Economy of Mangalore

[2] Mangalore is the fastest growing non-metropolitan area (Indian city of population less than one million) in South India[3] and the second largest business centre in Karnataka.

[17] India has built 5.33 million tons of strategic crude oil storages at Mangalore, Padur (near Udupi) in Karnataka and at Visakhapatnam to ensure energy security.

[34] BSL's subsidiary, Tebma Shipyard Limited has a ship manufacturing site at Malpe, which is 56 km from Mangalore city.

[36] Syngene International, a contract research arm of Biocon, has set up its manufacturing plant at Mangalore SEZ.

Primacy Industries Ltd. in Mangalore manufactures scented candles and exports them to Europe, United States and the Middle-East.

[55] Mangalore Robautonics Pvt Ltd is a company that designs, develops and manufactures Robotics and Automation systems for agricultural, industrial and consumer sectors.

[69] Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has planned to invest ₹500 crore (US$57.77 million) and setup its office at Karnad near Mangalore.

[76] KEONICS has planned to set up an IT park in Mangalore, similar to Electronic City, spanning an area of 100 acres.

[80] Ideal Ice Cream Factory, situated at Kottara Chowki in Mangalore, manufactures over 40 flavours of ice-creams.

[83] Various cruise ships such as Regent Seven Seas, Norwegian Star, Oceania, Celebrity, Costa, AIDA, Nautica and Royal Caribbean International have visited the New Mangalore Port.

[90][91] Government of India has planned to make Mangalore the first startup district in the country with 20 tinkering labs and incubation centres.

[109] The city has an ice factory on the banks of Netravati river and fish meal processing industries.

[112] The leaf spring industry has its presence in Mangalore, with Canara Workshops Ltd. and Lamina Suspension Products Ltd. in the city.