The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 26405.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
26405 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 2640, manufacture of consumer electronics, within division 26, manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 26Group 264Class 2640Sub-class 26405
Manufacture of stereo equipment, speaker systems, amplifiers for musical instruments and public address systems, microphones, karaoke machines, headphones (e.g. radio, stereo, computer)
Sub-class 26405 · Class 2640 · Group 264 · Division 26 · 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.
264055 digits: 26 + 4 + 0 + 5NIC 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 26405. 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 26 covers manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of consumer electronics.
Manufacture of consumer electronics. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of stereo equipment, speaker systems, amplifiers for musical instruments and public address systems, microphones, karaoke machines, headphones (e.g. radio, stereo, computer). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
26405 is a sub-class of class 2640, manufacture of consumer electronics. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the manufacture of electronic audio and video equipment for home entertainment, motor vehicle, public address systems and musical instrument amplification Sub class Description
This class excludes:
- - reproduction of recorded media (computer media, sound, video, etc.), see 1820
- - manufacture of computer peripheral devices and computer monitors, see 2620
- - manufacture of telephone answering machines, see 2630
- - manufacture of paging equipment, see 2630
- - manufacture of remote control devices (radio and infrared), see 2630
- - manufacture of broadcast studio equipment such as reproduction equipment, transmitting and receiving antennas, commercial video cameras, see 2630
- - manufacture of electronic games with fixed (non-replaceable) software, see 3240
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 26405 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 26405.
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
26405 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 2640. Each has its own page with the official wording.
26409Class 2640 · another sub-class of the same class26401Class 2640 · another sub-class of the same class26402Class 2640 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2640 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 26405. 3 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of stereo equipment, speaker systems, amplifiers for musical instruments and public address systems, microphones, karaoke machines, headphones (e.g. radio, stereo, computer), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2640, manufacture of consumer electronics.
Class 2640, manufacture of consumer electronics, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 26405, those with a page here are: 26409 (Manufacture of other electronic consumer goods n.e.c. (this includes non- television video camera)); 26401 (Manufacture of televisions, television monitors and displays); 26402 (Manufacture video cassette recorders and duplicating equipment).
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 2640, 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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