The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 46521.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
46521 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 4652, wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts, 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 4652Sub-class 46521
Wholesale of electronic valves and tubes, semiconductor devices, microchips, integrated circuits and printed circuits
Sub-class 46521 · Class 4652 · 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.
465215 digits: 46 + 5 + 2 + 1NIC 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 46521. 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 electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Wholesale of electronic valves and tubes, semiconductor devices, microchips, integrated circuits and printed circuits. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
46521 is a sub-class of class 4652, wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - wholesale of recorded audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs, see 4649
- - wholesale of computers and computer peripheral equipment, see 4651
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 46521 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 46521.
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
46521 is for the activity named at the top of this page. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 4652. Each has its own page with the official wording.
46522Class 4652 · another sub-class of the same class46524Class 4652 · another sub-class of the same class46529Class 4652 · another sub-class of the same classClass 4652 has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 46521. 3 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Wholesale of electronic valves and tubes, semiconductor devices, microchips, integrated circuits and printed circuits, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4652, wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts.
Class 4652, wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts, has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 46521, those with a page here are: 46522 (Wholesale of radio, television and other consumer electronics including CD/ DVD players and recorders); 46524 (Wholesale of telephone, mobile phone and communications equipment and parts); 46529 (Wholesale of other electronic equipments and parts thereof).
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 4652, 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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