Startups by industry
These are the 56 categories DPIIT itself publishes. A company picks one when it registers, so they are self-selected and not audited.
4,47,248 category entries are recorded across the 4,53,192 startups in our 2026-08 snapshot: a company may pick more than one and many pick none. Each share below is therefore of the whole register, and the shares do not sum to 100%.
- IT Services 10.6% of all startups 48,097
- Healthcare & Lifesciences 7.9% of all startups 35,692
- Food & Beverages 6.1% of all startups 27,455
- Education 5.8% of all startups 26,364
- Agriculture 5.0% of all startups 22,645
- Construction 4.8% of all startups 21,855
- Professional & Commercial Services 4.4% of all startups 20,019
- Others 4.0% of all startups 18,093
- Technology Hardware 2.8% of all startups 12,520
- Retail 2.7% of all startups 12,110
- AI 2.6% of all startups 11,961
- Finance Technology 2.5% of all startups 11,528
- Renewable Energy 2.5% of all startups 11,356
- Marketing 2.2% of all startups 9,862
- Human Resources 2.1% of all startups 9,299
- Fashion 2.0% of all startups 8,943
- Automotive 1.9% of all startups 8,795
- Textiles & Apparel 1.9% of all startups 8,763
- Travel & Tourism 1.9% of all startups 8,617
- Green Technology 1.7% of all startups 7,720
- Enterprise Software 1.6% of all startups 7,337
- Media & Entertainment 1.4% of all startups 6,449
- Transportation & Storage 1.2% of all startups 5,255
- Advertising 1.1% of all startups 4,990
- Security Solutions 1.0% of all startups 4,626
- Waste Management 1.0% of all startups 4,598
- Other Specialty Retailers 1.0% of all startups 4,544
- Internet of Things 1.0% of all startups 4,506
- Real Estate 1.0% of all startups 4,402
- Chemicals 1.0% of all startups 4,328
- Aeronautics Aerospace & Defence 0.9% of all startups 4,169
- Telecommunication & Networking 0.9% of all startups 4,114
- House-Hold Services 0.8% of all startups 3,543
- Architecture Interior Design 0.8% of all startups 3,529
- Social Impact 0.7% of all startups 3,360
- Design 0.7% of all startups 3,278
- Logistics 0.7% of all startups 3,251
- Non- Renewable Energy 0.7% of all startups 2,998
- Social Network 0.6% of all startups 2,686
- Analytics 0.6% of all startups 2,618
- Events 0.6% of all startups 2,597
- Sports 0.5% of all startups 2,409
- Robotics 0.4% of all startups 2,002
- Art & Photography 0.4% of all startups 1,914
- Biotechnology 0.4% of all startups 1,722
- AR VR (Augmented + Virtual Reality) 0.4% of all startups 1,626
- Safety 0.3% of all startups 1,549
- Computer Vision 0.3% of all startups 1,486
- Toys and Games 0.3% of all startups 1,386
- Pets & Animals 0.3% of all startups 1,354
- Animation 0.3% of all startups 1,162
- Indic Language Startups 0.1% of all startups 671
- Nanotechnology 0.1% of all startups 464
- Dating Matrimonial 0.1% of all startups 356
- Passenger Experience 0.0% of all startups 156
- Airport Operations 0.0% of all startups 119
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