The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of textile printing machinery, that activity is 28262.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
28262 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of textile printing machinery: a sub-class of class 2826, manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production, within division 28, manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 28Group 282Class 2826Sub-class 28262
Manufacture of textile printing machinery
Sub-class 28262 · Class 2826 · Group 282 · Division 28 · 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.
282625 digits: 28 + 2 + 6 + 2NIC 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 28262. 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 28 covers manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of special-purpose machinery.
Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of textile printing machinery. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
28262 is a sub-class of class 2826, manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of paper or paperboard cards for use on jacquard machines, see 1709
- - manufacture of domestic washing and drying machines, see 2750
- - manufacture of calendering machines, see 2819
- - manufacture of machines used in bookbinding, see 2829
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 28262 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of textile printing machinery, that activity is 28262.
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
28262 is for manufacture of textile printing machinery. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2826. Each has its own page with the official wording.
28263Class 2826 · another sub-class of the same class28264Class 2826 · another sub-class of the same class28265Class 2826 · another sub-class of the same class28269Class 2826 · another sub-class of the same class28261Class 2826 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2826 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 28262. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of textile printing machinery, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2826, manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production.
Class 2826, manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 28262, those with a page here are: 28263 (Manufacture of machinery for washing, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing coating or impregnating textile fabrics, machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics, and similar machinery for fabric processing); 28264 (Manufacture of ironing machines, commercial washing and drying machines, dry-cleaning machines and other laundry machinery); 28265 (Manufacture of sewing machines, sewing machine heads and sewing machine needles (whether or not for household use)); 28269 (Manufacture of other machinery for textiles, apparel and leather production n.e.c.); 28261 (Manufacture of machinery for preparation of textile fibers, spinning machines, machines for preparing textile yarns, weaving machines (looms), including hand looms, knitting machines).
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 2826, 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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