The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For support activities for animal production, that activity is 01620.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
01620 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for support activities for animal production: a sub-class of class 0162, support activities for animal production, within division 01, crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 01Group 016Class 0162Sub-class 01620
Support activities for animal production
Sub-class 01620 · Class 0162 · Group 016 · Division 01 · Section A, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
016205 digits: 01 + 6 + 2 + 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 01620. 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 01 covers crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities. It sits in section A, agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities.
Support activities for animal production. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Support activities for animal production. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
01620 is a sub-class of class 0162, support activities for animal production. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes agricultural activities on a fee or contract basis such as activities to promote propagation, growth and output of animals, herd testing services, droving services, agistment services, poultry caponizing, coop cleaning etc. activities related to artificial insemination, stud services, sheep shearing, farm animal boarding and care, activities of farriers
This class excludes:
- - provision of space for animal boarding only, see 6810
- - veterinary activities, see 7500
- - vaccination of animals, see 7500
- - renting of animals (e.g. herds), see 7730
- - service activities to promote commercial hunting and trapping, see 9499
- - pet boarding, see 9609
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 01620 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For support activities for animal production, that activity is 01620.
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
01620 is for support activities for animal production. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 016. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 016, support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities. 01620 itself is in class 0162. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Support activities for animal production, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0162, support activities for animal production.
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 0162, 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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