There are 38,736,364 companies and businesses in India in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 2,133,431 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in India
India has 38,736,364 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 2,133,431 of them are corporations. We build the records from MCA21 (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 7% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in India, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 38,736,364 Indian companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Indian company database.
38,736,364 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies38,736,364
Corporations2,133,431
States31
Largest stateMaharashtra 17%
Employees10-19
Revenue$1M-$5M
Email2%
Phone7%
Website5%
Indian company list: all 38,736,364 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in India, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Indian company directory.
Kirloskar Electrical Company LIMITEDKirloskar Electrical Company LIMITED
| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirloskar Electrical Company LIMITED | India | Hyderabad | 6-3-666/b, Iind Floor, Deccan Chambers, Somajiguda | Telangana | 500082 | *****.com | N/A | $176,963,159,100 | 9 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | Brandhouse Retails LIMITED | India | Mumbai | Survey No 15, House No. 5 Inga Complex | Maharashtra | 400093 | N/A | 2006 | $159,047,170,800 | 300 | Corporation | 17 | AACCR7497R |
| 3 | Maxx Mobile Comunication LIMITED | India | Mumbai | 106 Chawda Commerical Center Chincholi Bander | Maharashtra | 400064 | *****.in | 2009 | $135,573,814,468 | 9 | N/A | N/A | |
| 4 | Aravali Infrapower LIMITED | India | New Delhi | G-29, 3rd Floor Vardhman Tower | Delhi | 110018 | *****.in | 2002 | $123,892,274,939 | 518 | Corporation | 16 | AAECA1132C |
| 5 | R Piyarewall Import & Export LIMITED | India | Kolkata | 1st Floor Regent House | West Bengal | 700069 | *****.com | 2007 | $108,982,715,929 | 13 | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 | Bosch Rexorth India LIMITED | India | Mumbai | Ark Indl Compound Andherie | Maharashtra | 400059 | N/A | N/A | $108,648,197,913 | 12 | 2 | N/A | |
| 7 | Indian Rly Catering & Tourisn CORPORATION LIMITED | India | Chennai | 9/6a 9/6a, Mc Nichols Road | Tamil Nadu | 600031 | N/A | 2007 | $103,821,325,300 | 13 | N/A | N/A | |
| 8 | Tenet Exim Private LIMITED | India | Mumbai | C-801/a, 8th Floor, C-wing, Marathon Innova | Maharashtra | 400013 | N/A | 2009 | $101,873,788,091 | 14 | Corporation | 3 | AADCK7704P |
| 9 | Bharat Bijali LIMITED | India | Thane | Post Box No.100, Thane Belapur Road, Kalwa | Maharashtra | 400605 | N/A | N/A | $100,915,503,073 | 12 | 2 | N/A | |
| 10 | Ugam Impex LIMITED | India | Valsad | 2nd Floor, New Office Bldg, Bombay Market, | Gujarat | 396010 | N/A | 1996 | $96,805,983,133 | 18 | Corporation | 5 | AAACU4186A |
| 11 | Indian Oil CORPORATION LIMITED | India | Mumbai | Iocl Marketing Head Office, Indian Oil Bhavan, G-9 | Maharashtra | 400051 | *****.com | 1959 | $96,505,524,730 | 29,941 | Government body | 99999 | 27AAACI1681G1ZP |
| 12 | Easy Fit Jewellery LIMITED | India | Kolkata | Module No 2sw, 2nd Floor, Sdf Building, Plot -1 | West Bengal | 700091 | N/A | 2003 | $96,451,146,400 | 12 | Corporation | 28 | WBCAL0054429000 |
| 13 | Commissioner Secondary Education Rajasthan Bikaner | India | Bikaner | Near Lalgarh Palace Road | Rajasthan | 334001 | N/A | N/A | $83,699,529,540 | 512,049 | N/A | 08JDHO01093B1DH | |
| 14 | Howrah Mill Compay LIMITED | India | Howrah | 135, Forehsore Road, Ram Krishanapur | West Bengal | 711102 | N/A | N/A | $79,181,153,774 | 10 | N/A | N/A | |
| 15 | Agri Gold Projects LIMITED | India | Vijayawada East | 40-1-21/3, Ground / First Floor, | Andhra Pradesh | 521010 | *****.com | 1997 | $74,466,040,172 | 100 | Corporation | 24 | AADCA5206A |
| 16 | Mather & Plant Pumps LIMITED | India | Pune | Mumbai Pune Rd., Chinchwad | Maharashtra | 411019 | *****.in | 2008 | $73,105,982,095 | 14 | N/A | N/A | |
| 17 | Kirti Dal Mills LIMITED | India | Latur | 79-c, | Maharashtra | 413512 | *****.com | 2011 | $67,534,277,589 | 18 | N/A | N/A | |
| 18 | Jullundur Motor Agency (delhi) LIMITED | India | Delhi | 2769,ground Floor | Delhi | 110006 | *****.com | 1948 | $65,816,207,939 | 250 | Corporation | 35 | 07AAACJ2490G1ZP |
| 19 | Ministry Of Railways | India | New Delhi | 256-a, Raisina Road | Delhi | 110001 | *****.in | 1965 | $59,835,199,752 | 1,253,592 | Government body | N/A | 07AAAGM0289C1ZL |
| 20 | Samruddha Jeevan Foods India LIMITED | India | Pune | 576 2b3 Landmark Fp | Maharashtra | 411005 | *****.com | 2002 | $59,784,921,507 | 21 | Corporation | 8 | AAICS0865N |
| 21 | Linkson International LIMITED | India | Nagpur Rural | 4th Floor Poonam Plaza | Maharashtra | 440002 | *****.com | 1984 | $59,168,240,008 | 70 | Corporation | 2 | AAACL0701G |
| 22 | Life Insurance CORPORATION Of India | India | Mumbai | Central Office, Yogakshema, Jeevan Bima Marg, | Maharashtra | 400021 | *****.in | 1956 | $58,454,836,593 | 84,565 | Government body | 5444 | 27AAACL0582H1ZM |
| 23 | Reliance Industries LIMITED | India | Mumbai | 3rd Floor, Maker Chamber Iv, | Maharashtra | 400021 | *****.com | 1973 | $57,656,791,050 | 419,911 | Corporation | 18371 | 27AAACR5055K1Z7 |
| 24 | Hindustan Petroleum CORPORATION LIMITED | India | Mumbai | Petroleum House 17, Jamshedji Tata Road, | Maharashtra | 400020 | *****.com | 1952 | $53,258,411,251 | 8,049 | Government body | 99999 | 27AAACH1118B1ZC |
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Companies and businesses in India
38,736,364
2 November 2026
There are 38,736,364 companies and businesses in India in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 2,133,431 corporations (Private Limited and Limited), 29,156,775 sole traders (proprietorships) and 2,883,219 partnerships (partnerships and LLPs). On top of those come 147,705 non-profit organisations, 5,450 branches of foreign companies and 15,147 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 35,523,433 92%
- Head offices
- 818,839
- Branch locations
- 2,394,092
Legal form
- Corporations
- 2,133,431 6%
- Sole traders
- 29,156,775
- Partnerships
- 2,883,219
Per working day this year
≈ 1,074
new companies registered · 234,069 so far in 2026
How to search the Indian company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Company Data API.
Largest companies in India
Which are the largest companies in India? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Tata Consultancy Services, with 607,979 staff, ahead of Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank. By yearly revenue the largest company is Reliance Industries, ahead of HDFC Bank and Tata Consultancy Services. Below are the top companies of India ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in India. 477 Indian companies employ more than 10,000 people and 1,427 report more than $1 billion a year.
Tata Consultancy Services has the largest headcount of any company in India in our data. 477 Indian companies list more than 10,000 people, 18,853 more than 500.
- 1607,979 staff
- 2419,911 staff
- 3214,521 staff
- 4101,300 staff
- 576,241 staff
- 668,742 staff
- 759,051 staff
- 843,871 staff
- 943,089 staff
- 1041,049 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Reliance Industries is the largest company in India by revenue; 1,427 Indian companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$57.7B
- 2$39.7B
- 3$24.3B
- 4$20.2B
- 5$20.1B
- 6$17.1B
- 7$16.8B
- 8$16.6B
- 9$16.4B
- 10$16.2B
Department of Posts is the largest public body in our data for India, with 600,000 staff.
- 1600,000 staff
- 2250,000 staff
- 3104,687 staff
- 480,000 staff
- 557,500 staff
- 618,000 staff
5,450 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in India.
- 110,429 worldwide
- 210,000 worldwide
- 39,078 worldwide
- 47,203 worldwide
- 54,841 worldwide
- 64,538 worldwide
- 72,759 worldwide
- 81,687 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in India.
By employee size · 37,087,963 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 2,562,126 | 7% | |
| 5-9 | 6,287,196 | 17% | |
| 10-19 | 23,359,171 | 63% | |
| 20-49 | 4,575,655 | 12% | |
| 50-99 | 198,501 | 0.5% | |
| 100-199 | 53,222 | 0.1% | |
| 200-499 | 33,239 | <0.1% | |
| 500+ | 18,853 | <0.1% |
7% have 1 to 4 employees; 18,853 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 1,070,579 | 3% | |
| $100K-$500K | 6,824,598 | 19% | |
| $500K-$1M | 9,724,720 | 27% | |
| $1M-$5M | 17,368,877 | 48% | |
| $5M-$10M | 690,206 | 2% | |
| $10M-$100M | 150,598 | 0.4% | |
| $100M-$1B | 9,279 | <0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 1,427 | <0.1% |
10,706 companies report more than $100 million; 1,427 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in India
Most companies in India are small businesses. Of the 37,087,963 with a known headcount, 8,849,322 (24%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 27,934,826 are small (10 to 49) and 284,962 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 18,853 employ 500 people or more, so 99.95% of Indian companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 8,849,322 | 24% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 27,934,826 | 75% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 284,962 | 0.8% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 18,853 | <0.1% |
2,562,126
companies have 1 to 4 employees (7%). 1,070,579 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
29,156,775
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
0.6%
of the 234,069 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (1,322). Only 1 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in India based?
Maharashtra has more companies than any other state in India: 6,778,148, or 17% of the total, ahead of Uttar Pradesh (4,230,297) and Tamil Nadu (3,422,698). Below you find the twelve largest of its 31 states and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 31 states
| State | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 6,778,148 | 17% | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,230,297 | 11% | |
| Tamil Nadu | 3,422,698 | 9% | |
| Gujarat | 3,053,908 | 8% | |
| Rajasthan | 2,560,512 | 7% | |
| Karnataka | 2,455,189 | 6% | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,667,720 | 4% | |
| Delhi | 1,662,577 | 4% | |
| West Bengal | 1,653,885 | 4% | |
| Bihar | 1,574,456 | 4% | |
| Telangana | 1,320,925 | 3% | |
| Haryana | 1,219,147 | 3% |
Ten busiest cities
- Mumbai1,502,364
- New Delhi1,389,920
- Pune1,152,560
- Bengaluru1,030,470
- Thane764,212
- Ahmedabad741,179
- Chennai737,974
- Surat680,994
- Jaipur657,838
- Hyderabad628,962
Main industries in India
Wholesale (durable goods) is the biggest industry in India by number of companies: 3,356,503, or 9% of all firms with an industry code. Next come wholesale (consumer goods) (3,147,489) and business services and IT (2,689,637). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 125 industry lists for India.
- Wholesale (durable goods)3,356,5039%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)3,147,4898%
- Business services and IT2,689,6377%
- Other shops2,327,2846%
- Food production2,036,6705%
- Travel and transport services1,703,8284%
- Textiles1,621,3324%
- Restaurants and bars1,263,1783%
- Engineering, accounting and management1,261,5563%
- Personal services1,170,7903%
- Clothing shops1,064,7883%
- Food shops1,059,2033%
- Chemicals929,4692%
- Other manufacturing826,0092%
- Building construction814,7212%
- Other industries12,967,48234%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in India
3,356,503
Wholesale (durable goods)
SIC 50: Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
- 18,254 staff
- 26,953 staff
- 33,650 staff
3,147,489
Wholesale (consumer goods)
SIC 51: Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods
- 14,081 staff
- 24,000 staff
- 33,894 staff
2,689,637
SIC 73: Business Services
- 143,871 staff
- 222,475 staff
- 318,568 staff
2,327,284
Other shops
SIC 59: Miscellaneous Retail
- 15,137 staff
- 22,485 staff
- 31,061 staff
2,036,670
Food production
SIC 20: Food And Kindred Products
- 15,000 staff
- 24,426 staff
- 34,000 staff
1,703,828
Travel and transport services
SIC 47: Transportation Services
- 14,342 staff
- 22,811 staff
- 31,323 staff
1,621,332
Textiles
SIC 22: Textile Mill Products
- 16,500 staff
- 26,000 staff
- 34,850 staff
1,263,178
Restaurants and bars
SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places
- 12,418 staff
- 2932 staff
- 3742 staff
Discover more: all Indian industries, cities and regions
Every Indian list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
A · Agriculture
B · Mining
C · Manufacturing
- Automotive companies
- Breweries
- Candy companies
- Car parts companies
- Chemical companies
- Clothing companies
- Cosmetics companies
- Electronics companies
- Fashion companies
- Leather companies
- Manufacturing companies
- Mattress companies
- Meat companies
- Medical device companies
- Men clothing companies
- Office furniture companies
- Paper companies
- Pharmaceuticals companies
- Printing companies
E · Water and waste
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
P · Education
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
More industries
- Aerospace defense companies
- Beer distribution companies
- Beverages companies
- Bike companies
- Biotech companies
- Bookkeepers
- Car companies
- Cheese companies
- Coffee companies
- Consumer goods companies
- Contractors
- Cookie companies
- Credit companies
- Debt collection companies
- Demolition companies
- Entertainment companies
- Fabric companies
- Film producers
- Fire brigades
- Holiday companies
- Home appliances companies
- HR companies
- Hygiene companies
- Ice cream companies
- Information companies
- Installation companies
- Investment companies
- Jewellery companies
- Jewelry companies
- Laboratories companies
- Light companies
- Music companies
- Photo companies
- Photographer companies
- Refrigeration companies
- Signage companies
- Watch companies
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in India? (2026)
234,069 new companies and startups registered in India so far in 2026, about 1,074 every working day, after 321,655 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 0.6% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 151,205 of them are corporations (Private Limited and Limited).
≈ 1,074
new companies register every working day in 2026
0.6%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
321,655
new companies in 2025
Companies founded per year
- 2,528,2002022
- 2,588,0142023
- 1,069,2752024
- 321,6552025
- 234,0692026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 11,876 staff
- 2108 staff
- 389 staff
- 481 staff
- 581 staff
Oldest companies in India
The oldest organisation still active is Department of Posts, from 1727. Our data holds 5 Indian organisations founded before 1700, 9 before 1800, 239 before 1900 and 10,074 before 1950.
Oldest organisations still active
- 17273,132 staff
The founding year is the year a business traces itself to, as recorded in the register and company filings, not the incorporation date of the current legal entity. Trading companies listed here report $100 million or more a year.
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346,407
Indian companies were founded before 1990
55,438
were founded in 1990
24,126,407 Indian companies, 99% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 346,407 are older.
Types of companies in India
One in eighteen Indian businesses in our data is a corporation (Private Limited and Limited), and three in four are sole traders (proprietorships). Partnerships (partnerships and LLPs) make up 7%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations2,133,4316%
- No legal form on record4,276,96411%
- Sole traders29,156,77575%
- Partnerships2,883,2197%
- Foreign companies5,450<0.1%
- Non-profit organisations147,7050.4%
- Cooperatives117,6510.3%
- Public bodies15,147<0.1%
- Joint ventures22<0.1%
Which Indian companies are part of a group?
Most Indian companies stand alone: 92% are single-site businesses. The other 3,212,931 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 818,839 head offices or 2,394,092 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Reliance Industries, with 18,371 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 118,371 companies
- 28,493 companies
- 36,701 companies
- 44,431 companies
- 53,085 companies
- 62,011 companies
- 71,872 companies
- 81,161 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 38,736,364; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Indian companies
2,084,681 Indian companies have a website on record (5%), 2,558,846 a phone number (7%) and 952,346 an email address (2%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 9% have a website and 5% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 2,084,681 | 5% | |
| Phone | 2,558,846 | 7% | |
| 952,346 | 2% |
Questions about companies in India
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
38,736,364. That includes 29,156,775 sole traders and 2,883,219 partnerships.
2,133,431 corporations, 6% of all Indian businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 37,087,963 Indian companies with a known headcount, 37,069,110 have fewer than 500 employees: 8,849,322 micro, 27,934,826 small and 284,962 medium-sized. 18,853 are large enterprises.
Reliance Industries, with $57.7 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of HDFC Bank ($39.7B) and Tata Consultancy Services ($24.3B).
Tata Consultancy Services, with 607,979 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
6,778,148, 17% of all Indian companies (2 November 2026).
234,069 so far in 2026, about 1,074 per working day, after 321,655 in 2025.
From MCA21 (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
2,084,681, 5% of all Indian companies. 2,558,846 have a phone number and 952,346 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 38,736,364 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Indian company database.
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All 38,736,364 companies in India with address, SIC code, legal form, employees, revenue, founding year, website, phone and email where we hold them. Excel, CSV or API. The product details are in our Indian company database.
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