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Company Registration Trend in India – FY 2019-20

In short

FY 2019-20: 1,59,019 company and LLP registrations in the available MCA data, with entity-wise shares and month-by-month analysis.

This financial-year report studies company and LLP registrations in India during FY 2019-20. It looks at the overall registration volume, the mix between different entity types and the monthly pattern across the year.

FY 2019-20 at a glance

A total of 1,59,019 registrations are recorded for the available months of FY 2019-20. Private Companies accounted for the largest share, followed by LLPs and OPCs.

Entity Type Registrations Share
Private Companies 1,11,819 (70.3%)
OPC 7,652 (4.8%)
Public Companies 3,249 (2.0%)
Foreign Companies 123 (0.1%)
LLP 36,176 (22.7%)
Total 1,59,019 (100%)

What the entity mix shows

Private Companies represented (70.3%) of the registrations in the available FY 2019-20 data, while LLPs represented (22.7%). OPCs contributed (4.8%). Public and Foreign Companies together formed a relatively small part of the overall registration mix.

Monthly registration data — FY 2019-20

Month Private OPC Public Foreign LLP Total
April 9,482 626 275 8 4,186 14,577
May 10,307 700 274 13 3,509 14,803
June 8,760 577 282 10 2,979 12,608
July 9,716 667 316 13 3,407 14,119
August 9,176 653 175 6 3,144 13,154
September 8,279 620 272 14 2,627 11,812
October 8,989 636 308 7 2,341 12,281
November 9,628 687 292 11 2,547 13,165
December 10,958 809 290 12 2,916 14,985
January 11,571 813 365 2 3,083 15,834
February 9,540 599 290 16 3,081 13,526
March 5,413 265 110 11 2,356 8,155

Monthly pattern

January recorded the highest monthly total in the available FY 2019-20 data at 15,834 registrations. The lowest available monthly total was 8,155 in March.

Key observation

The FY 2019-20 data is useful not only for measuring the total number of registrations, but also for understanding how founders' choice of legal structure is changing. The relative shares of Private Companies and LLPs are particularly useful when comparing this financial year with earlier and later periods.

Data note

All 12 months from April 2019 to March 2020 are available in this dataset. Missing MCA source months, where applicable, are disclosed and are not estimated.

Source: MCA registration data compiled in the CompanysRegistration.com registration trend dataset.

Learn about each structure

Behind every number above is a choice founders made. These lessons explain what each structure is, how it is registered and what it costs to keep running.

CS. Bhavik Hariyani

Who writes these lessons

CS. Bhavik Hariyani

Working with startups since 2009.
1,100+ PVT. LTD., LLP & OPC companies registered across sectors.

Contact: bhavik@hgcorporates.com