| Sector-wise Number of Startups Recongised by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under Startup India Initiatives in Southern States of India (2017 to 2021) | |||||
| Sector | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Advertising | |||||
| Aeronautics Aerospace & Defence | |||||
| Agriculture | |||||
| AI | |||||
| Airport Operations | |||||
| Analytics | |||||
| Animation | |||||
| AR VR (Augmented + Virtual Reality) | |||||
| Architecture Interior Design | |||||
| Art & Photography | |||||
| Automotive | |||||
| Biotechnology | |||||
| Chemicals | |||||
| Computer Vision | |||||
| Construction | |||||
| Dating Matrimonial | |||||
| Design | |||||
| Education | |||||
| Enterprise Software | |||||
| Events | |||||
| Fashion | |||||
| Finance Technology | |||||
| Food & Beverages | |||||
| Green Technology | |||||
| Healthcare & Lifesciences | |||||
| House-Hold Services | |||||
| Human Resources | |||||
| Indic Language Startups | |||||
| Internet of Things | |||||
| IT Services | |||||
| Logistics | |||||
| Marketing | |||||
| Media & Entertainment | |||||
| Nanotechnology | |||||
| Non- Renewable Energy | |||||
| Other | |||||
| Other Specialty Retailers | |||||
| Passenger Experience | |||||
| Pets & Animals | |||||
| Professional & Commercial Services | |||||
| Real Estate | |||||
| Renewable Energy | |||||
| Retail | |||||
| Robotics | |||||
| Safety | |||||
| Security Solutions | |||||
| Social Impact | |||||
| Social Network | |||||
| Sports | |||||
| Technology Hardware | |||||
| Telecommunication & Networking | |||||
| Textiles & Apparel | |||||
| Toys and Games | |||||
| Transportation & Storage | |||||
| Travel & Tourism | |||||
| Waste Management | |||||
| Total | |||||
