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BSE 1000 · 4,387 plants mapped
Plant locations pulled from the 2024–25 annual reports of 568 manufacturing companies in the BSE 1000 index, geolocated and mapped.
Industry
Industrial regions1,718 PLANTS
Districts with the most factoriesTOP 10 + TIE
Share of a state's plants in its top 3 districts%
Even the most industrialised states concentrate their plants in a handful of districts. In Maharashtra, Pune, Thane and Raigad hold close to half of the state's total; Gondia and Latur hold none.
Ownership group
Where the plants are
Factories by band
Band breakdownALL
These district maps use the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), which covers all factories, not just BSE 1000 companies — so it isn't directly comparable to the plant counts in the other two tabs. Shading shows a published band, not an exact count, so districts sharing a colour cannot be individually ranked from the map alone.
Export category
District profile
Overseas plants
Country spotlight
Where the plants areTOP 12
Largest overseas footprintsTOP 10
Carborundum Universal (Murugappa group) alone runs 16 overseas plants and mines across the US, Australia and Europe, mostly through subsidiaries and joint ventures.
By sector15 SECTORS
Tabs 1–2: plant locations from company annual reports, BSE 1000 manufacturing companies. Tab 3: district totals from state Annual Survey of Industries reports. Tab 4: district export shares vs India trade data and UN Comtrade global totals. Tab 5: overseas plant locations from company annual reports; investment figures from the Ministry of Finance. Map files from Survey of India and Natural Earth. 4,387 plants · 567 companies
india's states present a differentiated and diverse landscape not only in terms of geography and culture but also socioeconomic development parameters, including population size, economic growth, fiscal health and industrial progress.
With this in mind, Business Today conducted a study to identify India's top-performing manufacturing states and assess the strength of their manufacturing ecosystem. The rankings were prepared using the latest available state-level data from the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which compiles data from the Ministry of Commerce, and other official government sources.
Download Full Methodologyindia's states present a differentiated and diverse landscape not only in terms of geography and culture but also socioeconomic development parameters, including population size, economic growth, fiscal health and industrial progress.
With this in mind, Business Today conducted a study to identify India's top-performing manufacturing states and assess the strength of their manufacturing ecosystem. The rankings were prepared using the latest available state-level data from the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which compiles data from the Ministry of Commerce, and other official government sources.
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