Nearly 44,000 startups registered with the government in 2025, the highest annual addition since Startup India was launched, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (January 16, 2025) at an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Startup India scheme.
Launched on January 16, 2016, the flagship initiative seeks to foster innovation, promote entrepreneurship, and enable investment-driven growth.
The biggest jump
“I’m even more pleased to see that the momentum of Startup India is steadily increasing,” Mr. Modi said. “Today’s startups are becoming unicorns, unicorns are launching their IPOs, and creating more and more jobs. Last year alone, in 2025, nearly 44,000 new startups were registered. This is the biggest jump in any single year since the launch of Startup India.”
The Prime Minister said that the Startup India mission has become a “revolution” in India, with the country taking its position as the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world.
