The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of laboratory or pharmaceutical glassware, that activity is 23104.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
23104 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of laboratory or pharmaceutical glassware: a sub-class of class 2310, manufacture of glass and glass products, within division 23, manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 23Group 231Class 2310Sub-class 23104
Manufacture of laboratory or pharmaceutical glassware
Sub-class 23104 · Class 2310 · Group 231 · Division 23 · 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.
231045 digits: 23 + 1 + 0 + 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 23104. 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 23 covers manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of glass and glass products.
Manufacture of glass and glass products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of laboratory or pharmaceutical glassware. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
23104 is a sub-class of class 2310, manufacture of glass and glass products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of woven fabrics of glass yarn, see 1312
- - manufacture of optical elements optically worked, see 2670
- - manufacture of fiber optic cable for data transmission or live transmission of images, see 2731
- - manufacture of glass toys, see 3240
- - manufacture of syringes and other medical laboratory equipment, see 3250
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 23104 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of laboratory or pharmaceutical glassware, that activity is 23104.
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
23104 is for manufacture of laboratory or pharmaceutical glassware. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2310. Each has its own page with the official wording.
23105Class 2310 · another sub-class of the same class23106Class 2310 · another sub-class of the same class23107Class 2310 · another sub-class of the same class23109Class 2310 · another sub-class of the same class23101Class 2310 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2310 has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 23104. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of laboratory or pharmaceutical glassware, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2310, manufacture of glass and glass products.
Class 2310, manufacture of glass and glass products, has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 23104, those with a page here are: 23105 (Manufacture of table or kitchen glassware); 23106 (Manufacture of glass bangles); 23107 (Manufacture of glass decoration pieces and glassware used in imitation jewellery); 23109 (Manufacture of other glassware/glass products: articles of glass used in construction such as glass blocks; clock or watch glasses, optical glass and optical glass elements not optically worked; and other glass products (including glass beads) n.e.c.); 23101 (Manufacture of glass in primary or semi-manufactured forms (such as sheets & plate glass) including mirror sheets and wired, coloured, tinted, toughened or laminated glass).
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 2310, 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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