The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of ice, that activity is 11044.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
11044 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of ice: a sub-class of class 1104, manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters, within division 11, manufacture of beverages. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 11Group 110Class 1104Sub-class 11044
Manufacture of ice
Sub-class 11044 · Class 1104 · Group 110 · Division 11 · 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.
110445 digits: 11 + 0 + 4 + 4NIC 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 11044. 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 11 covers manufacture of beverages. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of beverages.
Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of ice. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
11044 is a sub-class of class 1104, manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - production of fruit and vegetable juice, see 1030
- - manufacture of milk-based drinks, see 1050
- - manufacture of coffee, tea and maté products, see 1079
- - manufacture of non-alcoholic wine, see 1102
- - manufacture of non-alcoholic beer, see 1103
- - merely bottling and labeling, see 4630 (if performed as part of wholesale) and 8292 (if performed on a fee or contract basis)
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 11044 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of ice, that activity is 11044.
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
11044 is for manufacture of ice. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1104. Each has its own page with the official wording.
11045Class 1104 · another sub-class of the same class11049Class 1104 · another sub-class of the same class11041Class 1104 · another sub-class of the same class11042Class 1104 · another sub-class of the same class11043Class 1104 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1104 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 11044.
Questions
Manufacture of ice, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1104, manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters.
Class 1104, manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 11044, they are: 11045 (Manufacture of soft drinks); 11049 (Manufacture of other non-alcoholic beverages n.e.c.); 11041 (Manufacture of aerated drinks); 11042 (Manufacture of synthetic flavoured concentrates and syrups); 11043 (Manufacture of mineral water).
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 1104, 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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