The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 25113.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
25113 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 2511, manufacture of structural metal products, 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 251Class 2511Sub-class 25113
Manufacture of industrial frameworks in metal (frameworks for blast furnaces, lifting and handling equipment etc.)
Sub-class 25113 · Class 2511 · Group 251 · 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.
251135 digits: 25 + 1 + 1 + 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 25113. 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 structural metal products, tanks, reservoirs and steam generators.
Manufacture of structural metal products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of industrial frameworks in metal (frameworks for blast furnaces, lifting and handling equipment etc.). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
25113 is a sub-class of class 2511, manufacture of structural metal products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of parts for marine or power boilers, see 2513
- - manufacture of assembled railway track fixtures, see 2599
- - manufacture of sections of ships, see 3011
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 25113 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 25113.
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
25113 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 2511. Each has its own page with the official wording.
25119Class 2511 · another sub-class of the same class25111Class 2511 · another sub-class of the same class25112Class 2511 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2511 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 25113.
Questions
Manufacture of industrial frameworks in metal (frameworks for blast furnaces, lifting and handling equipment etc.), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2511, manufacture of structural metal products.
Class 2511, manufacture of structural metal products, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 25113, they are: 25119 (Manufacture of other structural metal products); 25111 (Manufacture of doors, windows and their frames, shutters and rolling shutters, gates and similer articles used on buildings); 25112 (Manufacture of metal frameworks or skeletons for construction and parts thereof (towers, masts, trusses, bridges 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 2511, 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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