Paint & Building Products
A market reshaped by new entrants and dealer incentives, where refilled cans, look-alike packs and fake dealerships follow every successful brand.
The issues clients bring us.
- Refilled and counterfeit paint in retail and wholesale
- Fake dealership and recruitment websites using the brand
- Dealer scheme and tinting-machine misuse
- Diversion across territories and price bands
- Kickbacks on raw materials and packaging
What we do about them.
- City-level market surveys and test purchases
- Source investigations and raid support
- INDRP proceedings and content takedowns
- Dealer and stockist background checks
- Supply-chain investigations from plant to retailer
Keep the record with BDI's governance tools.
The numbers behind the risk.
Record production, record capacity additions and production-linked incentives are pulling investment into plants, suppliers and dealers at a pace controls rarely keep up with.
Regulatory and market updates
- Auto PLI doubled
The PLI allocation for automobiles and components was doubled to ₹5,940 crore in the Union Budget 2026-27; the scheme runs to 31 March 2028.Source: IBEF
- Capacity super-cycle in cement
CRISIL Ratings expects 150–160 MT of cement capacity to be added between FY25 and FY28, with about ₹1.25 lakh crore of investment for 130 MT of grinding capacity.Source: IBEF
- A paint war in decoratives
The market leader's share of decorative paints fell from 59% to 52% in the twelve months to March 2025 as a well-funded new entrant built the industry's second-largest capacity, reshaping dealer economics and promotions.Source: Business News Today, citing Elara Securities
- National Manufacturing Mission
Targets a 25% manufacturing share of GDP by 2035; PLI schemes worth ₹1.91 lakh crore across 14 sectors have generated ₹2.16 lakh crore of investment.Source: IBEF
Under Operation 300bn the UAE is doubling industry's contribution to GDP, bringing new plants, joint ventures and supplier networks into a market that also imports most of its vehicles and building products.
Regulatory and market updates
- Tougher AML law
Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025 replaced the 2018 AML law from 14 October 2025, widening scope, adding tax evasion as an explicit predicate offence and raising penalties: relevant to trade-based money laundering through goods and parts.Source: Hadef & Partners
- A softer 2026
Real GDP fell 2.1% year on year in Q2 2026 as regional conflict disrupted travel and trade; H1 growth was 0.4%.Source: Khaleej Times, citing FCSC
- 01CementCapacity is being added at record pace across India, and consolidation is bringing acquired plants onto new control standards. Both reward discipline in capex, logistics and dealer credit.
- 01AutomobilesFrom PLI-funded suppliers to EV start-ups and a vast dealer network, the automotive value chain now runs on more partners than ever.
- 01Other ManufacturingChemicals, electronics, engineering and consumer goods share the same exposures: vendor capture, inventory leakage and counterfeits that trade on a trusted name.
Platforms referenced: IP Octopus M1IP Octopus M2Whistle Sentinel
Sources
- IBEF, Automobile Industry in India, Updated Sep 2026.
- IBEF, Cement Industry in India, Updated Sep 2026.
- IBEF, Manufacturing Sector in India, Updated Sep 2026.
- Business News Today, citing Elara Securities, Decorative paints: market leader faces Q4 FY26 results as the paint war intensifies (headline paraphrased), 2026.
- Khaleej Times, UAE industrial exports hit Dh262b as sector's GDP contribution climbs by 70%, 2026.
- Best Selling Cars Blog, United Arab Emirates full year 2025, Feb 2026.
- Reuters (via New Straits Times), UAE's real GDP grows 6.2% in 2025, May 2026.
- Hadef & Partners, A new era for AML/CTF/PF in the UAE: Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025, Oct 2025.
- Khaleej Times, citing FCSC, UAE economy grows 0.4% to Dh961.9 billion in H1 2026 as non-oil sectors expand, Oct 2026.