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Data Intelligence Report

Startup India:
2.5 Lakh Recognised Startups

Every startup recognised by DPIIT under the Startup India initiative, by State, city, industry, stage and year of recognition. See where India’s startups are, what they build, and how the map is changing.

Source: Startup India, DPIIT (Ministry of Commerce & Industry), month-end report
Year
Industry Map
Startups recognised
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Leading State
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Top industry
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Top 5 States’ share
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Still at idea or validation stage
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Recognitions by Year
Startups recognised each financial year, by current stage
Trend
2026-27 is a partial year (up to the report date). Stage is each startup’s current stage as reported, not its stage when recognised. Follows the industry filter.
The Map Is Widening
Share of each year’s recognitions from the largest States
Hubs
States are the six with the most recognitions overall (for the selected industry). 2016-17 is left out because it has only 740 records.
Map
Shaded by the selected year and industry. Hover for values; click a State for its profile.
Map
Circles mark small UTs. Colour scale is compressed (square root) so smaller States stay visible. Raw counts favour large, populous States. Map: State boundaries from the DataMeet India community (CC BY 4.0), consistent with the official boundary of India as per the Survey of India; simplified for display, not to scale.
Ranking
Startups by State
Ranking
What Startups Build
Top 15 industries · click a bar to filter the dashboard
Industries
Rising and Falling Industries
Share of each year’s recognitions, % · selected industries
Shift
AI is the fastest riser: 642 recognitions in 2023-24, 2,917 in 2025-26. IT services remain the largest but their share has fallen.
How Mature Are Each State’s Startups?
Current stage, % of startups · States with at least 500 recognitions
Stage
Sorted by the share at the scaling stage. Stage is self-reported and current. Follows the year filter (all industries).
Top Startup Cities
Startups recognised, top 30 cities
Cities
City names are cleaned and merged (e.g. Bangalore and Bengaluru, Gurgaon and Gurugram, New Delhi and Delhi’s districts, Noida with Gautam Buddha Nagar). Follows the year filter (all industries).
State Profile
One State or UT’s startup ecosystem
Profile
State Startup Table
Click a heading to sort · search by name · follows the industry filter
Full Dataset
Growth = 2025-26 recognitions ÷ 2021-22 (States with at least 50 in 2021-22). Scaling % and expired/cancelled % cover all industries and all years.
Key Findings
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From 740 to 55,000 a year

Recognitions rose from 740 in 2016-17 to 55,255 in 2025-26, for 2,50,034 startups in all. The partial 2026-27 year already has 26,292.

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Beyond Bengaluru and Delhi

Karnataka’s share of new recognitions fell from 14.3% in 2018-19 to 9.0% in 2025-26, and Delhi’s from 13.1% to 7.6%. Gujarat doubled its share to 9.4%; Andhra Pradesh (4.6×) and Bihar (3.9×) grew fastest after 2021-22.

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The AI surge

AI recognitions jumped from 642 in 2023-24 to 2,917 in 2025-26, now 5.3% of new startups. IT services remain the largest industry, but their share fell from 14.3% (2019-20) to 11.1%.

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Mostly early-stage, still concentrated

65% of startups report being at the idea or validation stage and 11% are scaling. Five States hold 55% of all startups, and Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad alone hold 28%.

Source: Startup India, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India: month-end report of DPIIT-recognised startups (2,50,034 records). Notes: Counts are by financial year of recognition; 2026-27 is a partial year. Status is the current status (approved 93.1%, expired 5.7%, cancelled 1.2%); all statuses are counted. Current stage is self-reported; 1,600 records have no stage. City names were standardised for the city chart. These are recognitions, not a count of active businesses.
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