KBLI 2025 vs KBLI 2020: How to Read Your NIB and Confirm Compliance

A finance manager pulls up the company’s NIB before a bank meeting and freezes. The listed activity codes look unfamiliar. This moment is now common across Indonesia, because the national business classification system changed at the end of 2025.

This article is written for PT PMA (foreign-owned limited liability company) owners, local company directors, and new investors who need to confirm whether their NIB reflects KBLI 2025 or the retired KBLI 2020 system, and what to do about it.

In Business Hub Asia’s own caseload, not every code change forces a company back to the notary. When the underlying business activity has not actually changed, the OSS system alone can usually carry the KBLI 2025 adjustment through to completion.

KBLI 2025, enacted through Peraturan Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Nomor 7 Tahun 2025, replaced KBLI 2020 as Indonesia’s official industrial classification on 17 December 2025. A NIB (Nomor Induk Berusaha, or Business Identification Number) is only compliant if the codes attached to it match the new structure, not the retired one.

The six-month adjustment window that followed closed on 17 June 2026. That means every company operating in Indonesia today should already know which system its NIB reflects, and, if it has not adjusted yet, should treat this as an active compliance gap rather than a future deadline.

What Is KBLI in Indonesia?

KBLI Indonesia stands for Klasifikasi Baku Lapangan Usaha Indonesia, the Indonesian Standard Industrial Classification. It is the master list BPS uses to categorize every economic activity a business in Indonesia can legally carry out.

Every company registered through the Online Single Submission Risk-Based Approach (OSS RBA) system, whether a PT PMA or a local PT, must attach one or more KBLI codes to its NIB. The code chosen determines the risk classification of the business, the type of license required, and which government agency has oversight.

KBLI is not cosmetic paperwork. Indonesia’s investment framework, tax reporting, and sector-specific licensing all key off the KBLI code recorded on a company’s NIB, which is why an outdated code creates friction well beyond the OSS portal itself.

KBLI 2020 vs KBLI 2025: What Actually Changed?

KBLI 2025 was built to align with the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) Revision 5, the United Nations framework most countries use as a reference when updating their own systems. BPS confirmed the update was needed to capture activities that barely existed when KBLI 2020 was drafted, particularly platform-based digital businesses.

The practical effect is that some five-digit codes kept their number but received a reworded description, some were split into narrower codes, and a smaller group of activities, including platform-based commerce and factoryless goods production, received a dedicated code for the first time.

How to Read Your NIB and Tell Which KBLI Version You’re On

The NIB document itself does not print “KBLI 2020” or “KBLI 2025” as a label, so the check has to be done manually. Three things settle the question quickly.

First, compare each five-digit code on the NIB against the current KBLI 2025 list published by BPS. If the code and its description match, the NIB is current. If the description on file no longer matches what the code actually covers, it is running on the old system.

Second, check the last update or reprint date on the NIB through the OSS RBA dashboard. Any NIB last generated before 18 December 2025 was necessarily issued under KBLI 2020 and needs review.

Third, log into your company’s OSS RBA account directly. The system now flags KBLI entries that require adjustment, which is the fastest single confirmation available to a business owner without outside help. 

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KBLI OSS: Where the Classification Actually Lives

KBLI Online is not a separate portal. The classification lives entirely inside OSS RBA (Online Single Submission Risk-Based Approach), the government’s integrated licensing system, and every KBLI update, addition, or correction has to pass through it.

下 Peraturan Pemerintah (PP, or Government Regulation) Nomor 28 Tahun 2025 on risk-based business licensing, which took effect 5 June 2025, OSS RBA is the sole official channel for recording a company’s KBLI codes, risk level, and licensing status. A code that exists only on paper and beyond OSS carries no legal weight.

This is also why so many businesses discover the problem later on. OSS updates do not happen automatically when BPS updates a regulation. The company’s employees or professional advisor has to initiate the adjustment.

More Room for Foreign Investors Under the New Structure

One detail foreign investors consistently miss is that KBLI 2025 did not tighten foreign ownership rules. If anything, the practical effect runs the other way for several sectors.

Indonesia already replaced the old restrictive Daftar Negatif Investasi (DNI, or Negative Investment List) with the more open Daftar Prioritas Investasi (Positive Investment List) back in 2021, under Peraturan Presiden Nomor 10 Tahun 2021 as amended by Peraturan Presiden Nomor 49 Tahun 2021. That regulation still governs which KBLI codes are open, conditionally open, or closed to foreign capital.

What KBLI 2025 adds is precision. Digital and platform-based activities that previously had no dedicated code, and were sometimes classified conservatively by caution alone, now have their own five-digit entries. In Business Hub Asia’s experience advising foreign-owned clients, this often clarifies eligibility rather than restricting it, because a specific code is easier to test against the Positive Investment List than a broad, catch-all one.

Foreign investors should still confirm ownership limits case by case. Under Peraturan Menteri Investasi dan Hilirisasi (Permen Invest) Nomor 5 Tahun 2025, a PT PMA also needs a minimum investment value above IDR 10 billion per KBLI code per project location, a figure worth confirming with an advisor before incorporation.

The Influencer Economy Gets Its Own KBLI Codes

This is one of the clearest signals of how far KBLI 2025 reaches. Content creators, including YouTubers, TikTokers, podcasters, and social media influencers earning income from endorsements or ad revenue, are now recognized as a formal business activity rather than an informal one.

Individuals whose accounts function as a business, meaning they run paid endorsements, produce sponsored content, or manage brand partnerships, are expected to register for an NIB. Commonly cited codes include 59112 for video and content production, 73100 for advertising and endorsement activity, and 74909 for other professional services such as talent or affiliate management.

The legal basis sits across two regulations working together: PP Nomor 28 Tahun 2025, which requires any party, including an individual (orang perseorangan), running a digital business to hold an NIB, and Peraturan BPS Nomor 7 Tahun 2025, which gave that activity a recognized code for the first time.

For creators, this is less a burden than an opening. A properly registered KBLI supports business bank account applications, stronger brand contracts, and cleaner tax reporting, three things informal creator accounts consistently struggle with.

Does a KBLI Code Change Require Amending the Articles of Association?

This is the question that determines cost, time, and paperwork, and the answer depends entirely on substance, not on whether the digit sequence looks different on paper.

Case 1: Code renumbered, activity unchanged. In Business Hub Asia’s caseload, when a client’s KBLI 2020 code shifted to a new KBLI 2025 number but the actual business activity stayed the same in substance, no Articles of Association amendment was required. The adjustment was completed directly through OSS RBA.

Case 2: Description changes, activity no longer matches. Where the KBLI 2025 description for a code no longer reflects what the company genuinely does, an amendment to the Articles of Association becomes necessary, along with a shareholders’ resolution and Ministry of Law approval, before OSS is updated.

One illustrative example from the medical device sector: a client’s code shifted from 46691 under KBLI 2020 to 46791 under KBLI 2025. Because the described activity remained materially the same, the adjustment was executed entirely inside OSS, without requiring formal document revision.

This distinction matters because amending Articles of Association costs precious weeks that it does not need to lose, while skipping one leaves the NIB legally unsupported and risks sanctions in the event of inspection or rejection in case the activity requires new documents and additional licenses. Businesses evaluating their own KBLI status early are better served confirming this substance test with an experienced advisor before filing anything, rather than assuming either path applies by default which sacrifices cost and time.

What This Means for Indonesia Company Incorporation Today

For anyone pursuing company registration in Indonesia in 2026, KBLI 2025 is not optional or transitional. It is the only classification system that OSS RBA will accept for new NIB application, an Articles of Association draft, or a PT PMA setup.

Choosing the wrong code at incorporation is harder to fix after the fact than before it, since a correction after registration can trigger the same substance test described above and time. Worst case, that the correction jeopardizes critical company situations (product launch or import or export or commencement of business activity or sale out process) which potentially wipes out partial or entire company profit. Business Hub Asia supports company registration in Indonesia with KBLI selection matched to each client’s actual, current business activity rather than a generic template.

Companies that already hold a NIB but have not verified it since December 2025 face a related but distinct problem: a live compliance gap rather than a setup decision. Both situations benefit from the same first step, a proper activity-to-code audit.

A Practical Way to Check Where Your Company Stands

Rather than guessing, businesses can conduct their own internal self assessment  before deciding whether advisory support is needed.

1. Pull the current KBLI list attached to the NIB from the OSS RBA dashboard.
2. Compare each code and description against the official KBLI 2025 classification published under Peraturan BPS Nomor 7 Tahun 2025.
3. Flag any code whose description no longer matches the actual, current business activity.
4. For flagged codes, determine whether the change is a renumbering or a substantive shift, since this decides whether an Articles of Association amendment applies.
5. Confirm sector-specific licenses tied to the old code are still valid under the reclassified risk category.

Because the substance test in step four is where most companies misjudge their own position, this is the stage where an experienced advisor typically adds the most value, rather than at the filing stage itself.

Turning KBLI Compliance Into a Clear Business Advantage

The shift from KBLI 2020 to KBLI 2025 was never just a numbering exercise. It reflects how Indonesia’s economy continuously shifted, from the rise of platform businesses to the formal recognition of the creator economy, and it rewards companies that treat their classification as a living part of their legal structure rather than a one-time filing.

Businesses that confirm their NIB status now, rather than after a licensing renewal is rejected, avoid the scramble that comes with fixing a problem under pressure. Read correctly, the KBLI system is simply a map of what a company is legally allowed to do, and keeping that map current protects everything built on top of it.

Business Hub Asia’s Business Setup service includes a KBLI compliance review for companies concerning their NIB and current operations, alongside the Consultation & Outsourcing support many clients rely on once their classification is confirmed. Businesses that recently reviewed their NIB status after incorporation can also read our related guide on Indonesia business licensing after NIB issuance for the next compliance steps.

Ready to confirm your KBLI status? Book a KBLI compliance review with Business Hub Asia’s Business Setup team.