Company & LLP Registration Trends in India — February 2021
In short
February 2021: 18,498 Company and LLP registrations in India, with entity-wise shares and historical February comparison from 2016 onward.
February 2021 — Key Observations
February 2021 recorded 18,498 registrations, up (36.8%) from February 2020 (13,526). Private Limited made up (70.5%) of the month, LLPs (23.8%) and OPCs (4.1%); the LLP share rose from (22.8%) in February 2020. Compared with the previous month, January 2021 (14,221), registrations were up (30.1%).
Financial-year context: February 2021 falls in FY 2020–21. Monthly counts remain observations for the named month, not full-year totals. January–March 2016 falls in FY 2015-16, so it is not counted in Financial Year totals, but it is included in month-to-month comparisons.
February 2021 recorded 18,498 Company and LLP registrations in India. This page places the month in context by comparing February 2021 with the earlier available February data from 2016 onward.
Private Companies: 13,042 (70.5%) • OPC: 765 (4.1%) • LLP: 4,401 (23.8%)
Total registrations: 18,498
February Registration Trend — 2017 to 2021
Each row below represents the same calendar month — February — so the comparison is not distorted by normal differences between months.
| Financial year | Private | OPC | Public | Foreign | LLP | Total | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 Feb 2016 | 8,190 (74.9%) | 397 (3.6%) | 177 (1.6%) | 14 (0.1%) | 2,154 (19.7%) | 10,932 | — |
| 2016–17 Feb 2017 |
9,212 | 476 | 175 | 13 | 2,712 | 12,588 | (15.1%) |
| 2017–18 Feb 2018 |
7,418 | 440 | 153 | 10 | 2,464 | 10,485 | (-16.7%) |
| 2018–19 Feb 2019 |
10,788 | 657 | 331 | 13 | 2,257 | 14,046 | (+34.0%) |
| 2019–20 Feb 2020 |
9,540 | 599 | 290 | 16 | 3,081 | 13,526 | (-3.7%) |
| 2020–21 Feb 2021 |
13,042 | 765 | 285 | 5 | 4,401 | 18,498 | (+36.8%) |
What the February 2021 data shows
Private Companies formed (70.5%) of all February 2021 registrations, while LLPs accounted for (23.8%). OPCs contributed (4.1%). Public and Foreign Companies together represented a relatively small share of the month's total.
Verification note: Verified; duplicate LLPIN row(s) removed.
How to read this data
Registration numbers measure the creation of legal entities. They do not indicate whether those entities later became profitable, raised funding, employed people or remained active. The purpose of this series is to study incorporation activity and changes in preferred legal structures over time.
Source: MCA monthly incorporation data compiled in the CompanysRegistration.com Registration Trend dataset. Missing MCA source periods, where applicable, are disclosed and are not estimated.
Top 5 Business Activities — February 2021
Calculated from this exact month's original MCA incorporation records, with separate rankings for Private Limited, LLP and OPC. Percentages are within each legal structure. MCA's historical broad economic-activity descriptions are used, not later NIC-2008 division classifications.
Top 5 — Private Limited Companies
| # | MCA activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
3,452 (26.47%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
1,739 (13.33%)
|
| 3 | Community, personal & Social Services |
1,682 (12.90%)
|
| 4 | Agriculture and Allied Activities |
1,061 (8.14%)
|
| 5 | Manufacturing (Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof) |
908 (6.96%)
|
Top 5 — Limited Liability Partnerships
| # | MCA activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
1,122 (25.49%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
895 (20.34%)
|
| 3 | Real Estate and Renting |
466 (10.59%)
|
| 4 | Community, personal & Social Services |
433 (9.84%)
|
| 5 | Construction |
389 (8.84%)
|
Top 5 — One Person Companies
| # | MCA activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
328 (42.88%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
120 (15.69%)
|
| 3 | Community, personal & Social Services |
92 (12.03%)
|
| 4 | Manufacturing (Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof) |
39 (5.10%)
|
| 5 | Construction |
34 (4.44%)
|
Source: Original MCA monthly incorporation workbook; legal-structure totals checked against the revised verified monthly master. MCA source.
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