The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of saddlery and harness, that activity is 15123.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
15123 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of saddlery and harness: a sub-class of class 1512, manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness, within division 15, manufacture of leather and related products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 15Group 151Class 1512Sub-class 15123
Manufacture of saddlery and harness
Sub-class 15123 · Class 1512 · Group 151 · Division 15 · 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.
151235 digits: 15 + 1 + 2 + 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 15123. 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 15 covers manufacture of leather and related products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery and harness; dressing and dyeing of fur.
Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of saddlery and harness. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
15123 is a sub-class of class 1512, manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of leather wearing apparel, see 1410
- - manufacture of leather gloves and hats, see 1410
- - manufacture of footwear, see 1520
- - manufacture of saddles for bicycles, see 3092
- - manufacture of precious metal watch straps, see 3211
- - manufacture of non-precious metal watch straps, see 3212
- - manufacture of linemen’s safety belts and other belts for occupational use, see 3290
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 15123 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of saddlery and harness, that activity is 15123.
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
15123 is for manufacture of saddlery and harness. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1512. Each has its own page with the official wording.
15129Class 1512 · another sub-class of the same class15121Class 1512 · another sub-class of the same class15122Class 1512 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1512 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 15123.
Questions
Manufacture of saddlery and harness, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1512, manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness.
Class 1512, manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 15123, they are: 15129 (Manufacture of other consumer goods of leather and substitutes of leather n.e.c.); 15121 (Manufacture of travel goods like suitcase, bags, holdalls etc.); 15122 (Manufacture of purse, ladies’ handbags, artistic leather presented articles and novelties).
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 1512, 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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