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Deshpande: Hair care is $7B–$8B in India, mostly hair oils

Shantanu Deshpande · Tira, Bombay Shaving Co., Inde Wild | WTF is Fueling India’s Beauty & Skincare Revolution? | Ep. 25 · Nikhil Kamath · Sep 20, 2025 · at 50:20

Shantanu Deshpande (founder of Bombay Shaving Company) breaks down market sizes across categories in the Indian beauty and personal care sector.

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“Hair care is seven to eight billion. Of which majority is oil by the way.”

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The claim, plainly

In India's beauty and personal care market, hair care accounts for $7 billion to $8 billion, with the majority of that value coming from hair oils.

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Assessment

The claim bundles two assertions: (1) that the Indian hair care market is worth $7 billion to $8 billion, and (2) that hair oils represent the majority of this category. Industry research shows that the overall market size assertion is substantially overstated, while the dominance/majority assertion for hair oils is broadly accurate. Multiple market research firms (TechSci Research, Mordor Intelligence, MarkNtel Advisors, and Entrepreneur India) pegged India's hair care market at approximately $3.7 billion to $4.1 billion in 2024–2025 (with an outlier high estimate of $6.6 billion from Verified Market Research), roughly half of the stated $7B–$8B figure. However, the second leg holds: the Indian hair oil market is valued at $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion, representing roughly 45% to over 50% of total category sales, with Verified Market Research noting hair oil accounts for over 50% of hair care product sales.

TechSci Research / Research and Markets (April 2026) valued the Indian hair care market at $3.67 billion in 2024.
Mordor Intelligence (July 2026) and MarkNtel Advisors (2026) estimated the Indian hair care market at approximately $3.92 billion in 2025 and $4.10 billion in 2026.
Grand View Research, Mordor Intelligence, and Vyansa Intelligence valued India's hair oil segment at $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion in 2024–2025.
Verified Market Research (February 2026) confirmed that hair oil accounts for 'over 50% of all hair care product sales in the country'.

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[1] researchandmarkets.com [2] techsciresearch.com [3] researchandmarkets.com [4] marknteladvisors.com [5] entrepreneur.com [6] verifiedmarketresearch.com [7] grandviewresearch.com [8] grandviewresearch.com

India beauty and personal care hair care market size hair oil share India hair care market size 2024 2025 Euromonitor Redseer IMARC India hair care market size billion USD hair oil India hair oil market size 2024 2025 IMARC Statista

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