§1What this business is

Rosin and castor or groundnut oil are warmed, caustic soda solution is added, then creosote oil and a phenol compound are stirred in with water, heated and cooled for packing. Different grades (such as hospital grade) use different recipes. Phenyl cleans and disinfects floors, toilets and hard surfaces.

Capacity: 500 litres a day, 1,50,000 litres a year; year 1 at 60%. Raw material ₹20 and sale price ₹35 a litre.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A small entrepreneur with links to hospitals, institutions or cleaning contractors.

Who it is not for

Someone expecting easy shop sales against big cleaner brands.

Advantages

  • Low investment and a simple mixing process
  • Homes, hospitals, offices, schools and stations all use it
  • Bulk orders from railways, municipal bodies and institutions
  • Good margin in the report

Drawbacks

  • Many local makers — price competition
  • Heavy, low-value product to transport
  • Creosote and phenol need careful handling
  • Branding needed for shop sales

Skills you need

  • Mixing and batch control
  • Safe chemical handling
  • Institutional sales and tenders
  • Packing and branding

Why difficulty 2/5: Simple process and small investment; selling against many local makers is the hard part.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Households
  • Hospitals and clinics
  • Hotels, offices, schools and shops
  • Railways, municipal corporations and public-toilet operators

How it sells

  • Kirana and general stores
  • Direct institutional supply and tenders

Good to know

  • The report says a district town needs at least 1,000 litres a month, rising to 50,000 litres a month depending on the city.
  • Railways, municipal bodies and organisations like Sulabh need 25–2,500 litres a day (report).

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Cast-iron pan, 60 gallons1₹80,000
Electric mixer/stirrer1₹60,000
Buckets, measuring cans, scale, weights, furnace, steel drums1 lot₹30,000
Erection and 3-phase power wiring1 lot₹20,000
Tools and packaging/filling machine1 lot₹40,000

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

  • Rosinhospital-grade recipe: 2.5 kg per batch
  • Castor or groundnut oilhospital-grade recipe: 2 kg groundnut oil per batch
  • Caustic soda and caustic potash250 g each per hospital-grade batch
  • Low creosote oil15 litres per hospital-grade batch
  • Monochloro phenol / carbolic acidsmall quantities as per recipe
  • Bottles and packingaverage raw material including bottles ₹20 a litre

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

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§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam
  2. GST
  3. State Pollution Control Board consent
  4. BIS specification where buyers ask for it (report)

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP (report is a PMEGP sample); MUDRA up to ₹20 L; CGTMSE for collateral-free credit.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Samadhan report: building & civil work ₹3.00 L, plant & machinery ₹2.30 L, furniture ₹0.61 L, working capital ₹2.74 L = ₹8.65 L. (Its summary page prints ₹7.63 L, but its own cost table adds up to ₹8.65 L.)

Working capital: ₹2.74 L, bank finance ₹2.46 L.

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

3808.94Disinfectants
  • HS codes are from the WCO HS 2022 list; 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

  • Price war
  • Chemical burns or spills
  • Late payment from institutions
  • Raw-material price rise

§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 phenyl (floor cleaner) 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, 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

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

§12Watch

There is no episode on this business yet. Shows are coming soon on the Podcast page.

Want to start Phenyl (Floor Cleaner) Making?

DPR, loan file or registration — ask us on WhatsApp.

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Sources

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

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