The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 28292.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
28292 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 2829, manufacture of other special-purpose machinery, 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 2829Sub-class 28292
Manufacture of machinery for working soft rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products of these materials
Sub-class 28292 · Class 2829 · 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.
282925 digits: 28 + 2 + 9 + 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 28292. 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 other special-purpose machinery. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of machinery for working soft rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products of these materials. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
28292 is a sub-class of class 2829, manufacture of other special-purpose machinery. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of household appliances, see 2750
- - manufacture of photocopy machines etc., see 2817
- - manufacture of machinery or equipment to work hard rubber, hard plastics or cold glass, see 2822
- - manufacture of ingot moulds, see 2823
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 28292 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 28292.
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
28292 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 2829. Each has its own page with the official wording.
28293Class 2829 · another sub-class of the same class28299Class 2829 · another sub-class of the same class28291Class 2829 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2829 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 28292.
Questions
Manufacture of machinery for working soft rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products of these materials, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2829, manufacture of other special-purpose machinery.
Class 2829, manufacture of other special-purpose machinery, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 28292, they are: 28293 (Manufacture of printing and bookbinding machines and machines for activities supporting printing on a variety of materials (other than textiles)); 28299 (Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.); 28291 (Manufacture of machinery for making paper pulp, paper, paperboard and articles of paper board).
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 2829, 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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