Local grocery or kirana stores where food products, beverages or tobacco are predominant among a large variety of retail goods.
Use this mapping when the shop is a mixed retail store but food and daily grocery items dominate the business.
Use when a large variety of goods is sold but food, beverages or tobacco are not predominant.
NIC 472101 Retail sale of cereals and pulses, tea, coffee, spices, flour and edible oils including activities of Fair Price Shops/ Ration ShopsUse for specialist retail of cereals, pulses, tea, coffee, spices, flour and edible oils.
NIC 472199 Retail sale of other food products n.e.c. including retail sale of supplementsUse for other specialist food retail not elsewhere classified.
For a typical kirana store, the primary NIC 2025 code to investigate is 471100 - Retail sale of a large variety of goods (such as wearing apparel, furniture, appliances, hardware, cosmetics etc.) among which however, food products, beverages or tobacco should be predominant.
Use this page as a shortlist and then verify the final code against the linked official NIC page. NIC describes the economic activity. It does not issue a licence, replace GST/HSN/SAC classification, or guarantee approval in Udyam, MCA or any regulated filing.
Choose the NIC code that matches the principal activity, usually the activity that generates the largest share of revenue or best describes the entity being registered.