The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 28193.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
28193 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 2819, manufacture of other general-purpose machinery, 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 281Class 2819Sub-class 28193
Manufacture of fire extinguishers and other equipment for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders whether or not hand-operated, including sand blasting machines, stream cleaning machines etc.
Sub-class 28193 · Class 2819 · Group 281 · 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.
281935 digits: 28 + 1 + 9 + 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 28193. 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 general purpose machinery.
Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of fire extinguishers and other equipment for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders whether or not hand-operated, including sand blasting machines, stream cleaning machines etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
28193 is a sub-class of class 2819, manufacture of other general-purpose machinery. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of sensitive (laboratory-type) balances, see 2651
- - manufacture of domestic refrigerating or freezing equipment, see 2750
- - manufacture of domestic fans, see 2750
- - manufacture of electrical welding and soldering equipment, see 2790
- - manufacture of agricultural spraying machinery, see 2821
- - manufacture of metal or glass rolling machinery and cylinders thereof, see 2823, 2829
- - manufacture of agricultural dryers, machinery for filtering or purifying food, see 2825
- - manufacture of cream separators, see 2825
- - manufacture of commercial clothes dryers, see 2826
- - manufacture of textile printing machinery, see 2826
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 28193 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 28193.
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
28193 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 2819. Each has its own page with the official wording.
28194Class 2819 · another sub-class of the same class28195Class 2819 · another sub-class of the same class28199Class 2819 · another sub-class of the same class28191Class 2819 · another sub-class of the same class28192Class 2819 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2819 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 28193.
Questions
Manufacture of fire extinguishers and other equipment for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders whether or not hand-operated, including sand blasting machines, stream cleaning machines etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2819, manufacture of other general-purpose machinery.
Class 2819, manufacture of other general-purpose machinery, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 28193, they are: 28194 (Manufacture of weighing machinery (other than sensitive laboratory balances)); 28195 (Manufacture of filtering and purifying machinery or apparatus for liquids and gases); 28199 (Manufacture of other general purpose machinery n.e.c. ( fans intended for industrial applications, exhaust hoods for commercial, laboratory or industrial use; calendering or other rolling machines other than for metals or glass; gaskets and similar joints made of a combination of materials or layers of the same material and other general purpose machinery including manufacture of parts and accessories for general purpose machinery and equipment.)); 28191 (Manufacture of refrigerating or freezing equipment for industrial use, including assemblies of major components); 28192 (Manufacture of air-conditioning machines, including motor vehicles air- conditioners).
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 2819, 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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