The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of metal reservoirs, tanks and similar containers, that activity is 25122.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
25122 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of metal reservoirs, tanks and similar containers: a sub-class of class 2512, manufacture of tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal, within division 25, manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 25Group 251Class 2512Sub-class 25122
Manufacture of metal reservoirs, tanks and similar containers
Sub-class 25122 · Class 2512 · Group 251 · Division 25 · 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.
251225 digits: 25 + 1 + 2 + 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 25122. 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 25 covers manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of structural metal products, tanks, reservoirs and steam generators.
Manufacture of tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of metal reservoirs, tanks and similar containers. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
25122 is a sub-class of class 2512, manufacture of tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of metal casks, drums, cans, pails, boxes etc. of a kind normally used for carrying and packing of goods (irrespective of size), see 2599
- - manufacture of transport containers, see 2920
- - manufacture of tanks (armored military vehicles), see 3040
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 25122 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of metal reservoirs, tanks and similar containers, that activity is 25122.
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
25122 is for manufacture of metal reservoirs, tanks and similar containers. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2512. Each has its own page with the official wording.
25123Class 2512 · another sub-class of the same class25129Class 2512 · another sub-class of the same class25121Class 2512 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2512 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 25122.
Questions
Manufacture of metal reservoirs, tanks and similar containers, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2512, manufacture of tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal.
Class 2512, manufacture of tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 25122, they are: 25123 (Manufacture of central heating boilers and radiators and parts and accessories thereof); 25129 (Manufacture of other containers n.e.c.); 25121 (Manufacture of metal containers for compressed or liquefied gas).
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 2512, 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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