The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For preservation, Processing and canning of meat, that activity is 10105.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
10105 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for preservation, Processing and canning of meat: a sub-class of class 1010, processing and preserving of meat, within division 10, manufacture of food products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 10Group 101Class 1010Sub-class 10105
Preservation, Processing and canning of meat
Sub-class 10105 · Class 1010 · Group 101 · Division 10 · 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.
101055 digits: 10 + 1 + 0 + 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 10105. 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 10 covers manufacture of food products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Processing and preserving of meat.
Processing and preserving of meat. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Preservation, Processing and canning of meat. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
10105 is a sub-class of class 1010, processing and preserving of meat. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes non edible by products
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of prepared frozen meat and poultry dishes, see 1075
- - manufacture of soup containing meat, see 1079
- - wholesale trade of meat, see 4630
- - packaging of meat, see 8292
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 10105 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For preservation, Processing and canning of meat, that activity is 10105.
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
10105 is for preservation, Processing and canning of meat. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1010. Each has its own page with the official wording.
10107Class 1010 · another sub-class of the same class10108Class 1010 · another sub-class of the same class10109Class 1010 · another sub-class of the same class10101Class 1010 · another sub-class of the same class10102Class 1010 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1010 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 10105. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Preservation, Processing and canning of meat, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1010, processing and preserving of meat.
Class 1010, processing and preserving of meat, has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 10105, those with a page here are: 10107 (Rendering of lard and other edible fats of animal origin); 10108 (Production and processing of animal offal); 10109 (Production, processing and preserving of other meat and meat products n.e.c.); 10101 (Mutton-slaughtering, preparation); 10102 (Beef-slaughtering, preparation).
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 1010, 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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