Samsung, Apple, Sony Entertainment Television and Maruti Suzuki emerge as some of India’s most desired brands

• India’s Most Desired Brands 2020, the fifth in the Report series, is the result of primary research based on the proprietary 36 Attributes of Desiredness that have been studied and identified by TRA Research.
• This year’s research was conducted among 1,454 consumer-influencers across 14 cities and generated nearly 3 million data points and 5,000 unique brand mentions.

Samsung has emerged as TRA’s Most Desired Brands 2020 for the fourth time. The brand also led the list in 2018, 2015 and 2013 reports as well. Technology giant Apple takes the 2nd place, up one rank from last year, having climbed steadily over the years from rank 290 in 2015 to the second place this year.

Samsung features again at 3rd rank in the Consumer Electronics Category. Sony Entertainment Television, the GEC channel is a debut entry and rises by an impressive 594 ranks to occupy the 4th position this year followed by Maruti Suzuki at 5th. The Austin-based laptop maker Dell secures 6th rank, Samsung in Televisions at 7th, Amul Milk at 8th, Honda Activa at 9th and Hyundai at 10th follow sequentially. The MDB 2020 list has 394 new brand entries which did not feature in the last edition.


Speaking about the report, N Chandramouli, CEO, TRA Research said, “Desire is a longing for a brand irrespective of its need, and the success of a brand is highly dependent on the desire quotient it emanates. The brands which feature in this list have been able to exude a deep magnetic pull that impacts the consumer at a subliminal level. TRA’s syndicated research is based on our proprietary Brand Desire Matrix which measures consumers’ expressions of desire on 36 intangible attributes of a brand”. MDB 2020 lists 1000 brands across 326 Categories and 39 Super-Categories.”

The F&B Category has 159 brands in the report and FMCG features 129, totaling 28.8% of the listing. Automobile features 75 brands, Consumer Electronics lists 59 and BFSI & Personal Accessories have 56 brands each. The Fashion-to-Financial Services conglomerate, Tata Group, leads with 29 brands featured, of which ten are Category leaders. Godrej Group has 11 brands listed with three Category leaders and Amul gets 9 brands included in the report of which eight top respective Categories.

Indian brands dominate the top 100 of India’s Most Desired list featuring 42 brands, followed by 15 American, 12 Japanese and 11 South Korean brands. 6 German brands also feature of which three luxury car brands dominate the list. 4 UK brands make it to top 100, and the three Chinese brands which are included in the list are from the Mobile Phone category.