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Reliance Industries

Energy, digital services and retail conglomerate · India

Reliance is India's largest private company, refining oil into fuels and chemicals while running Jio's mobile network and India's biggest retail chain.

What makes it different

Over a third of its sales come from outside India.

36.4%Revenue from outside IndiaFY2026

Fuel and chemical exports from its Indian refineries are the largest part of that foreign revenue.

How big it is

How big is Reliance Industries?

₹11.76TRevenueFY2026
80.0MRefining throughputFY2026
419,911EmployeesFY2026
How it makes money FY2026

Fuels and chemicals lead, retail is next.

  • Oil to Chemicals₹6.59T
  • Retail₹3.66T
  • Digital Services₹597.8B
  • Oil and Gas₹190.1B
  • Others₹723.2B
How the business works

Refine fuel. Connect India. Sell everything.

  1. 1Crude into fuels, chemicals
  2. 2Jio mobile and home
  3. 3Stores and online

Three engines share one balance sheet, so cash from fuels funds the build-out of networks and shops.

Who owns it
  • Promoter and promoter group49.11%
  • Institutions38.51%
  • Non-institutions10.5%

CEO: Mukesh D. Ambani

Who it competes with
BBharti AirtelTata GroupAAdani GroupIIndian Oil CorporationFlipkart
Key moments
  1. 1957Dhirubhai Ambani starts a yarn trading business
  2. 1977Public issue oversubscribed seven times
  3. 2000Jamnagar refinery complex commissioned
  4. 2006Reliance Retail launched
  5. 2016Jio commercial launch
Sources

Every number on this page comes from Reliance Industries's own reports.

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What Reliance Industries tracks26 metrics
Jio customers
Reliance Retail stores
Refining throughput
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from2 regions
Within India
Outside India
The full timeline20 moments
2023
2024
2025
Reliance Industries vs Tata Groupside by side
Revenue
Profit
People
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