The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For on-line publishing of statistics and other information, that activity is 58191.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
58191 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for on-line publishing of statistics and other information: a sub-class of class 5819, other publishing activities, within division 58, publishing activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 58Group 581Class 5819Sub-class 58191
On-line publishing of statistics and other information
Sub-class 58191 · Class 5819 · Group 581 · Division 58 · Section J, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
581915 digits: 58 + 1 + 9 + 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 58191. 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 58 covers publishing activities. It sits in section J, information and communication.
Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities.
Other publishing activities. The official note for this class is quoted below.
On-line publishing of statistics and other information. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
58191 is a sub-class of class 5819, other publishing activities. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - retail sale of software, see 4741
- - publishing of advertising newspapers, see 5813
- - on-line provision of software (application hosting and application service provisioning), see 6311
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 58191 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For on-line publishing of statistics and other information, that activity is 58191.
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
58191 is for on-line publishing of statistics and other information. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 5819. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 5819 has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 58191.
Questions
On-line publishing of statistics and other information, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 5819, other publishing activities.
Class 5819, other publishing activities, has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 58191, they are: 58199 (Other publishing activities (including on-line) n.e.c.).
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 5819, 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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