Number of active companies registered in India crosses 18.17 lakh in Jan
According to the latest data compiled by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, a total number of 28,05,354 companies were registered in the country as of January 31, of which 65 per cent (18,17,222) companies are active
- NEW DELHI — A total number of 28,05,354 companies were registered in the
country as of January 31, of which 65 per cent (18,17,222) companies are
active, an increase of 0.14 per cent in the total proportion of active
companies when compared to December 2024, according to the latest data compiled
by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
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- As on January 31, there were also 5,216 foreign companies
registered in the country and out of them, 63 per cent or 3,281 entities were
active.
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- Private limited companies account for 96 per cent of the
total companies with 38 per cent of the total paid-up capital. In comparison,
public limited companies are smaller in number (4 per cent) but comprise 62 per
cent of the total paid-up capital, according to the Ministry's data.
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- Economic Sector-wise classification reveals that Business
Services has been having the highest number of active companies (27 per cent)
followed by Manufacturing (20 per cent), Trading and Community, and Personal
and Social Services (13 per cent).
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- "It is also observed that the Services Sector saw
the maximum increase in the total number of active Companies, followed by the
Industry Sector and Agriculture Sector. In the Services Sector, Community,
Personal and Social Services Sector showed the maximum rise in the number of
Active Companies," according to a ministry statement.
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- A state-wise Analysis of newly registered companies shows
that the top three states that received the highest number of new registrations
during January 2025 were Maharashtra with 18 per cent which amounts to 2,998
corporate entities, Uttar Pradesh with 11 per cent coming in at 1,812 and Delhi
closely behind at 9 per cent with 1,503 companies adding up to a collective
paid-up capital of Rs 194.77 crore.
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- The state-wise data shows that Maharashtra leads in the
total number of active companies with Delhi in the second position followed by
Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
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- Among the Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir registered
an increase of 112 companies compared to December 2024.
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