The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 45402.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
45402 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 4540, sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories, within division 45, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 45Group 454Class 4540Sub-class 45402
Wholesale or retail sale of parts and accessories of motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and three wheelers
Sub-class 45402 · Class 4540 · Group 454 · Division 45 · 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.
454025 digits: 45 + 4 + 0 + 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 45402. 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 45 covers wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. It sits in section G, wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories.
Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Wholesale or retail sale of parts and accessories of motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and three wheelers. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
45402 is a sub-class of class 4540, sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - wholesale of bicycles and related parts and accessories, see 4649
- - retail sale of bicycles and related parts and accessories, see 4763
- - renting of motorcycles, see 7730
- - repair and maintenance of bicycles, see 9529
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 45402 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 45402.
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
45402 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 4540. Each has its own page with the official wording.
45403Class 4540 · another sub-class of the same class45401Class 4540 · another sub-class of the same classClass 4540 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 45402.
Questions
Wholesale or retail sale of parts and accessories of motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and three wheelers, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4540, sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories.
Class 4540, sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 45402, they are: 45403 (Maintenance and repair of motor cycles, mopeds, scooters and three wheelers); 45401 (Wholesale or retail sale of new motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and three wheelers).
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 4540, 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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