Classification of Companies In India and Data Highlights

COMPANIES REGISTERED IN INDIA

Companies Registered with MCA: An Overview

With the continuous reforms and policy initiatives undertaken by the government Indian corporate sector has reached at a remarkable place wherein there are more than 17 lakh companies registered with MCA as on date and the numbers are increasing every single day. Out of the above number, presently around 11.4 Lakh companies are active and doing business in India.

Due to massive striking off of companies undertaken in the year 2017 the percentage of closed companies increased and constitutes 31.24% of the total number of companies closed in India in till the year 2017.However, it is also notable that approximately 33.53% of the total companies registered with MCA were either struck off or were under liquidation or carried the status of a dormant company or were in the process of striking off under section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956.

STATE-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF COMPANIESAS ON 31ST MARCH 2017

As on March 31st, 2017 there were 1720682 companies registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Out of these 17.2 Lakh maximum companies contributing to almost 50% were registered in Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal. Total 7993 Companies were registered in North Eastern States also known as seven sister states (Assam – 6221, Arunachal Pradesh- 227, Manipur- 398, Meghalaya- 567, Mizoram- 59, Nagaland- 231 and Tripura- 290) wherein the maximum companies are registered in Assam.

State/UT	No. of Active Companies
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	302
Andhra Pradesh	21,013
Arunachal Pradesh	227
Assam	6,274
Bihar	19,785
Chandigarh	7,912
Chhattisgarh	6,957
Dadar Nagar Haveli	393
Daman and Diu	239
Delhi	2,12,050
Goa	4,130
Gujarat	61,851
Haryana	29,670
Himachal Pradesh	3,427
Jammu and Kashmir	2,562
Jharkhand	9,276
Karnataka	65,035
Kerala	30,043
Lakshadweep	11
Madhya Pradesh	21,879
Maharashtra	2,27,178
Manipur	399
Meghalaya	577
Mizoram	59
Nagaland	232
Orissa	14,789
Pondicherry	1,240
Punjab	16,682
Rajasthan	36,453
Tamil Nadu	75,083
Telangana	67,618
Tripura	293
Uttar Pradesh	67,983
Uttarakhand	4,593
West Bengal	1,36,212
Unclassified	5
Grand Total	11,52,432

Telangana state formed in the year 2014 has 67476 number of companies registered which is approximately 4% of the total number of companies and is growing continuously. There are 302 Companies registered in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and 10 in Lakshadweep whereas only 2 companies were registered in Sikkim.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF COMPANIESPublic vis-a vis Private Companies

Manufacturing sector being the second largest growing sector in Indian Economy witnessed maximum number of registration of public companies since 2006. Business Service, Manufacturing and Trading Activities are opted by majority of companies contributing to Indian Economy.

Business Services is the most popular sector being opted by the private companies with more than 3 Lakh active companies being indulged in this sector, while manufacturing sector is the most popular sector among public companies, with more than 19 Thousand companies registered with these objects.

Economic Activity	No. of Companies
	Private	Public
Agriculture and Allied Activities	22,000	2,468
Business Services	1,90,355	5,263
Community personal & Social Services	36,086	2,946
Construction	48,473	2,656
Electricity Gas & Water companies	11,310	1,708
Finance	42,544	10,695
Insurance	318	123
Manufacturing	1,51,306	14,128
Mining & Quarrying	7,095	554
Real Estate and Renting	61,393	3,287
Trading	1,17,653	5,590
Transport storage and Communications	22,781	1,211
Others	3,66,135	24,310
Grand Total	10,77,449	74,939

Insurance seems to be the least popular sector having minimum number of companies being registered in this sector, however, the private companies continue to lead even in this sector.

COMPANIES & THEIR LISTING STATUS
Listed vs. Unlisted	No. of Companies
Listed	7,747
Unlisted	11,44,608

DISTRIBUTION: GOVT. & NON-GOVT.
Govt. vs. Non-Govt.	No. of Companies
Govt.	1,961
Non-Govt.	11,50,416

AUTHORIZED SHARE CAPITAL OF COMPANIES REGISTERED UNDER VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Authorized capital of the company shows the company’s limit to issue shares and reflects company’s future growth plans. Manufacturing Companies have the highest authorized share capital among all the other sectors. Electricity, Gas and Water companies contribute the 2nd highest amount of Authorized Capital.

For Private Companies the maximum amount of Authorized Capital is recorded in 3 Industry Sectors i.e. Manufacturing, Business Services and Construction. Electricity gas and Water, Manufacturing and business Services were the 3 Major sectors having maximum amount of Authorised Capital stated by the Companies.

Economic Activity	Authorized Capital (in Cr.)
	Private	Public
Agriculture and Allied Activities	6,993.09	9,708.16
Business Services	76,538.38	1,07,521.73
Community personal & Social Services	32,871.82	87,374.24
Construction	95,191.77	82,376.4
Electricity Gas & Water companies	70,596.42	3,48,780.32
Finance	50,591.9	1,70,794.68
Insurance	2,187.19	23,390.56
Manufacturing	1,86,995.47	3,98,066.86
Mining & Quarrying	18,457.02	40,330.49
Real Estate and Renting	34,630.85	17,111.11
Trading	56,025.79	69,682.39
Transport storage and Communications	28,734.92	1,81,193.86
Others	5,96,390.81	11,69,654.13
Grand Total	12,56,205.42	27,05,984.93

The maximum authorized share capital is maintained by the public companies only, with Real Estate and trading as exceptions where private sector companies carry more authorized share capital than the public companies. The sector that has received the maximum contribution from the public companies is electricity gas and water consumption sector, i.e. 87% of the authorized share capital is contributed by public companies while of the total number of companies, only 13% are public companies.

Source: mca.gov.in