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Top 10 most valuable Indian brands in 2025: HDFC overtakes TCS on top; Zomato is the fastest-growing brand
Top 10 most valuable Indian brands in 2025 list: The top 10 most valuable Indian brands collectively account for nearly half—47 per cent—of the total value of the entire ranking, with HDFC Bank leading the 2025 list, ending Tata Consultancy Services' 3-year reign on top.
Top 10 most valuable Indian brands in 2025 according to Kantar Brandz report.
Top 10 most valuable Indian brands in 2025: India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, is projected to expand its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 6.5 per cent in 2025, with its 100 most valuable brands collectively accounting for nearly 13% of the nation’s total GDP, with an estimated combined brand value of $523.5 billion, according to the latest Kantar BrandZ report released on Thursday.
Overtaking Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and ending its three-year streak at the top—which has slipped to second—HDFC Bank leads as the most valuable Indian brand in 2025.
As the country’s largest private-sector bank, HDFC Bank grew its brand value by 18 per cent compared to last year, with, notably, a 377 per cent growth since the first BrandZ India Report in 2014.
While brands in financial services and business technology and services platforms continue to occupy most of the top 10 positions, Airtel—a telecom service provider—stands out as the fastest-growing brand among the top 10 rankings, recording a 38 per cent jump in brand value since 2024.
Another notable mention of the 2025 list is UltraTech Cement, which makes a strong newcomer entry at seventh place with a brand valuation of $14,524 million.
Collectively, the top 10 most valuable Indian brands account for nearly half—47 per cent—of the total value of the entire ranking.
Although overall brand value growth has decelerated to 6 per cent, the 10 fastest-growing Indian brands rose by 42 per cent; that is about seven times faster.
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Zomato, the online food ordering and delivery company, rose 10 places to rank 21st this year, making it the fastest-growing brand for the second year in a row, with a year-on-year increase of 69 per cent in brand value, reaching $6 billion by 2025.
Top 10 most valuable Indian brands in 2025:
India's Brand Wealth Concentration
Top 10 Most Valuable Indian Brands 2025
$523.5B
Total Top 100 Brand Value
$246B
Top 10 Combined Value
Top 10 Brand Rankings
1
HDFC Bank
Financial Services
$45.0B
2
TCS
Business Technology
$44.2B
3
Airtel
Telecom Providers
$41.1B
4
Infosys
Business Technology
$25.5B
5
ICICI Bank
Financial Services
$20.6B
6
State Bank of India
Financial Services
$18.8B
7
UltraTech Cement
Materials
$14.5B
8
Jio
Telecom Providers
$14.1B
9
HCL Tech
Business Technology
$12.8B
10
LIC
Financial Services
$10.3B
Sector Distribution in Top 10
Financial Services
4
Business Tech
3
Telecom
2
Materials
1
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Source: Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Indian Brands 2025
Industry-wise composition of the most valuable Indian brands 2025:
Kantar BrandZ 2025 Most Valuable Indian Brands
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