Aerospace & defence manufacturing in India
As of 5 November 2026, 245 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in India; 22 are hiring right now and Bengaluru has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 245
- Hiring now
- 22 · 4 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Defence systems manufacturers · 99
- Top city
- Bengaluru · 11
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 32,156
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in India, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Defence systems manufacturers | 99 | 40% |
| Uav aerospace manufacturers | 46 | 19% |
| Aerospace component suppliers | 41 | 17% |
| Other electronics & electrical manufacturing | 9 | 4% |
| Other aerospace & defence manufacturing | 8 | 3% |
| Civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers | 6 | 2% |
| Precision CNC machining | 6 | 2% |
| Aircraft manufacturers | 5 | 2% |
| Metal products manufacturers | 5 | 2% |
| Metal stamping & casting | 4 | 2% |
| Robotics system manufacturers | 4 | 2% |
| Space systems manufacturers | 4 | 2% |
| Valve actuator manufacturers | 4 | 2% |
| Workwear & uniform manufacturers | 4 | 2% |
| Automation integrators | 3 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 71 · 3 |
| 11-50 employees | 83 · 5 |
| 51-200 employees | 66 · 6 |
| 201-500 employees | 17 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 11 | 4% |
| Madhapur | 5 | 2% |
| Hyderabad | 4 | 2% |
| F F C Okhla | 3 | 1% |
| Gachibowli | 3 | 1% |
| Machhgar | 3 | 1% |
| Nepz Post Office | 3 | 1% |
| New Delhi G.P.O. | 3 | 1% |
| Rājkot | 3 | 1% |
| Bapagrama | 2 | 1% |
| Chennai | 2 | 1% |
| D. K. Mohan Garden | 2 | 1% |
The biggest aerospace & defence manufacturing companies in India
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The stack of aerospace & defence manufacturing in India
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in India
Manufacturing & industry in India, the whole market →
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Plastics & rubber processing · 2,047 →
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245 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in India; 22 are hiring right now and Bengaluru has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/india/aerospace_and_defence_manufacturing)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in India: questions
How many aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are there in India?
245 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Aerospace & defence manufacturing → leaf niches such as defence systems manufacturers, uav aerospace manufacturers, aerospace component suppliers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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