§1What this business is

Polyester or cotton yarn is made into curtain fabric on a Jacquard Raschel machine, then cut, sewn, over-locked, hemmed and bar-tacked into finished curtains. Buyers are households, offices, hotels and event decorators.

Capacity: 250 curtains a day in a 10-hour shift; 60% use in year 1.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A furnishing-shop owner or tailor who can sell made-to-measure curtains.

Who it is not for

Someone hoping to beat mill-made curtains on price.

Advantages

  • Small machinery cost (₹3.50 L)
  • Homes, offices and events all buy curtains
  • Easy to add made-to-measure orders

Drawbacks

  • Very thin margin in the report (1–3.5%)
  • Raw material is about three-quarters of sales
  • Designs go out of fashion fast

Skills you need

  • Stitching and finishing
  • Measuring and fitting
  • Selling to homes and decorators

Why difficulty 2/5: Low machine cost and simple skills, but very thin margins.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Households
  • Offices, hotels and hospitals
  • Event and wedding decorators

How it sells

  • Furnishing shops
  • Interior designers
  • Direct orders

Good to know

  • The report cites a global curtain and blinds market of over USD 26.8 billion by 2027.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Jacquard Raschel curtain-making machine1₹1,25,500
Single-needle lockstitch machine with edge trimmer1₹85,000
Three-thread overlock machine1₹29,500
Blind-stitch hemming machine1₹55,000
Single-needle bar-tack machine1₹55,000

From: PMEGP sample project report — Curtain Making (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

  • Yarn (polyester, cotton)
  • Threads, colours and other consumables

From: PMEGP sample project report — Curtain Making (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST
  3. Trade licence from the local body

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP (the report is a PMEGP sample), MUDRA for loans up to ₹20 L and CGTMSE for collateral-free cover fit.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Plant & machinery ₹3.50 L, furniture ₹1.00 L, working capital ₹5.00 L = ₹9.50 L.

Working capital: Working capital ₹5.00 L, of which bank finance ₹4.50 L; 10 days of stock.

Year not printed on the report — check current machinery prices.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export

6303.12Curtains and interior blinds, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres6303.92Curtains and interior blinds, not knitted, of synthetic fibres
  • Confirm the 8-digit ITC(HS) line with DGFT or your customs broker.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Yarn and fabric price rise
  • Unsold designs
  • Price pressure from big mills

§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan

A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.

  1. Days 1–30: Visit a working curtain making unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
  3. Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.

§11Who to connect with

Not verified yet

Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect

§12Watch

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Sources

  1. PMEGP sample project report — Curtain Making (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.