The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of refractory ceramic products, that activity is 23913.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
23913 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of refractory ceramic products: a sub-class of class 2391, manufacture of refractory products, within division 23, manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 23Group 239Class 2391Sub-class 23913
Manufacture of refractory ceramic products
Sub-class 23913 · Class 2391 · Group 239 · Division 23 · 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.
239135 digits: 23 + 9 + 1 + 3NIC 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 23913. 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 23 covers manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.
Manufacture of refractory products.
Manufacture of refractory ceramic products. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 23913 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of refractory ceramic products, that activity is 23913.
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
23913 is for manufacture of refractory ceramic products. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2391. Each has its own page with the official wording.
23919Class 2391 · another sub-class of the same class23911Class 2391 · another sub-class of the same class23912Class 2391 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2391 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 23913.
Questions
Manufacture of refractory ceramic products, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2391, manufacture of refractory products.
Class 2391, manufacture of refractory products, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 23913, they are: 23919 (Manufacture of other refractory articles n.e.c.); 23911 (Manufacture of refractory mortars, concretes etc.); 23912 (Manufacture of refractory bricks, blocks tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods).
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 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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