The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For publishing of operating systems and system software, that activity is 58201.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
58201 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for publishing of operating systems and system software: a sub-class of class 5820, software 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 582Class 5820Sub-class 58201
Publishing of operating systems and system software
Sub-class 58201 · Class 5820 · Group 582 · 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.
582015 digits: 58 + 2 + 0 + 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 58201. 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.
Software publishing.
Software publishing. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Publishing of operating systems and system software. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
58201 is a sub-class of class 5820, software publishing. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - reproduction of software, see 1820
- - retail sale of non-customized software, see 4741
- - production of software not associated with publishing, see 6201
- - 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 58201 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For publishing of operating systems and system software, that activity is 58201.
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
58201 is for publishing of operating systems and system software. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 5820. Each has its own page with the official wording.
58202Class 5820 · another sub-class of the same class58203Class 5820 · another sub-class of the same classClass 5820 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 58201.
Questions
Publishing of operating systems and system software, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 5820, software publishing.
Class 5820, software publishing, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 58201, they are: 58202 (Publishing of operating business and other applications); 58203 (Publishing of computer games for all platforms).
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 5820, 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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