The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For wholesale of other agriculture machinery n.e.c., that activity is 46539.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
46539 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for wholesale of other agriculture machinery n.e.c.: a sub-class of class 4653, wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies, within division 46, wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 46Group 465Class 4653Sub-class 46539
Wholesale of other agriculture machinery n.e.c.
Sub-class 46539 · Class 4653 · Group 465 · Division 46 · Section G, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
465395 digits: 46 + 5 + 3 + 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 46539. 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 46 covers wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles. It sits in section G, wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies.
Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies.
Wholesale of other agriculture machinery n.e.c. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 46539 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For wholesale of other agriculture machinery n.e.c., that activity is 46539.
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
46539 is for wholesale of other agriculture machinery n.e.c. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 4653 and other classes in group 465. Each has its own page with the official wording.
46531Class 4653 · another sub-class of the same class46532Class 4653 · another sub-class of the same class46533Class 4653 · another sub-class of the same classClass 4653 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 46539.
These belong to other classes in group 465, wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies. 46539 itself is in class 4653. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Wholesale of other agriculture machinery n.e.c., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4653, wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies.
Class 4653, wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 46539, they are: 46531 (Wholesale of tractors used in agriculture and forestry); 46532 (Wholesale of ploughs, manure spreaders, seeders, harvesters, threshers); 46533 (Wholesale of milking machines, poultry-keeping machines, bee-keeping machines).
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 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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