The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For support service at railway stations, bus stations, bridges etc., that activity is 52212.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
52212 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for support service at railway stations, bus stations, bridges etc.: a sub-class of class 5221, service activities incidental to land transportation, within division 52, warehousing and support activities for transportation. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 52Group 522Class 5221Sub-class 52212
Support service at railway stations, bus stations, bridges etc.
Sub-class 52212 · Class 5221 · Group 522 · Division 52 · Section H, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
522125 digits: 52 + 2 + 1 + 2NIC 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 52212. 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 52 covers warehousing and support activities for transportation. It sits in section H, transport and storage.
Support activities for transportation.
Service activities incidental to land transportation. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Support service at railway stations, bus stations, bridges etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
52212 is a sub-class of class 5221, service activities incidental to land transportation. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - cargo handling, see 5224
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 52212 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For support service at railway stations, bus stations, bridges etc., that activity is 52212.
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
52212 is for support service at railway stations, bus stations, bridges etc. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 5221. Each has its own page with the official wording.
52213Class 5221 · another sub-class of the same class52219Class 5221 · another sub-class of the same class52211Class 5221 · another sub-class of the same classClass 5221 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 52212.
Questions
Support service at railway stations, bus stations, bridges etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 5221, service activities incidental to land transportation.
Class 5221, service activities incidental to land transportation, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 52212, they are: 52213 (Switching and shunting); 52219 (Other land transport services n.e.c); 52211 (Car parking including motorcycle and bicycle parking).
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 5221, 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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