The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 58111.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
58111 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 5811, Book publishing, 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 5811Sub-class 58111
Publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing encyclopedias (including on CD-ROM)
Sub-class 58111 · Class 5811 · 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.
581115 digits: 58 + 1 + 1 + 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 58111. 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.
Book publishing. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing encyclopedias (including on CD-ROM). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
58111 is a sub-class of class 5811, Book publishing. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the activities of publishing books in print, electronic or audio form or on the internet
This class excludes:
- - production of globes, see 3299
- - publishing of advertising material, see 5819
- - publishing of music and sheet books, see 5920
- - activities of independent authors, see 7490, 9000
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 58111 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 58111.
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
58111 is for the activity named at the top of this page. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 5811. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 5811 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 58111. 1 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing encyclopedias (including on CD-ROM), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 5811, Book publishing.
Class 5811, Book publishing, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 58111, those with a page here are: 58113 (Publishing of audio books).
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 5811, 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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