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Brands Illustrated – MegaBrands
The Most Valuable Brands
MegaBrands — India's Most Powerful Brands across 501 categories — and Business MegaBrands, 1,280 Indian business brands in 250 categories. By WCRC.
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Also on the front page
- Pick the most powerful brand in each of 501 categories — Vote
- The first Brand Pulse scores go live on 1 November 2026 — Brand Pulse
- Powerplay: a strategy game, not a quiz — Play
- 1,280 Indian business brands in 250 categories: the 2026–27 cohort — Business MegaBrands
By the numbers
- 501 MegaBrands — one per category
- 2,579 brands in the universe — Mega Brands and their competitors
- 1,280 business brands — in 250 categories, 2026–27
- 3,000 brands assessed — to arrive at the 501
- 50 parameters — five weighted pillars
- 34 sectors — 13 consumer-led, 21 business
Two indices, one method
WCRC measures brand power twice: among the brands India's consumers choose, and among the companies India's businesses buy from. Both use the same fifty parameters.
MegaBrands — India's Most Powerful Brands
One brand in each of 501 categories holds the benchmark, measured on the power it holds in the Indian mind rather than on what it earns. Each is selected against five named competitors, all of them published.
India's Most Powerful 250 · The universe · Methodology
Business MegaBrands — India's leading business brands, 2026–27
Business MegaBrands is an annual research index of India's leading business brands, published by WCRC (World Centre for Research and Consulting). The 2026–27 edition evaluates a locked cohort of 1,280 purely Indian business brands in 250 categories on WCRC's 50-parameter brand evaluation model, and names one Business MegaBrand in each category. Inclusion in the cohort and selection as a Business MegaBrand carry no fee.
The 2026–27 cohort · Methodology · FAQ
Did you know
- 351 of 501 MegaBrands sell to consumers. The other 150 sell to businesses. (MegaBrands)
- 111 Consumer Goods & Everyday Living holds the most MegaBrands of any sector: 111 of 501. (MegaBrands)
- 34 Technology, Digital & Telecom has the most business-to-business MegaBrands of any sector. (MegaBrands)
- 2,219 different brands are named as competitors, across 2,505 competitor slots: five for every Mega Brand. (MegaBrands)
- 141 brands are a Mega Brand in one category and an assessed competitor in another. (MegaBrands)
- 5 categories name Bajaj as a competitor, more than any other brand. (MegaBrands)
- 113 brands in Banking, Insurance & Finance, the largest sector in the cohort, across 23 categories. (Business MegaBrands)
- 93 of 250 categories hold 6 brands. Only 5 hold the maximum of eight, and 23 the minimum of three. (Business MegaBrands)
- 140 of the 1,280 company names in the cohort begin with S, more than any other letter. (Business MegaBrands)
- 110 brands are in both indices: the MegaBrands 501 and Business MegaBrands. (Business MegaBrands)
- 26 brands in Power & Utilities, the smallest sector in the cohort, across 4 categories. (Business MegaBrands)
- 9 categories sit in Textiles, the industry with the most categories in the cohort. (Business MegaBrands)
Explore by sector
MegaBrands sectors
- Consumer Goods & Everyday Living — 111 Mega Brands
- Retail & Commerce — 38 Mega Brands
- Automotive & Mobility — 39 Mega Brands
- Financial Services — 55 Mega Brands
- Technology, Digital & Telecom — 53 Mega Brands
- Healthcare & Life Sciences — 37 Mega Brands
- Energy, Resources & Industrials — 40 Mega Brands
- Infrastructure, Real Estate & Construction — 31 Mega Brands
- Travel, Hospitality & Leisure — 19 Mega Brands
- Media, Entertainment & Sports — 22 Mega Brands
- Lifestyle, Fashion & Luxury — 33 Mega Brands
- Agriculture, Rural & Allied — 17 Mega Brands
- Education & Knowledge — 6 Mega Brands
Business MegaBrands sectors
- Oil, Gas & Petroleum — 35 brands in 6 categories
- Power & Utilities — 26 brands in 4 categories
- Renewable Energy & Clean Tech — 36 brands in 7 categories
- Metals & Mining — 81 brands in 15 categories
- Cement & Building Materials — 44 brands in 9 categories
- Chemicals & Agri-Inputs — 86 brands in 16 categories
- Capital Goods & Industrial Engineering — 110 brands in 22 categories
- Aerospace, Defence & Space — 55 brands in 10 categories
- Automotive & Commercial Mobility — 57 brands in 10 categories
- Logistics, Shipping & Aviation Services — 60 brands in 12 categories
- Infrastructure & Construction — 58 brands in 11 categories
- Commercial Real Estate & Workspace — 37 brands in 7 categories
- IT & Technology Services — 52 brands in 9 categories
- Software & Digital Platforms — 86 brands in 19 categories
- Electronics, Semiconductors & Telecom — 38 brands in 8 categories
- Pharma, Life Sciences & Medtech — 93 brands in 18 categories
- Agri, Food Processing & Plantations — 51 brands in 10 categories
- Textiles, Leather & Gems — 59 brands in 12 categories
- Packaging, Paper & Plastics — 37 brands in 8 categories
- Banking, Insurance & Finance — 113 brands in 23 categories
- Professional & Business Services — 66 brands in 14 categories
From the WCRC network
MegaBrands and Business MegaBrands are WCRC research. WCRC's other two sites carry the consulting work and the journalism around it.
- WCRC International — A global business consulting, strategy and management firm focused on brands, leadership and workplaces. Brand intelligence · Focus area: brands · Proprietary models
- WCRC Leaders — Leadership journalism, rankings and brand intelligence from WCRC. Top brands · Newsroom · About WCRC
How power is measured
Five pillars, fifty parameters and three kinds of evidence. The same model scores a biscuit and a transformer; only what it reads in each market differs.
- P1 Brand Positioning & Recall — 28%
- P2 Consumer Trust & Sentiment — 26%
- P3 Product, Innovation & Delivery — 20%
- P4 Sustainability, Governance & ESG — 16%
- P5 Digital & Financial Soundness — 10%
Evidence: 60% primary research, 25% secondary research, 15% additional inputs. The first set of Brand Pulse scores, based on WCRC's Evaluation Framework, will be made live from 1 November 2026.
This is what a CMO sees every quarter.
MegaBrands Intelligence · Inside the dashboard
A WCRC rating and written verdict. Five pillars, fifty parameters. Every rival on one screen. Your own answers matched against the market. The peers gaining on you. Daily consumer feedback. And a simulator that prices every fix before you fund it.
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Sample dashboard. Kesari Tea and its competitors are fictional, and every figure shown is illustrative.
WCRC network: WCRC International · WCRC Leaders