top indian brands

The ET Brand Equity-Nielsen survey for 2010 is out. The top brands are given below. Please note that most of the top brands are held by foreign companies and have become household names due to branding and quality of product or service.

Top 10 brands:

1. Nokia
2. Colgate
3. Lux
4. Dettol
5. Britannia
6. Lifebuoy
7. Clinic Plus
8. Pond’s
9. Fair & Lovely
10. Pepsodent

Consumer durables

1. LG
2. Godrej
3. Samsung

Old faithful HMT is 14th.

Oral care

1. Colgate
2. Pepsodent
3. Close up

Apparel

1. Raymond
2. peter England

Four wheelers

1. Maruti Suzuki
2. Tata Motors

Santro is not in the first 5.

Hot beverages

1. Bournvita
2. Horlics
3. Tata Tea

Cold beverages

1. Pepsi
2. Maaza

Coca Cola comes 5th.

Household care

1. Goodknight
2. All Out

Out of the first 5, three are mosquito repellent.

Personal care [OTC]

1. Vicks
2. Iodex
3. Moov

Persoanal care

1. Lux
2. Dettol
3. Lifebuoy
4. Clinic Plus
5. Pond’s

Food products

1. Britannia
2. Tata Salt
3. Maggi

Amul, the taste of India, comes 5th.

Telecom

1. Vodafone
2. BSNL

Airtel is 4th and Reliance is not in top 5.

Mobile handsets

1. Nokia
2. Samsung
3. LG

[Due to space constraint, I have given top brands of some selected categories only.]