The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For sports and recreation education, that activity is 85410.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
85410 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for sports and recreation education: a sub-class of class 8541, sports and recreation education, within division 85, education. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 85Group 854Class 8541Sub-class 85410
Sports and recreation education
Sub-class 85410 · Class 8541 · Group 854 · Division 85 · Section P, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
854105 digits: 85 + 4 + 1 + 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 85410. 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 85 covers education. It sits in section P, education.
Other education.
Sports and recreation education. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Sports and recreation education. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
85410 is a sub-class of class 8541, sports and recreation education. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the provision of instruction in athletic activities such as baseball, basketball, cricket, football, gymnastics, swimming etc.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 85410 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For sports and recreation education, that activity is 85410.
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
85410 is for sports and recreation education. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 854. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 854, other education. 85410 itself is in class 8541. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Sports and recreation education, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 8541, sports and recreation education.
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 8541, 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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