§1What this business is

Bristles are mixed and cleaned on a machine, weighed into bundles, set in ferrules made on an automatic ferrule machine, glued with a spacer plug, dried, tipped, and fixed to plastic handles. The report plans 500 brushes a day. Paint shops, hardware stores and painters are the buyers.

Capacity: 500 brushes a day on a 10-hour shift; year 1 is planned at 40%.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone in the paint or hardware trade who can place brushes with dealers.

Who it is not for

Someone without sales contacts in the hardware market.

Advantages

  • Brushes wear out and are bought again and again
  • Sells alongside the paint trade
  • Machine line gives even quality
  • Light product, easy to dispatch

Drawbacks

  • Bristles are often imported
  • Cheap brushes from many makers
  • High machinery cost for a small product
  • Needs a dealer network to sell volume

Skills you need

  • Machine setting for ferrules and assembly
  • Bristle grading
  • Dealer sales
  • Stock of sizes

Why difficulty 3/5: Machine line is straightforward; winning dealers takes time.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Paint and hardware shops
  • Painters and contractors
  • Art and stationery shops

How it sells

  • Hardware distributors
  • Paint company tie-ups
  • Online marketplaces

Good to know

  • The report links demand to urbanisation and construction growth.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Bristle mixing and cleaning machine1₹4,50,000
Fully automatic metal ferrule making machine1₹5,50,000
Paint brush making machine1₹5,00,000
Conveyor belt1₹1,00,000

From: PMEGP sample project report — Paint Brush (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

  • Synthetic bristlesoften imported in small bundles
  • Metal thin stripsfor ferrules
  • Plastic handlesmoulded in-house or bought
  • Glue (epoxy) and spacersto lock the bristles

From: PMEGP sample project report — Paint Brush (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST registration
  3. State Pollution Control Board consent, if your state requires it for this activity
  4. Trademark for your brand name (optional)

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§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP (the report was made for it), MUDRA for loans up to ₹20 lakh (the report's term loan is ₹14.85 lakh), CGTMSE for a collateral-free loan, Stand-Up India for SC/ST or women founders.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Sample report: plant & machinery ₹16.00 L + furniture ₹0.50 L + working capital ₹3.88 L = ₹20.38 L. Premises own or rented. Term loan ₹14.85 L, own ₹2.04 L, working-capital loan ₹3.49 L.

Working capital: Working capital ₹3.88 lakh (bank ₹3.49 lakh) for 10 days of stock and 12 days of credit.

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

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§8Export potential

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

9603.40Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes

Export council / board: FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organisations)

  • HS heading from the ITC(HS) 2022 schedule; confirm the 8-digit line with DGFT or your customs broker.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Import bristle price and supply
  • Price war with cheap brushes
  • Loose bristles leading to returns
  • Slow-moving sizes

§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 paint brush manufacturing 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 registration), 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.

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Sources

  1. PMEGP sample project report — Paint Brush (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

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