The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 26201.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
26201 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 2620, manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment, within division 26, manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 26Group 262Class 2620Sub-class 26201
Manufacture of desktop computers, laptop computers, hand-held computers (e.g. PDA), mainframe computers and computer servers
Sub-class 26201 · Class 2620 · Group 262 · Division 26 · 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.
262015 digits: 26 + 2 + 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 26201. 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 26 covers manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment.
Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of desktop computers, laptop computers, hand-held computers (e.g. PDA), mainframe computers and computer servers. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
26201 is a sub-class of class 2620, manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - reproduction of recorded media (computer media, sound, video, etc.), see 1820
- - manufacture of electronic components and electronic assemblies used in computers and peripherals, see 2610
- - manufacture of internal/external computer modems, see 2610
- - manufacture of interface cards, modules and assemblies, see 2610
- - manufacture of modems, carrier equipment, see 2630
- - manufacture of digital communication switches, data communications equipment (e.g. bridges, routers, gateways), see 2630
- - manufacture of consumer electronic devices, such as CD players and DVD players, see 2640
- - manufacture of television monitors and displays, see 2640
- - manufacture of video game consoles, see 2640
- - manufacture of blank optical and magnetic media for use with computers or other devices, see 2680
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 26201 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 26201.
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
26201 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 2620. Each has its own page with the official wording.
26203Class 2620 · another sub-class of the same class26204Class 2620 · another sub-class of the same class26205Class 2620 · another sub-class of the same class26209Class 2620 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2620 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 26201. 4 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of desktop computers, laptop computers, hand-held computers (e.g. PDA), mainframe computers and computer servers, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2620, manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment.
Class 2620, manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 26201, those with a page here are: 26203 (Manufacture of monitors, keyboards, all types of mice, joysticks, and trackball accessories, dedicated computer terminals etc.); 26204 (Manufacture of printers, scanners, including bar code scanners, smart card readers, virtual reality helmets, computer projectors (video beamers)); 26205 (Manufacture of computer terminals, like automatic teller machines (ATM’s), point-of-sale (POS) terminals not mechanically operated); 26209 (Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment 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 2620, 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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