Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Ernakulam Home Furnishing |
| 2 | Place | Ernakulam |
| 3 | District | Ernakulam |
| 4 | State | Kerala |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 5179 unit (Unregistered 3500 and Registered 1679) |
| 6 | No. of workers | Not available. |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 750 -800 crore |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Kerala Furniture Manufacturing Consortium (KFMC) |
| 9 | Major products | Furniture items. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Ernakulam |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Kerala Rs. 640 Million. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Lack of adequate seasoning facility in the cluster leads to poor quality. Level of designs in the cluster is quite traditional in nature. Products are diversified without any specific brand identity. The domestic market orientation of manufacturers has affected their competitiveness. The trend of lowering down the tariff and WTO regime has exposed the local producers to international competitors. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | March 2009, KBIP, Thiruvananthapuram |