The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees, that activity is 49225.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
49225 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees: a sub-class of class 4922, other passenger land transport, within division 49, land transport and transport via pipelines. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 49Group 492Class 4922Sub-class 49225
Operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees
Sub-class 49225 · Class 4922 · Group 492 · Division 49 · Section H, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
492255 digits: 49 + 2 + 2 + 5NIC 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 49225. 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 49 covers land transport and transport via pipelines. It sits in section H, transport and storage.
Other land transport.
Other passenger land transport. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
49225 is a sub-class of class 4922, other passenger land transport. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes land transport not operated on scheduled routes
This class excludes:
- - ambulance transport, see 8690
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 49225 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees, that activity is 49225.
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
49225 is for operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 4922. Each has its own page with the official wording.
49226Class 4922 · another sub-class of the same class49229Class 4922 · another sub-class of the same class49221Class 4922 · another sub-class of the same class49222Class 4922 · another sub-class of the same class49223Class 4922 · another sub-class of the same classClass 4922 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 49225. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4922, other passenger land transport.
Class 4922, other passenger land transport, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 49225, those with a page here are: 49226 (Passenger transport by man- or animal-drawn vehicles); 49229 (Other non urban passenger land transport n.e.c.); 49221 (Long-distance bus services); 49222 (Charters, excursions and other occasional coach services); 49223 (Rental of private cars with driver).
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 4922, 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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