The town has a large industrial area managed by Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), SurSEZ (Surat Special Economic Zone), Diamond SEZ and many other private SEZs, In Land Container Depot (ICD) is located in Sachin.

The town is located 9 km from Surat by railway and 13 km from Surat by road and in south of Udhana on Surat-Navsari-Mumbai State Highway which is known as Surat-Navsari Twin City Road.

In 2015, Sachin was upgraded to a municipality status to provide better amenities to residents of the town.

The town had good location as a result of which many industries were established by GIDC.

The African origin Sidi rulers held the title of Nawab, and were Sunni Muslim Sufis.

After Indian independence in 1947, Sachin State was merged with Surat district.