
Manpower & Support
BTL Fabrication Agency in India
In-house fabrication of stalls, kiosks, canopies and props.
Overview
What BTL fabrication is, and when it works
BTL fabrication is the physical build: kiosks, canopies, stalls, gantries, props and point-of-sale units, made from approved drawings in a workshop and installed on site. Owning the workshop rather than sub-contracting it is what makes multi-city rollouts both cheaper and repeatable, because the same drawing produces the same unit in every city.
A fabricated unit is the only part of an activation that is identical everywhere, so it carries the brand's consistency. It also determines cost at scale: a modular design that flat-packs and travels can be reused across a dozen cities, while a one-off custom build is written off after a single event. The design decision, not the material rate, is what moves the budget.
Who it reaches
Brands and agencies that need a physical build produced to drawing, delivered to multiple cities and installed without surprises on site.
Best suited for
- Multi-city rollouts that need an identical unit in every city
- Exhibitions where the stall is judged alongside competitors
- Campaigns where daily setup and teardown must be done by two people
- Replacing a vendor whose finish quality varies between cities
- Programmes that need units refurbished and reused across a season
- In-store POSM produced in volume to one print standard

What's included
- Design
- Carpentry
- Printing
- Installation
Investment
What BTL fabrication costs in India
Indicative investment
₹20,000 – ₹30L per project
Indicative pricing for BTL fabrication is ₹20,000 – ₹30L per project, exclusive of GST at 18%. It is a planning band, not a quotation — the variables that actually move it are venue-days, team size, how custom the build is, and venue or permission fees.
| Cost head | What it covers | Share of budget |
|---|---|---|
| Manpower | Promoters, supervisors, anchors, training and attendance tracking | 25%–40% |
| Fabrication & materials | Kiosk or stall build, branding, POSM, consumables | 20%–35% |
| Venue & permissions | Space rental, society or mall fees, municipal and police NOCs | 15%–30% |
| Logistics | Transport, storage, setup and dismantling | 8%–15% |
| Reporting & tech | Live dashboard, data capture, geo-tagged photo proof | 3%–8% |
Formats
BTL Fabrication formats we run
Modular kiosks
Flat-pack, reusable units that assemble without power tools and travel in a standard vehicle. The default choice for any campaign running in more than three cities.
Custom stalls and pavilions
Built to a specific design for exhibitions and launches, where the structure itself is the statement and reuse is secondary.
Canopies and gantries
Lightweight branded structures for markets, haats, forecourts and society gates, designed to be put up and taken down daily by a two-person team.
POSM and in-store units
Shelf strips, danglers, standees, end-cap units and counter displays produced in volume to a consistent print standard across stores.
Props and experiential sets
Scaled props, photo-op sets and interactive housings, usually in MDF, acrylic or metal with a painted or wrapped finish.
Installation and refurbishment
Site installation by the workshop's own team, plus refurbishment between cities so a reused unit does not look reused.
Worked example
A costed example you can check
Computed from our published tier 1 day rates, not estimated.
What 6 days of BTL fabrication actually costs
Take a 6-day BTL fabrication programme in a tier 1 metro, staffed with 7 people (4 technicians, 1 supervisor and 2 housekeepings), running at a weekday in a mall kiosk. Here is the direct cost, computed at tier 1 rates rather than estimated.
| Cost head | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Team | 4 technicians, 1 supervisor and 2 housekeepings across 6 activation days, at tier 1 day rates | ₹84,000 |
| Venue & permissions | 6 venue-days at the mid-point of the mall kiosk band | ₹2,16,000 |
| Subtotal | Direct costs, excluding GST | ₹3,00,000 |
| GST | At the applicable rate on services | ₹54,000 |
| Total | Indicative, including GST | ₹3,54,000 |
Contacts engaged
2,250
At the mid-point of the planning band
Cost per contact
₹133
Direct cost ÷ contacts
Cost per lead
₹606 – ₹1,667
At 180–495 leads captured
Direct costs only. Fabrication, logistics and reporting are additional and typically add 31% to 58% of the programme budget. GST is shown at 18%. These are indicative planning figures, not a quotation.
Process
How we run BTL fabrication
- 01Days 1-5
Design & drawing approval
Concept, 3D visual and fabrication drawing, approved with materials and finishes named, so what is built matches what was signed.
- 02Days 5-10
Prototype & sign-off
A single unit built and inspected before the full run. This is the cheapest point at which to change anything.
- 03Days 10-20
Production run
Carpentry, metalwork, printing and finishing in the workshop, with quality checks against the approved prototype rather than the drawing alone.
- 04Before go-live
Despatch & installation
Packed with an assembly guide and installed on site by the workshop team, finishing ahead of the venue's activation start time.
- 05Between cities
Refurbish & reuse
Inspection, repair and reprinting between legs so a unit on its fifth city does not look like it. Reuse count is tracked per unit.
Timing that changes the result
Demand and response peak around September to November — Navratri, Durga Puja, Dussehra and Diwali — the highest-response and highest-cost window of the year. Book teams, venues and fabrication early for that window, because vendor pricing moves with it.
Measurement
What gets reported, and how
Every campaign reports the same way: attendance against roster, geo-tagged and time-stamped photographs per venue, contacts engaged counted on the capture tool rather than estimated, and leads verified by callback before they are counted. Weak locations show up in the first week, which is the only point at which they can still be fixed.
| Metric | How it is captured |
|---|---|
| Build completed to approved drawing without site modification | Timestamped against the venue's activation start time |
| Installation finished before the venue's activation start time | Timestamped against the venue's activation start time |
| Finish quality accepted at first inspection | Recorded daily on the live dashboard, against the agreed target |
| Reuse count achieved per unit across the campaign | Recorded daily on the live dashboard, against the agreed target |
| Transport and storage cost per city | Computed from actuals against the approved rate card |
| Damage or rework incidents per installation | Timestamped against the venue's activation start time |
Compliance
Permissions and compliance
Approvals sit on the critical path, not alongside it.
- Fire-retardant treatment where the venue or mall specifies it
- Structural safety sign-off for anything load-bearing or above head height
- Mall and venue drawing approval before material reaches site
- Electrical safety certification for lit or powered units
- Waste removal and venue condition handover after dismantle
What goes wrong
Common BTL fabrication mistakes
Each of these is something we have had to fix on a campaign someone else planned.
- Approving a 3D visual without a fabrication drawing, then arguing about materials
- Skipping the prototype, so the error is discovered across the whole production run
- Designing a unit that cannot be assembled without power tools on a mall floor
- Ignoring flat-pack dimensions, so transport cost per city quietly doubles
- No refurbishment budget, so reused units look worn by the third city
Approving a 3D visual without a fabrication drawing, then arguing about materials
Coverage
BTL Fabrication by city
Each city is staffed by a local team rather than a travelling one.
Tier 1 metros
Tier 2 cities
- BTL Fabrication in Jaipur
- BTL Fabrication in Lucknow
- BTL Fabrication in Chandigarh
- BTL Fabrication in Indore
- BTL Fabrication in Bhopal
- BTL Fabrication in Surat
- BTL Fabrication in Vadodara
- BTL Fabrication in Rajkot
- BTL Fabrication in Nagpur
- BTL Fabrication in Nashik
- BTL Fabrication in Aurangabad
- BTL Fabrication in Thane
- BTL Fabrication in Navi Mumbai
- BTL Fabrication in Kochi
- BTL Fabrication in Thiruvananthapuram
- BTL Fabrication in Kozhikode
- BTL Fabrication in Coimbatore
- BTL Fabrication in Madurai
- BTL Fabrication in Tiruchirappalli
- BTL Fabrication in Salem
- BTL Fabrication in Mysore
- BTL Fabrication in Mangalore
- BTL Fabrication in Hubli-Dharwad
- BTL Fabrication in Belgaum
- BTL Fabrication in Visakhapatnam
- BTL Fabrication in Vijayawada
- BTL Fabrication in Guntur
- BTL Fabrication in Tirupati
- BTL Fabrication in Warangal
- BTL Fabrication in Bhubaneswar
- BTL Fabrication in Cuttack
- BTL Fabrication in Patna
- BTL Fabrication in Ranchi
- BTL Fabrication in Jamshedpur
- BTL Fabrication in Guwahati
- BTL Fabrication in Raipur
- BTL Fabrication in Bilaspur
- BTL Fabrication in Kanpur
- BTL Fabrication in Varanasi
- BTL Fabrication in Agra
- BTL Fabrication in Prayagraj
- BTL Fabrication in Meerut
- BTL Fabrication in Ghaziabad
- BTL Fabrication in Faridabad
- BTL Fabrication in Ludhiana
- BTL Fabrication in Amritsar
- BTL Fabrication in Jalandhar
- BTL Fabrication in Dehradun
- BTL Fabrication in Jammu
- BTL Fabrication in Srinagar
- BTL Fabrication in Jodhpur
- BTL Fabrication in Udaipur
- BTL Fabrication in Kota
- BTL Fabrication in Gwalior
- BTL Fabrication in Jabalpur
- BTL Fabrication in Goa
- BTL Fabrication in Siliguri
- BTL Fabrication in Durgapur
- BTL Fabrication in Puducherry
- BTL Fabrication in Shimla
FAQ
BTL Fabrication FAQs
What is BTL fabrication?+
In-house fabrication of stalls, kiosks, canopies and props. BTL fabrication is the physical build: kiosks, canopies, stalls, gantries, props and point-of-sale units, made from approved drawings in a workshop and installed on site. Owning the workshop rather than sub-contracting it is what makes multi-city rollouts both cheaper and repeatable, because the same drawing produces the same unit in every city.
How much does BTL fabrication cost in India?+
Indicative pricing is ₹20,000 – ₹30L per project. The variables that actually move a quote are the number of cities and days, team size, how custom the build is, and venue or permission fees. Tier 1 metro day rates run above tier 2. GST applies at 18%.
Which cities do you cover for BTL fabrication?+
70 Indian cities, covering every tier 1 metro and the major tier 2 markets, each with a local team rather than a travelling one.
What is included?+
Typical deliverables are design, carpentry, printing and installation. Measurement covers build completed to approved drawing without site modification, installation finished before the venue's activation start time and finish quality accepted at first inspection.
Should I choose a modular or a custom build?+
Modular, if the campaign runs in more than about three cities — the unit is reused and the per-city cost falls sharply. Custom is worth it for exhibitions and launches where the structure itself is the statement and it only has to work once.
Why does the prototype matter?+
It is the cheapest point at which to change anything. A finish, joint or assembly problem found on one unit costs one unit; the same problem found after the production run costs the whole run plus the schedule.
Can units be reused across cities?+
Yes, and that is usually where the savings are. Units are designed to flat-pack, then inspected, repaired and reprinted between legs. Reuse count is tracked per unit so the refurbishment budget is planned rather than discovered.
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