The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For other site preparation activities n.e.c., that activity is 43129.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
43129 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for other site preparation activities n.e.c.: a sub-class of class 4312, site preparation, within division 43, specialized construction activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 43Group 431Class 4312Sub-class 43129
Other site preparation activities n.e.c.
Sub-class 43129 · Class 4312 · Group 431 · Division 43 · Section F, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
431295 digits: 43 + 1 + 2 + 9NIC 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 43129. 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 43 covers specialized construction activities. It sits in section F, construction.
Demolition and site preparation.
Site preparation. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Other site preparation activities n.e.c. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
43129 is a sub-class of class 4312, site preparation. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - drilling of production oil or gas wells, see 0610, 0620
- - decontamination of soil, see 3900
- - water well drilling, see 4220
- - shaft sinking, see 4390
- - oil and gas field exploration, geophysical, geological and seismic surveying, see 7110
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 43129 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For other site preparation activities n.e.c., that activity is 43129.
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
43129 is for other site preparation activities n.e.c. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 4312 and other classes in group 431. Each has its own page with the official wording.
43121Class 4312 · another sub-class of the same class43122Class 4312 · another sub-class of the same class43123Class 4312 · another sub-class of the same classClass 4312 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 43129.
These belong to other classes in group 431, demolition and site preparation. 43129 itself is in class 4312. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Other site preparation activities n.e.c., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4312, site preparation.
Class 4312, site preparation, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 43129, they are: 43121 (Site preparation for mining including overburden removal and other development and preparation of mineral properties and sites except oil and gas sites); 43122 (Site preparation including drilling, boring and core sampling for construction, geophysical, geological or similar purposes); 43123 (Clearing of building sites, earth moving: excavation, landfill, levelling and grading of construction sites, trench digging, rock removal, blasting 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, and the explanatory note for class 4312, 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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