The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors), that activity is 27103.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
27103 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors): a sub-class of class 2710, manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus, 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 271Class 2710Sub-class 27103
Manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors)
Sub-class 27103 · Class 2710 · Group 271 · 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.
271035 digits: 27 + 1 + 0 + 3NIC 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 27103. 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 motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus.
Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
27103 is a sub-class of class 2710, manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the manufacture of power, distribution, and specialty transformers; electric motors, generators and motor generator sets; switchgear and switchboard apparatus; relays and industrial controls. The electrical equipment in this class is for distribution level voltages.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of electronic component-type transformers and switches, see 2610
- - manufacture of environmental controls and industrial process control instruments, see 2651
- - manufacture of switches for electrical circuits, such as pushbutton and snap switches, see 2733
- - manufacture of electric welding and soldering equipment, see 2790
- - manufacture of solid state inverters, rectifiers and converters, see 2790
- - manufacture of turbine-generator sets, see 2811
- - manufacture of starting motors and generators for internal combustion engines, see 2930
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 27103 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors), that activity is 27103.
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
27103 is for manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors). The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2710. Each has its own page with the official wording.
27104Class 2710 · another sub-class of the same class27101Class 2710 · another sub-class of the same class27102Class 2710 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2710 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 27103.
Questions
Manufacture of electric motors (except internal combustion engine starting motors), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2710, manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus.
Class 2710, manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 27103, they are: 27104 (Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus (electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits (e.g. switches, fuses, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, junction boxes etc.) for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts; similar apparatus (including relays, sockets etc.) for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts; boards, panels, consoles, cabinets and other bases equipped with two or more of the above apparatus for electricity control or distribution of electricity including power capacitors.)); 27101 (Manufacture of power generators (except battery charging alternators for internal combustion engines), motor generator sets (except turbine generator set units)); 27102 (Manufacture of electric power distribution transformers, arc-welding transformers, fluorescent ballasts, transmission and distribution voltage regulators).
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 2710, 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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