The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc., that activity is 58122.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
58122 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc.: a sub-class of class 5812, publishing of directories and mailing lists, 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 5812Sub-class 58122
Publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc.
Sub-class 58122 · Class 5812 · 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.
581225 digits: 58 + 1 + 2 + 2NIC 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 58122. 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.
Publishing of directories and mailing lists.
Publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 58122 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc., that activity is 58122.
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
58122 is for publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 581. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 581, publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities. 58122 itself is in class 5812. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 5812, publishing of directories and mailing lists.
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 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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