
Auto Landscape of India
5,331 Auto companies in India, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Auto in India
Shows the top auto firms in India by hiring activity, funding, and media coverage, noting 5,331 companies tracked, 352 currently hiring, and 200 with disclosed funding rounds.
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Tata Technologies12last posted Aug 2026
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Ayvens10last posted Jun 2026
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Autofy Store8last posted Jun 2026
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MAGNACARE8last posted Jun 2026
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Spinny7last posted Aug 2026
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Hinduja Tech6last posted Jul 2026
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Exide Industries6last posted Aug 2026
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ICCU6last posted Apr 2026
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Cars24$1.3BSeries G · Dec 2021
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Spinny$698.7MSeries G · Dec 2025
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ACKO$597.7MSeries E · Jul 2025
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MG Motor India$430.7MUnattributed · Feb 2024
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Vertelo$405MSeries D · Aug 2025
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Droom$344.3MSeries G · Mar 2025
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CarTrade Tech$327.9MSeries H · Apr 2021
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Sona Comstar$285.8MPost IPO · Sep 2024
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Maruti Service Masters$17.7BFY2025 filing
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Toyota Kirloskar Motor$9.5BFY2018 filing
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Hero MotoCorp$5.9BFY2019 filing
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Ashok Leyland$4.9BFY2022 filing
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Kia India$4.1BFY2023 filing
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MRF Development$3.4BFY2021 filing
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Skoda Auto Volkswagen India$2.6BFY2021 filing
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Honda India$2.5BFY2018 filing
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Hero MotoCorp53,040tracked employees
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Motherson Sumi Wiring43,702tracked employees
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Tata Motors24,956tracked employees
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Maruti Suzuki India23,922tracked employees
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Maruti Suzuki23,537tracked employees
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Uno Minda9,691tracked employees
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Ashok Leyland9,607tracked employees
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JBM Auto9,011tracked employees
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Maruti Suzuki India13.4%1,861 tracked events
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Tata Motors11.0%1,528 tracked events
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Hero MotoCorp5.5%766 tracked events
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Mahindra Tractors5.2%730 tracked events
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Bajaj Auto4.3%604 tracked events
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TVS Motor Company3.4%478 tracked events
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Ashok Leyland2.3%318 tracked events
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Tata Technologies2.3%317 tracked events
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Tata Motors9,575articles in the window
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Volvo3,742articles in the window
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MG Motor India3,069articles in the window
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TVS Motor Company2,300articles in the window
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Royal Enfield2,167articles in the window
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Bajaj Auto2,046articles in the window
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Hero MotoCorp1,938articles in the window
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Spinny1,644articles in the window
See all 5,331 Auto companies in India
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How the Auto ecosystem in India grew, 2016–2025
Displays yearly company formation counts, highlighting a peak of 209 new firms in 2020 and 21 in 2025.
Where Auto companies in India are based








The Auto market map of India: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, with auto tech (469 firms) and consumer digital (405) largest, and physical commerce (3,024) the most common revenue model.
- Auto Tech469 companies · $4.9B raised · 54 hiring
- Consumer Digital405 companies · $4B raised · 46 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce306 companies · $1.9B raised · 27 hiring
- Enterprise Tech141 companies · $1.6B raised · 27 hiring
- Online Auto Parts and Accessories123 companies · $121.5M raised · 8 hiring
- Marketplaces109 companies · $2.7B raised · 15 hiring
- Second Hand Goods103 companies · $3B raised · 10 hiring
- Green Transport88 companies · $919.8M raised · 19 hiring
- Energy Tech85 companies · $514.8M raised · 19 hiring
- Electric Vehicles81 companies · $514.8M raised · 19 hiring
- Uber for Auto Services75 companies · $82.7M raised · 8 hiring
- Second Hand Cars E-Commerce63 companies · $2.5B raised · 6 hiring
Monetization
How Auto companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Auto in India
Counts corporate events over the past two years, totaling 8,523, including 3,220 earnings releases and 2,461 company announcements.
- M&AADM Joinflex India Private Limited (ADM Group) has acquired a controlling stake in Bangkok-based C.C.S. Advance Tech Company Limited (CCSA) in a cross-border transaction, resulting in a transfer of management control.2026-05-04
- M&AShare this News: Pune, 30th April 2026: Bharat Forge Limited (“BFL”) today announced the acquisition of a 30% stake in Fortuna Engineering Private Limited (“FEPL” or “Fortuna”) at an equity value of INR 129.60 crores, subject to final closing adjustments.2026-04-30
- M&ABharat Forge Limited has announced a strategic investment in Fortuna Engineering Private Limited, entering into definitive agreements to acquire a 30% stake for ₹129.60 crore.2026-04-30
- M&ABain Capital-backed Dhoot Transmission on Tuesday said it has acquired Bengaluru-based MULTILINK, an electrical and electronic products maker for two and three-wheeler Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), to expand its presence in the segment further.2026-04-28
- IPONew-age insurance company Acko is preparing to make a confidential filing for its initial public offering (IPO), aiming to raise around $250 million, according to people familiar with the matter.2026-04-27
- M&ACrossroads Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement dated April 23, 2026 to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Rox-ex Pty Ltd.2026-04-23
- FundingValuedrive Technologies Private Limited, dba Spinny, has raised approximately $340 million across its Series F and its Series G fundraises.2026-04-20
- FundingThe most recent competitors to raise funding was Padmini VNA Mechatronics, which secured $82.7M in Dec, 2025.2026-04-18
- M&AThe acquisition was completed on 15th April 2026, with a cash consideration of ₹9,99,60,460.68.2026-04-16
- M&APrazim trading and investment company pvt. ltd. offloaded Rs 114 crore worth of stake after selling 1.5 lakh shares for a price of Rs 7,400 per share. In this deal, Bengaluru-based PI Opportunities AIF V LLP was the only buyer.2026-04-15
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Auto company in India was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Rege Holding GmbH | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-07-24 | |
| Anchemco India Pvt. Ltd. | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-07-01 | |
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-06-30 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-06-23 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-06-12 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-05 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific event types such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins for the sector.
ACKOIPO · 4 reportsApr 2026
Cars24IPO · 1 reportApr 2026
SpinnyIPO · 1 reportApr 2026
Belrise IndustriesIPO · NSE · 41 reportsApr 2026
SEDEMACIPO · NSE · SEDEMAC · 37 reportsApr 2026
Divgi TorqTransfer SystemsIPO · 1 reportApr 2026
Happy ForgingsIPO · National Stock Exchange of India Ltd and BSE Ltd · 1 reportApr 2026
Neolite ZKWIPO · BSE and NSE · 3 reportsApr 2026
Skoda Auto Volkswagen IndiaManolito Vujicic · Departure — was Market Development Director at the Porsche Middle East and Africa regional officeMay 2026
Skoda Auto Volkswagen IndiaAshutosh Dixit · Appointment → Brand Director, Porsche IndiaMay 2026
Hero MotoCorpSachin Agrawal · Appointment → Chief Technology OfficerMay 2026
Hero MotoCorpVikram Kasbekar · Resignation — was Chief Technology OfficerMay 2026
Cars24Mehul Agrawal · Resignation — was Co‑founderMay 2026
Cars24Gajendra Jangid · Resignation — was Co-FounderMay 2026
Cars24Himanshu Ratnoo · Resignation — was Chief Executive OfficerMay 2026
Tata MotorsDeepanjan Roy · Appointment → Senior General Manager – Marketing, Customer Experience and Group Sales SynergyApr 2026
Royal EnfieldHunter 350 base variant (Motorcycle)May 2026
EKLDigitrac PP41i (Tractor)Apr 2026
Ashok LeylandDost+ XL (Light commercial vehicle)Apr 2026
Mahindra TractorsKUV100 (Utility vehicle)Apr 2026
Tata MotorsHexa (SUV/Crossover)Apr 2026
HondaAfrica Twin DCT (Motorcycle)Apr 2026
HondaIPR Division (Intellectual Property)Apr 2026
Tata MotorsIntra V20 Gold (Commercial Vehicle)Apr 2026
Tata Motorswon BillionE MobilityApr 2026
Tata Motorswon aisatsApr 2026
Sansera Engineeringwon OEMsApr 2026
Pritika Auto Industrieswon US-based conglomerateApr 2026
Tata Technologieswon global EV battery manufacturerApr 2026
Sansera Engineeringwon fiatApr 2026
ACKO~60 roles reported · AI integrationApr 2026
Tata Motors~3% of workforce reported · business requirementsMar 2026
Volvo~3,000 roles reported · cost reductionFeb 2026
Cars24~200 roles reported · restructuring exerciseAug 2025
Log9~180 roles reported · cost reductionMay 2025
Apollo Tyres~500 roles reportedApr 2025
Spark MindaApprovalApr 2026
Maruti Suzuki Indiaapproved issuance of sharesApr 2026
Hero MotoCorptax demand notice received — Income Tax departmentApr 2026
Maruti Suzuki Indiaappeal effect orderApr 2026
- tractors and farm equipment v massey fergusontrademark ownership dispute of the Massey Ferguson brand in India · OngoingApr 2026
- tafe v agcocontempt petition over termination of brand licence agreements without notice · FiledApr 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +11.3%, half slower.
Who is building Auto in India
Profiles founders and CEOs of 1,797 companies, noting 2,227 individuals, with IIT Delhi (20) and IIT Bombay (15) as frequent alma maters and consulting firms as common prior employers.
Ex-ORIX Auto Infrastructure Services, Barclays Finance, Citifinancial Consumer Finance India.
Ex-Founder-ShopClues, Collins Stewart · Kurukshetra University BCom 1992, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya 1996…
Ex-CEO Mahindra First Choice Wheels.
Sona Comstar, ex-Royal Enfield, ex-Greyorange, Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi, 2013
Sah and Sanghi, ex-Mahindra First Choice Wheels.
Ex-Mahindra Group, Cipla, McKinsey, Accenture. Nanyang Technological University Singapore BAsc 2001…
Endurance Technologies, ex-Harman International, ex-Motorola Mobility, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, 2020
Co-Founder & Managing Director-WheelsEMI
Managing Director at Padmini VNA Mechatronics Pvt. Ltd. with 19 years 4 months of experience.
- flagged as repeat founders16
- no repeat-founder flag1,718
- women90
- men1,657
Look up the people behind Auto companies in India
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds Auto in India
Summarizes funding activity since 2016, with 529 rounds from 1,755 investors and a typical round size of $1 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| LetsVenture | 18 | 1 | Apr 2024 |
| Angel List | 14 | 1 | May 2025 |
| Alteria Capital | 13 | 3 | Jan 2025 |
| Blume Venture | 11 | 5 | Aug 2025 |
| Anicut Capital | 10 | 7 | Feb 2025 |
| Trifecta Capital | 9 | 2 | Jan 2025 |
| GAIL | 8 | 8 | Oct 2021 |
| Exor | 8 | 2 | Dec 2022 |
| Elevation Capital | 8 | 1 | Mar 2025 |
| Accel | 7 | 5 | Dec 2025 |
The typical round is $1M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Auto funding rounds in India
Highlights the largest disclosed round—Vertelo’s $405 million Series D—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Dmega-round | $405M | Aug 2025 | AllianzGI, Australian Ethical Investment, Green Climate Fund | |
| Series Fmega-round | $347.7M | Sep 2021 | DST Global, Alpha Wave Global, Tencent +9 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $329.1M | Dec 2021 | Alpha Wave Global, Zennis Capital, Jake86 LLC +5 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $255M | Oct 2021 | Intact Ventures, Munich Re Ventures, General Atlantic +4 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $250M | Nov 2021 | Tiger Global Management, Avenir Growth Capital, Arena Holdings +6 more | |
| Series D | $240.8M | Jan 2024 | Stellantis | |
| Series E | $204M | Nov 2020 | DST Global, Exor, Unbound +11 more | |
| Series D | $200.7M | Mar 2024 | JSW Group | |
| Series G | $200M | Jul 2021 | 57 Stars, SeventTrain Ventures | |
| Series E | $145M | Jan 2016 | Temasek, Marche Capital, Warburg Pincus +2 more |
123 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Unattributed$13.6MApr 2026
Seed$320kMar 2026
Series A$2.5MFeb 2026
What the news says about Auto in India
Counts 141,809 news articles in the last year, most often covering new model updates, product launches, and electric‑vehicle technology.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Auto news in India. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- New model year updates and changes25,935▲+63%
- New product launches and innovations11,975▲+13%
- Electric vehicle (ev) technology and innovations9,519▲+34%
- Electric vehicle (ev) technology9,456→+0%
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations8,298▲+26%
- Automotive industry market trends7,833▲+20%
- Electric vehicle charging infrastructure7,227→-7%
- Technology adoption and digital transformation7,187▲+19%
- Electric vehicle range and charging speed tests6,850▲+29%
- Company expansions and new market entries6,773▲+46%
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179 Auto companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Auto coverage in India as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in India Auto coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Auto jobs in India: who is hiring and what they ask for
Shows 1,850 job postings from 248 employers in the past year, with median advertised salary $7 k per year and top skills like Python and SQL.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Auto employers in India put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- python116▲
- sales110▲
- sql106▲
- communication87▲
- communication skills78▲
- project management77▲
- excel66▲
- ms office65▲
- data analysis64▲
- analytical skills62▲
- Manager$7k/yr (n=40)
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15 Auto-relevant internships in India were advertised over the same 12 months.
What Auto research in India is working on
Reports 1,085 academic papers from Indian institutions, of which 760 identify opportunities, 138 note common problems, and 15 issue cautions.
India-affiliated Auto literature runs 1.4× more “breakthrough” than science at large (37.6% vs 26.3% baseline).
92% positive · 4% neutral · 5% negative, across 1,085 papers.
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ranked by how often their work is cited
Neeraj Kumar · Darsh Parekh · Nishi Poddar · Aakash Rajpurkar · Manisha Chahal · Kishor V. Bhadane · Sudeep Tanwar · Gunasekaran Raja
- AdaScan: Adaptive Scan Pooling in Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Human Action Recognition in Videos · 174 cites
- 3D printed graphene-based self-powered strain sensors for smart tires in autonomous vehicles · 127 cites
- ReViewNet: A Fast and Resource Optimized Network for Enabling Safe Autonomous Driving in Hazy Weather Conditions · 126 cites
- Spatio-Contextual Deep Network-Based Multimodal Pedestrian Detection for Autonomous Driving · 117 cites
- A Hybrid Deep Reinforcement Learning For Autonomous Vehicles Smart-Platooning · 108 cites





A further 4 papers sit in smaller, scattered themes.







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