The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 15201.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
15201 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 1520, manufacture of footwear, within division 15, manufacture of leather and related products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 15Group 152Class 1520Sub-class 15201
Manufacture of leather footwear such as shoes, sandals, chappals, leather- cum-rubber/plastic cloth sandles and chappals
Sub-class 15201 · Class 1520 · Group 152 · Division 15 · 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.
152015 digits: 15 + 2 + 0 + 1NIC 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 15201. 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 15 covers manufacture of leather and related products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of footwear.
Manufacture of footwear. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of leather footwear such as shoes, sandals, chappals, leather- cum-rubber/plastic cloth sandles and chappals. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
15201 is a sub-class of class 1520, manufacture of footwear. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of footwear of textile material without applied soles, see 1410
- - manufacture of plastic footwear parts, see 2220
- - manufacture of rubber boot and shoe heels and soles and other rubber footwear parts, see 2219
- - manufacture of wooden shoe parts (e.g. heels and lasts), see 1629
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 15201 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 15201.
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
15201 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 1520. Each has its own page with the official wording.
15202Class 1520 · another sub-class of the same class15209Class 1520 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1520 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 15201.
Questions
Manufacture of leather footwear such as shoes, sandals, chappals, leather- cum-rubber/plastic cloth sandles and chappals, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1520, manufacture of footwear.
Class 1520, manufacture of footwear, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 15201, they are: 15202 (Manufacture of footwear made primarily of vulcalized or moulded rubber and plastic.); 15209 (Manufacture of other footwear n.e.c.).
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 1520, 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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