Company & LLP Registration Trends in India — July 2016
In short
July 2016: 10,897 Company and LLP registrations in India, with historical July comparison from 2016 onward.
July 2016 — Key Observations
July 2016 recorded 10,897 registrations. It is the first July in this series and the baseline for every later July comparison. Private Limited made up (73.2%) of the month, LLPs (21.4%) and OPCs (3.8%). Compared with the previous month, June 2016 (12,047), registrations were down (9.5%).
Financial-year context: July 2016 falls in FY 2016–17. 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.
July 2016 recorded 10,897 Company and LLP registrations in India. This page places the month in context by comparing July 2016 with earlier available July data from 2016 onward.
Private Companies: 7,981 (73.2%) • OPC: 410 (3.8%) • LLP: 2,335 (21.4%)
Total registrations: 10,897
July Registration Trend — 2016 to 2016
Each row below represents the same calendar month — July — so the comparison is not distorted by normal differences between months.
| Financial year | Private | OPC | Public | Foreign | LLP | Total | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 Jul 2016 |
7,981 | 410 | 162 | 9 | 2,335 | 10,897 | — |
What the July 2016 data shows
Private Companies formed (73.2%) of all July 2016 registrations, while LLPs accounted for (21.4%). OPCs contributed (3.8%).
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 — July 2016
These are the five leading original MCA economic-activity descriptions recorded among new entities in this specific month, ranked separately by legal structure. Each percentage is the share of registrations in the corresponding structure, not all entities combined. MCA's older broad activity categories are not directly equivalent to newer NIC-2008 two-digit divisions.
Private Limited Companies
| # | MCA business activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
4,368 (54.73%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
744 (9.32%)
|
| 3 | Construction |
443 (5.55%)
|
| 4 | Community, personal & Social Services |
355 (4.45%)
|
| 5 | Agriculture and Allied Activities |
345 (4.32%)
|
Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
| # | MCA business activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
1,019 (43.64%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
300 (12.85%)
|
| 3 | Community, personal & Social Services |
217 (9.29%)
|
| 4 | Real Estate and Renting |
191 (8.18%)
|
| 5 | Construction |
166 (7.11%)
|
One Person Companies (OPCs)
| # | MCA business activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
266 (64.88%)
|
| 2 | Community, personal & Social Services |
29 (7.07%)
|
| 3 | Trading |
28 (6.83%)
|
| 4 | Construction |
18 (4.39%)
|
| 5 | Manufacturing (Food stuffs) |
16 (3.90%)
|
Activity methodology: Counts are calculated from the month-specific original MCA incorporation workbook, after separating registered Private Limited Companies, LLPs and OPCs and checking their totals against the verified monthly master. The names are the source workbook's broad categories. MCA monthly incorporation data.
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