The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings, that activity is 91020.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
91020 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings: a sub-class of class 9102, museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings, within division 91, libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 91Group 910Class 9102Sub-class 91020
Museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings
Sub-class 91020 · Class 9102 · Group 910 · Division 91 · Section R, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
910205 digits: 91 + 0 + 2 + 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 91020. 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 91 covers libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities. It sits in section R, arts, entertainment and recreation.
Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities.
Museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
91020 is a sub-class of class 9102, museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes operation of museums of all kinds and operation of historical sites and buildings
This class excludes:
- - renovation and restoration of historical sites and buildings, see section F
- - restoration of works of art and museum collection objects, see 9000
- - activities of libraries and archives, see 9101
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 91020 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings, that activity is 91020.
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
91020 is for museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 910. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 910, libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities. 91020 itself is in class 9102. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 9102, museums activities and operation of historical sites and buildings.
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 9102, 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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