Sector 07 of 13
Energy, Resources & Industrials
Energy, Resources & Industrials has 40 MegaBrands in the 2026–27 MegaBrands 501 — 10 consumer and 30 business brands across 5 industries. Each is the benchmark brand of its category, selected by research alone against five assessed competitors.
Chemicals, Cement & Industrial EquipmentMetals & MiningOil, Gas & Fuel RetailPower & UtilitiesRenewable Energy & Clean Tech
Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment 10
| ID | MegaBrand | Category | Industry | Market | Assessed alongside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB-363 | Tata Chemicals | Specialty chemicals | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | SRF, Deepak Nitrite, Aarti Industries, Vinati Organics, Navin Fluorine |
| MB-364 | UPL | Agrochemicals and crop protection | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | Bayer CropScience, Syngenta India, PI Industries, Dhanuka, Insecticides India |
| MB-365 | Linde India | Industrial gases | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | Inox Air Products, Air Liquide India, Air Water, Goyal MG Gases, Ellenbarrie |
| MB-366 | Berger Paints | Industrial and protective coatings | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | Asian Paints Industrial, Nerolac, Akzo Nobel, Shalimar Paints, Grand Polycoats |
| MB-367 | Finolex Industries | Polymers, pipes and plastics | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | Supreme Industries, Astral, Prince Pipes, Ashirvad Pipes, Nilkamal Plastics |
| MB-368 | UltraTech Cement | Cement | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | Ambuja, Shree Cement, Dalmia Bharat, JK Cement, Ramco Cements |
| MB-369 | Ambuja Cement | Ready-mix concrete and aggregates | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | ACC, Nuvoco, Birla Corp, UltraTech Concrete, JSW Cement |
| MB-370 | Saint-Gobain India | Glass, gypsum and insulation | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | Asahi India Glass, Gyproc, Rockwool, Borosil Glass, Sisecam Flat Glass |
| MB-371 | Larsen & Toubro | Heavy engineering and industrial equipment | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | Thermax, BHEL, Kirloskar, Godrej & Boyce, Isgec Heavy Engineering |
| MB-372 | Siemens India | Electrical equipment, automation and motors | Chemicals, Cement & Industrial Equipment | B2B | ABB India, Schneider Electric, Havells Industrial, CG Power, Hitachi Energy |
Metals & Mining 6
| ID | MegaBrand | Category | Industry | Market | Assessed alongside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB-357 | Tata Steel | Steel — integrated producers | Metals & Mining | B2B | JSW Steel, SAIL, Jindal Steel, AM/NS India, RINL |
| MB-358 | Jindal Stainless | Steel — specialty and alloy | Metals & Mining | B2B | SAIL Alloy, Viraj Profiles, Mukand, Shyam Metalics, Sunflag Iron |
| MB-359 | Hindalco | Aluminium and non-ferrous | Metals & Mining | B2B | Vedanta Aluminium, NALCO, Balco, Jindal Aluminium, Century Extrusions |
| MB-360 | Hindustan Zinc | Copper, zinc and precious metals | Metals & Mining | B2B | Vedanta, Hindalco Copper, Sterlite, Hindustan Copper, Gravita India |
| MB-361 | Coal India | Coal and thermal minerals | Metals & Mining | B2B | Singareni, NLC India, Adani Natural Resources, Sasan Power, Bharat Coking Coal |
| MB-362 | NMDC | Iron ore and industrial minerals | Metals & Mining | B2B | Vedanta Iron Ore, Tata Steel Mining, KIOCL, Odisha Mining Corporation, Sandur Manganese |
Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail 10
| ID | MegaBrand | Category | Industry | Market | Assessed alongside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB-333 | Indian Oil | Fuel retail networks | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2C | Bharat Petroleum, HPCL, Jio-bp, Nayara Energy, Shell India |
| MB-334 | HP Gas | LPG and domestic cooking fuel | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2C | Indane, Bharat Gas, Super Gas, Total Gas, Reliance Gas |
| MB-335 | Indraprastha Gas | City gas distribution and piped gas | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2C | Mahanagar Gas, Gujarat Gas, Adani Total Gas, Torrent Gas, GAIL Gas |
| MB-336 | Shell India | Automotive fuel and premium fuel brands | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2C | Jio-bp, XP100, HPCL Power, BPCL Speed, Nayara |
| MB-337 | Tata Power EZ Charge | EV charging and energy retail | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2C | Jio-bp pulse, Statiq, ChargeZone, Fortum, Ather Grid |
| MB-338 | Adani Total Gas | CNG and clean fuel retail | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2C | Mahanagar Gas, Indraprastha Gas, GAIL Gas, Torrent Gas, Gujarat Gas |
| MB-343 | ONGC | Upstream exploration and production | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2B | Oil India, Cairn, Vedanta Oil, GSPC, Reliance E&P |
| MB-344 | Bharat Petroleum | Refining and marketing | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2B | Indian Oil, HPCL, Nayara, Reliance Refining, MRPL |
| MB-345 | Reliance Polymers | Petrochemicals and polymers | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2B | Haldia Petrochemicals, GAIL Polymers, Supreme, OPaL, IOC Petrochemicals |
| MB-346 | GAIL | LNG, gas infrastructure and transmission | Oil, Gas & Fuel Retail | B2B | Petronet LNG, IGL, Adani Gas, Gujarat State Petronet, Indian Oil LNG |
Power & Utilities 7
| ID | MegaBrand | Category | Industry | Market | Assessed alongside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB-339 | Tata Power | Electricity distribution utilities | Power & Utilities | B2C | Adani Electricity, BSES, CESC, Torrent Power, Noida Power |
| MB-340 | NTPC | Public sector power brands | Power & Utilities | B2C | NHPC, Power Grid, SJVN, NLC India, THDC |
| MB-347 | Adani Power | Thermal power generation | Power & Utilities | B2B | Tata Power, JSW Energy, Torrent Power, NTPC, Jindal Power |
| MB-348 | NHPC | Hydro and nuclear generation | Power & Utilities | B2B | SJVN, THDC, NPCIL, NEEPCO, Tehri Hydro |
| MB-349 | Power Grid Corporation | Power transmission | Power & Utilities | B2B | Adani Transmission, Sterlite Power, Tata Power Transmission, KEC International, Techno Electric |
| MB-350 | Indian Energy Exchange | Power trading and exchanges | Power & Utilities | B2B | PXIL, HPX, MCX, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar, PTC India |
| MB-351 | ABB India | Power equipment and grid technology | Power & Utilities | B2B | Siemens Energy, Schneider Electric, Hitachi Energy, GE Vernova, Genus Power |
Renewable Energy & Clean Tech 7
| ID | MegaBrand | Category | Industry | Market | Assessed alongside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB-341 | Waaree | Rooftop solar and consumer renewables | Renewable Energy & Clean Tech | B2C | Tata Power Solar, Adani Solar, Vikram Solar, Loom Solar, Premier Energies |
| MB-342 | Luminous | Home energy storage and inverters | Renewable Energy & Clean Tech | B2C | Livguard, Exide Inverters, Microtek, Su-Kam, V-Guard |
| MB-352 | ReNew | Solar power generation and IPPs | Renewable Energy & Clean Tech | B2B | Adani Green, Tata Power Renewables, Azure Power, Avaada, Juniper Green |
| MB-353 | Suzlon | Wind power generation | Renewable Energy & Clean Tech | B2B | Inox Wind, Siemens Gamesa, Vestas India, Nordex India, Envision India |
| MB-354 | Vikram Solar | Solar equipment and module manufacturing | Renewable Energy & Clean Tech | B2B | Waaree Energies, Adani Solar, Premier Energies, RenewSys, Goldi Solar |
| MB-355 | Adani Green Energy | Green hydrogen and new energy | Renewable Energy & Clean Tech | B2B | ReNew, ACME, Hygenco, L&T Green Hydrogen, NTPC Green |
| MB-356 | Livguard | Energy storage, batteries and grid-scale systems | Renewable Energy & Clean Tech | B2B | Exide Energy, Amara Raja Energy, Okaya, Log9 Materials, Exicom |
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