NDIS registration groups explained: the full list and which audit each needs

When you apply to register, you nominate one or more registration groups (also called classes of support) — the specific things you're seeking to deliver. They aren't just labels: your groups determine the Practice Standards you're assessed against and the type of audit you need. Getting them right up front saves you money and rework.

The rule that catches people out

Each registration group is tied to either a verification audit (lower-risk) or a certification audit (higher-risk). The rule the Commission states plainly: if your application includes any group that requires a certification audit, your whole audit is a certification audit — the more involved, two-stage, onsite kind.

So a physio who registers only for therapeutic supports (verification) does a desktop review; add one certification group — say daily personal activities — and the entire registration moves to certification. It's worth being deliberate: only nominate the groups you'll actually deliver, because each one you add can raise your audit level, your audit cost, and the standards you're held to.

The full list of NDIS registration groups

All current registration groups, with the audit each requires on its own:

★ = the two groups added for mandatory registration (0137 digital platform, 0138 SIL). “Audit” shows whether that group, on its own, needs a verification or certification audit.

Note the pattern: hands-on, higher-risk supports (personal activities, shared living, behaviour support, SDA, support coordination) are certification; equipment, therapies under professional regulation, transport and plan management are verification.

The two new groups — 0137 and 0138

Two groups were added to the list for mandatory registration from 1 July 2026:

• 0138 — Assistance with supported independent living (SIL) — certification.
• 0137 — Providing an NDIS digital platform service — certification.

If you deliver either, you must hold the relevant group by the 1 October 2026 cut-off (registered or applied). Both are certification-level, so budget for a two-stage audit. Note the related older group 0115 — Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement, long the closest match for shared SIL settings; work out with the Commission's SIL transition guidance which applies to your service.

How to choose your registration groups

Work from what you actually deliver, not what you might one day:

• List the supports you provide now, and map each to a group in the table above.
• Check whether any are certification groups — that sets your audit type (and cost) for the whole application.
• Don't over-nominate. You can add groups later at renewal or via a change to your registration if your services grow.
• If a support could fit more than one group, confirm the right one against the Commission's list before you apply.

How to verify this information

The authoritative list and audit mapping is the Commission's:

• Registration groups or classes of support (the full table + the mixed-groups rule).
• The quality audit process for what each audit involves.

Registration groups are occasionally amended — confirm against the Commission's list before you apply. ProviderScout is an independent directory, not affiliated with the NDIA or NDIS Commission.