Survey on Computer Software and Information Technology Enabled Services Exports

September 18, 2026

Survey on Computer Software and Information Technology Enabled Services Exports: 2025-26

Today, the Reserve Bank released the data 1 related to the 2025-26 round of its annual survey on computer software and information technology enabled services (ITES) exports. The survey2 collects details on India’s exports of software services {computer services and ITES/business process outsourcing (BPO) services} as per type of activity, on-site/off-site nature of services, country of destination and modes of supply.

For 2025-26 round of the survey, 7,569 software export companies were contacted, of which 2,363 companies, including most of the large companies, responded. The participating companies together accounted around 89 per cent of total estimated software services exports3 (Table 1).

Highlights:

• • The India’s exports of software services (excluding their sales through overseas commercial presence) increased by 8.2 per cent (y-o-y) during 2025-26 to US$ 221.4 billion (Table 2).
• • Computer services continued to account for over two-thirds of India’s total software services exports during the year; BPO services remained the dominant component of IT enabled services (ITES) exports (Tables 2 and 3).
• • Private limited companies dominated 2025–26 software exports with 9.3 per cent growth. (Table 4).
• • The United States of America remained the major software exports destination with a share of 54.1 per cent, followed by European countries (31.8 per cent) where United Kingdom had major share (Table 5).
• • The US dollar was the principal invoicing currency for India’s software exports, followed by the euro, the rupee, and the pound sterling (Table 6).
• • Software services exports primarily delivered through off-site mode (91.7 per cent share) (Table 7).
• • Total software export services, including services delivered by foreign affiliates of Indian companies, increased by 9.5 per cent during 2025-26 and stood at US$ 239.3 billion (Tables 8)
• • The local software business by foreign affiliates of Indian companies increased to US$ 17.9 billion in 2025-26 from US$ 13.9 billion in the previous year, with the USA and the UK remained the major destinations (Tables 9 and 10).

Ajit Prasad
Deputy General Manager
(Communications)

Press Release: 2026-2027/1147

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^1 The previous data release in the series, covering 2024-25 survey round, was published on November 04, 2025, on the RBI website.
^2 The survey schedule is given in the Annex.
^3 Exports of relatively small non-responding companies have been estimated as per the methodology published in the article titled ‘Survey on Computer Software and Information Technology Enabled Services Exports, 2016-17’ in March 2018 issue of the Reserve Bank of India Bulletin.

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Table 1: Survey Response and Final Estimates for 2025-26 – A Snapshot

Notes:

1. The sum of components may differ from total due to rounding off.
2. The amount in US$ terms is arrived at by using annual average rupee/ dollar exchange rate.
3. These are also applicable for the remaining tables.

Table 2: Software Services Exports from India

Table 3: Industry-wise Distribution of ITES Services Exports