Top Retail Startups in India 2025

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In its 6th Edition, Newsmaker Reports is at the forefront of transforming how brands are evaluated based on their media visibility. Newsmaker reports, meticulously curated, provide a comprehensive list of brands, categorized by the News Score. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning, and Media Intelligence, News Score analyses news mentions generated by the brand to offer unparalleled insights. The Rankings are processed based on 30MN+ data points of over 1700+ brands.

How do we shortlist a startup for the Hottest 500 Startups list:

• News data from 450,000+ online publications from 1 Jan 2024 to 30 Nov 2024

• Companies must be fully independent, privately held, and be headquartered in the country on whose list they appear

• Companies should not have been formed by splitting up or reconstructing an already existing business

• Period of existence and operations should not be exceeding 20 years from the Date of Incorporation, i.e., should be formed in 2003 or after

• Sources: Tracxn.com, ventureintelligence.com, CrunchBase and Wizikey's Intelligence

How do we shortlist a Company for the Hottest 500 Companies list:

• News data from 450,000+ online publications from 1 Jan 2024 to 30 Nov 2024

• Listed on NSE & BSE on or before 30 Nov 2024

• Sources: Tracxn.com, ventureintelligence.com, CrunchBase and Wizikey's Intelligence

*This year, we’ve updated the algorithm behind Cumulative Reach, incorporating significant enhancements to improve the accuracy of brand evaluations. As a result, comparisons with last year’s rankings would not be fair, given the evolved methodology and metrics used in this edition.

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