Emerging Enterprise GCCs generate $14.2 bn, employ over 4.6 lakh

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India’s emerging enterprise Global Capability Centre (GCC) ecosystem has entered a new phase of scale and maturity, with more than 610 GCCs collectively employing over 462,000 professionals and generating $14.23 billion in cumulative revenue for FY2025, according to ANSR’s Emerging Enterprises GCCs in India Landscape Report 2025.

These GCCs, built by high-growth, investor-backed, and digital-first enterprises, represent one of the fastest-expanding segments within India’s global capability ecosystem.

The number of GCCs in this category has nearly doubled in 15 years, supported by deep engineering talent availability, scale-ready digital infrastructure and a maturing innovation-led environment.

A key driver of this surge is private equity (PE) participation.

The report shows that 64 percent of new GCCs established since 2020 are PE-backed, with centres tightly aligned to capability-building mandates and delivering 50-60 percent efficiency improvements and higher product velocity.

The momentum is expected to intensify over the next five years.

The segment is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of about 14 percent, with GCCs for emerging enterprises likely to cross 1,200 by 2030.

This growth will be propelled by enterprises seeking engineering ownership, modernisation depth and accelerated digital product development cycles.

Technology and SaaS continue to dominate adoption patterns, accounting for 56 percent of emerging enterprise GCCs.

However, diversification is increasing, with manufacturing and industrial firms at 10 percent, telecom, media and entertainment at 6 percent, and BFSI at 5 percent.

Bengaluru remains the country’s largest emerging enterprise GCC hub with 205-plus centres, backed by talent density and innovation depth. Hyderabad has emerged as one of the fastest-growing destinations due to infrastructure readiness, progressive policies and a rapidly expanding talent pool.

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The report also highlights the rise of emerging GCC locations, with non-metro cities now accounting for 14 percent of all emerging enterprise GCCs.

Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Trivandrum, Vizag, Jaipur, and Indore are gaining traction as high-quality, cost-effective hubs for specialised and domain-led teams.

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Vikram Ahuja, Co-Founder of ANSR, said this shift reflects a redefinition of the GCC operating model. Emerging enterprises, he noted, are building centres that are “lean, high-impact, and designed around digital engineering, data, AI, and core product capabilities, enabling global outcomes with remarkable agility.”