HDFC Bank pips TCS as India’s most valued brand in Kantar’s 2025 list

More than half in top-100 list are BFSI, B2B tech, telecom firms

- CHRISTINA MONIZ

HDFC BANK HAS reclaimed the top spot from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in the list of the country’s most valuable brands in 2025 after a three-year gap.

Its brand value rose 18% over last year to reach nearly $45 billion, according to the Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Indian Brands report. The 2025 report includes 100 brands from the usual 75-100 brands.

TCS, which took the top spot for three consecutive years from 2022 to 2024, came in at second with a brand value of $44.2 billion. Airtel and Infosys maintained their rankings at three and four respectively.