The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of switch, switch box, lamp holders, lugs etc., that activity is 27331.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
27331 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of switch, switch box, lamp holders, lugs etc.: a sub-class of class 2733, manufacture of wiring devices, within division 27, manufacture of electrical equipment. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 27Group 273Class 2733Sub-class 27331
Manufacture of switch, switch box, lamp holders, lugs etc.
Sub-class 27331 · Class 2733 · Group 273 · Division 27 · 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.
273315 digits: 27 + 3 + 3 + 1NIC 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 27331. 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 27 covers manufacture of electrical equipment. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices.
Manufacture of wiring devices. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of switch, switch box, lamp holders, lugs etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
27331 is a sub-class of class 2733, manufacture of wiring devices. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the manufacture of current-carrying and non current- carrying wiring devices for electrical circuits regardless of material
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of ceramic insulators, see 2393
- - manufacture of electronic component-type connectors, sockets and switches, see 2610
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 27331 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of switch, switch box, lamp holders, lugs etc., that activity is 27331.
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
27331 is for manufacture of switch, switch box, lamp holders, lugs etc. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2733. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 2733 has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 27331.
Questions
Manufacture of switch, switch box, lamp holders, lugs etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2733, manufacture of wiring devices.
Class 2733, manufacture of wiring devices, has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 27331, they are: 27339 (Manufacture of other wiring devices and fittings n.e.c.).
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 2733, 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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