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Top 24 Industry associations based in India
RevenueBase identified 166 industry associations headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 1,307 professional contacts across them, including 164 with verified work emails. New Delhi is the largest hub.
This list covers industry associations 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 20, 2026.
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The 24 largest industry associations based in India
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) is the apex body of private real estate developers in India, established in with a vision to transform…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Leading The Growth of Indian Apparel Industry The Clothing Manufacturers Association Of India (CMAI) is the pioneer and most representative Association of the Indian apparel…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI) is an apex Society of entities in the hydrocarbon sector and acts as an industry interface with Government and regulatory…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Indian Automobile Industry association” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CODISSIA started functioning in the year 1969 with 40 members and now the membership strength base has crossed 5200.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1966, the Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IICCI) is a association of companies and professionals recognised by the Italian Government, whose main…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1982 and headquartered at Delhi, we represent Independent and Chain Restaurant Owners and Operators in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry popularly known as The IMC, is a legendary organization which has relentlessly pursued the agenda of identifying opportunities, addressing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “INDIA DIDACTICS ASSOCIATION (IDA) is the Trade Association for the Indian Education & Skills Industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As you are aware that CICU is registered as a non-profit making society, which represents Industry & Trade Sectors of the State of the Punjab Since 1968.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Indian Steel Association (ISA), represents all the major Public Sector and Private Sector Steel Enterprises of India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Headquartered in New Delhi (India), Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA) is amongst the most active and well known national industry bodies in the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The seed for ALUCAST was sown by Mr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ASIRT - a unique association for system builders, system integrators, and retailers in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Regulatory Representatives and Managers Association (RRMA) is a membership-based association that promotes understanding of chemical compliance and capacity building for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The only national organization of the out-of-home advertising media industry in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched GCCA India, with an aim to focus on driving forward the key sustainability work underway within the cement sector…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI), is recognized as an authoritative voice of the Indian Premium Alcoholic Beverage Industry, with a keen insight in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “APAO is an apex Industry Association of the Major Airports in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The MPAI seeks to channel its collective operational experience to engage constructively with the policy and regulatory ecosystem as the voice of the merchant industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ind Food & Beverage Association (IFBA) is an alliance formed to achieve the common goal of protecting, supporting, and growing the Food & Beverage (F&B) Industry in India through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The association is committed to promote, aid, help, encourage, develop, protect the growth of the Digital News Publishers in the fast changing landscape of the country besides…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: industry associations. 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 industry associations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of industry associations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name industry associations. 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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Industry associations based in India at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 166 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 industry associations, 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 “industry associations”. 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 industry associations), 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 industry associations, 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, 164 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 20, 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.
Industry associations by metro
- Industry associations in New Delhi39
- Industry associations in Mumbai34
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 industry associations, 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 industry associations are there based in India?
RevenueBase identified 166 industry associations 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?
Acma India, headquartered in India, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most industry associations?
New Delhi leads with 39 headquartered companies, followed by Mumbai (34) and Delhi (11).
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 164 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 166 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 20, 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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