Socks Manufacturing

§1What this business is

An automatic sock knitting machine turns yarn into socks; the unit then finishes and packs them. The report's machine makes 48 pairs an hour (1,15,200 pairs a year), sold at ₹30 a pair in year 1. Two to three people run it from about 1,200 sq ft of rented space.

Capacity: 48 pairs an hour, 384 a day, 1,15,200 pairs a year; 50% use in year 1.

§2Is it right for you?

Skills you need

• Machine setting and upkeep
• Yarn buying
• Packing and branding
• Wholesale selling

Why difficulty 2/5: One machine and a small team; selling is the real work.

§3Market

§4Raw material & machinery

From: PMEGP sample project report — Socks Manufacturing Unit (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

• Polypropylene, blended yarn, cotton yarnaverage ₹140 a kg; 1 kg makes 40 pairs; 2,880 kg a year at full machine capacity (report)
• Packing material and consumables₹0.95 L in year 1 (report)

From: PMEGP sample project report — Socks Manufacturing Unit (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

§5Licences & registration

1. Udyam registration
2. GST registration
3. Trade licence from the local body
4. Fire and pollution registration where required (report)

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

• PMEGPCentralActive15–35% subsidy
• MudraCentralActiveLoan up to ₹20 lakh, no collateral
• CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore

PMEGP (the report shows a 25% KVIC margin money of ₹1.75 L), MUDRA up to ₹20 lakh, CGTMSE.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Samadhan report cost table: plant & machinery ₹6.49 L (text: machine ₹6.50 L + 18% GST = ₹7.67 L), furniture ₹0.50 L, working capital ₹2.22 L = ₹9.21 L (bank loan ₹6.29 L, working capital limit ₹2.00 L, own money ₹0.92 L). The cover page prints ₹6.99 L, which leaves out working capital.

Working capital: Working capital ₹2.22 L (bank ₹2.00 L); rent is the largest fixed cost.

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

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

§9Risks — where people fail

• Yarn price changes
• Machine downtime
• Unsold stock
• Price competition

§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 socks 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.

§11Who to connect with

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¶Sources

1. PMEGP sample project report — Socks Manufacturing Unit (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

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