The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For wholesale of recorded audio or video tapes, CDs and DVDs, that activity is 46495.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
46495 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for wholesale of recorded audio or video tapes, CDs and DVDs: a sub-class of class 4649, wholesale of other household goods, 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 464Class 4649Sub-class 46495
Wholesale of recorded audio or video tapes, CDs and DVDs
Sub-class 46495 · Class 4649 · Group 464 · 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.
464955 digits: 46 + 4 + 9 + 5NIC 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 46495. 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 household goods.
Wholesale of other household goods. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Wholesale of recorded audio or video tapes, CDs and DVDs. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
46495 is a sub-class of class 4649, wholesale of other household goods. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - wholesale of blank audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs, see 4652
- - wholesale of office furniture, see 4659
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 46495 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For wholesale of recorded audio or video tapes, CDs and DVDs, that activity is 46495.
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
46495 is for wholesale of recorded audio or video tapes, CDs and DVDs. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 4649. Each has its own page with the official wording.
46496Class 4649 · another sub-class of the same class46497Class 4649 · another sub-class of the same class46498Class 4649 · another sub-class of the same class46499Class 4649 · another sub-class of the same class46491Class 4649 · another sub-class of the same classClass 4649 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 46495. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Wholesale of recorded audio or video tapes, CDs and DVDs, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4649, wholesale of other household goods.
Class 4649, wholesale of other household goods, has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 46495, those with a page here are: 46496 (Wholesale of paper and other stationery items; books, magazines and newspapers); 46497 (Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods); 46498 (Wholesale of precious metals and jewellery); 46499 (Wholesale of other households goods, n.e.c. [Includes wholesale of household equipment and appliances, n.e.c; photographic equipment, games, toys and sports goods (also includes bicycles, cycle rickshaw, tonga & other non-mechanised vehicles); leather goods and travel accessories; cleaning materials etc.]); 46491 (Wholesale of toiletry, perfumery and cosmetics).
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 4649, 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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