Local businesses in Kochi
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 63
- Feroca Buliding Systems; Pacific Agrotech; Plant Lipids; SNB Technologies; Capt KN George & Co; Astern Shipping & Logistics; Delta Projects; Indus Motors; Kirloskar Pneumatic; Indian Oil Corporation
- Government offices: 37
- Marine Products Export Development Authority; Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation; Coast Guard Refit & Production Team; Excise Range Office, Mattanchery; Matsyafed District Office Ernakulam; Central Water Commission; City rationing office, Kochi; Taluk supply office, Kochi; Kerala State Inland Navigation Corporation; Agency for Development of Aquaculture Kerala
- Coworking spaces: 1
- Global Business Centre
- Colleges and universities: 13
- Sacred Heart College; Cochin College; Indian Martime University - Kochi; Central Insitute of Fisheries Technology; School of Nursing; INS Venduruthy Parade Ground; Naval Base Parade Ground; Naval Institute Of Aeronautical Technology; SRBS Gujarathi College; School for Naval Airmen
- Workshops and craft businesses: 45
- Star Electronics; Yes Sir; Lonan Watch House; Magnate Outfitters; Power Electronics; Sunny Upholstery; Sunrise Printers; Krishna Tailors; My Style; New Vanitha
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 45
- New Federal Financiers; Saji John Kunnath Nidhi; Asok Chacko Thomas; KN Sivasankaran & Associates; Amrita BS; Asha Babu; Ave Maria Associates; Choice; District Insurance Office; Geo VPL
- Hospitals: 29
- Government Homoeo Model Dispensary Edakochi; Jishy Hospital; Taluk Headquarters Maharajas Hospital Karuvelippad; District TB Centre Karuvelipady; Jesus Hospital; Palluruthy Government Hospital; Women and Children Hospital, Mattancherry; Jacobs Hospital; Taluk Hospital Palluruthy; Urban Primary Health Cenre, Pandikudy
- Banks: 63
- PMSC BANK; People's Urban Cooperative Bank; KERALA BANK MATTANCHERY ATM; Kerala Bank, Thoppumpady Branch; ESAF Small Finance Bank; Kerala Bank; PMC Bank; Kerala Gramin Bank; India Post Payments Bank; Muthoot Finance
Kochi facts
- District
- Ernakulam district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 6,77,381 (5,96,473 in 2001)
- Area
- about 94.88 sq km
- PIN codes
- 682001 (Kochi), 683111 (Kochi Airport), 682016 (Kochi M.G.Road), 682004 (Kochi Naval Base)
- Places nearby
- Thoppumpady Harbour Bridge (bridge across Vembanad lake, 1 km), Thoppumpady BOT Bridge (bridge, 1 km), St Louis Church (church, 1 km), Mundamveli (town, 1 km)
- Local economy
- Kochi is widely described as the financial and commercial capital of Kerala, a major port city on the Malabar Coast. Federal Bank, one of India's larger private banks, is based in the suburb of Aluva.
- History
- Ancient travellers called the place Cocym, Cochym and Cochin. The Cochin Jewish community called it Kogin, and Arab merchants called it Kashi.
- Culture and food
- Centuries of migration have given Kochi a mixed, multicultural population drawn from all parts of Kerala and much of India.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.