The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For services incidental to off shore gas extraction, that activity is 09103.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
09103 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for services incidental to off shore gas extraction: a sub-class of class 0910, support activities for petroleum and natural gas mining, within division 09, mining support service activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 09Group 091Class 0910Sub-class 09103
Services incidental to off shore gas extraction
Sub-class 09103 · Class 0910 · Group 091 · Division 09 · Section B, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
091035 digits: 09 + 1 + 0 + 3NIC 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 09103. 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 09 covers mining support service activities. It sits in section B, mining and quarrying.
Support activities for petroleum and natural gas mining.
Support activities for petroleum and natural gas mining. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Services incidental to off shore gas extraction. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
09103 is a sub-class of class 0910, support activities for petroleum and natural gas mining. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - service activities performed by operators of oil or gas fields, see 0610, 0620
- - specialized repair of mining machinery, see 3312
- - liquefaction and regasification of natural gas for purpose of transport, done off the mine site, see 5221
- - geophysical, geologic and seismic surveying, see 7110
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 09103 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For services incidental to off shore gas extraction, that activity is 09103.
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
09103 is for services incidental to off shore gas extraction. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 0910. Each has its own page with the official wording.
09101Class 0910 · another sub-class of the same class09102Class 0910 · another sub-class of the same classClass 0910 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 09103. 2 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Services incidental to off shore gas extraction, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0910, support activities for petroleum and natural gas mining.
Class 0910, support activities for petroleum and natural gas mining, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 09103, those with a page here are: 09101 (Services incidental to off shore oil extraction); 09102 (Services incidental to on shore oil extraction).
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 0910, 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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