A total of 48,134 private in­dustries have been registered with the Directorate of Indus­trial Supervision and Inspec­tion as of January 2025, the Ministry of Industry’s data indicated.

The registered private industries grew to 47,609 in the previous financial year 2023-2024. A total of 525 in­dustries were officially listed in April-January of the past FY 2024-2025.

Almost 50 per cent of the registered private indus­tries are engaged in the food group. The lists of registered private industries are classi­fied into 24 business groups; food, tobacco, clothing, wood and finished wood slabs, printing, chemical, rubber and plastic, basic mineral, computer and electronic de­vice, unclassified machine, beverage, fabric, leather, paper and paper products, charcoal fuel, pharmaceuti­cals, non-metallic minerals, metal refining equipment, electronics, vehicle and trail­er, furniture and machines and equipment repair and installation.

With the private indus­tries growing domestically, the DISI is providing ser­vices for small and medium enterprises to get access to technical assistance and funding, explore markets, register the private indus­trial enterprises in accord­ance with existing laws and conduct safety inspections of boiler and electrical usage at worksites and environmental impact assessment.

Yangon Region, a com­mercial hub of Myanmar, is home to the private indus­tries with 8,201 registered businesses, followed by Mandalay Region with 6,888 and Ayeyawady Region with 5,784. — KK