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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.

Website calculation period: Financial-year research starts on 1 April 2016 (FY 2016–17). January–March 2016 is excluded from website research calculations. Each full financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. FY 2021–22 has three missing source months; FY 2026–27 covers April–September 2026 only. Missing months are not estimated.

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.

State-wise Company registrations: FY 2021–22

This financial year contains nine available source months. November 2021, January 2022 and March 2022 are missing; no figures have been estimated. Do not compare this partial count with a complete financial year as a growth or decline measure.

The master contains 1,25,551 dated Company records for this period. The leading state/UT is Maharashtra, with 23,249 registrations (18.52%).

State / UT Companies Share
Maharashtra 23,249 (18.52%)
Uttar Pradesh 12,955 (10.32%)
Delhi 12,258 (9.76%)
Karnataka 10,000 (7.96%)
Tamil Nadu 8,339 (6.64%)
Telangana 8,160 (6.50%)
Gujarat 6,613 (5.27%)
West Bengal 6,298 (5.02%)
Haryana 5,932 (4.72%)
Kerala 4,734 (3.77%)

The ten leading states/UTs shown above account for (78.48%) of the dated Company records. Other states/UTs account for 27,013 records. State is unassigned for 0 records in this period.

What the geographic pattern means

These counts show where new Companies were registered. They can help identify the scale of regional business formation, but a larger count does not establish a better business environment or stronger business survival. Population, economic size and sector composition are needed for those comparisons.

Scope: Companies includes Private Companies, OPCs and Public Companies. LLPs and Foreign Companies are excluded from these state tables. State-wise analysis cannot be derived from LLPINs because they do not contain a state code. LLP state analysis requires separately verified address or State fields. State is derived from valid CINs; unresolved CINs remain unassigned. Shares use all dated Company records for the stated period, including records with an unassigned state. Rows without usable registration dates are excluded from financial-year allocation.

Registration jurisdiction does not identify every operating location, and registration counts do not measure revenue, jobs, investment or survival. Historical jurisdiction labels are retained where relevant. This financial year contains nine available source months. November 2021, January 2022 and March 2022 are missing; no figures have been estimated. Do not compare this partial count with a complete financial year as a growth or decline measure.

Read the state-wise research report and how CIN-derived state data is interpreted.

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.

State profiles: Explore all states and union territories from FY 2016–17 onward. Company-only figures; LLPs are excluded.

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CS. Bhavik Hariyani

About the author

CS. Bhavik Hariyani

Working with Startups on Corporate Law and Compliance since 2009.

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Reviewer background

CS. Bhavik Hariyani is a Company Secretary who previously practised as a CS. His focus here is education and awareness for First-Time Founders, drawing on experience with Company Registration and Corporate Compliance.

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