The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of electroplating machinery, that activity is 28222.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
28222 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of electroplating machinery: a sub-class of class 2822, manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools, within division 28, manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 28Group 282Class 2822Sub-class 28222
Manufacture of electroplating machinery
Sub-class 28222 · Class 2822 · Group 282 · Division 28 · 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.
282225 digits: 28 + 2 + 2 + 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 28222. 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 28 covers manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of special-purpose machinery.
Manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of electroplating machinery. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
28222 is a sub-class of class 2822, manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of interchangeable tools for hand tools or machine tools (drills, punches, dies, taps, milling cutters, turning tools, saw blades, cutting knives etc.), see 2593
- - manufacture of electric hand held soldering irons and soldering guns, see 2790
- - manufacture of power-driven hand tools, see 2818
- - manufacture of machinery used in metal mills or foundries, see 2823
- - manufacture of machinery for mining and quarrying, see 2824
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 28222 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of electroplating machinery, that activity is 28222.
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
28222 is for manufacture of electroplating machinery. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2822. Each has its own page with the official wording.
28223Class 2822 · another sub-class of the same class28229Class 2822 · another sub-class of the same class28221Class 2822 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2822 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 28222.
Questions
Manufacture of electroplating machinery, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2822, manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools.
Class 2822, manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 28222, they are: 28223 (Manufacture of parts and accessories for the machine tools listed above); 28229 (Manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools n.e.c); 28221 (Manufacture of machine tools for turning, drilling, milling, shaping, planning, boring, grinding etc.).
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 2822, 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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