SMARTIES™ Business Impact Index 2025 – India

Attracting thousands of submissions annually from around the globe, the Business Impact Index recognizes the best-of-the-best. Our proprietary methodology developed in collaboration with WARC, the global authority on advertising and media effectiveness, compiles the rankings using finalist and winner data from the awards programs across the globe. Search by region or company type.

The MMA SMARTIES Business Impact Index is the first and only global modern marketing index that identifies, ranks and awards top agencies, advertisers (brand owner), brands and solution providers driving significant business impact.

MMA SMARTIES Business Impact Index

Top Brands in India

Rank Brand Product category Total brand score
1 Cadbury Food 166.1
2 Colgate Toiletries & Cosmetics 136.7
3 Oreo Food 118.9
4 Dove Toiletries & Cosmetics 117.1
5 Knorr Food 101.6
6 Maybelline Toiletries & Cosmetics 87.9
7 Bajaj Auto Automotive 81.8
8 Myntra Retail 72.7
9 UltraTech Cement Business & Industrial 72.3
10 Bournvita Soft Drinks 54.9
11 JioCinema Media & Publishing 54.2
12 Hyundai Automotive 42.9
13 Moti Toiletries & cosmetics 41.8
14 Bharti Airtel Telecoms & Utilities 40.4
14 Cathay Pacific Transport & Tourism 40.4
14 Center Fruit Food 40.4
17 Pepsi Soft Drinks 36.4
18 Robin Hood Army Non-profit, public sector & education 30.0
19 Coke Studio Media & Publishing 28.3
20 Kellogg’s Muesli Food 26.2
21 Amul Food 24.2
21 Birla Opus Business & industrial 24.2
21 Durex Pharma & Healthcare 24.2
21 McDonald’s Retail 24.2
21 Yas Island Leisure & Entertainment 24.2
26 Amazon MX Player Media & Publishing 22.9
27 Procter & Gamble Household & Domestic 21.6
28 Shikar App Household & domestic 21.2
29 Closeup Toiletries & Cosmetics 20.6
30 Aditya Birla Capital Business & Industrial 20.2
30 Raymond Clothing & accessories 20.2
30 Skoda Automotive 20.2
30 Tata Tea Soft Drinks 20.2
34 Mondelēz International Food 16.2
34 Navi Mumbai Police Non-profit, public sector & education 16.2
34 The House of Abhinandan Lodha Business & Industrial 16.2
34 Vodafone Idea Telecoms & Utilities 16.2
38 Domino’s Pizza Food 13.5
39 Amazon Retail 12.1
39 Dabur Pharma & Healthcare 12.1
39 Duroflex Household & domestic 12.1
39 Hero MotoCorp Automotive 12.1
39 KitKat Food 12.1
39 Lay’s Food 12.1
39 National Payments Corporation of India Financial services 12.1
39 Parle-G Food 12.1
39 Swiggy Retail 12.1
39 inDrive Transport & tourism 12.1
49 Indriya Clothing & Accessories 9.0
50 Castrol Automotive 8.9
50 Hindustan Unilever Household & Domestic 8.9
52 Giorgio Armani Toiletries & cosmetics 8.5
53 7UP Soft Drinks 8.1
53 Aashirvaad Food 8.1
53 Amazon Prime Video Media & Publishing 8.1
53 Bingo! Potato Chips Food 8.1
53 Bisleri Soft Drinks 8.1
53 Federal Bank Financial Services 8.1
53 HP Technology & Electronics 8.1
53 Hydra Crème Toiletries & cosmetics 8.1
53 Imperial Blue Alcoholic drinks 8.1
53 Instamart Retail 8.1
53 L’Oréal Toiletries & Cosmetics 8.1
53 Motilal Oswal Financial Services Financial Services 8.1
53 Sensodyne Toiletries & Cosmetics 8.1
53 Spotify Media & Publishing 8.1
53 Sunlight Household & Domestic 8.1
53 Suzuki Automotive 8.1
53 TheBar Alcoholic Drinks 8.1
53 Thums Up Soft Drinks 8.1
53 Uber Transport & Tourism 8.1
72 MG Motor Automotive 4.5
72 Pure Magic Food 4.5
72 realme Technology & Electronics 4.5
75 Alienware Technology & Electronics 4.0
75 Apollo Tyres Automotive 4.0
75 Audi Automotive 4.0
75 Britannia Bourbon Food 4.0
75 CEAT Automotive 4.0
75 Coca-Cola Soft Drinks 4.0
75 CoinSwitch Financial Services 4.0
75 Crompton Household & domestic 4.0
75 Federal Bank Hormis Memorial Foundation Non-profit, public sector & education 4.0
75 Fibe Financial Services 4.0
75 Garnier Toiletries & Cosmetics 4.0
75 Goodyear Automotive 4.0
75 HDFC Bank Financial Services 4.0
75 ITC Master Chef Food 4.0
75 Jameson Alcoholic Drinks 4.0
75 JKMaxx Paints Business & Industrial 4.0
75 Kotak Mahindra Bank Financial Services 4.0
75 Lenovo Technology & Electronics 4.0
75 Lipton Soft Drinks 4.0
75 Mahindra Tractors Business & industrial 4.0
75 Mangaldeep Household & Domestic 4.0
75 Mastercard Financial Services 4.0
75 mCanvas Technology & Electronics 4.0
75 MTV Media & Publishing 4.0
75 Nescafe Soft Drinks 4.0
75 Nestle Food 4.0
75 Nothing Technology Limited Technology & Electronics 4.0
75 P.D. Hinduja Hospital Pharma & healthcare 4.0
75 Policybazaar Financial services 4.0
75 Shelcal 500 Pharma & healthcare 4.0
75 SOFY Toiletries & cosmetics 4.0
75 SonyLiv Media & Publishing 4.0
75 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Financial Services 4.0
75 USHA Household & domestic 4.0
75 Zepto Retail 4.0

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Top Advertisers in India

Rank Advertiser Points
1 Mondelez International 356.0
2 Unilever 323.2
3 Colgate-Palmolive Company 136.7
4 Aditya Birla Group 125.8
5 L’Oréal 100.0
6 Bajaj 81.8
7 Walmart 72.7
8 PepsiCo 56.6
9 Reliance Industries 54.2
10 Amazon 43.1
11 Hyundai Motor Group 42.9
12 The Coca-Cola Company 40.4
12 Perfetti Van Melle 40.4
12 Bharti Enterprises 40.4
12 Cathay Pacific 40.4
16 Robin Hood Army 30.0
17 Government of India 28.3
18 WK Kellogg Co 26.2
19 Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation 24.2
19 McDonald’s 24.2
19 Reckitt 24.2
19 Miral Asset Management 24.2
19 Volkswagen Group 24.2
19 ITC 24.2
25 Procter & Gamble 21.6
26 Nestle 20.2
26 Swiggy 20.2
26 Tata Group 20.2
26 Raymond 20.2
30 The House of Abhinandan Lodha 16.2
30 Vodafone Idea 16.2
32 Domino’s Pizza 13.5
33 Dabur 12.1
33 Duroflex 12.1
33 Federal Bank 12.1
33 Hero Motors Company 12.1
33 Pernod Ricard 12.1
33 Parle Products 12.1
33 inDrive 12.1
40 BP 8.9
40 Government of China 8.9
42 Giorgio Armani 8.5
42 Britannia Industries 8.5
44 Motilal Oswal Financial Services 8.1
44 Diageo 8.1
44 Bisleri 8.1
44 HP Inc. 8.1
44 Nykaa 8.1
44 Haleon 8.1
44 Spotify 8.1
44 Suzuki 8.1
44 Uber 8.1
53 Paramount Global 4.0
53 Affinity Global 4.0
53 Apollo Tyres 4.0
53 RPG Group 4.0
53 Ujjivan Financial Services 4.0
53 CoinSwitch 4.0
53 Crompton 4.0
53 Goodyear 4.0
53 Social Worth Technologies 4.0
53 WAGMI Limited 4.0
53 Sony 4.0
53 Torrent Group 4.0
53 USHA 4.0
53 Kotak Mahindra Bank 4.0
53 Dell Technologies 4.0
53 JK Cement 4.0
53 Lenovo 4.0
53 Mahindra Group 4.0
53 PB Fintech 4.0
53 Mastercard 4.0
53 Unicharm 4.0
53 Hinduja Group 4.0
53 HDFC Bank 4.0
53 Zepto 4.0

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Top Creative Agencies in India

Rank Agency Agency Location Country Agency Type Agency Group/Network Holding company/Owner
Total agency score
1 Leo Mumbai India Creative Agency Leo Publicis Groupe 40.4
2 Schbang Mumbai India Creative Agency 30.0
3 FCB Kinnect Mumbai India Creative Agency FCB Interpublic Group 20.2
3 DDB Mudra Group Mumbai India Creative Agency DDB Worldwide Omnicom Group 20.2
5 Enormous Mumbai India Creative Agency 16.2
5 Ideas Farm Mumbai India Creative Agency 16.2
7 MullenLowe Lintas Bangalore India Creative Agency MullenLowe Group Interpublic Group 12.1
8 Ogilvy Mumbai India Creative Agency Ogilvy WPP 8.1
9 The Rabbit Hole Mumbai India Creative Agency Zoo Media 4.5
10 BBH Mumbai India Creative Agency BBH Publicis Groupe 4.0
10 Please See Advertising Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai India Creative Agency 4.0
10 Dentsu Posterscope Delhi India Creative Agency Dentsu International Dentsu 4.0

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Top Media Agencies in India

Rank Agency Agency Location Country Agency Type Agency Group/Network Holding company/Owner
Total agency score
1 Wavemaker Mumbai India Media Agency Wavemaker WPP 595.7
2 Mindshare Mumbai India Media Agency Mindshare Worldwide WPP 455.8
3 EssenceMediacom Gurgaon India Media Agency EssenceMediacom WPP 84.8
4 Spark Foundry Gurgaon India Media Agency Spark Foundry Publicis Groupe 56.6
5 Publicis OOH Mumbai India Media Agency Publicis Media Publicis Groupe 48.5
6 Zenith Gurgaon India Media Agency Zenith Publicis Groupe 44.4
7 Wavemaker Gurgaon India Media Agency Wavemaker WPP 40.4
8 PHD Mumbai India Media Agency PHD Worldwide Omnicom Group 28.3
9 Madison World Mumbai India Media Agency Madison World 20.2
10 Starcom Mumbai India Media Agency Starcom Publicis Groupe 17.5
11 Zenith Mumbai India Media Agency Zenith Publicis Groupe 16.2
11 Wavemaker Bangalore India Media Agency Wavemaker WPP 16.2
13 Mindshare Gurgaon India Media Agency Mindshare Worldwide WPP 13.5
14 EssenceMediacom Mumbai India Media Agency EssenceMediacom WPP 12.1
15 OpenMind Gurgaon India Media Agency GroupM WPP 9.5
16 Starcom Gurgaon India Media Agency Starcom Publicis Groupe 8.1
17 IPG Mediabrands Gurgaon India Media Agency IPG Mediabrands Interpublic Group 4.5
17 Mindshare Bangalore India Media Agency Mindshare Worldwide WPP 4.5
19 EssenceMediacom Bangalore India Media Agency EssenceMediacom WPP 4.0

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Top Digital/Specialist Agencies in India

Rank Agency Agency Location Country Agency Type Agency Group/Network Holding company/Owner
Total agency score
1 Performics Mumbai India Digital/Specialist Agency Performics Publicis Groupe 94.2
2 Interactive Avenues Mumbai India Digital/Specialist Agency IPG Mediabrands Interpublic Group 48.5
3 Havas Play Mumbai India Digital/Specialist Agency Havas Media Group Havas Group 46.9
4 PivotRoots Mumbai India Digital/Specialist Agency Havas Media Group Havas Group 20.2
5 SoCheers Mumbai India Digital/Specialist Agency 18.5
6 Interactive Avenues Bangalore India Digital/Specialist Agency IPG Mediabrands Interpublic Group 8.1
6 Monks Bangalore India Digital/Specialist Agency Monks 8.1
8 Unity Media Mumbai India Digital/Specialist Agency 4.0
8 WeBee Social Delhi India Digital/Specialist Agency 4.0
8 iProspect Bangalore India Digital/Specialist Agency Dentsu International Dentsu 4.0
8 Mixed Route Juice Gurgaon India Digital/Specialist Agency 4.0

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Top Solution Providers in India

Rank Solution provider Location Type
Total agency score
1 Amazon Ads India Solution Provider 263.7
2 InMobi Advertising India Solution Provider 20.2
3 Flipkart India Solution Provider 16.2
4 Newton, powered by Affle India Solution Provider 12.1
5 mediasmart, powered by affle India Solution Provider 8.9
6 Xapads Media India Solution Provider 8.1
7 RevX, powered by Affle India Solution Provider 4.0
8 SingleInterface India Solution Provider 4.0
9 Hansa Cequity India Solution Provider 4.0

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Top Agency Networks in India

Rank Agency network Holding company Points
1 Wavemaker WPP 652.3
2 Mindshare Worldwide WPP 473.7
3 EssenceMediacom WPP 101.0
4 Performics Publicis Groupe 94.2
5 Havas Media Group Havas Group 67.1
6 IPG Mediabrands Interpublic Group 61.0
7 Zenith Publicis Groupe 60.6
8 Spark Foundry Publicis Groupe 56.6
9 Publicis Media Publicis Groupe 48.5
10 Leo Publicis Groupe 40.4
11 PHD Worldwide Omnicom Group 28.3
12 Starcom Publicis Groupe 25.6
13 FCB Interpublic Group 20.2
13 DDB Worldwide Omnicom Group 20.2
13 Madison World 20.2
16 MullenLowe Group Interpublic Group 12.1
17 GroupM WPP 9.5
18 Ogilvy WPP 8.1
18 Dentsu International Dentsu 8.1
18 Monks 8.1
21 Zoo Media 4.5
22 BBH Publicis Groupe 4.0

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