Not Gujarat or Uttar Pradesh, these states have India's highest number of small businesses

Not Gujarat or Uttar Pradesh, these states have India's highest number of small businesses

Sep 22, 2023

Girish Khurana

Maharashtra:  34.03 lakh

Tamil Nadu: 19.72 lakh

Uttar Pradesh: 18.15 lakh

Gujarat: 14.25 lakh

Rajasthan 14.20 lakh

Karnataka: 10.92 lakh

Madhya Pradesh: 9.05 lakh

Bihar: 7.86 lakh

West Bengal 7.49 lakh

Punjab  7.26 lakh

Haryana 6.50 lakh

Telangana 6.22 lakh

Andhra Pradesh: 6.00 lakh

Delhi: 4.9 lakh

Kerala: 4.53 lakh

Odisha: 4.14 lakh

Jharkhand: 3.29 lakh

J&K: 3.13 lakh

Assam: 3.13 lakh

Chattisgarh: 2.66 lakh

Uttarakhand: 1.85 lakh

Himachal Pradesh: 1.09 lakh

Manipur: 49984

Goa:38403

Tripura: 37630

Chandigarh: 31258

Puducherry: 29557

Mizoram: 16496

Nagaland: 16451

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu: 15015

Meghalaya: 14006

Andaman and Nicobar: 10324

Arunachal Pradesh: 9097

Ladakh: 8525

Sikkim: 7459

Lakshadweep: 694

Source: MSME Dashboard

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