Tool

Udyam Registration Real Time Dashboard

Ministry of MSME, Government of India Free Beginner India

The government's live registry of registered micro, small, and medium enterprises, filterable by state, district, and activity. This is the closest thing to counting actual businesses that our short answer asks for, a real ground up base instead of a guess. Start your bottom up number here.

  • Filter registered enterprises by state, district, and industry.
  • Gives a real count to anchor a bottom up estimate.
  • Many small firms stay unregistered, so treat it as a floor.
Open on udyamregistration.gov.in ↗

The question it answers

  1. How do I size a market I want to sell to businesses outside the big Indian startup hubs?

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