The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of fluid power equipment, that activity is 28120.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
28120 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of fluid power equipment: a sub-class of class 2812, manufacture of fluid power equipment, 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 2812Sub-class 28120
Manufacture of fluid power equipment
Sub-class 28120 · Class 2812 · 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.
281205 digits: 28 + 1 + 2 + 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 28120. 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 fluid power equipment. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of fluid power equipment. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
28120 is a sub-class of class 2812, manufacture of fluid power equipment. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes manufacture of hydraulic and pneumatic components (including hydraulic pumps, hydraulic motors, hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, hydraulic and pneumatic valves, hydraulic and pneumatic hose and fittings), manufacture of air preparation equipment for use in pneumatic systems, manufacture of fluid power systems, manufacture of hydraulic transmission equipment
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of compressors, see 2813
- - manufacture of pumps and valves for non-fluid power applications, see 2813
- - manufacture of mechanical transmission equipment, see 2814
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 28120 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of fluid power equipment, that activity is 28120.
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
28120 is for manufacture of fluid power equipment. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 281. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 281, manufacture of general purpose machinery. 28120 itself is in class 2812. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Manufacture of fluid power equipment, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2812, manufacture of fluid power 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 2812, 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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