Section 35
TVS Group
Started as: A bus service in Madurai (T.V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons)
- founded
- 1911
- founder
- T.V. Sundram Iyengar
- headquarters
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- 47,270
- TVS Motor revenue, FY2025-26 (₹ crore) · 2026
- 58.89
- TVS Motor two- and three-wheelers sold, FY2025-26 (lakh units) · 2026
- 3.71
- TVS Motor electric vehicles sold, FY2025-26 (lakh units) · 2026
The story
T.V. Sundram Iyengar started a bus service in Madurai in 1911. Running buses taught the family about vehicles, spare parts and finance, and the business grew into dealerships and transport.
From servicing vehicles the family moved into making parts, often with foreign partners, and then into making two-wheelers. The TVS 50 moped of 1980 brought motorised travel to many small-town families.
Different branches of the family now run separate companies under the TVS name. The largest, TVS Motor, reported its highest-ever revenue of ₹47,270 crore in 2025-26.
Where it works today
Two- and three-wheelersAuto componentsVehicle dealerships and logisticsFinance
Main companies
TVS Motor Company · TVS Holdings (formerly Sundaram-Clayton) · Sundram Fasteners · TVS Credit Services · TVS Supply Chain Solutions · Wheels India
Timeline
- 1911T.V. Sundram Iyengar starts a bus service in Madurai.
- 1962Sundaram-Clayton is set up with a British partner to make brakes and other parts.
- 1980The TVS 50 moped is launched.
- 1984Launches motorcycles made in partnership with Suzuki.
- 2001The Suzuki partnership ends; the company becomes TVS Motor Company.
- 2020TVS Motor buys British motorcycle maker Norton.
- 2024Sundaram-Clayton becomes TVS Holdings, registered with the RBI as a core investment company.