Economy
The Top 10 Biggest Companies in India
The Top 10 Biggest Companies in India
When India hosted the 13th BRICS summit in September 2021, it was the sixth-largest economy in the world with a GDP of $3.05 trillion.
That’s more than double the GDP it had when the country first joined the group of emerging economies in 2009 (alongside Brazil, Russia, China and later South Africa), at $1.3 trillion.
What are the major industries and companies driving this growth in GDP, and rising alongside it? This time we’re highlighting the top 10 biggest companies in India, the world’s most populous democracy.
What Are the Biggest Public Companies in India?
India’s growth to one of the world’s most powerful economies came extremely quickly, considering it only became a federal republic in 1950.
In 1951, the country was considered relatively impoverished compared to the Western world, with 361 million people, a per-capita income of just $64, and a literacy rate of 17%. By 2021, the population had surged to 1.2 billion, income rose to $1,498, and literacy climbed to 74%.
And most of that growth was fueled internally, as the Indian government was largely protectionist until the 1990s. Today, its free market policies and wide cultural reach help bolster the country’s massive industrial, agricultural, and telecommunications industries.
Here are India’s biggest public companies by market capitalization in October 2021:
Top 10 Indian Companies | Category | Market Cap (USD) |
---|---|---|
Reliance Industries | Oil and Gas | $230.7B |
Tata Group | Information Technology | $186.7B |
HDFC Bank | Financial | $135.1B |
Infosys | Information Technology | $94.4B |
Hindustan Unilever | Personal Care | $85.6B |
Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) | Financial | $66.0B |
ICICI Bank | Financial | $65.7B |
Bajaj Finance | Financial | $61.7B |
State Bank of India | Financial | $54.3B |
Kotak Mahindra Bank | Financial | $53.3B |
Topping the charts are two massive conglomerates, Reliance Industries with a market cap of $231 billion and Tata Group with a market cap of $187 billion.
Reliance started in textile production before a string of oil discoveries and purchases saw it overtake state-owned oil enterprises in revenue. Now the conglomerate also has holdings in petrochemicals, retail, telecom, and mass media, making chairman and largest shareholder Mukesh Ambani the richest person in Asia with a net worth of $100 billion.
But India’s largest conglomerate is Tata Group, with more than 25 subsidiaries in IT (its largest income source), airplanes, food and beverages, and industrials. Tata Motors is India’s largest vehicle manufacturer, and the owner of South Korea’s Daewoo and the UK’s Jaguar Land Rover.
India’s Top 10 Biggest Companies Mainly in Financials
Outside of major conglomerates and a well-known subsidiary, India’s top 10 biggest companies are concentrated in the financial sector.
One of those is HDFC Bank with a market cap of $135.1 billion. An offshoot of the #6 ranked company Housing Development Finance Corporation, HDFC Bank is India’s largest private sector bank by assets.
In total, financials make up six of India’s 10 biggest companies. In addition to HDFC, they include banking provider ICICI Bank (which also has subsidiaries in the UK and Canada), commercial lending company Bajaj Finance, and banks Kotak Mahindra Bank and State Bank of India (the country’s first national bank and its largest).
But there were two non-financial companies bigger than most of India’s banks; Financial software developer and consultant Infosys and personal products company Hindustan Unilever, a subsidiary of British consumer goods giant Unilever.
India is also an agricultural powerhouse—the world’s largest producer of milk and second largest of tea—but most of it is consumed internally by its sizable population. Agriculture accounts for 18.1% of the country’s GDP, behind services at 55.6% and the industrial sector at 26.3%.
With more rapid economic growth on the horizon, India’s biggest companies list might shift over time. What other companies or industries do you associate with India?
Economy
Confidence in the Global Economy, by Country
Will the global economy be stronger in 2024 than in 2023?
Confidence in the Global Economy, by Country
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Measuring consumer confidence in the economy is crucial for understanding both current economic strength, as well as how consumers may be expected to act in the future.
So how do people around the world feel about the global economy?
This visualization uses survey data collected from October 20 to November 3, 2023 by Ipsos. It was first highlighted as part of our 2024 Global Forecast Series.
Which Countries Feel Confident About the Economy in 2024?
Heading into 2024, an average of 50% of polled adults felt confident that the global economy would be stronger than in 2023. But breaking down responses by country shows a vast disparity between responses.
Here are the percentage of respondents who agreed with the following statement: “The global economy will be stronger in 2024 than it was in 2023.” We also note the change in percentage points (p.p.) compared with the same question a year prior.
Country | Agree | Change (Year-over-year) |
---|---|---|
🇮🇳 India | 85% | +12 p.p. |
🇮🇩 Indonesia | 82% | +14 p.p. |
🇨🇳 China | 82% | +4 p.p. |
🇵🇭 Philippines | 74% | N/A |
🇹🇭 Thailand | 68% | +4 p.p. |
🇲🇾 Malaysia | 62% | +8 p.p. |
🇲🇽 Mexico | 62% | +6 p.p. |
🇧🇷 Brazil | 60% | -13 p.p. |
🇸🇬 Singapore | 59% | +4 p.p. |
🇵🇱 Poland | 56% | +20 p.p. |
🇳🇿 New Zealand | 56% | N/A |
🇨🇴 Colombia | 54% | +5 p.p. |
🇨🇱 Chile | 51% | +8 p.p. |
🇵🇪 Peru | 51% | -3 p.p. |
🇦🇷 Argentina | 51% | +3 p.p. |
🇿🇦 South Africa | 49% | +2 p.p. |
🇦🇺 Australia | 48% | +7 p.p. |
🇭🇺 Hungary | 46% | +15 p.p. |
🇷🇴 Romania | 45% | +8 p.p. |
🇺🇸 United States | 45% | +3 p.p. |
🇪🇸 Spain | 44% | +8 p.p. |
🇳🇱 Netherlands | 44% | +12 p.p. |
🇹🇷 Türkiye | 43% | 0 p.p. |
🇬🇧 Great Britain | 43% | +11 p.p. |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | 43% | +8 p.p. |
🇮🇹 Italy | 40% | +8 p.p. |
🇩🇪 Germany | 40% | +3 p.p. |
🇨🇦 Canada | 39% | +2 p.p. |
🇸🇪 Sweden | 34% | +1 p.p. |
🇫🇷 France | 33% | +4 p.p. |
🇰🇷 South Korea | 33% | -5 p.p. |
🇵🇹 Portugal | 33% | N/A |
🇯🇵 Japan | 30% | 0 p.p. |
🌍 Global average | 50% | +4 p.p. |
At the top, India, Indonesia, and China stood as being the most confident about 2024’s economic prospects. 85% of Indian respondents agreed that the global economy will be stronger in 2024 than in 2023, while 82% of Chinese and Indonesian respondents felt the same.
Regional disparities also become evident, with Asian countries making up the top five most confident countries and seven out of the top nine. In fact, South Korea and Japan were the only Asian countries surveyed that were not feeling confident, with Japanese respondents being the least confident (30%) and South Koreans tied for the second-least confident (33%).
Countries in South America ranged from Brazil having a high of 60% of respondents agree with 2024 being stronger than 2023 to Chile having a “low” of 51%. North American countries were more split, with Mexico feeling more confident and Canada feeling less confident.
Lastly, Europe stood out as being the least confident in the global economy in 2024. Only Poland (56%) had more than 50% agree that this year would be better than the last, while major economies like Germany (40%) and France (33%) sat closer to the bottom of the table.
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