The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of hand tools (non-power-driven) for agricultural/horticulture/ forestry, that activity is 25932.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
25932 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of hand tools (non-power-driven) for agricultural/horticulture/ forestry: a sub-class of class 2593, manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware, within division 25, manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 25Group 259Class 2593Sub-class 25932
Manufacture of hand tools (non-power-driven) for agricultural/horticulture/ forestry
Sub-class 25932 · Class 2593 · Group 259 · Division 25 · 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.
259325 digits: 25 + 9 + 3 + 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 25932. 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 25 covers manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products; metalworking service activities.
Manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of hand tools (non-power-driven) for agricultural/horticulture/ forestry. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
25932 is a sub-class of class 2593, manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of hollowware (pots, kettles etc.), dinnerware (bowls, platters etc.) or flatware (plates, saucers etc.), see 2599
- - manufacture of power-driven hand tools, see 2818
- - manufacture of ingot moulds, see 2823
- - manufacture of cutlery of precious metal, see 3211
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 25932 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of hand tools (non-power-driven) for agricultural/horticulture/ forestry, that activity is 25932.
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
25932 is for manufacture of hand tools (non-power-driven) for agricultural/horticulture/ forestry. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2593. Each has its own page with the official wording.
25933Class 2593 · another sub-class of the same class25934Class 2593 · another sub-class of the same class25939Class 2593 · another sub-class of the same class25931Class 2593 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2593 has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 25932.
Questions
Manufacture of hand tools (non-power-driven) for agricultural/horticulture/ forestry, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2593, manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware.
Class 2593, manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware, has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 25932, they are: 25933 (Manufacture of hand tools such as pliers, screwdrivers, press tools, blacksmiths’ tools, drills, punches, milling cutters etc.); 25934 (Manufacture of padlocks, locks, keys, hinges and the like, hardware for buildings, furniture, vehicles etc.); 25939 (Manufacture of general hardware (saws and sawblades, including circular sawblades and chainsaw blades, moulding boxes, vices, clamps etc.)); 25931 (Manufacture of cutlery such as knives, forks, spoons, cleavers, choppers, razors, razor blades, scissors, hair clippers 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 2593, 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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