The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For technical and vocational education for handicapped students below the level of higher education, that activity is 85222.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
85222 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for technical and vocational education for handicapped students below the level of higher education: a sub-class of class 8522, technical and vocational secondary 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 852Class 8522Sub-class 85222
Technical and vocational education for handicapped students below the level of higher education
Sub-class 85222 · Class 8522 · Group 852 · 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.
852225 digits: 85 + 2 + 2 + 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 85222. 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.
Secondary education.
Technical and vocational secondary education. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Technical and vocational education for handicapped students below the level of higher education. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
85222 is a sub-class of class 8522, technical and vocational secondary education. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes programmes that emphasize subject-matter specialization and instruction in both theoretical background and practical skills generally associated with present or prospective employment
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 85222 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For technical and vocational education for handicapped students below the level of higher education, that activity is 85222.
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
85222 is for technical and vocational education for handicapped students below the level of higher education. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 8522. Each has its own page with the official wording.
85223Class 8522 · another sub-class of the same class85221Class 8522 · another sub-class of the same classClass 8522 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 85222.
Questions
Technical and vocational education for handicapped students below the level of higher education, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 8522, technical and vocational secondary education.
Class 8522, technical and vocational secondary education, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 85222, they are: 85223 (Professional motor driving school); 85221 (Technical and vocational education below the level of higher education except for handicapped).
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 8522, 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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