Zelio E-Mobility has launched an aggressive hiring spree. With the aim to expand their operations in both manufacturing and business departments in the current fiscal year. The electric scooter manufacturing company plans to increase their total number of employees. Beyond 500 from about 260 currently as they prepare themselves for their next level of growth.

According to the company, the aggressive hiring process will help them expand their manufacturing operations, leadership team and sales channels. This also shows that the company intends to develop their capabilities within the regions they operate in.

Hiring program at three plants

The Zelio's employee strength increase will be carried out across its three main manufacturing plants in Hisar, Bhubaneswar and Coimbatore. The company currently operates at all these places and the latest plant in Coimbatore is expected to make greater contributions in the future.

Important staffing numbers are as follows:

  • 100 staff in Hisar
  • 50 staff in Bhubaneswar
  • 100 staff in Coimbatore

The company stated that staff will be recruited at all levels of the business from plant level to R&D, production planning, quality, sales & after-sales service. The company wants to strengthen zonal leadership with an increased presence in key markets.

Capability Building

Apart from factory level staffing, Zelio is also making staffing plans for key positions at strategic & technical levels. These positions include plant managers, R&D personnel, production planning and quality staff. From the commercial side, zonal sales managers are to be hired to strengthen market penetration.

The overall strategy for hiring indicates that apart from increased production, Zelio seems to be looking to improve performance along the entire value chain. It looks like Zelio is working on establishing a structure that would allow it to grow at least as the demand for electric mobility increases.

Commenting on the development, Divyanshu Agarwal, CEO at Zelio E-Mobility, said, “Since the beginning, Zelio has always been a people-first company. We work with and in favor of our people. Wherever we enter, whether a state or a city, our focus is to create meaningful job opportunities and contribute to local employment. As we scale, this commitment remains at the core of everything we do. Our expansion is not only focused on manufacturing growth but also on building strong local ecosystems in each region we operate in, ensuring long-term value creation through employment and skill development.”

Reasons for growth momentum behind the move

This recruitment news follows a financially successful year for Zelio. The company has reported a total revenue of ₹313.68 crore in FY26, growing by 81.8 percent compared to ₹172.19 crore in FY25. Zelio also claims to have stayed profitable since inception and grown a revenue CAGR of around 121 percent in the last four years.

Some of the other achievements include the listing of Zelio on the BSE SME board in October 2025, and a 400+ dealer base in 25+ states. In future plans, Zelio wants to take its dealership number to 550+, especially focusing on South India and North-East.

ELCTRIK Speaks

Zelio’s planned workforce expansion shows that the company is preparing for a much larger operational scale in the months ahead. The hiring push across manufacturing, R&D, sales and service points to a clear focus on building capacity and improving execution. With revenue rising strongly and new facilities coming online, the company appears to be entering a more aggressive growth phase. The latest move also reinforces its strategy of pairing business expansion with local job creation.

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