OneFirmIntelThe biggest industries in India by company count (2026)
May 21, 2026 · OneFirmIntel
India has 43,031,033 companies on record, and a handful of sectors dominate the active business landscape, construction, transport and food & beverage lead.
India’s company universe
OneFirmIntel indexes 43,031,033 companies in India from government-sourced records, graded into quality tiers. The value is in isolating the active, established businesses by sector.
The biggest sectors by company count
Construction leads with 474,434 companies, followed by transport (409,494), food & beverage (381,991), trading (352,322) and electronics (145,476).
Pharmaceuticals (119,561), textiles (111,305), logistics (68,373), agriculture (59,037) and chemicals (30,424) round out the upper tier, ahead of packaging (29,594), software & IT (24,667), machinery (21,384), plastics (15,466), leather (11,833) and automotive (9,803).
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Browse any sector by state in the OneFirmIntel directory, or start from the India statistics page for the full tier breakdown.
Sources & further reading
- Official register: India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) ↗
- World Bank Open Data, business & economy indicators ↗
- OECD data, enterprises & entrepreneurship ↗
- Compare data sources: OpenCorporates ↗
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- India company directory
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