Renowned for its bustling business ecosystem, numerous innovation hubs and many prestigious universities, India serves as a top hub for several of the world’s leading IT companies. Below, we list some of the top IT firms that call India home.
Top IT Companies in India
- Tata Consultancy Services
- Tech Mahindra
- Infosys
- IBM
- Microsoft
- Oracle
- Accenture
Top IT Companies in India
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services and consulting company operating under Tata Group, India’s largest conglomerate. Its suite of services include cloud computing, information security, infrastructure support and network connectivity, which it offers to companies of all sizes across a range of industries, from financial services to healthcare. The multinational company is headquartered in Mumbai, with several additional offices throughout India, including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Delhi.
Pune-based Tech Mahindra works with thousands of businesses all over the world, helping them leverage technology like artificial intelligence, 5G, quantum computing and blockchain. An affiliate of the Mahindra Group, the IT services and consulting company is among the largest of its kind in the country. Tech Mahindra has more than 150,000 employees globally, the majority of whom are based in India.
Infosys is reportedly the second-largest IT firm in India by market capitalization. With operations in more than 50 countries, the company offers services ranging from cloud migration and deployment to custom app development. It also builds software solutions to assist with customer engagement, marketing and other business functions. Infosys’ headquarters is in Bangalore, where it has a research facility for AI, robotics and other cutting-edge technology. It also has offices in Chennai, Pune and Mumbai.
IBM is a global provider of software, hardware, cloud infrastructure and various IT services. It is also a trailblazer in emerging tech fields like artificial general intelligence and quantum computing, specifically with its watsonx AI platform and Watson supercomputer. The New York-based company has more than 100,000 employees working in India, with a regional headquarters and research facility in Bangalore and another research facility in Gurugram.
While it is best known as the world’s most-used search engine, Google is also a global leader in many other areas in tech, including cloud computing, consumer electronics and artificial intelligence — particularly in the development of generative AI and conversational AI. The tech giant is headquartered in California, but one of its largest employee bases in the world is in India, where its employees work on everything from machine learning to advertising. Google is looking to strengthen its presence in the country even more — in 2023 the company promised a $10 billion investment.
Outside of its headquarters in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft has 10 corporate offices throughout India, where it employs more than 20,000 people. The company offers a wide range of tech products, including the Windows operating system, the Xbox gaming console and its suite of software stables like Word, Powerpoint and Excel. It is also a key player in spaces like spatial computing and AI-powered web search.
Oracle provides software, hardware and cloud-based products — as well as a large suite of IT services — to help businesses all over the world mine, organize, store and retrieve their data. It also owns programming language platform Java and relational database management system MySQL. The company is based in Texas, but has about 40,000 employees in India, where it has offices in Noida, Bangalore and Gurugram. Plus, Financial Services Software, an Oracle subsidiary that develops tech products for banks and insurance companies, is headquartered in Mumbai.
With a global workforce of more than 730,000 employees, Accenture is the largest IT services and consultancy firm in the world by size. The Dublin-based company has a massive presence in India, with six offices in Bangalore alone, along with offices in Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai and several other cities. Accenture offers expertise in everything from cybersecurity to app development, and is in the midst of a $3 billion initiative to optimize its data and AI practices, which includes doubling its India-based talent.
LTIMindtree is an IT services and consulting company born out of a 2022 merger between L&T Infotech and Mindtree. Today, it is India’s fifth-largest IT firm by market capitalization, working in areas ranging from app development and cloud computing to data analytics and generative AI. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, with several large offices in cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Pune and Delhi. It also has a presence in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific Region, the Middle East and Africa.
Rebranded as HCLTech in 2022, HCL Technologies is an IT services and consulting company that primarily focuses on digital engineering, cloud adoption and IoT solutions. It has a software division, too, which develops solutions for automation, security, analytics and digital transformation. The Noida-based company has also moved into the development of semiconductors and AI chips, collaborating with industry leaders like Arm and Sankalp Semiconductors.
SAP is a German multinational software company that provides enterprise-grade data processing solutions to help businesses manage their supply chain operations, people and customer relations. Its India division, SAP Labs India, is responsible for nearly half of the company’s core software products, as well as more localized solutions. SAP Labs India employs about 14,000 people total across its offices in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Gurugram, Mumbai and Pune. In 2023, the company broke ground on a second location in Bangalore, where it plans to hire an additional 15,000 employees.
With more than half of its employee base working out of India, Capgemini has several large offices throughout the country, including in Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, where its team works on everything from software development to machine learning. The French IT services and consulting giant provides a wide variety of services across AI, cloud computing, enterprise management and cybersecurity.
Cisco develops and manufactures networking hardware, software and telecommunications equipment, including routers, firewalls and servers. Video conferencing platform Webex and cybersecurity tool Firepower are among its most popular products. The company is based in California and employs more than 80,000 people globally — about 12,000 of whom work at its development center in Bangalore, making it the largest Cisco office outside of the United States. These employees are most focused on research and development, but the office staffs IT services and customer support teams as well.
Founded as a vegetable oil manufacturer in 1945, Wipro has grown into one of the largest tech companies in India by revenue, and is now a key player in areas like robotics, AI, cybersecurity and digital transformation services. The company has about 250,000 employees globally, with several offices throughout the Middle East, Europe, Africa, the Asia Pacific Region and the Americas — but its main headquarters remains in Bangalore.
Cognizant is a multinational IT consulting and services company founded in Chennai in 1994. The company has since moved its headquarters to the United States, but the majority of its workforce remains in India, with several offices throughout Pune, Bangalore, Gurugram and Chennai. Cognizant says it works with the majority of the top global pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers and media companies, offering various automation, app development, cybersecurity and systems integration services.
A regional subsidiary of the American tech conglomerate Dell Technologies, Dell India Private Limited offers a range of IT services, catering to everyone from single users to large-scale businesses. The Bangalore-based company also sells hardware like desktops, laptops, servers, data storage devices and cameras directly to consumers.
Zoho is a software-as-a-service company known for its dozens of web-based business tools for tasks ranging from password management to recruitment. The company is dual-headquartered in Chennai and Texas, with additional offices throughout North America, Asia, Africa and Europe.
ServiceNow offers cloud-based solutions used for workflow automation and IT service management tasks, helping companies all over the world define, structure, manage and automate their operations. The company works with businesses across a wide variety of industries, and is also known for infusing generative AI into its enterprise tools to help mitigate cybersecurity risks. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, ServiceNow has thousands of employees working at its offices in Hyderabad and Bangalore as well.
American IT consulting firm Thoughtworks works with companies across a range of industries, including travel, healthcare and retail, offering services like application management, data analysis and cloud migration. The company is commonly associated with agile software development, and develops several open source products. Based in Chicago, Thoughtworks has more than 10,000 employees across 48 offices around the world, one of which is located in Gurugram.
Founded by energy conglomerate General Electric in 1997 to provide outsourced business services, Genpact spun off into its own company in 2005. Today, it provides AI-driven digital transformation, finance, accounting, procurement and customer experience management services to businesses across manufacturing, insurance, banking, media and retail. The company was started in New Delhi and is now headquartered in New York, but the majority of its employees are based in India.
Mphasis is an IT services and consulting firm that provides infrastructure technology and applications outsourcing services, as well as software products for cloud management, cybersecurity and app development and integration. The Bangalore-based company primarily works in the financial services, logistics, healthcare and hospitality industries, among others.
Motive has an office in the Koramangala area of Bengaluru. It uses IoT hardware and AI-powered applications for vehicle tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance and more. It serves a wide variety of industries like construction, logistics and food production.
