal sanitaryware such as baths, sinks, washbasins and similar articles); 25996 (Manufacture of reinforced safes, vaults, strongroom doors, gates and metal goods for office use (other than office furniture) and other purposes); 25999 (Manufacture of other fabricated metal products 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 2599, 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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