The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of other floor coverings n.e.c., that activity is 13939.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13939 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of other floor coverings n.e.c.: a sub-class of class 1393, manufacture of carpets and rugs, within division 13, manufacture of textiles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 13Group 139Class 1393Sub-class 13939
Manufacture of other floor coverings n.e.c.
Sub-class 13939 · Class 1393 · Group 139 · Division 13 · 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.
139395 digits: 13 + 9 + 3 + 9NIC 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 13939. 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 13 covers manufacture of textiles. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of other textiles.
Manufacture of carpets and rugs. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of other floor coverings n.e.c. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13939 is a sub-class of class 1393, manufacture of carpets and rugs. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of mats and matting of plaiting materials, see 1629
- - manufacture of floor coverings of cork, see 1629
- - manufacture of resilient floor coverings, such as vinyl, linoleum, see 2220
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13939 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of other floor coverings n.e.c., that activity is 13939.
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
13939 is for manufacture of other floor coverings n.e.c. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1393 and other classes in group 139. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13931Class 1393 · another sub-class of the same class13932Class 1393 · another sub-class of the same class13933Class 1393 · another sub-class of the same class13935Class 1393 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1393 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13939. 4 of the others are shown here.
These belong to other classes in group 139, manufacture of other textiles. 13939 itself is in class 1393. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Manufacture of other floor coverings n.e.c., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1393, manufacture of carpets and rugs.
Class 1393, manufacture of carpets and rugs, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13939, those with a page here are: 13931 (Manufacture of carpets and other floor coverings made of cotton); 13932 (Manufacture of carpets and other floor coverings made of wool); 13933 (Manufacture of carpets and other floor coverings made of silk); 13935 (Manufacture of carpets, and other floor coverings made of jute, mesta and coir).
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 1393, 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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