The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of thread, including thread ball making, that activity is 13941.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13941 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of thread, including thread ball making: a sub-class of class 1394, manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting, within division 13, manufacture of textiles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 13Group 139Class 1394Sub-class 13941
Manufacture of thread, including thread ball making
Sub-class 13941 · Class 1394 · Group 139 · Division 13 · 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.
139415 digits: 13 + 9 + 4 + 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 13941. 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 13 covers manufacture of textiles. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of other textiles.
Manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of thread, including thread ball making. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13941 is a sub-class of class 1394, manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of hairnets, see 1410
- - manufacture of wire rope, see 2599
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13941 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of thread, including thread ball making, that activity is 13941.
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
13941 is for manufacture of thread, including thread ball making. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1394. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13942Class 1394 · another sub-class of the same class13943Class 1394 · another sub-class of the same class13944Class 1394 · another sub-class of the same class13945Class 1394 · another sub-class of the same class13946Class 1394 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1394 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13941. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of thread, including thread ball making, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1394, manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting.
Class 1394, manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13941, those with a page here are: 13942 (Manufacture of cordage or rope made of jute); 13943 (Manufacture of cordage or rope made of coir); 13944 (Manufacture of rope and cordage made of synthetic material); 13945 (Manufacture of knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope (other than mosquito net)); 13946 (Manufacture of tapes, newar and wicks).
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 1394, 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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