The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For remediation activities and other waste management services, that activity is 39000.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
39000 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for remediation activities and other waste management services: a sub-class of class 3900, remediation activities and other waste management services, within division 39, remediation activities and other waste management services. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 39Group 390Class 3900Sub-class 39000
Remediation activities and other waste management services
Sub-class 39000 · Class 3900 · Group 390 · Division 39 · Section E, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
390005 digits: 39 + 0 + 0 + 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 39000. 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 39 covers remediation activities and other waste management services. It sits in section E, water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities.
Remediation activities and other waste management services.
Remediation activities and other waste management services. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Remediation activities and other waste management services. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
39000 is a sub-class of class 3900, remediation activities and other waste management services. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This includes cleanup of contaminated buildings and sites, soil, surface or ground water and other specialized pollution-control activities
This class excludes:
- - treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste, see 3821
- - treatment and disposal of hazardous waste, see 3822
- - outdoor sweeping and watering of streets etc., see 8129
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 39000 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For remediation activities and other waste management services, that activity is 39000.
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.
Questions
Remediation activities and other waste management services, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 3900, remediation activities and other waste management services.
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 3900, 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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