The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 32502.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
32502 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 3250, manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies, within division 32, other manufacturing. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 32Group 325Class 3250Sub-class 32502
Manufacture of laboratory apparatus (laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery, laboratory sterilizers, laboratory type distilling apparatus, laboratory centrifuges etc.)
Sub-class 32502 · Class 3250 · Group 325 · Division 32 · 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.
325025 digits: 32 + 5 + 0 + 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 32502. 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 32 covers other manufacturing. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies.
Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of laboratory apparatus (laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery, laboratory sterilizers, laboratory type distilling apparatus, laboratory centrifuges etc.). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
32502 is a sub-class of class 3250, manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of wheelchairs, see 3092
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 32502 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 32502.
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
32502 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 3250. Each has its own page with the official wording.
32503Class 3250 · another sub-class of the same class32504Class 3250 · another sub-class of the same class32505Class 3250 · another sub-class of the same class32506Class 3250 · another sub-class of the same class32507Class 3250 · another sub-class of the same classClass 3250 has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 32502. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of laboratory apparatus (laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery, laboratory sterilizers, laboratory type distilling apparatus, laboratory centrifuges etc.), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 3250, manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies.
Class 3250, manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies, has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 32502, those with a page here are: 32503 (Manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture such as operating tables, examination tables, dentists’ chairs etc.); 32504 (Manufacture of bone plates and screws, syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae, etc.); 32505 (Manufacture of measuring instruments such as thermometers etc.); 32506 (Manufacture of orthopedic and prosthetic devices); 32507 (Manufacture of ophthalmic goods, eyeglasses, sunglasses, lenses ground to prescription, contact lenses, safety goggles 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 3250, 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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