India makes 28% of mobiles
- India’s domestic contract manufacturers produced 28% of smartphones made in the country in 2025, led by Dixon Technologies and Bhagwati Products as global brands shifted more assembly to local partners. - Dixon overtook Samsung Electronics in annual production volume, taking a 19% share after 89% growth; Foxconn held 16%, Samsung slipped to 18%, and Bhagwati reached 9%. - India’s smartphone output rose 8% in 2025, with exports up 28% and nearing one-third of production as policy support and outsourcing reshaped the market. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Domestic contract manufacturers made 28% of the smartphones produced in India in 2025, according to Counterpoint data reported by The Times of India. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The biggest winner was Dixon Technologies, which overtook Samsung Electronics in annual production volume and finished 2025 with a 19% share of India’s smartphone manufacturing. Dixon’s output jumped 89% from 2024 on orders from Motorola, Realme and Xiaomi. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (thehindubusinessline.com) Foxconn Hon Hai ranked next with a 16% share, up from 12% in 2024, helped by Apple export shipments. Samsung’s share slipped to 18% from 20% a year earlier, even as its export contribution rose modestly. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (thehindubusinessline.com) Bhagwati Products, a joint venture between Micromax Informatics and Huaqin Technologies, entered the top five with a 9% share. Its growth came from manufacturing for Vivo, Oppo and Realme as those brands expanded outsourcing beyond their own factories. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (counterpointresearch.com) The shift was driven more by exports than by Indian shoppers buying more phones. Counterpoint said India’s smartphone manufacturing grew 8% in 2025, with exports up 28% while domestic sell-in rose 1%. (thehindubusinessline.com) Exports now account for about one-third of all smartphones made in India. Counterpoint’s Tarun Pathak said electronics became India’s third-largest export category in 2025, driven largely by smartphones, and could become the second-largest in 2026. (thehindubusinessline.com) Policy also helped push production toward local partners. Analysts cited production-linked incentives, special economic zone reforms, budget support and eased foreign investment rules as factors behind the manufacturing shift. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (thehindubusinessline.com) Counterpoint also tied the rise of local assemblers to Chinese brands changing how they operate in India. Research analyst Abdul Rahman Khan said Oppo and Vivo began scaling outsourcing around 2024, with volumes later flowing to domestic manufacturers such as Bhagwati Products. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The result is that India is no longer just hosting factories run by foreign brands; Indian contract manufacturers now control more than a quarter of the country’s smartphone output. For 2026, analysts still expect exports to do most of the lifting. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
