Local businesses in Bengaluru
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 331
- SatSure Analytics India Pvt Ltd; Apple; Access to Tokyo; Counselect; Morph Design Company; Planvisage Software Solutions; Sublime House of Tea; Loungeon Ventures LLP; Pure Storage India; AMD
- Government offices: 134
- Karnataka Raj Bhavan; Karnataka State Warehousing Corporation; Regional Design and Technical Development Center; Bengaluru Traffic Management Centre; Central City Corporation; Office of the Controller of Communication Accounts; PWD Office; BMRCL; Chief Secretary Karnataka Residence; Directorate of Urban Land Transport
- Coworking spaces: 29
- WeWork Galaxy; 91springboard; Awfis; BHIVE Workspace; Smartworks; Smartworks - Sargod Imperial; Jaaga Startup, Study and Labs; Workspring Prime One Corp; IndiQube Logos; Smartworks - Sirius Building
- Colleges and universities: 77
- Nrupathunga University; United Theological College; St Josephs College of Commerce; University Law College; University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering; Government SKSJ Technology Institute; Karnataka Judicial Academy; National Tuberculosis Institute; SJR College of Law; Sheshadripuram College
- Workshops and craft businesses: 48
- dekulture; Lazar Photo Studio; Casio Kiosk; Luxury Watch Boutique; Timex; Zimson; Vel Murugan Digital Studio; Wed's Filming; Karnataka Plumbing Works; AG Signs
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 95
- The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd; DAA Capital Pvt Ltd; Inventus Law; United India Insurance Co. Ltd.; DSK Legal; Holla & Holla Advocates; Chaitra Investments; Dr. KG Lakshminarayanappa & BL Yashas; Future Generali Total Insurance Solutions; Mr. YA Sudhakar Babu
- Hospitals: 122
- Fortis Hospitals Limited, Bengaluru Urban; Victoria Hospital; Hosmat Hospital; Santosh Hospital; St Marthas Hospital; St. Philomena's Hospital; CSI Hospital; Manipal Hospital; Sparsh Hospital For Advanced Surgeries, Bengaluru Urban; Sri Maruthi hospital, Sheshadripuram
- Banks: 324
- Sree Charan Bank; BNP PARIBAS; Corp Bank; ING; CSB Bank; City Union Bank; Citibank; RBL Bank; DCB Bank; Standard Chartered
- Hotels and lodges: 209
- Taj West End; The Lalit Ashok; Athaśrī Hotel Infantry Road; Vividus Hotel Bangalore; Hotel UT Elegance; Radisson Blu Hotel, Atria; The Sandesh Kingston; Vivanta Residency Road; Golden Residency; Locul Hostel Central
Bengaluru facts
- District
- Bengaluru Urban district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 96,21,551 (65,37,124 in 2001)
- Area
- about 741 sq km, about 920 m above sea level
- Places nearby
- Cubbon Park (neighbourhood, 1 km), Cubbon Park metro station (namma Metro's Purple Line metro station, 1 km), Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (science museum, 1 km), Museum of Art & Photography (art museum based, 1 km)
- Education
- Bengaluru is a major education hub, with a literacy rate of about 90 per cent in the 2011 Census.
- History
- The earliest known reference to the name Bengaluru is on a ninth-century hero stone at Begur, which records a battle in 890 CE.
- Culture and food
- Bengaluru is a major centre of Indian classical music and dance. Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Kathak and Odissi are all popular, and Yakshagana theatre is often staged in town halls.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.