Credit rating agencies

Credit Rating Agencies in India

A credit rating agency is a company which rates the debtors on the basis of their ability to pay back the debt in timely manner.

There are three big credit rating agencievvs in the world which are
 1.Standard & Poor's (S&P) – Headquarter – New York, US
 2.Moody's – Headquarter - New York, US,
 3.Fitch Ratings- New York, US


There are mainly 5 credit rating agencies in India which are

CARE (Credit Analysis and Research):Founded: 1993,Mumbai  It is the second-largest credit rating agency in india


CRISIL (Credit Rating Information Servicesof India Limited):Founded: 1987,mumbai. It is the largest credit rating limited company.with a market share of
greater than 60%.
*CRISIL’s majority
shareholder is
Standard & Poor’s.

ICRA ( Investment information andcredit rating agency)Founded: 1991 at Gurgaon
It is public limited company .Majority share holder is Moodys

SMERA( SME Rating Agency of India Ltd):Founded: 2005 ,mumbai
*SMERA is a full   service credit rating sector
 agency in India, exclusively set up MSME

ONICRA Gurgaon. It is a Pvt sector agency  set up by onida finance