The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of electric lighting equipment, that activity is 27400.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
27400 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of electric lighting equipment: a sub-class of class 2740, manufacture of electric lighting equipment, within division 27, manufacture of electrical equipment. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 27Group 274Class 2740Sub-class 27400
Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
Sub-class 27400 · Class 2740 · Group 274 · Division 27 · 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.
274005 digits: 27 + 4 + 0 + 0NIC 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 27400. 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 27 covers manufacture of electrical equipment. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of electric lighting equipment.
Manufacture of electric lighting equipment. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of electric lighting equipment. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
27400 is a sub-class of class 2740, manufacture of electric lighting equipment. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes manufacture of electric light bulbs and tubes, and parts and components (except glass blanks for electric light bulbs); electric lighting fixture components (except current-carrying wiring devices). Non-electrical lighting equipment is also included in this class
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of glassware and glass parts for lighting fixtures, see 2310
- - manufacture of current-carrying wiring devices for lighting fixtures, see 2733
- - manufacture of ceiling fans or bath fans with integrated lighting fixtures, see 2750
- - manufacture of electrical signalling equipment such as traffic lights and pedestrian signalling equipment, see 2790
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 27400 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of electric lighting equipment, that activity is 27400.
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.
Questions
Manufacture of electric lighting equipment, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2740, manufacture of electric lighting equipment.
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 2740, 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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