The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For shoe shiners, porters, valet car parkers etc., that activity is 96903.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
96903 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for shoe shiners, porters, valet car parkers etc.: a sub-class of class 9609, other personal service activities n.e.c., within division 96, other personal service activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 96Group 969Class 9690Sub-class 96903
Shoe shiners, porters, valet car parkers etc.
Sub-class 96903 · Class 9690 · Group 969 · Division 96 · Section S, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
969035 digits: 96 + 9 + 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 96903. 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 96 covers other personal service activities. It sits in section S, other service activities.
Other personal service activities.
Other personal service activities n.e.c.
Shoe shiners, porters, valet car parkers etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 96903 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For shoe shiners, porters, valet car parkers etc., that activity is 96903.
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
96903 is for shoe shiners, porters, valet car parkers etc. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 9609. Each has its own page with the official wording.
96904Class 9609 · another sub-class of the same class96905Class 9609 · another sub-class of the same class96906Class 9609 · another sub-class of the same class96907Class 9609 · another sub-class of the same class96908Class 9609 · another sub-class of the same classClass 9609 has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 96903. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Shoe shiners, porters, valet car parkers etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 9609, other personal service activities n.e.c.
Class 9609, other personal service activities n.e.c., has 8 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 96903, those with a page here are: 96904 (Coin-operated personal service machines such as photo booths, weighing machines, blood pressure checking machines etc.); 96905 (Activities of sauna and steam baths, massage salons etc.); 96906 (Astrological and spiritualists’ activities); 96907 (Activities of aaya, dhai, governess, baby sitter etc.); 96908 (General household maintenance activities like grooming of the floor, dusting, cleaning of utensils etc.).
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 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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