Exports, imports and the trade balance, from official Government of India data
A clear look at India’s biggest phone brands: who sells the most, whose India manufacturing is documented, and where public data still cannot tell us enough.
“Made in India” can mean final assembly, locally sourced parts, or domestic value addition. They are different measures. This page only labels what each source supports.
The figures show India smartphone shipment share in Q1 2025. They measure demand, not where each handset or component was made.
Brand
Shipment share
India manufacturing evidence
Status
Vivo
Includes iQOO
Shipment share
22%
Samsung
Shipment share
17%
India manufacturing evidence
Samsung says its Noida factory manufactures smartphones for India and export markets.
OPPO
Shipment share
15%
India manufacturing evidence
OPPO describes a Noida operation with assembly and SMT capability.
Xiaomi
Includes POCO
Shipment share
13%
India manufacturing evidence
Brand-specific factory and value-add evidence is being researched for this brief.
realme
Shipment share
11%
India manufacturing evidence
Brand-specific factory and value-add evidence is being researched for this brief.
Market-share source: Counterpoint Research, historical India quarterly market-share table ↗. Company disclosures establish a reported India operation; they do not establish a brand-wide local-value-add percentage.
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Government reporting says the industry is expanding beyond final assembly into PCBAs, batteries, camera and display modules, and enclosures. It does not publish a comparable phone-brand value-add percentage, so this brief does not invent one.
Model-level factory evidence, supplier/component mapping, and sourced value-add estimates — only where a public source supports them. Then we will apply the same template to the everyday products Indians buy most.