The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of wearing apparel n.e.c., that activity is 14109.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
14109 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of wearing apparel n.e.c.: a sub-class of class 1410, manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel, within division 14, manufacture of wearing apparel. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 14Group 141Class 1410Sub-class 14109
Manufacture of wearing apparel n.e.c.
Sub-class 14109 · Class 1410 · Group 141 · Division 14 · 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.
141095 digits: 14 + 1 + 0 + 9NIC 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 14109. 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 14 covers manufacture of wearing apparel. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel.
Manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of wearing apparel n.e.c. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
14109 is a sub-class of class 1410, manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of wearing apparel of fur skins (except headgear), see 1420
- - manufacture of footwear, see 1520
- - manufacture of wearing apparel of rubber or plastics not assembled by stitching but merely sealed together, see 2219, 2220
- - manufacture of leather sports gloves and sports headgear, see 3230
- - manufacture of safety headgear (except sports headgear), see 3290
- - manufacture of fire-resistant and protective safety clothing, see 3290
- - repair of wearing apparel, see 9529
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 14109 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of wearing apparel n.e.c., that activity is 14109.
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
14109 is for manufacture of wearing apparel n.e.c. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1410. Each has its own page with the official wording.
14101Class 1410 · another sub-class of the same class14102Class 1410 · another sub-class of the same class14103Class 1410 · another sub-class of the same class14104Class 1410 · another sub-class of the same class14105Class 1410 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1410 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 14109.
Questions
Manufacture of wearing apparel n.e.c., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1410, manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel.
Class 1410, manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 14109, they are: 14101 (Manufacture of all types of textile garments and clothing accessories); 14102 (Manufacture of rain coats of waterproof textile fabrics or plastic sheetings); 14103 (Manufacture of hats, caps and other clothing accessories such as gloves, belts, ties, cravats, hairnets etc.); 14104 (Manufacture of wearing apparel made of leather and substitutes of leather); 14105 (Custom tailoring).
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 1410, 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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