Company & LLP Registration Trends in India — February 2024
In short
February 2024: 23,068 Company and LLP registrations in India, with entity-wise shares and historical February comparison from 2016 onward.
February 2024 — Key Observations
February 2024 recorded 23,068 registrations, up (340.4%) from February 2023 (5,238), the sharpest February rise in the 2016–2026 series. Private Limited made up (69.5%) of the month, LLPs (25.1%) and OPCs (4.5%); the LLP share fell from (46.5%) in February 2023. Compared with the previous month, January 2024 (19,609), registrations were up (17.6%).
Financial-year context: February 2024 falls in FY 2023–24. 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 2024 recorded 23,068 Company and LLP registrations in India. This page places the month in context by comparing February 2024 with the earlier available February data from 2016 onward.
Private Companies: 16,035 (69.5%) • OPC: 1,031 (4.5%) • LLP: 5,801 (25.1%)
Total registrations: 23,068
February Registration Trend — 2017 to 2024
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%) |
| 2021–22 Feb 2022 |
13,495 | 807 | 306 | 6 | 4,055 | 18,669 | (+0.9%) |
| 2022–23 Feb 2023 |
2,707 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 2,436 | 5,238 | (-71.9%) |
| 2023–24 Feb 2024 |
16,035 | 1,031 | 198 | 3 | 5,801 | 23,068 | (+340.4%) |
What the February 2024 data shows
Private Companies formed (69.5%) of all February 2024 registrations, while LLPs accounted for (25.1%). OPCs contributed (4.5%). Public and Foreign Companies together represented a relatively small share of the month's total.
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 2024
These rankings are calculated from the month-specific MCA incorporation workbook using its NIC 2008 two-digit activity divisions, separately for Private Limited Companies, LLPs and OPCs. Percentage shares use all registrations of the respective structure. A small number of source records without an activity code, where present, are excluded from the activity ranking but remain in the entity totals.
Top 5 — Private Limited Companies
| # | Activity (NIC 2008) | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (NIC 62) |
1,693 (10.56%)
|
| 2 | Wholesale trade (excluding motor vehicles) (NIC 46) |
1,413 (8.81%)
|
| 3 | Retail trade (excluding motor vehicles) (NIC 47) |
1,009 (6.29%)
|
| 4 | Crop and animal production, hunting and related services (NIC 01) |
888 (5.54%)
|
| 5 | Real estate activities (NIC 68) |
844 (5.26%)
|
Top 5 — Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
| # | Activity (NIC 2008) | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real estate activities (NIC 68) |
687 (11.84%)
|
| 2 | Wholesale trade (excluding motor vehicles) (NIC 46) |
541 (9.33%)
|
| 3 | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (NIC 62) |
423 (7.29%)
|
| 4 | Retail trade (excluding motor vehicles) (NIC 47) |
371 (6.40%)
|
| 5 | Head-office and management consultancy activities (NIC 70) |
322 (5.55%)
|
Top 5 — One Person Companies (OPCs)
| # | Activity (NIC 2008) | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (NIC 62) |
155 (15.03%)
|
| 2 | Retail trade (excluding motor vehicles) (NIC 47) |
114 (11.06%)
|
| 3 | Wholesale trade (excluding motor vehicles) (NIC 46) |
77 (7.47%)
|
| 4 | Education (NIC 85) |
64 (6.21%)
|
| 5 | Head-office and management consultancy activities (NIC 70) |
53 (5.14%)
|
Source and method: The original monthly MCA incorporation workbook is deduplicated by CIN/LLPIN. Counts are checked against the verified monthly master. Activity rankings reflect declared NIC 2008 divisions, not audited operating businesses. MCA records · NIC division definitions.
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