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India Market Entry & Sourcing

We set up your business in India.Then we hand it to your own team.

Whether you are selling into India or making there for export, someone with sixteen years on the ground does the work, so you do not spend a year learning how.

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Manjot replies personally within 24 hours. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you who is.

01 · Enter IndiaMarket Entry & First Clients02 · Enter IndiaSupplier & Partner Discovery03 · Enter IndiaOperations Launch & Oversight04 · Source from IndiaSourcing & Export Manufacturing05 · Both directionsTrade & Logistics

Why Align India

India rewards the companies that get the details right.

India's trade agreements are cutting duties now: with the UK since 15 July 2026, with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein since October 2025, and with the UAE and Australia before that. The opening is real. So is the complexity: twenty-eight states with their own rules, overlapping compliance regimes, and a supplier market where verification happens on the ground, not on paper. Our founder has spent sixteen years working inside it. We launch the business and leave you with an operation your own people run.

16years
on the ground across India's commercial states
1founder
leads every project personally, from the first call to the handover
24hours
to a personal reply on every enquiry

Three ways to start

A defined result, at a price agreed before we start.

Each one ends in something you can check: a company that is running, three suppliers you can visit, the duty you can claim.

Companies starting to sell or operate in India.

India Launch

Your Indian company set up, compliant and operating.

Many firms will register a company for you. We get it running: the entity, the bank, the registrations, the first year's filings, and the office, people and contracts that make it a working business.

What you get

  • Entity structure and state chosen with you
  • Company incorporated, with tax and GST registrations
  • Bank account opened and share capital brought in, with the RBI reporting done
  • First-year filings and deadlines run for you
  • Office, first hires and key contracts in place
  • Written processes and a handover to your team

Fixed quote, agreed before we start, after a short call about what you need. No hourly billing.

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Companies buying or making products in India.

Verified Supplier Shortlist

Three Indian suppliers who can make your product, checked and visited in person.

Directories are full of suppliers who will agree to anything. We match manufacturers to your specification, check them on India's tax and company registers, visit the best in person, and give you a written report with quotes.

What you get

  • Your specification and target price agreed
  • A long list from the right industrial clusters
  • GST and company-register checks on every candidate
  • Quotes and samples requested
  • Site visits to the three best
  • A written report with our recommendation

Fixed quote, agreed before we start, after a short call about what you need. No hourly billing.

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Companies importing goods made in India.

Duty & Origin Pack

The lower duty your India-made goods qualify for, claimed with the right paperwork.

India's trade agreements cut import duty on many goods made in India, but only with proof of origin. We check which of your products qualify, collect what your suppliers must declare, and prepare the origin documents for your shipments.

What you get

  • Your products and their customs codes confirmed
  • Each product checked against the agreement's origin rules
  • Supplier origin declarations collected
  • Origin documents prepared for your shipments
  • A summary of the duty you can claim

Fixed quote, agreed before we start, after a short call about what you need. No hourly billing.

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Need something else in India? Whatever it is, we can do it. See everything we do.

What we do

Selling into India, or buying from it. One firm for both.

Most projects need more than one of these services. With one firm doing all of it, nothing falls into the gap between two advisers, which is where India projects usually go wrong.

All services
01 · Enter India

Market Entry & First Clients

The right structure, set up correctly the first time, and a launch that brings you real customers and signed contracts, not just a registered company.

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02 · Enter India

Supplier & Partner Discovery

Manufacturers, distributors and joint-venture partners for your business in India, identified through our network and verified in person before you commit.

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03 · Enter India

Operations Launch & Oversight

We launch your India operation, write the SOPs, hire the people who will run it and move them onto your payroll. Where the operation needs it, we stay on in an oversight role.

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04 · Source from India

Sourcing & Export Manufacturing

Buy, make or build in India for export: verified suppliers, contract manufacturing or your own export factory, shipped compliant and with every duty saving claimed.

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05 · Both directions

Trade & Logistics

Freight, customs and port coordination into and out of India, under one accountable relationship from origin to destination.

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Key risks

Five issues that derail India market entry.

These are recurring patterns, not hypotheticals. Each one is avoidable with the right preparation.

How we manage risk
  1. 01

    The wrong entity

    Liaison offices cannot generate revenue. Companies that open one to test the market often discover the restriction only when the regulator does. The right structure depends on sector, timeline and intent.

  2. 02

    Tax exposure created at entry

    Classification and structuring decisions made at entry can become enforcement actions years later. Import tax demands running into hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised against major multinationals.

  3. 03

    Unverified suppliers

    Confirmations on paper are easy to give. Real capability is established through site visits, reference checks and someone who knows a working factory from a front.

  4. 04

    Overlapping compliance

    Corporate law, FEMA, direct tax, GST, labour, data protection and sector licensing all apply at once. Gaps tend to surface as penalty notices.

  5. 05

    State-level variation

    Land, labour, environmental and licensing rules differ across states. A plan built for Maharashtra may not work in Tamil Nadu or West Bengal.

Our network in India

Every partner a launch needs, already in place.

From incorporation to the first shipment, we work with established partners across every function an India launch touches. Your project never waits while someone is found.

01Setting up

  • CA and company-secretary firms

    Incorporation, GST registration, ROC filings and audit.

  • Law firms

    Entity structure, contracts, employment and regulatory advice.

  • Banks

    Corporate accounts, inward remittances and trade finance.

  • Office and HR providers

    Registered address, workspace, hiring and payroll.

02Sourcing

  • Manufacturers

    Production partners checked against your specification.

  • Traders and distributors

    Stock, regional distribution and channel reach.

  • Contractors

    Fit-out, installation and site works.

  • Testing and inspection agencies

    Pre-shipment inspection, lab testing and certification.

03Moving goods

  • Freight forwarders

    Sea and air freight, door to door.

  • Customs brokers

    Import and export clearance, duties and documents.

  • Shipping lines, ports and ICDs

    Capacity and handling at ports and inland depots.

  • Insurers

    Marine cargo and business cover.

Every partner is checked by us before we use them: registrations, references and, for suppliers, a visit in person. Our partners are confidential; we introduce them to clients directly.

Industries

Sectors we work in.

The work is the same in every sector: the right structure, the first customers, the right people and written processes. Where a sector needs licensed or technical specialists, we bring them in and hold them to your deadline.

Medical & Pharma

Market launch, distributor networks and import set-up, with licensed regulatory specialists engaged for approvals.

Automotive

Supplier and partner search, commercial launch and supply-chain set-up for component and aftermarket businesses.

Infrastructure

Equipment procurement, contractor qualification and project launch.

Industrial & Steel

Bulk materials, semi-finished metals and industrial equipment, sourced and verified.

Agriculture

Compliant, time-sensitive sourcing and movement of commodities and agri-inputs.

The Gateway of India and the Mumbai waterfront

Leadership

“I would rather lose a brief than cost a client a year.”

Manjot Singh

Founder, Align India

Every project is led personally by our founder. Sixteen years across India's manufacturing hubs, industrial estates, ports and government offices, applied to one goal: get you operating in India without the lost first year, then step back as far as you want.

About the firm

Insights

Market intelligence

Regulation, investment and sector developments from India's business press, refreshed hourly.

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Free guide

The India market-entry checklist

32 steps from choosing a structure to your first annual filings, in the order they come up.

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Tell us what you are planning in India.

Manjot reads every enquiry and replies personally within 24 hours. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you who is.

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