The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 62011.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
62011 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 6201, computer programming activities, within division 62, computer programming, consultancy and related activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 62Group 620Class 6201Sub-class 62011
Writing , modifying, testing of computer program to meet the needs of a particular client excluding web-page designing
Sub-class 62011 · Class 6201 · Group 620 · Division 62 · Section J, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
620115 digits: 62 + 0 + 1 + 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 62011. 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 62 covers computer programming, consultancy and related activities. It sits in section J, information and communication.
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities.
Computer programming activities. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Writing , modifying, testing of computer program to meet the needs of a particular client excluding web-page designing. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
62011 is a sub-class of class 6201, computer programming activities. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - publishing packaged software, see 5820
- - planning and designing computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software and communication technologies, even though providing software might be an integral part, see 6202
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 62011 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 62011.
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
62011 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 6201. Each has its own page with the official wording.
62012Class 6201 · another sub-class of the same class62013Class 6201 · another sub-class of the same classClass 6201 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 62011.
Questions
Writing , modifying, testing of computer program to meet the needs of a particular client excluding web-page designing, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 6201, computer programming activities.
Class 6201, computer programming activities, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 62011, they are: 62012 (Web-page designing); 62013 (Providing software support and maintenance to the clients).
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 6201, 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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