NIC Code for a Consultancy Company

For a management or business consultancy company, the NIC-2008 code in SPICe+ Part A is 70200. It is the most-filed consultancy code this firm has seen on real company incorporations, usually paired with a second, more specific code.

Recommended NIC‑2008 codes for a Consultancy Company

Select up to three of these as your industrial sub‑classes in SPICe+ Part A, with one marked primary. Open any code in the full finder for the sample MOA object clause and related codes.

Code	Description (official NIC‑2008 wording)	Notes
70200 Seen on a real filing	Management consultancy activities	General management/business consultancy — one of the most common codes on real filings, often paired with 6920...
69201 Seen on a real filing	Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities	Needs a regulator's approval first.
69100	Legal activities	Needs a regulator's approval first.
62020 Seen on a real filing	Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities	IT consulting and computer-facilities management — advising on / running a client’s IT systems rather than bui...
73100	Advertising	Advertising and digital-marketing agency work.
73200	Market research and public opinion polling	Market research and opinion-polling services.
78100	Activities of employment placement agencies	Recruitment / placement-agency services.
72100 Seen on a real filing	Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering	Research and experimental development in natural sciences and engineering — R&D-focused companies.
74909 Seen on a real filing	Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.	Catch-all for professional/scientific/technical services not covered elsewhere. Seen on 2 real filings.

70200 is general management, strategy, operations and business advisory work. Match the more specific code to what the company actually does when it is not purely generalist advisory:

69201 — accounting, bookkeeping, auditing and tax consultancy
62020 — IT / technology consultancy and systems advice
78100 / 78300 — recruitment and placement / broader HR-function consultancy
73100 / 73200 — advertising and digital marketing / market research
72100 — research and experimental development (R&D-focused consultancies)

Real filings checked by this firm show 70200 combined with 69201 (a CFO/accounting advisory company) and with 78100/78300 (an HR consultancy) — list one as primary and up to two secondary codes rather than relying on the generic catch-all 74909 alone, which Registrars can treat as a sign no specific code was chosen.

Before you file

The proposed company name and the MOA main‑objects clause should both be consistent with the NIC activity and description.
You may list up to three NIC‑2008 five‑digit sub‑classes; mark one as primary. Real filings this firm has checked almost always carry 2–3, not one.
Use NIC‑2008, not NIC‑2025 — MCA has not adopted NIC‑2025 for SPICe+ as of 2026.
If a result above carries a regulator flag (RBI / SEBI / IRDAI) or an OPC caveat, resolve that before choosing your company type and filing.

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FAQ

What is the NIC code for a business consultant?

Management and business consultancy is 70200 — it covers strategy, operations, finance and organisational advisory work for other businesses.

What is the NIC code for an accounting or CFO-advisory company?

69201 (accounting, bookkeeping, auditing and tax consultancy) — seen on a real filing paired with 70200 for a CFO-services company. Statutory audit sign-off still needs a practising Chartered Accountant regardless of the company's NIC code.

Why avoid the generic 74909 code for a consultancy?

74909 is "other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c." — a residual, catch-all code. Registrars can flag it as an admission that no specific activity was chosen; use it only as a genuine secondary code, not as the sole activity.