Promoted by industrial and services sectors, the number of active companies in the country increased by more than 162,800 the last fiscal year (FY25).
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), the new commercial records increased as a service sector represented approximately two thirds of all new records.
In the period of April 2025, 2024, 1,41,675 companies were recorded, winning almost RS 3.36 Lakh million rupees in paid capital. The industrial sector represented about 82 percent of the paid capital.
The main investments arrived in the industrial sector in the April-February period, such as manufacturing, textiles, mining and quarries, and metals and chemicals.
Meanwhile, a total number of 28.05,354 companies were registered in the country as or January 31, or 65 percent (18.17,222) colleagues were active, an increase or 0.14 percent in the total proportion of active companions to December.
As of January 31, there were also 5,216 foreign companies registered in the country and of them, 63 percent or 3,281 entities were active.
Private limited companies represent 96 percent of total companies with 38 percent of the total paid capital. In comparison, limited public companies are lower (4 percent), but comprise 62 percent of the total paid capital, according to the Ministry data.
The classification of the economic sector reveals that commercial services have had the largest number of active companies (27 percent) followed by manufacturing (20 percent), trade and community, and personal and social services (13 percent).
“It is also observed that the services sector saw the maximum increase in the total number of active companies, followed by the industrial sector and the agricultural sector. In the service sector, the community, the community, the social services sector, showed the maximum increase in the asset number.
The state data show that Maharashtra leads the total number of active companies, with Delhi in the second position followed by Uttar Pradesh and Western Bengal.