72 companies are worth more than the other 5,059
Companies run left to right, biggest first. The line shows how much of all market value they add up to. 72 of 5,131 reach half.
What the chart shows
The 5,131 listed companies we can price are worth ₹463.19 lakh crore together. 72 of them make up half of that. The smallest 2,565 come to 0.3%.
Biggest by market value (6 Oct 2026)
| 1. Reliance Industries | ₹16.48 lakh crore |
|---|---|
| 2. Bharti Airtel | ₹11.03 lakh crore |
| 3. HDFC Bank | ₹10.95 lakh crore |
| 4. ICICI Bank | ₹9.61 lakh crore |
| 5. State Bank of India | ₹8.85 lakh crore |
| 6. Tata Consultancy Services | ₹7.60 lakh crore |
| 7. Bajaj Finance | ₹5.99 lakh crore |
| 8. Larsen & Toubro | ₹5.19 lakh crore |
| 9. Life Insurance Corporation of India | ₹4.93 lakh crore |
| 10. Hindustan Unilever | ₹4.45 lakh crore |
How many companies it takes
| 4 companies | 10% of all market value |
|---|---|
| 18 companies | 25% of all market value |
| 72 companies | 50% of all market value |
| 531 companies | 90% of all market value |
The ten biggest are 18.4% on their own. The smaller half of the list, 2,565 companies, comes to ₹1.50 lakh crore.
Market value is the number of shares times the latest closing price, each company on its own latest close inside the 10 trading days to 6 Oct 2026. 629 companies have no share count on file and are left out. Size is a measurement, not a verdict: a big company is not a safe one and a small one is not a risky one.
How it is measured
Market value is the number of shares times the latest closing price, per company, from company filings and exchange closing prices. Each company uses its own latest close inside the 10 trading days to 6 Oct 2026. 5,131 of 5,950 listed companies are included; 629 have no share count on file and 183 no recent price, and 7 were dropped as data faults (a value under 1 crore or above 50 lakh crore). The share count is every share the company has issued, not only the ones that change hands.
Size is a measurement, not a view on any company.
How this chart has read
The finding in one sentence, on each day its numbers changed.
- The 5,131 listed companies we can price are worth ₹463.19 lakh crore together. 72 of them make up half of that. The smallest 2,565 come to 0.3%.
- The 5,130 listed companies we can price are worth ₹458.38 lakh crore together. 72 of them make up half of that. The smallest 2,565 come to 0.3%.
- The 5,231 listed companies we can price are worth ₹456.44 lakh crore together. 72 of them make up half of that. The smallest 2,615 come to 0.3%.
- The 5,225 listed companies we can price are worth ₹461.61 lakh crore together. 72 of them make up half of that. The smallest 2,612 come to 0.3%.
- The 5,119 listed companies we can price are worth ₹461.40 lakh crore together. 72 of them make up half of that. The smallest 2,559 come to 0.3%.
- The 5,116 listed companies we can price are worth ₹461.64 lakh crore together. 72 of them make up half of that. The smallest 2,558 come to 0.3%.
- The 5,120 listed companies we can price are worth ₹463.89 lakh crore together. 72 of them make up half of that. The smallest 2,560 come to 0.3%.
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