The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment, that activity is 46591.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
46591 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment: a sub-class of class 4659, wholesale of other machinery and equipment, 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 4659Sub-class 46591
Wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment
Sub-class 46591 · Class 4659 · 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.
465915 digits: 46 + 5 + 9 + 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 46591. 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 other machinery and equipment. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
46591 is a sub-class of class 4659, wholesale of other machinery and equipment. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - wholesale of motor vehicles, trailers and caravans, see 4510
- - wholesale of motor vehicle parts, see 4530
- - wholesale of motorcycles, see 4540
- - wholesale of bicycles, see 4649
- - wholesale of computers and peripheral equipment, see 4651
- - wholesale of electronic parts and telephone and communications equipment, see 4652
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 46591 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment, that activity is 46591.
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
46591 is for wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 4659. Each has its own page with the official wording.
46592Class 4659 · another sub-class of the same class46593Class 4659 · another sub-class of the same class46594Class 4659 · another sub-class of the same class46595Class 4659 · another sub-class of the same class46596Class 4659 · another sub-class of the same classClass 4659 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 46591. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4659, wholesale of other machinery and equipment.
Class 4659, wholesale of other machinery and equipment, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 46591, those with a page here are: 46592 (Wholesale of transport equipment except motor vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles); 46593 (Wholesale of electrical machinery, equipment and supplies, n.e.c.); 46594 (Wholesale of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment); 46595 (Wholesale of machinery and equipment for the textile, wood and metal industries etc.); 46596 (Wholesale of scientific, medical and surgical machinery and equipment).
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 4659, 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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