The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of motor vehicle engines, that activity is 29104.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
29104 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of motor vehicle engines: a sub-class of class 2910, manufacture of motor vehicles, within division 29, manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 29Group 291Class 2910Sub-class 29104
Manufacture of motor vehicle engines
Sub-class 29104 · Class 2910 · Group 291 · Division 29 · 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.
291045 digits: 29 + 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 29104. 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 29 covers manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of motor vehicles.
Manufacture of motor vehicles. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of motor vehicle engines. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
29104 is a sub-class of class 2910, manufacture of motor vehicles. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of lighting equipment for motor vehicles, see 2740
- - manufacture of pistons, piston rings and carburetors, see 2811
- - manufacture of agricultural tractors, see 2821
- - manufacture of tractors used in construction or mining, see 2824
- - manufacture of off-road dumping trucks, see 2824
- - manufacture of bodies for motor vehicles, see 2920
- - manufacture of electrical parts for motor vehicles, see 2930
- - manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles, see 2930
- - manufacture of tanks and other military fighting vehicles, see 3040
- - maintenance, repair and alteration of motor vehicles, see 4520
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 29104 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of motor vehicle engines, that activity is 29104.
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
29104 is for manufacture of motor vehicle engines. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2910. Each has its own page with the official wording.
29109Class 2910 · another sub-class of the same class29101Class 2910 · another sub-class of the same class29102Class 2910 · another sub-class of the same class29103Class 2910 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2910 has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 29104.
Questions
Manufacture of motor vehicle engines, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2910, manufacture of motor vehicles.
Class 2910, manufacture of motor vehicles, has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 29104, they are: 29109 (Manufacture of motor vehicles n.e.c.); 29101 (Manufacture of passenger cars); 29102 (Manufacture of commercial vehicles such as vans, lorries, over-the-road tractors for semi-trailers etc.); 29103 (Manufacture of chassis fitted with engines for the motor vehicles included in this class).
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 2910, 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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