Company Registration Trend in India – FY 2021-22
In short
FY 2021-22: 1,60,857 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 2021-22. It looks at the overall registration volume, the mix between different entity types and the monthly pattern across the year.
FY 2021-22 at a glance
A total of 1,60,857 registrations are recorded for the available months of FY 2021-22. Private Companies accounted for the largest share, followed by LLPs and OPCs.
| Entity Type | Registrations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private Companies | 1,15,106 | (71.6%) |
| OPC | 7,809 | (4.9%) |
| Public Companies | 2,636 | (1.6%) |
| Foreign Companies | 56 | (0.0%) |
| LLP | 35,250 | (21.9%) |
| Total | 1,60,857 | (100%) |
What the entity mix shows
Private Companies represented (71.6%) of the registrations in the available FY 2021-22 data, while LLPs represented (21.9%). OPCs contributed (4.9%). Public and Foreign Companies together formed a relatively small part of the overall registration mix.
Monthly registration data — FY 2021-22
| Month | Private | OPC | Public | Foreign | LLP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 11,451 | 839 | 264 | 6 | 3,234 | 15,794 |
| May | 9,903 | 781 | 231 | 9 | 3,353 | 14,277 |
| June | 11,683 | 826 | 212 | 7 | 3,940 | 16,668 |
| July | 14,234 | 950 | 315 | 3 | 4,004 | 19,506 |
| August | 12,186 | 797 | 307 | 7 | 3,858 | 17,155 |
| September | 15,193 | 1,032 | 345 | 5 | 4,535 | 21,110 |
| October | 14,773 | 966 | 344 | 5 | 4,412 | 20,500 |
| December | 12,188 | 811 | 312 | 8 | 3,859 | 17,178 |
| February | 13,495 | 807 | 306 | 6 | 4,055 | 18,669 |
Monthly pattern
September recorded the highest monthly total in the available FY 2021-22 data at 21,110 registrations. The lowest available monthly total was 14,277 in May.
Key observation
The FY 2021-22 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
Only 9 MCA source months are available for FY 2021-22. November 2021, January 2022 and March 2022 are unavailable and are not estimated. Missing MCA source months, where applicable, are disclosed and are not estimated.
Source: MCA registration data compiled in the CompanysRegistration.com registration trend dataset.
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