The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For raising of horses and other equines, that activity is 01420.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
01420 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for raising of horses and other equines: a sub-class of class 0142, raising of horses and other equines, within division 01, crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 01Group 014Class 0142Sub-class 01420
Raising of horses and other equines
Sub-class 01420 · Class 0142 · Group 014 · Division 01 · Section A, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
014205 digits: 01 + 4 + 2 + 0NIC 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 01420. 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 01 covers crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities. It sits in section A, agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Animal production.
Raising of horses and other equines. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Raising of horses and other equines. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
01420 is a sub-class of class 0142, raising of horses and other equines. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes raising and breeding of horses, asses, mules or hinnies
This class excludes:
- - operation of racing and riding stables, see 9319
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 01420 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For raising of horses and other equines, that activity is 01420.
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
01420 is for raising of horses and other equines. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 014. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 014, animal production. 01420 itself is in class 0142. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Raising of horses and other equines, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0142, raising of horses and other equines.
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 0142, 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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