The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For market research and public opinion polling, that activity is 73200.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
73200 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for market research and public opinion polling: a sub-class of class 7320, market research and public opinion polling, within division 73, advertising and market research. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 73Group 732Class 7320Sub-class 73200
Market research and public opinion polling
Sub-class 73200 · Class 7320 · Group 732 · Division 73 · Section M, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
732005 digits: 73 + 2 + 0 + 0NIC 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 73200. 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 73 covers advertising and market research. It sits in section M, professional, scientific and technical activities.
Market research and public opinion polling.
Market research and public opinion polling. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Market research and public opinion polling. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
73200 is a sub-class of class 7320, market research and public opinion polling. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes investigation into market potential, acceptance and familiarity of products and buying habits of consumers for the purpose of sales promotion and development of new products, including statistical analyses of the results, investigation into collective opinions of the public about political, economic and social issues and statistical analysis thereof
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 73200 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For market research and public opinion polling, that activity is 73200.
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.
Questions
Market research and public opinion polling, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 7320, market research and public opinion polling.
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 7320, 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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