Company & LLP Registration Trends in India — July 2020
In short
July 2020: 20,819 Company and LLP registrations in India, with historical July comparison from 2016 onward.
July 2020 — Key Observations
July 2020 recorded 20,819 registrations, up (47.5%) from July 2019 (14,119). Private Limited made up (73.0%) of the month, LLPs (20.7%) and OPCs (4.7%); the LLP share fell from (24.1%) in July 2019. Compared with the previous month, June 2020 (13,229), registrations were up (57.4%).
Financial-year context: July 2020 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.
July 2020 recorded 20,819 Company and LLP registrations in India. This page places the month in context by comparing July 2020 with earlier available July data from 2016 onward.
Private Companies: 15,200 (73.0%) • OPC: 970 (4.7%) • LLP: 4,317 (20.7%)
Total registrations: 20,819
July Registration Trend — 2016 to 2020
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 | — |
| 2017–18 Jul 2017 |
8,725 | 508 | 153 | 13 | 3,332 | 12,731 | (+16.8%) |
| 2018–19 Jul 2018 |
7,186 | 407 | 152 | 6 | 1,742 | 9,493 | (-25.4%) |
| 2019–20 Jul 2019 |
9,716 | 667 | 316 | 13 | 3,407 | 14,119 | (+48.7%) |
| 2020–21 Jul 2020 |
15,200 | 970 | 317 | 15 | 4,317 | 20,819 | (+47.5%) |
What the July 2020 data shows
Private Companies formed (73.0%) of all July 2020 registrations, while LLPs accounted for (20.7%). OPCs contributed (4.7%).
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 2020
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 |
4,431 (29.15%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
2,170 (14.28%)
|
| 3 | Community, personal & Social Services |
1,868 (12.29%)
|
| 4 | Manufacturing (Food stuffs) |
1,056 (6.95%)
|
| 5 | Manufacturing (Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof) |
953 (6.27%)
|
Top 5 — Limited Liability Partnerships
| # | MCA activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
1,281 (29.67%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
994 (23.03%)
|
| 3 | Community, personal & Social Services |
456 (10.56%)
|
| 4 | Manufacturing (Food stuffs) |
254 (5.88%)
|
| 5 | Construction |
246 (5.70%)
|
Top 5 — One Person Companies
| # | MCA activity | Registrations (share) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Services |
399 (41.13%)
|
| 2 | Trading |
150 (15.46%)
|
| 3 | Community, personal & Social Services |
145 (14.95%)
|
| 4 | Construction |
54 (5.57%)
|
| 5 | Manufacturing (Food stuffs) |
46 (4.74%)
|
Source: Original MCA monthly incorporation workbook; legal-structure totals checked against the revised verified monthly master. MCA source.
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