Merchandise: There are about 100 big businesses in the state. i.e those having more than 35kg in stock. Of them about 50 gold merchants own more than 75 to 100 kg. Any major market place in any town in Kerala boasts of 60-80 jewellers. Earlier, the requirement of licence issued by the Central Excise department was a must for setting up of a gold shop. Since it has been lifted, the numbers have increased tremendously.

Brisk business: On a normal day, sales from 100gms to 10kg unofficially. There are instances of jewellers selling 22 kgs of gold ornaments on a single day. In the bigger cities and bigger businesses, it goes upto 40kg unofficially.

There are almost 50-60 types of thin bangles in the market on a normal day. Festival and marriage season, it may vary. One can find about 1000 designs of necklaces while there would be about 20-30 different types of chains in a jeweller's shop on any given day.

Arab gold: NRIs from the Gulf were active participants to this business in the state. With tighter custom checks and gulf-returnees on the increase, those doors have almost closed.

Major Jewelleries of Kerala (in alphabetical order)
A.Geeri Pai Jewellers
Alapatt Jewellery
Alukkas Jewellery
Arabian Jewellers
Ayodhya Jewellery
Bhima Jewellery
Chemmanur Fashion Jewellers
Chiriyankandath Jewellery
Chungath Fashion Jewellery
Cyrils Jewellery
Francis Alukkas Jewellery
Josco Jewellers
Kalyan Jewellery
Kunnathukalathil Jewellers
Lulu Gold Jewellery
Malabar Gold
Meezan Gold Jewellery
Nakshathra Diamond Jewellery
Parakkat Jewellers
Rajan Jewellery
Sunny Jacob Jewellers
T.T. Devassy Jewellery
Tanishq Jewellery
TBZ Jewellery
Vanitha Jewellery
VNM Diamond Jewellery