Company & LLP Registration Trends in India — August 2018
In short
August 2018: 9,331 Company and LLP registrations in India, with historical August comparison from 2016 onward.
Financial-year context: August 2018 falls in FY 2018–19. Monthly counts remain observations for the named month, not full-year totals. January–March 2016 is excluded from the website comparison series.
August 2018 recorded 9,331 Company and LLP registrations in India. This page places the month in context by comparing August 2018 with earlier available August data from 2016 onward.
Private Companies: 7,184 (77.0%) • OPC: 407 (4.4%) • LLP: 1,582 (17.0%)
Total registrations: 9,331
August Registration Trend — 2016 to 2018
Each row below represents the same calendar month — August — so the comparison is not distorted by normal differences between months.
| Financial year | Private | OPC | Public | Foreign | LLP | Total | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 Aug 2016 |
8,119 | 453 | 162 | 10 | 2,328 | 11,072 | — |
| 2017–18 Aug 2017 |
8,710 | 542 | 161 | 18 | 2,870 | 12,301 | (+11.1%) |
| 2018–19 Aug 2018 |
7,184 | 407 | 149 | 9 | 1,582 | 9,331 | (-24.1%) |
What the August 2018 data shows
Private Companies formed (77.0%) of all August 2018 registrations, while LLPs accounted for (17.0%). OPCs contributed (4.4%).
How to read this data
Registration numbers measure the creation of legal entities. They do not indicate later profitability, funding, employment or continued activity.
Source: MCA monthly incorporation data compiled in the CompanysRegistration.com Registration Trend dataset.
Top 5 Business Activities — August 2018
These are the original MCA economic-activity categories, ranked separately for Private Limited, LLP and OPC. The original LLP file includes a single record with an invalid date placeholder; the record was retained because it belongs to the month's source and is included in the verified total. Percentages are entity-type shares.
Top 5 — Private Limited Companies
| # | MCA business activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
3,012 (41.93%)
|
| 2 | Community, personal & Social Services |
841 (11.71%)
|
| 3 | Trading |
809 (11.26%)
|
| 4 | Construction |
468 (6.51%)
|
| 5 | Manufacturing (Machinery & Equipments) |
278 (3.87%)
|
Top 5 — Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
| # | MCA business activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
616 (38.94%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
222 (14.03%)
|
| 3 | Community, personal & Social Services |
183 (11.57%)
|
| 4 | Construction |
145 (9.17%)
|
| 5 | Real Estate and Renting |
128 (8.09%)
|
Top 5 — One Person Companies (OPCs)
| # | MCA business activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
197 (48.40%)
|
| 2 | Community, personal & Social Services |
68 (16.71%)
|
| 3 | Trading |
49 (12.04%)
|
| 4 | Construction |
18 (4.42%)
|
| 5 | Transport, storage and Communications |
17 (4.18%)
|
Source: MCA August 2018 incorporation workbook, with LLPIN-based deduplication, compared against the revised verified monthly master. MCA source.
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