The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse, that activity is 87200.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
87200 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse: a sub-class of class 8720, residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse, within division 87, residential care activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 87Group 872Class 8720Sub-class 87200
Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse
Sub-class 87200 · Class 8720 · Group 872 · Division 87 · Section Q, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
872005 digits: 87 + 2 + 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 87200. 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 87 covers residential care activities. It sits in section Q, human health and social work activities.
Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse.
Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
87200 is a sub-class of class 8720, residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the provision of residential care (but not licensed hospital care) to people with mental retardation, mental illness, or substance abuse problems. Facilities provide room, board, protective supervision and counseling and some health care. It also includes provision of residential care and treatment for patients with mental health and substance abuse illnesses.
This class excludes:
- - social work activities with accommodation, such as temporary homeless shelters, see 8790
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 87200 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse, that activity is 87200.
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
Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 8720, residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse.
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 8720, 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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