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Registration Trend, lesson 15 of 50

State-wise Company Registration Trend: All States and Union Territories

In short

Explore all 28 Indian states and 8 union territories, ranked by FY 2025–26 Company registrations. Profiles cover FY 2016–17 onward; LLPs excluded.

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.

Company-only figures: This research includes Private Limited Companies, One Person Companies (OPCs), Public Companies and other Companies recorded in the Companies sheets. LLPs are not included. State-wise analysis cannot be derived from LLPINs because they do not contain a state code. LLP location analysis requires separately verified address or State fields. Foreign Companies are also excluded.

Choose a state or union territory to read its Company registration profile from FY 2016–17 onward. The directory is ranked by FY 2025–26 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026), the latest complete financial year available in the master. It is not ranked by cumulative registrations or by the partial FY 2026–27 period.

States and union territories: highest to lowest Company registrations

Position State / UT FY 2025–26 Companies
1 Maharashtra 41,623
2 Uttar Pradesh 27,553
3 Delhi 20,793
4 Karnataka 17,889
5 Telangana 17,343
6 Tamil Nadu 17,051
7 Gujarat 14,704
8 Haryana 12,935
9 Rajasthan 11,514
10 West Bengal 10,623
11 Bihar 9,124
12 Kerala 8,919
13 Madhya Pradesh 7,329
14 Andhra Pradesh 6,418
15 Odisha 4,532
16 Punjab 3,733
17 Jharkhand 3,052
18 Assam 2,303
19 Chhattisgarh 2,273
20 Uttarakhand 2,257
21 Jammu and Kashmir 1,770
22 Himachal Pradesh 1,003
23 Goa 773
24 Chandigarh 682
25 Manipur 296
26 Puducherry 261
27 Tripura 219
28 Arunachal Pradesh 164
29 Meghalaya 102
30 Nagaland 90
31 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 79
32 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 78
33 Mizoram 62
34 Lakshadweep 13
35 Sikkim 1
36 Ladakh 0

The 36 state/UT entries account for 2,47,561 identified records. One additional dated Company record has an unresolved state, bringing the FY 2025–26 Company total to 2,47,562. Ties use alphabetical order. Zero means no matching record identified in this master, not proof of no registrations in that jurisdiction.

From registration research to choosing your business structure

These profiles describe Companies registered in each state/UT. To plan your own business, use the Company Registration process, LLP Registration guide, OPC Registration guide and GST Registration process. The city and local-area directory includes metro and non-metro locations throughout India.

How to use the profiles

Every profile contains an annual table, national shares, matching-period interpretation and links to the national financial-year reports. Use the directory to compare registration volume, then examine activity, population and economic size separately before drawing conclusions about a state’s business environment.

Period qualifications: Financial years run from 1 April to 31 March. FY 2021–22 contains only nine available source months: November 2021, January 2022 and March 2022 are missing. FY 2026–27 covers 1 April to 30 September 2026 only. Missing months have not been estimated.

Company-only scope and geography

Jurisdiction treatment: Historical Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu labels are combined under the current union-territory name for this directory and its profiles. Other figures follow the jurisdiction identifiable from the supplied CIN; historical records have not been reassigned to present-day boundaries. In particular, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh series must not be read as boundary-consistent district statistics across the full period.

These are registration-jurisdiction figures derived from valid CINs. They do not locate every business operation or provide a measure of success. LLPINs cannot supply the same state classification, so LLPs are excluded throughout this State-wise section.

Related research

National state comparison · State from CIN explained · Registration Trend overview

Find cities within each state profile

Each state/UT profile includes representative cities, towns, local areas or island centres. Published city guides are linked from those names where available. For example, the Maharashtra profile includes Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) and Nashik; Gujarat includes Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot.

These place names add context, not city-wise statistics. The ranking and registration figures remain at state/UT level and exclude LLPs. You can also browse the existing city registration guides.

Source and coverage

Source: Ministry of Corporate Affairs monthly incorporation workbooks in the deduplicated CompanysRegistration.com master covering January 2016–September 2026. Both Companies sheets are analysed together. Usable registration dates allocate records to financial years; valid CINs allocate records to jurisdictions. Missing or invalid CINs remain unassigned. State counts can omit unresolved records, and undated rows cannot be assigned to a financial year. Figures describe records available in this master, rather than a separate verification of every state registry. Analysis date: 18 October 2026.

Reviewed by CS. Bhavik Hariyani

If you’re a First-Time Founder, choose a structure that suits your Business. Before registering, understand how much you will need to spend every year on Annual Maintenance and Compliance.

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CS. Bhavik Hariyani

About the author

CS. Bhavik Hariyani

Working with Startups on Corporate Law and Compliance since 2009.

If you’re a First-Time Founder, choose a structure that suits your Business. Before registering, understand how much you will need to spend every year on Annual Maintenance and Compliance.