Auroville has around 170 social enterprises providing employment to around 5000 people from the surrounding villages.

Arts&Crafts: 

Aurokriya: T-shirts
Auro Rachana: Antiques and restored classic furniture
Auroville Printers: printing, book binding and stationery items
Auroville Press: offset printing plus graphic design
Bijou: beaded wear, tapestries and jewellery
Discovery: garments, bags and purses, dolls
Auroville Press: Handmade paper and publications 

Gecko ! : clothing collections
Ikebana: Teaching and preparation of flower arrangements by Valeria 
Imagination Japanese Art Furniture: by Kenji 
Joy Postcards: Postcards and visual documentation on India
L'etoile du Sud Studio: Designing, promoting and marketing AV products
Lotus Fraternity: Hammocks, hammock chairs, cloth bags
Lumiere: Screen printing
Magica: Classic, modern and ethnic jewellery
Mandala Pottery : Handmade pottery items & other ceramics 
Mantra: Handmade glazed stoneware/pottery items and tiles
Maroma: Perfumes, incense, floral candles, gift sets etc.
Matrigold: Gold-in-glass jewellery, Silver-in-glass jewellery
Mereville: Incense
Miniature: Designer fashion, ready-made garments
New Creation Fraternity Crafts: Hammocks and other handicraft items
New School Crafts: Ayurvedic food products, incense
Nymphea Creations: Interior decorative items
OK upcycling: bags, hats, etc, all made of recycled materials
Papyrus: printing, book binding, stationery, displays, paper
Plastic Seasongs: plastic fabricated items, bags, accessories
Prisma: advertising, design, DTP, text preparation & editing 
Rangoli: garments
Santosham: children's clothes and bags
Shradhanjali: pressed flower stationery; lampshades, trays, screens
Svaram http://www.svaram.org/: music instruments, research
The Colours Of Nature: pure/naturally dyed textile garments and fabrics
Upasana Design Studio: garment design and manufacture
Vardan: website design, book-binding in leather
WELLpaper: necklaces, baskets, earrings and other design objects made of recycled newspaper

Boutiques: 

Languages: 

Food Processing: 

Restaurants: 

Roma's Kitchen; Auromode, Kuylappalayam
Tanto (New Creation Corner); Auroville Main road
Tanto (ECR Road)
Tanto Srima Beach 
Well cafe': Svedame
Naturellement Garden Cafe
La Terrace: upstairs Solar Kitchen Auroville
Aurelec Cafeteria
Happy Food restaurant

Sustainable Energy, Research: 

Architecture: 

Electronic Systems, Computer & Peripherals, Media: 

Mira Computers: Computer Repair & Services, Aurelec
Penta Services 

Miscellaneous: 

Freeland Bookshop: books and publications
Eco Femme: healthy, dignified, affordable and eco-positive menstrual practices
Linea : Consultancy in dental equipment and allied products

Music: 

Travel: