IIL started its operations in 1996 and has stood its ground even in the toughest times. We had a profitable business even when other companies in this domain found it hard to sustain. Today, we operate from a 18,000 sq. ft. office in Noida (near Delhi), and our foot prints cover over 100 cities pan India. Our team includes over 1000 professionals from diverse backgrounds, bound together to serve over 15,000 customers.

Milestones

2009-10

• IAMAI declares IndiaMART as India’s largest online B2B marketplace
• Mr. Deep Kalra (Founder and CEO of Makemytrip.com) and Dr. Nachiket Mor (President, ICICI Foundation) join IndiaMART Board of Directors
• More than 300,000 products listed on IndiaMART.com

2008-09

• Intel Capital makes strategic investment in IndiaMART
• Won 'Emerging India Award 2008’ as a second runner up
• Won ‘Red Herring 100 Asia 2008’ award
• Launched Video Profiles for "Leading Suppliers"
• IndiaMART footprints cover over 100 towns in India
• Participated in more than 100 international and 200 domestic trade shows

2007-08

• IndiaMART Sourcing Guide launched
• International Trade Fair Participation initiative launched
• Won 'Amity Corporate Excellence Award 2008'
• Won 'Shiromani Yojana Puraskar' award
• 5,00,000 members registered on IndiaMART.com

2006-07

• BCCL (Times of India Group) makes strategic investment in IndiaMART
• Launched new Templated Product Catalogs

2005-06

• IndiaMART.com completed ten successful years (1996-2006)
• Crossed 10,000 clients mark
• Launched MDC, a four-page online catalog for clients
• Implemented corporate-wide WEBERP
• Acquired new office at B-6, Sec 8, NOIDA

2004-05

• Became the first ISO 9001:2000 company in its domain
• Crossed 8000 clients

2003-04

• Launched TrustSEAL to bridge the trust gap in B2B trade
• Crossed 3000-clients mark
• Touched 26 million page views per month, generating more than 300,000 business queries

2002-03

• Moved operations to state-of-the-art NOIDA development center
  
• Launched Exim.IndiaMART.com
  
• Crossed 200,000 business queries mark with 12 million page views

2001-02

• Declared as "the only profitable Indian Dotcom, with positive cash flows" by Business World Magazine - Cover Story: 14 May 2001 issue
• Added to its service portfolio - Electronic Trade Offers, and Request for Quotation / Request for Proposal
• Recognized by CNBC India as one of the only profitable dotcoms in India based on report by McKinsey

2000-01

• Touched 5 million page views/month
• Crossed 1000 clients mark
• Crossed 100,000 business queries/month
• Accomplished Online projects for HHEC, Jindal Organization, ModiCorp,
• Won Britannica (BIG) Award for Travel.IndiaMART.com
• Profits increased by 128% over last year

1999-2000

• Accomplished 'Bharat On Line' - MTNL's online portal project
• Launched auto industry channel
• Opened branch office in Mumbai
• Crossed Rs 1 crore revenue mark

1998-99

• Launched Handicraft, Apparel and Finance channels
• Workforce increased to 40
• B2B marketplace network crossed 1 million page views/month mark

1997-98

• Crossed 100 clients mark
• Initiated franchisee network program

1996-97

• Launched IndiaMART.com as India's first online B2B directory
• Successfully introduced the concept of free listing and free-query forwarding to familiarize Indian SMEs with the benefits of Internet for business promotion
• Accomplished India's first e-commerce project for Nirula's (http://nirulas.com)
• Achieved break-even within 6 months of Launch