OfficeBanao and 91Squarefeet see boom in business from Tier-2 cities for office interiors
Small-town entrepreneurs are increasingly looking for modern office interiors, much like large corporates in metro cities, leading to a surge in demand for workspace interior companies, said industry executives.
From local builders to garment traders and exporters, small-town businesses are investing heavily in renovating their offices with collaboration areas, modern ceilings and open chambers, they said.
Lightspeed-backed workspace interiors platform OfficeBanao said 70% of its business comes from smaller cities as the next generation is investing in improving the office ambience.
“We have received orders from Jaipur, Panchkula, Sonipat, Jamnagar, Indore, Aurangabad, Indore, Kolkata, Bhuvneshwar, Patna and Moradabad, among others. It was an unorganised sector and the business owners had no choice but to go to a local vendor. Through our platform, we show them the design and get the work done as per the demand,” said Tushar Mittal, founder, OfficeBanao.
The startup is a platform for designers, architects, contractors, and office furniture and material suppliers, and provides services for commercial interiors, starting from small office projects to large office set-ups.
“There has been a huge gap in the office interior industry. There are companies who do interiors for large corporates but a businessman from a small town has the same ambition. We are providing them the same quality of service through our platform,” Mittal said.
It comes at a time when global capability centres are expanding in India, tapping
