Matrimony.com

Matrimony.com Limited is a Chennai-headquartered online matchmaking and marriage services company. Its flagship brand is BharatMatrimony. Founder Murugavel Janakiraman started the business on 14 April 1997 as the matrimony section of SysIndia.com, a community portal, and that section grew into BharatMatrimony and later the listed Matrimony.com group.

Its portfolio includes BharatMatrimony, community-specific sites such as TamilMatrimony and TeluguMatrimony, EliteMatrimony (a premium personalised service), the dating app Jodii, and marriage services such as Matrimony Mandap for wedding venues. The company also runs WeddingBazaar for wedding vendors. The catalog lists it under software, but its business customers are mainly wedding vendors, venues and advertisers on its platforms.

Consumer memberships are sold online and through the company's retail outlets. Paid plans unlock contact details and messaging, and EliteMatrimony charges higher fees for assisted matchmaking. Wedding-services businesses can advertise or list through its marketplace products. Prices appear on the websites and change often with promotions.

Matrimony.com Limited is listed on the NSE and BSE, having gone public in 2017. Murugavel Janakiraman remains Founder, Chairman and Managing Director. The company files annual reports and quarterly results with the stock exchanges, and its investor section lists its key management and board of directors. Its registered office is in Chennai, and it operates retail service outlets in many Indian cities. Venture investors including Mayfield backed the company before its listing. The group segments its business into matchmaking services and marriage services in its financial reporting. BharatMatrimony was among the earliest Indian consumer internet businesses to reach nationwide scale, before smartphones were common.