The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers for transport of goods or passengers, that activity is 29202.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
29202 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers for transport of goods or passengers: a sub-class of class 2920, manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers, within division 29, manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 29Group 292Class 2920Sub-class 29202
Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers for transport of goods or passengers
Sub-class 29202 · Class 2920 · Group 292 · Division 29 · 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.
292025 digits: 29 + 2 + 0 + 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 29202. 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 29 covers manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers.
Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers for transport of goods or passengers. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
29202 is a sub-class of class 2920, manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers specially designed for use in agriculture, see 2821
- - manufacture of parts and accessories of bodies for motor vehicles, see 2930
- - manufacture of vehicles drawn by animals, see 3099
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 29202 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers for transport of goods or passengers, that activity is 29202.
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
29202 is for manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers for transport of goods or passengers. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2920. Each has its own page with the official wording.
29209Class 2920 · another sub-class of the same class29201Class 2920 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2920 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 29202.
Questions
Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers for transport of goods or passengers, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2920, manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers.
Class 2920, manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 29202, they are: 29209 (Manufacture of other attachments to motor vehicles n.e.c.); 29201 (Manufacture of bodies, including cabs for motor vehicles).
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 2920, 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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