The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of machinery for metallurgy, that activity is 28230.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
28230 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of machinery for metallurgy: a sub-class of class 2823, manufacture of machinery for metallurgy, within division 28, manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 28Group 282Class 2823Sub-class 28230
Manufacture of machinery for metallurgy
Sub-class 28230 · Class 2823 · Group 282 · Division 28 · 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.
282305 digits: 28 + 2 + 3 + 0NIC 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 28230. 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 28 covers manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of special-purpose machinery.
Manufacture of machinery for metallurgy. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of machinery for metallurgy. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
28230 is a sub-class of class 2823, manufacture of machinery for metallurgy. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes manufacture of machines and equipment for handling hot metals (converters, ingot moulds, ladles, casting machines), manufacture of metal-rolling mills and rolls for such mills
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of draw-benches, see 2822
- - manufacture of moulding boxes and moulds (except ingot moulds), see 2593
- - manufacture of machines for forming foundry moulds, see 2829
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 28230 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of machinery for metallurgy, that activity is 28230.
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
28230 is for manufacture of machinery for metallurgy. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 282. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 282, manufacture of special-purpose machinery. 28230 itself is in class 2823. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Manufacture of machinery for metallurgy, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2823, manufacture of machinery for metallurgy.
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 2823, 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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