The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings, that activity is 47532.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
47532 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings: a sub-class of class 4753, retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialized stores, within division 47, retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 47Group 475Class 4753Sub-class 47532
Retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings
Sub-class 47532 · Class 4753 · Group 475 · Division 47 · Section G, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
475325 digits: 47 + 5 + 3 + 2NIC 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 47532. 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 47 covers retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles. It sits in section G, wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Retail sale of other household equipment in specialized stores.
Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialized stores. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
47532 is a sub-class of class 4753, retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialized stores. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - retail sale of cork floor tiles, see 4752
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 47532 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings, that activity is 47532.
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
47532 is for retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 4753 and other classes in group 475. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 4753 has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 47532.
These belong to other classes in group 475, retail sale of other household equipment in specialized stores. 47532 itself is in class 4753. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4753, retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialized stores.
Class 4753, retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialized stores, has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 47532, they are: 47531 (Retail sale of carpets, rugs, curtains and net curtains).
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 4753, 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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