Retail Landscape of India
22,724 Retail 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 and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Retail in India
Shows 22,724 Indian retail firms, highlighting the 1,553 currently hiring and the 1,711 that have disclosed funding, with top hiring firms and best‑funded companies listed.
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CBS Corporate Business Solutions12last posted Aug 2026
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Hohenstein10last posted May 2026
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Livspace9last posted Aug 2026
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The Florida8last posted May 2026
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DMart8last posted Aug 2026
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E-sandhai8last posted Jun 2026
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Delhivery7last posted Aug 2026
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Meesho7last posted Aug 2026
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Flipkart$12.4BSeries J · May 2024
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Reliance Retail$7.4BPE · Sep 2023
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Udaan$2.1BSeries G · Jun 2025
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Snapdeal$1.8BAngel · Jul 2019
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AceVector$1.5BSeries H · Jan 2016
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Infra.Market$1.1BSeries G · Nov 2025
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Flipkart Wholesale$12BFY2019 filing
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JCB India$2.5BFY2022 filing
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Ideacraft$2.4BFY2024 filing
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Lalithaa Jewellery$2Bsnapshot Mar 2025
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OfBusiness$2BFY2021 filing
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Aptronix$1.5BFY2023 filing
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Shree Ramkrishna Exports$963MFY2022 filing
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Aditya Birla Nuvo37,000tracked employees
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Kalyan Jewellers11,591tracked employees
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Lenskart10,834tracked employees
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V-Mart9,826tracked employees
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Tailor And Circus8,678tracked employees
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Shoppers Stop6,327tracked employees
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Vishal Mega Mart2.7%415 tracked events
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Honasa Consumer2.5%387 tracked events
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Nykaa2.4%369 tracked events
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Shadowfax2.4%366 tracked events
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Realme2,026articles in the window
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Myntra986articles in the window
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See all 22,724 Retail companies in India
Filter by funding, headcount, hiring and location, and export the list.
How the Retail ecosystem in India grew, 2016–2025
Displays the number of retail firms founded each year, peaking at 2,189 in 2021 and falling to 314 in 2025.
Where Retail companies in India are based
The Retail market map of India: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories, showing retail tech (16,965) and consumer digital (12,636) as the largest, and notes the most common revenue models such as e‑commerce product sales (16,651).
The biggest kinds of Retail company, by how many we track.
- Retail Tech16,965 companies · $56.1B raised · 1,262 hiring
- Consumer Digital12,636 companies · $33.1B raised · 833 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce12,084 companies · $29.1B raised · 824 hiring
- Internet First Brands6,374 companies · $5.2B raised · 519 hiring
- B2C Fashion E-Commerce4,431 companies · $4.4B raised · 293 hiring
- Enterprise Tech3,990 companies · $34.2B raised · 418 hiring
- Internet First Fashion Brands3,306 companies · $2.7B raised · 235 hiring
- Marketplaces2,540 companies · $24.6B raised · 173 hiring
- Commerce Enablers2,048 companies · $8.7B raised · 226 hiring
- Internet First Apparel Brands1,956 companies · $742.8M raised · 137 hiring
- Enterprise Software1,929 companies · $7.7B raised · 208 hiring
- Beauty Tech1,586 companies · $1.9B raised · 149 hiring
Monetization
How Retail 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 Retail in India
- FundingMHYTH secured ₹5 crore (~$600,000) in pre‑seed funding , backed by a Mumbai‑based single‑family office led by businessman Mohammed Asief Khan.2026-05-05
- FundingHealthFab Raises ₹20 Cr in Series A Round Menstrual hygiene startup HealthFab has raised ₹20 crore in a Series A round led by Atomic Capital.2026-05-04
- FundingKisah Raises ₹35.9 Cr in Series A Round Men's and kids' ethnic wear brand Kisah has raised ₹35.9 crore in a Series A round led by Fireside Ventures, with several individual investors also participating.2026-05-04
- FundingOn the other hand, Ultrahuman continues to lead the health wearable space with a $48 million round, helping people track their metabolism in real-time.2026-04-30
- M&ANew Delhi: IPO-bound JSW One Platforms Ltd has acquired home design and project management company BuildNext Construction Solutions Pvt2026-04-30
- M&AReliance Retail today announced that it has acquired actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas' haircare brand ‘Anomaly’, including its brand assets, digital properties and trademarks, in a move that significantly expands its beauty portfolio, the company said in a statement on 30 April.2026-04-30
- M&AA post from Digital Chat Station on Weibo suggests that OnePlus and Realme have officially merged.2026-04-30
- M&ABurgundy Brand Collective has agreed to buy Le Mill for an undisclosed sum in a deal expected to see the multi-brand retailer expand beyond its single Mumbai location into multiple Indian cities.2026-04-30
- FundingOtto Raises $500K Seed Round2026-04-29
- M&APine Labs’ ₹88 crore acquisition of Shopflo2026-04-29
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Retail 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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| Na | undisclosed | Rumored | 2026-05-16 | |
| $16B | Announced | 2026-05-09 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-05 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-03 | ||
| BuildNext Construction Solutions Private Limited | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-01 | |
| undisclosed | — | 2026-04-30 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events like IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins for companies in the sector.
BlueStoneIPO · Indian exchanges · 3 reportsApr 2026
Purple Style LabsIPO · NSE and BSE · 3 reportsApr 2026
BrandMan RetailIPO · National Stock Exchange of India · 14 reportsApr 2026
Sai SilksIPO · 1 reportApr 2026
Indian Silk House AgenciesIPO · 1 reportApr 2026
RentoMojoIPO · BSE, NSE · 12 reportsApr 2026
PalmonasShraddha Kapoor · Appointment → Co-founderApr 2026
CashifyCashify Select (Refurbished electronics)May 2026
netweb technologiesTyrone ParallelStor Velox (Unified Data Platform)Apr 2026
Say WowTransGull Enterprise (AI translation and communication platform)Apr 2026
LibasGerua (Workwear)Apr 2026
JSW One MSMEOne Helix Pipes & Tubes (steel pipes and tubes)Apr 2026
OTTO~460 roles reported · cost reductionMar 2026
SPARscale undisclosed · cost reductionMar 2026
Dixon Technologiesapproved 74:26 JV for display modulesApr 2026
- amazon seller services v Aashirwad Cinemascontractual rights over OTT rights of upcoming film Drishyam 3 · OngoingApr 2026
- Marc Enterprises v flipkarttrademark dispute over Flipkart’s MarQ private label · DismissedApr 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +21.0%, half slower.
Who is building Retail in India
Profiles 13,632 founders and CEOs across 10,051 firms, noting frequent alma maters like IIT Delhi (183) and common prior employers such as McKinsey (64).
Ex- ZALORA Group, Myntra, Viacom18 Media, McKinsey & Company. Delhi Institute of Technology BE, Indian School of Business MBA 2008
Co-Founder - Titan Capital · AceVector, Unicommerce · Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Ex-InMobi, ITC. IIT Delhi BTech 2012
Ex-Stayglad, Bain. NIT Karnataka BTech 2006, IIM Bangalore 2008
Ex-Co-Founder-OfBusiness, ITC, BlackBuck · Indian Institute of Technology, Madras BTech 2010
Valyoo Technologies
Ofbusiness, ex-Itc, ex-Bloodline Labs, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras BS 2013
Ex-Fidelity Growth, Avendus Capital, Lehman Brothers · Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 2007
BMS College of Engineering BArch 1994
- flagged as repeat founders176
- no repeat-founder flag11,754
- women3,084
- men8,051
Look up the people behind Retail companies in India
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds Retail in India
Records 4,922 funding rounds since 2016 from 15,575 investors, with a typical round size of $633 k.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Angel List | 155 | 33 | Aug 2025 |
| LetsVenture | 141 | 44 | Mar 2026 |
| Trifecta Capital | 125 | 31 | Oct 2025 |
| Alteria Capital | 118 | 31 | Feb 2026 |
| Accel | 110 | 62 | Apr 2026 |
| Stride Ventures | 106 | 29 | May 2026 |
| Wellfound | 100 | 21 | Dec 2023 |
| Venture Catalysts | 89 | 44 | Mar 2026 |
| Fireside Ventures | 83 | 49 | May 2026 |
| Kunal Bahl | 80 | 9 | Mar 2026 |
The typical round is $633k — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Retail funding rounds in India
Highlights the largest disclosed round—Flipkart’s $3.6 B Series J—and lists ten other large recent funding events.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Jmega-round | $3.6B | Jul 2021 | Deep Nishar, CPP Investments, SoftBank Vision Fund +17 more | |
| Series Imega-round | $2.5B | Aug 2017 | SoftBank Vision Fund, Tiger Global Management, Accel | |
| Series Hmega-round | $1.6B | Apr 2017 | Tencent, Microsoft, eBay +2 more | |
| Series Cmega-round | $1.2B | May 2014 | Tiger Global Management, DST Global, Accel +19 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $741M | Apr 2015 | Steadview, Tiger Global Management, Iconiq Capital +14 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $700M | Dec 2014 | Tiger Global Management, DST Global, Baillie Gifford +61 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $640.3M | Oct 2014 | Temasek, BlackRock, Premji Invest +4 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $637.1M | Nov 2014 | SoftBank, BlackRock, Akhil Kumar Gupta +3 more | |
| Series Jmega-round | $600M | Dec 2023 | Appaloosa Management, Azteca Partner | |
| Series Dmega-round | $585M | Aug 2019 | Altimeter Capital, Hillhouse, GGV Capital +9 more |
1,322 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series A$7.3MMay 2026
Series A$5MMay 2026
Series A$3.8MMay 2026
Angel$3.8MMay 2026
Seed$2.2MMay 2026
Series A$2.1MMay 2026
Seed$1MMay 2026
Seed$1MMay 2026
What the news says about Retail in India
Aggregates 1,394,704 news articles from the last year, covering topics such as geopolitical disputes, trade negotiations and international sports competitions.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Retail news in India. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas300,779▲+33%
- International and transnational geographic entities300,760▲+33%
- Administrative and political subdivisions300,704▲+33%
- International sports competitions111,147→+1%
- International political relations73,341▲+50%
- New product launches and innovations59,726▲+29%
- Cricket test matches55,428▲+14%
- Political party dynamics54,720→+2%
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations51,469▲+35%
- Trade policies and agreements46,872▲+95%
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505 Retail companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Retail 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 Retail coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Retail jobs in India: who is hiring and what they ask for
Shows 6,497 job postings from 1,413 employers in the past year, emphasizing skills like Python and SQL, with a median advertised salary of $7 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Retail 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.
- python627▲
- sql514▲
- excel497▲
- communication skills484▲
- sales410▲
- data analysis385▲
- communication373▲
- javascript351▲
- inventory management315▲
- project management310▲
- Manager$7k/yr (n=308)
- Senior$8k/yr (n=147)
- Lead$12k/yr (n=94)
- Intern$210/yr (n=55)
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87 internships were advertised in the last 12 months, across 65 of these companies.
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