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India's unincorporated small businesses by state, sector and activity: counts and earnings.

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  • Uttar Pradesh has the most small unincorporated businesses, 93.8 lakh, followed by West Bengal and Maharashtra. More
  • India has about 21.8 lakh small unincorporated businesses in food products manufacturing, 37.7% of them urban. More

Number of small businesses by state in India, 2023-24

Uttar Pradesh93.8 lakhWest Bengal92.7 lakhMaharashtra64.4 lakhGujarat46.5 lakhTamil Nadu45.2 lakhBihar43.2 lakhMadhya Pradesh39.9 lakhKarnataka36.5 lakhAndhra Pradesh36.3 lakhRajasthan35 lakhSource: MoSPI, ASUSE 2023-24 full report, Appendix A Tables 5, 34 and 38 (Octo · advanton.com

Food products manufacturing in India: number of small businesses and earnings, 2023-24

Value added per business, urban₹4,39,316Value added per business, rural₹2,02,804Pay per hired worker, all₹1,25,947Source: MoSPI, Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2023 · advanton.com

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