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Top 25 Automotive research and development companies based in India
RevenueBase identified 448 automotive research and development companies headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 94,812 professional contacts across them, including 15,977 with verified work emails. Pune is the largest hub.
This list covers automotive research and development companies headquartered in India, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest automotive research and development companies based in India
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16,274 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About KPIT KPIT is reimagining the future of mobility, forging ahead with group companies and partners to shape a world that is cleaner, smarter, and safer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 10,489 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) is the largest research and development centre for Mercedes-Benz Group AG outside of Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 6,209 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Uno Minda Limited incepted in 1958, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of advanced automotive technology and systems to OEMs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 5,828 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Force Motors was established in 1958 by Shri N.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 4,856 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Varroc Group is a global tier-1 automotive component manufacturer and supplier of exterior lighting systems, plastic and polymer components, electrical-electronics components, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 2,970 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Daimler Truck Innovation Center India (DTICI), headquartered in Bengaluru, came into existence on December 01, 2021.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,857 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pricol Limited is one of India’s leading automotive technology and precision engineered solutions company, headquartered in Coimbatore, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 1,923 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hinduja Tech (HT), part of the multi-billion-dollar global business conglomerate, Hinduja Group, provides product and digital engineering solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 1,858 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SPR Auto Technologies Limited (formerly Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited) has an exceptional lineage of Shriram Group, one of the most reputed Industrial houses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 1,372 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our full systems approach to innovation enables us to more clearly define problems and find the best, most comprehensive solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,358 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ADVIK Hi-Tech Private Limited (AHPL) is one of India's leading & global automotive component manufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,313 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1986, Sharda Motor Industries Ltd (SMIL) is an ISO 9001 certified auto-ancillary company with global aspirations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,065 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “UCAL Ltd (formerly UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd) is a Tier 1 Supplier to 35 Automotive OEMs Worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,061 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), established in 1966, is the leading automotive R&D organization of the country set up by the Automotive Industry with the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 962 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Career Page Link - https://hyundaimobisin.cluster3.openings.co/#!/ Hyundai Mobis Technical Center India(MTCI),Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru works on various vehicle Infotainment…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 925 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In a span of 20 years, The Sona Group has scripted a remarkable growth story.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 844 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than six decades, ANAND Group has shaped the global mobility ecosystem, recognised for its engineering excellence, worldwide collaborations, and progressive leadership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 788 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A name synonymous with performance, Omax Autos Limited is one of the leading manufacturers of Auto components in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 759 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Visteon is advancing mobility through innovative technology solutions that enable a software-defined and electric future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 752 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FEV is a globally leading engineering provider in the automotive industry and internationally recognized leader of innovation across different sectors, supplying solutions and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 601 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AISIN AUTOMOTIVE HARYANA PRIVATE LIMITED is an automotive company based out of Plot No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 593 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TEXSPIN® is one of the major contributors to the automotive industry since 1961 and has carved out a space with its niche Technology products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 574 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Interface Microsystems are leading suppliers of automotive electronics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 542 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1991, PVNA Group is focused on the innovation and manufacturing of cutting-edge technologies for the auto components industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 414 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With roots tracing back to development of India’s first electric motor in 1939, Jayem Automotives carries a legacy of innovation built over three generations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: automotive research and development companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names automotive research and development companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of automotive research and development companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name automotive research and development companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Automotive research and development companies based in India at a glance
As of Sep 30, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for India, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for India, over 448 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among automotive research and development companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in India whose own description of what they do matches “automotive research and development companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names automotive research and development companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among automotive research and development companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside India are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 15,977 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names automotive research and development companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many automotive research and development companies are there based in India?
RevenueBase identified 448 automotive research and development companies headquartered in India as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
KPIT, headquartered in Pune, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most automotive research and development companies?
Pune leads with 66 headquartered companies, followed by Bangalore (63) and Chennai (33).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 15,977 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 448 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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