Uttar Pradesh has 4,977,996 registered MSMEs, second only to Maharashtra among all Indian states. That is close to 49.8 lakh enterprises, and it works out to 10.56 percent of the national total of 4.72 crore. Only one state registers more, and what stands out across the data is how broad that base is: nearly five million enterprises spread across 75 districts, almost all of them micro.
This page breaks those registrations down across all 75 districts of the state. It covers where enterprises cluster, how the micro, small and medium split looks, which districts are almost entirely micro, and how Uttar Pradesh compares with its neighbours. Every figure comes from the Udyam registration data published on the Government of India open data portal.
Uttar Pradesh MSME statistics at a glance
- Total registered MSMEs: 4,977,996 (about 49.8 lakh)
- Rank among states and union territories: second, behind Maharashtra
- Share of India’s MSME registrations: 10.56 percent
- Districts covered: 75
- Enterprise size split: 99.1 percent micro, 0.8 percent small, 0.05 percent medium
Uttar Pradesh sits second only to Maharashtra in India’s state-wise MSME table, and it registers well ahead of states like Tamil Nadu.
Lucknow leads, but the NCR belt is bigger
Lucknow is the single largest district for MSME registration in Uttar Pradesh, with 262,606 registered MSMEs, or 5.3 percent of the state. That much is expected of the capital. The less obvious part is what sits just behind it. The two National Capital Region districts on the state’s western edge, Ghaziabad (225,397) and Gautam Buddha Nagar (208,448), together hold 433,845 registrations, far more than Lucknow on its own. The centre of gravity for registration is not the capital, it is the belt that runs into Delhi.
The five largest districts hold 21.3 percent of all registrations in the state:
- Lucknow, 262,606 (5.3 percent)
- Ghaziabad, 225,397 (4.5 percent)
- Gautam Buddha Nagar, 208,448 (4.2 percent)
- Agra, 184,695 (3.7 percent)
- Kanpur Nagar, 181,331 (3.6 percent)
Every district, sized and shaded by registrations (heatmap)
Top 15 districts by registered MSMEs
| # | District | Micro | Small | Medium | Total | Share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucknow | 259,250 | 3,127 | 229 | 262,606 | 5.3 |
| 2 | Ghaziabad | 221,701 | 3,410 | 286 | 225,397 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 203,962 | 4,024 | 462 | 208,448 | 4.2 |
| 4 | Agra | 182,682 | 1,869 | 144 | 184,695 | 3.7 |
| 5 | Kanpur Nagar | 178,351 | 2,775 | 205 | 181,331 | 3.6 |
| 6 | Varanasi | 175,824 | 1,469 | 89 | 177,382 | 3.6 |
| 7 | Meerut | 157,113 | 1,362 | 86 | 158,561 | 3.2 |
| 8 | Prayagraj | 136,773 | 1,033 | 60 | 137,866 | 2.8 |
| 9 | Bareilly | 124,617 | 957 | 64 | 125,638 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Saharanpur | 121,663 | 630 | 24 | 122,317 | 2.5 |
| 11 | Gorakhpur | 114,116 | 1,131 | 61 | 115,308 | 2.3 |
| 12 | Aligarh | 110,014 | 873 | 53 | 110,940 | 2.2 |
| 13 | Mathura | 106,059 | 754 | 35 | 106,848 | 2.1 |
| 14 | Azamgarh | 105,285 | 336 | 7 | 105,628 | 2.1 |
| 15 | Moradabad | 103,110 | 719 | 34 | 103,863 | 2.1 |
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| District | Micro | Small | Medium | Total ▼ | Share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucknow | 259,250 | 3,127 | 229 | 262,606 | 5.3 |
| Ghaziabad | 221,701 | 3,410 | 286 | 225,397 | 4.5 |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar | 203,962 | 4,024 | 462 | 208,448 | 4.2 |
| Agra | 182,682 | 1,869 | 144 | 184,695 | 3.7 |
| Kanpur Nagar | 178,351 | 2,775 | 205 | 181,331 | 3.6 |
| Varanasi | 175,824 | 1,469 | 89 | 177,382 | 3.6 |
| Meerut | 157,113 | 1,362 | 86 | 158,561 | 3.2 |
| Prayagraj | 136,773 | 1,033 | 60 | 137,866 | 2.8 |
| Bareilly | 124,617 | 957 | 64 | 125,638 | 2.5 |
| Saharanpur | 121,663 | 630 | 24 | 122,317 | 2.5 |
| Gorakhpur | 114,116 | 1,131 | 61 | 115,308 | 2.3 |
| Aligarh | 110,014 | 873 | 53 | 110,940 | 2.2 |
| Mathura | 106,059 | 754 | 35 | 106,848 | 2.1 |
| Azamgarh | 105,285 | 336 | 7 | 105,628 | 2.1 |
| Moradabad | 103,110 | 719 | 34 | 103,863 | 2.1 |
| Muzaffarnagar | 88,659 | 762 | 72 | 89,493 | 1.8 |
| Jaunpur | 87,209 | 337 | 12 | 87,558 | 1.8 |
| Bulandshahr | 81,809 | 674 | 35 | 82,518 | 1.7 |
| Ghazipur | 71,543 | 263 | 12 | 71,818 | 1.4 |
| Jhansi | 64,763 | 602 | 23 | 65,388 | 1.3 |
| Bijnor | 64,810 | 375 | 14 | 65,199 | 1.3 |
| Firozabad | 64,602 | 319 | 25 | 64,946 | 1.3 |
| Hardoi | 59,685 | 332 | 12 | 60,029 | 1.2 |
| Mau | 58,823 | 154 | 4 | 58,981 | 1.2 |
| Rae Bareli | 58,306 | 290 | 10 | 58,606 | 1.2 |
| Deoria | 56,693 | 245 | 7 | 56,945 | 1.1 |
| Sitapur | 56,080 | 324 | 7 | 56,411 | 1.1 |
| Rampur | 55,896 | 396 | 31 | 56,323 | 1.1 |
| Ayodhya | 55,552 | 333 | 11 | 55,896 | 1.1 |
| Gonda | 55,182 | 285 | 15 | 55,482 | 1.1 |
| Barabanki | 54,710 | 433 | 25 | 55,168 | 1.1 |
| Kushinagar | 54,400 | 289 | 11 | 54,700 | 1.1 |
| Lakhimpur Kheri | 53,047 | 368 | 10 | 53,425 | 1.1 |
| Shahjahanpur | 52,544 | 455 | 26 | 53,025 | 1.1 |
| Pratapgarh | 52,706 | 210 | 7 | 52,923 | 1.1 |
| Mirzapur | 49,243 | 290 | 14 | 49,547 | 1.0 |
| Ballia | 49,039 | 229 | 11 | 49,279 | 1.0 |
| Ambedkar Nagar | 48,321 | 198 | 4 | 48,523 | 1.0 |
| Budaun | 46,548 | 291 | 10 | 46,849 | 0.9 |
| Unnao | 46,311 | 252 | 14 | 46,577 | 0.9 |
| Bahraich | 46,008 | 336 | 21 | 46,365 | 0.9 |
| Hapur | 45,644 | 483 | 35 | 46,162 | 0.9 |
| Basti | 44,882 | 261 | 14 | 45,157 | 0.9 |
| Maharajganj | 44,584 | 209 | 12 | 44,805 | 0.9 |
| Pilibhit | 42,992 | 206 | 6 | 43,204 | 0.9 |
| Baghpat | 42,729 | 164 | 3 | 42,896 | 0.9 |
| Sultanpur | 41,784 | 199 | 3 | 41,986 | 0.8 |
| Sambhal | 39,584 | 492 | 99 | 40,175 | 0.8 |
| Bhadohi | 39,931 | 156 | 2 | 40,089 | 0.8 |
| Chandauli | 39,587 | 269 | 31 | 39,887 | 0.8 |
| Amroha | 38,556 | 295 | 25 | 38,876 | 0.8 |
| Mainpuri | 38,219 | 239 | 4 | 38,462 | 0.8 |
| Shamli | 38,122 | 166 | 10 | 38,298 | 0.8 |
| Fatehpur | 36,702 | 236 | 5 | 36,943 | 0.7 |
| Hathras | 35,940 | 324 | 19 | 36,283 | 0.7 |
| Etawah | 35,345 | 230 | 8 | 35,583 | 0.7 |
| Siddharthnagar | 34,777 | 175 | 4 | 34,956 | 0.7 |
| Sonbhadra | 34,255 | 272 | 14 | 34,541 | 0.7 |
| Amethi | 34,301 | 171 | 11 | 34,483 | 0.7 |
| Etah | 32,688 | 269 | 11 | 32,968 | 0.7 |
| Kanpur Dehat | 32,295 | 234 | 9 | 32,538 | 0.7 |
| Farrukhabad | 31,867 | 167 | 1 | 32,035 | 0.6 |
| Sant Kabir Nagar | 30,419 | 137 | 9 | 30,565 | 0.6 |
| Jalaun | 29,703 | 192 | 3 | 29,898 | 0.6 |
| Kannauj | 28,473 | 163 | 3 | 28,639 | 0.6 |
| Auraiya | 24,907 | 134 | 2 | 25,043 | 0.5 |
| Lalitpur | 24,173 | 172 | 12 | 24,357 | 0.5 |
| Kasganj | 23,800 | 160 | 5 | 23,965 | 0.5 |
| Kaushambi | 23,649 | 98 | 1 | 23,748 | 0.5 |
| Banda | 23,138 | 157 | 3 | 23,298 | 0.5 |
| Balrampur | 22,879 | 118 | 1 | 22,998 | 0.5 |
| Hamirpur | 19,711 | 140 | 9 | 19,860 | 0.4 |
| Mahoba | 17,040 | 153 | 7 | 17,200 | 0.3 |
| Chitrakoot | 15,218 | 92 | 9 | 15,319 | 0.3 |
| Shravasti | 13,931 | 45 | 1 | 13,977 | 0.3 |
A state of micro enterprises
Like the rest of the country, Uttar Pradesh's MSME base is overwhelmingly micro. Of the roughly 4.98 million registrations, about 4.93 million are micro enterprises (99.1 percent), roughly 40,500 are small (0.8 percent), and only about 2,700 are medium (0.05 percent). In a state of nearly five million registered firms, fewer than three thousand have reached medium scale. That is the missing middle in plain numbers, and it is even starker here than in most states.
The few larger firms that exist are concentrated heavily. Gautam Buddha Nagar, better known as Noida, holds 462 medium enterprises, about 17 percent of every medium firm in the state and the most of any district. Its medium share of 0.22 percent is roughly four times the state average. So while Lucknow and the eastern districts lead on sheer micro volume, the genuine industrial scale sits in the western NCR corridor. The pattern across the state is volume in the capital and the east, scale around Noida.
Districts with the highest share of medium enterprises:
- Sambhal, 99 medium (0.25 percent)
- Gautam Buddha Nagar, 462 (0.22 percent)
- Ghaziabad, 286 (0.13 percent)
- Kanpur Nagar, 205 (0.11 percent)
- Lucknow, 229 (0.09 percent)
Sambhal is the outlier on that list. It is a much smaller district, but its long-established brassware cluster lifts its medium share to the highest in the state, a reminder that one concentrated industry can shape a district's profile in ways its total hides.
At the other end, several districts are almost entirely micro. In Mau, 99.73 percent of registrations are micro, followed by Azamgarh (99.68 percent), Shravasti (99.67 percent), Ghazipur (99.62 percent) and Baghpat (99.61 percent). These are mostly eastern and far-western districts where small and medium registration is rare.
The regional divide
Registration leans heavily towards the western National Capital Region belt and the large urban districts. Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut and Saharanpur in the west, along with Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Agra, Varanasi and Prayagraj, all sit near the top. The Bundelkhand region in the state's dry south trails badly, as do several districts along the Nepal border in the north-east.
Compared with a state like Maharashtra, where the top five districts hold more than 42 percent of registrations, Uttar Pradesh's base is far more spread out, with its top five holding just 21.3 percent. Size is doing some of that work. With 75 districts and a vast rural population, the long tail is simply longer.
The five smallest districts by registration are:
- Shravasti, 13,977 (0.3 percent)
- Chitrakoot, 15,319 (0.3 percent)
- Mahoba, 17,200 (0.3 percent)
- Hamirpur, 19,860 (0.4 percent)
- Balrampur, 22,998 (0.5 percent)
Three of those five, Chitrakoot, Mahoba and Hamirpur, are Bundelkhand districts. Shravasti, on the Nepal border, has fewer registered MSMEs than many single tehsils of Lucknow or Kanpur. It is a reminder that a state-level total of nearly five million hides very large gaps inside the state.
Uttar Pradesh compared with its neighbours
Uttar Pradesh does not just lead this list, it sits well clear of every state on its borders.
| State | Registered MSMEs |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,977,996 |
| Rajasthan | 3,157,377 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,403,832 |
| Bihar | 2,031,067 |
| Haryana | 1,424,265 |
| Delhi | 1,073,507 |
| Jharkhand | 804,018 |
| Chhattisgarh | 725,003 |
| Uttarakhand | 452,836 |
Uttar Pradesh has more than one and a half times the registrations of Rajasthan, its largest neighbour, and about eleven times the count in Uttarakhand, the state carved out of it in 2000. You could add together its five smaller neighbours, from Haryana down to Uttarakhand, and still fall short of Uttar Pradesh's total.
Methodology and source
The figures come from the district-wise count of MSMEs registered on the Udyam portal, published on the Government of India open data portal at data.gov.in. Each number is a count of Udyam registrations rather than a survey of active businesses, so it reflects formal registration, not total economic activity. Enterprises are classified as micro, small or medium under the MSME definition, which is based on investment and turnover and was revised upward with effect from 1 April 2025.
A few districts appear under older or variant names in the source data. Prayagraj was formerly Allahabad, Ayodhya was formerly Faizabad, and Bhadohi is officially Sant Ravidas Nagar. We have used the current district names and standard spellings so the table is easy to read, while keeping every figure exactly as it appears in the source.
Frequently asked questions
How many MSMEs are registered in Uttar Pradesh?
Uttar Pradesh has 4,977,996 registered MSMEs, about 49.8 lakh, on the Udyam portal. That is the second-highest of any Indian state, behind Maharashtra, and around 10.56 percent of the national total.
Which district in Uttar Pradesh has the most MSMEs?
Lucknow, with 262,606 registrations, or 5.3 percent of the state. The two National Capital Region districts next to Delhi, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar, together hold even more.
What share of Uttar Pradesh's MSMEs are micro enterprises?
About 99.1 percent are micro, 0.8 percent are small, and only 0.05 percent, roughly 2,700 firms, are medium enterprises.
How does Uttar Pradesh compare with neighbouring states?
It leads them all. Rajasthan has about 3.16 million registrations, Madhya Pradesh 2.40 million, Bihar 2.03 million, Haryana 1.42 million, Delhi 1.07 million and Uttarakhand 0.45 million. Uttar Pradesh has more than one and a half times Rajasthan's count.
Where are Uttar Pradesh's medium-sized enterprises concentrated?
Mostly in Gautam Buddha Nagar, also known as Noida, which has the most medium enterprises at 462, about 17 percent of the state total, followed by Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar and Agra.
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