The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator, that activity is 77306.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
77306 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator: a sub-class of class 7730, renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c., within division 77, rental and leasing activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 77Group 773Class 7730Sub-class 77306
Renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator
Sub-class 77306 · Class 7730 · Group 773 · Division 77 · Section N, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
773065 digits: 77 + 3 + 0 + 6NIC 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 77306. 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 77 covers rental and leasing activities. It sits in section N, administrative and support service activities.
Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
77306 is a sub-class of class 7730, renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - renting of agricultural and forestry machinery or equipment with operator, see 0161, 0240
- - renting of construction and civil engineering machinery or equipment with operator, see division 43
- - renting of water-transport equipment with operator, see division 50
- - renting of air-transport equipment with operator, see division 51
- - financial leasing, see 6491
- - renting of pleasure boats, see 7721
- - renting of bicycles, see 7721
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 77306 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator, that activity is 77306.
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
77306 is for renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 7730. Each has its own page with the official wording.
77307Class 7730 · another sub-class of the same class77308Class 7730 · another sub-class of the same class77309Class 7730 · another sub-class of the same class77301Class 7730 · another sub-class of the same class77302Class 7730 · another sub-class of the same classClass 7730 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 77306. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 7730, renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Class 7730, renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c., has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 77306, those with a page here are: 77307 (Renting and operational leasing of air transport equipment without operator); 77308 (Renting of other tangible goods with out operator (includes renting of containers, pallets, animals etc.)); 77309 (Renting and leasing of other machinery and equipment n.e.c. without operator); 77301 (Renting and operational leasing, without operator, of other machinery and equipment that are generally used as capital goods by industries); 77302 (Renting and operational leasing of agricultural and forestry machinery and equipment without operator).
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 7730, 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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