The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data has said that sales of more than 1,800 listed private manufacturing companies expanded by 14.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025-26 (Q4FY26) as compared to 11.4 per cent in the previous quarter, mainly led by automobiles, electrical machinery and non-ferrous metals industries.
According to it, at the aggregate level, listed private non-financial companies continued to record a double-digit sales growth of 13.9 per cent during the Q4FY26, up from 10.1 per cent in the previous quarter.
Besides, it said that sales growth of Information Technology (IT) companies continued to improve further to 9.9 per cent YoY during Q4 of FY26 from 8.8 per cent in the previous quarter. On the other hand, expansion in sales growth of non-IT services companies improved substantially to 20.3 per cent from the previous quarter, mainly driven by the wholesale and retail trade industry.
