Monthly Information Bulletin on Corporate Sector, July, 2021

Monthly Information Bulletin on Corporate Sector

July 2021

Government of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
5th Floor, ‘A’ Wing, Shastri Bhawan New Delhi-110001.

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HIGHLIGHTS

I. REGISTERED COMPANIES AS ON 31st July, 2021

The total number of companies registered in the country as on 31st July, 2021 stood at 2203008. Of them 764399 companies were closed. 2302 companies were assigned dormant status as per the Companies Act, 2013; 6926 were under liquidation; 39153 companies were in the process of being struck-off. Active in progress status is now invalid and companies under this category, lies under Active Status. Taking the above into account, there were 1390228 active companies as on 31st July, 2021.

Out of the 764399 closed companies, 11090 companies were liquidated/dissolved; 705024 companies were declared defunct (and hence struck-off after issuance of notice u/s 248). 27585 companies were amalgamated/ merged with other companies; 15825 companies were converted to Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and 4875 were converted to LLP and dissolved. Table-1.1 presents the summary picture of companies count as on 31st July, 2021.

Out of the 1390228 active companies, 1381226 were limited by shares; 8695 were limited by guarantee and 307 were unlimited companies. Out of the companies limited by shares, 66580 were public, 1274974 were private including 39672 one person companies. Among the public limited companies, 6743 were listed (Table 1.2).

State/UT-wise distribution of registered companies indicates that Maharashtra has the highest number of companies (431614), followed by Delhi (367661) and West Bengal (216376). Amongst ‘Active Companies’, Maharashtra has the maximum number of active companies (269661), followed by Delhi (220228) and West Bengal (134208) as on 31st July, 2021. (Table-1.3).

Economic-activity wise classification of active companies reveals that highest number of companies were in Business Services (437490) followed by Manufacturing (281183), Trading (177786) and Community, Personal and Social Services (113099). Business Services comprise of Information Technology, Research & Development and other business activities such as law, audit & accounts and consultancy, etc. (Table-1.4 and Chart 1.1).

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‘M&Q’ is Mining & Quarrying, ‘TS&C’ is Transport, Storage and Communication, and ‘CP&S is Community, Personal & Social Services, ‘RE&R’ is Real Estate and Renting, ’EG&W’, is Electricity Gas & Water. 13,889 active companies (Others) are having invalid Economic Activity (NIC-2004) Code.

II. ONE PERSON COMPANY

Up to 31st July, 2021, a total number of 39672 One Person Companies (OPCs) were registered with collective authorized capital of Rs. 1,294.73 crore. Economic activity wise classification of OPCs up to 31st July reveals that the highest number of OPCs were in Business Services (19927) followed by Manufacturing (5053), Community, Personal & Social Services (4971), and Trading (4708) (Chart 2.1). During the month of July 2021, a total of 950 OPC were registered with authorized capital of Rs.33.27 crore. Economic activity wise classification of OPC during the month reveals that highest number of 364 OPCs were registered in Business Services, followed by 167 in Manufacturing, 161 in Trading and 118 in Community, personal & Social Services. (Table 2.1).

            ‘TS&C’ is Transport, Storage and Communication, ‘CP&S’ is ‘Community, personal & Social Services’, ’RE&R’ is Real Estate and Renting.

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III. TREND OF REGISTRATION OF NEW COMPANIES

6. An analysis of registration of new companies during July 2019 to July 2021 indicates that monthly registration of companies has increased after hitting lowest of 3209 Companies in April 2020 (Chart 3.1). A total of 15499 companies were registered in July, 2021 as compared to 16487 in July 2020. An increase (21.8%) in registration of companies has been witnessed in July 2021 over the previous month (Table 3.1).

IV. REGISTRATION OF NEW COMPANIES DURING JULY, 2021

During the month of July 2021, a total of 15499 companies were registered with collective authorized capital of Rs. 2,986.32 crore. Of them 15364 companies were registered as Companies Limited by Shares with authorized capital of Rs. 2,985.89 crore; (Table-4.1).

Economic-activity wise classification of companies registered during July 2021 (Table-4.2 and Chart 4.1) reveals that the predominant share of companies is in Business Services (3993) followed by Manufacturing (3217), Community, personal & Social Services (2311), Trading (1771) and Agriculture and Allied Activities (1428).

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‘EG&W’ is Electricity, Gas and Water, ‘TS&C’ is Transport, Storage and Communication, ‘CP&S’ is Community, personal & Social Services, ’RE&R’ is Real Estate and Renting.

During July, 2021, 2782 (17.95%) companies were registered in Maharashtra, followed by 1838 (11.86%) in Uttar Pradesh and 1507 (9.72%) in Delhi. (Table-4.3).

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Table 1.1 Summary Statement on Companies in India as on 31st July, 2021

Companies Registered as on 31st July, 2021 2203008 1 Number of Closed Companies 764399 i No. of Companies Liquidated/Dissolved 11090 ii No. of Companies Defunct/ Struck-off (Section 248 of CA, 2013) 705024 iii No. of Companies Amalgamated/merged 27585 iv No. of Companies Converted to LLP
15825 v No. of Companies Converted to LLP and dissolved 4875 2 Number of Companies lying dormant u/s 455 of Companies Act, 2013 2302 3 Number of Companies under Liquidation 6926 4 Number of Companies which are under the process of Section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013 39153 5 Number of Active companies
1390228 Of which

Companies Limited by Shares 1381226 Companies Limited by Guarantees 8695 Unlimited Companies 307

Table 1.2 : Active Companies Limited by Shares as on 31st July, 2021 Sl. No. Companies Limited by Shares Government Non- Government Total 1 Public Limited
1509 65071 66580

Of which-

i Listed 79 6664 6743 ii Unlisted 1430 58407 59837 2 Private Limited
619 1274355 1274974

Of which

One Person Company 0 39672 39672

Total 2128 1379098 1381226

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Table 1.3: State/UT-wise Status of Companies Registered as on 31st July, 2021 Sl. No. State Registered Closed Dormant u/s 455 of CA, 2- 13 Under Liquidation Under Struck- off Active 1 Andaman & Nicobar 539 122 3 -
6 408 2 Andhra Pradesh 37742 10989 31 52 1947 24723 3 Arunachal Pradesh 711 304 -
1 7 399 4 Assam 13750 3820 1 14 80 9835 5 Bihar 43829 8967 25 41 3539 31257 6 Chandigarh 15797 7873 12 64 120 7728 7 Chattisgarh 12650 3168 20 6 61 9395 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 615 142 -
-
9 464 9 Daman and Diu 410 107 -
4 37 262 10 Delhi 367661 139698 310 899 6526 220228 11 Goa 9547 3928 17 13 684 4905 12 Gujarat 117283 38137 56 582 3321 75187 13 Haryana 61931 14301 79 80 1171 46300 14 Himachal Pradesh 7481 2935 7 20 133 4386 15 Jammu & Kashmir 7163 2539 2 18 173 4431 16 Jharkhand 17933 3727 8 13 829 13356 17 Karnataka 142899 46653 145 619 1443 94039 18 Kerala 64471 22131 194 299 166 41681 19 Lakshadweep 27 7 -
-
-
20 20 Leh and Ladakh 71 18 -
-
-
53 21 Madhya Pradesh 47223 16789 31 94 246 30063 22 Maharashtra 431614 154048 357 2009 5539 269661 23 Manipur 1328 217 2 -
8 1101 24 Meghalaya 1124 442 1 1 22 658 25 Mizoram 213 67 -
-
2 144 26 Nagaland 685 325 1 1 3 355 27 Orissa 31477 10274 171 37 238 20757 28 Pondicherry 3489 1943 2 7 22 1515 29 Punjab 35506 15465 21 133 236 19651 30 Rajasthan 69281 24260 31 94 272 44624 31 Sikkim 2 - -
-
-
2 32 Tamil Nadu 164047 69287 177 447 3043 91093 33 Telangana 127043 46309 68 264 2019 78383 34 Tripura 831 152 1 0 7 671 35 Uttar Pradesh 139365 37151 91 219 1638 100266 36 Uttarakhand 10894 2185 7 16 667 8019 37 West Bengal 216376 75919 431 879 4939 134208 Total 2203008 764399 2302 6926 39153 1390228

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Table 1.4: Economic Activity-wise Active Companies as on 31st July, 2021 (Authorized Capital in Rs. Crore)

Sl. No. Economic Activity Private
Public
Total
Number Authorized Capital Number Authorized Capital
Number
Authorized Capital
I Agriculture and Allied Activities 49630 29,969.66 2298 36,828.91 51928 66,798.57 II Industry 397700 12,52,725.78 24220 30,23,481.26 421920 42,76,207.04 1 Manufacturing 263518 7,32,384.30 17665 11,41,819.83 281183 18,74,204.13 i Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof 88980 2,90,488.54 7641 5,05,601.48 96621 7,96,090.02 ii Machinery & Equipments 60990 2,84,980.88 3345 4,98,192.57 64335 7,83,173.45 iii Textiles 33450 43,664.26 2565 57,331.02 36015 1,00,995.28 iv Food stuffs 42224 67,742.38 2439 46,214.68 44663 1,13,957.06 v Paper & Paper products, Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 16871 16,549.25 821 16,667.04 17692 33,216.29 vi Others 14982 21,215.27 494 14,383.70 15476 35,598.97 vii Leather & products thereof 3205 4,002.22 185 1,994.06 3390 5,996.28 viii Wood Products 2816 3,741.51 175 1,435.28 2991 5,176.79 2 Construction 108347 2,22,841.51 4154 4,27,464.01 112501 6,50,305.52 3 Electricity, Gas & Water companies 13901 2,51,316.14 1692 13,49,824.08 15593 16,01,140.22 4 Mining & Quarrying 11934 46,183.83 709 1,04,373.34 12643 1,50,557.17 III Services 862503 15,23,418.91 40114 23,30,945.90 902617 38,54,364.81 1 Business Services 427669 5,69,921.30 9821 10,95,297.52 437490 16,65,218.82 2 Trading 172126 3,00,412.56 5660 1,32,344.40 177786 4,32,756.96 3 Real Estate and Renting 70424 1,31,079.68 2631 58,780.71 73055 1,89,860.39 4 Community, personal & Social Services 109031 1,09,948.96 4068 1,65,136.26 113099 2,75,085.22 5 Finance 39965 2,24,904.51 16324 4,97,408.19 56289 7,22,312.70 6 Transport, storage and Communications 42180 1,85,334.84 1471 3,16,127.05 43651 5,01,461.88 7 Insurance 1108 1,817.06 139 65,851.77 1247 67,668.83 IV Others 11492 48,407.21 2271 1,54,993.10 13763 2,03,400.31 Total
1321325 28,54,521.55 68903 55,46,249.17 1390228 84,00,770.73

Table 2.1: Economic Activity-wise One Person Company (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakh)
Sl. No.
Economic Activity
Up to 31.07.2021
During July, 2021
Number
Authorized Capital
Number
Authorized Capital
I
Agriculture and Allied Activities
786 3,123.46 31 160.50 II
Industry
7105 27,778.76 224 789.99 1
Manufacturing 5053 18,741.36 167 451.50 2
Construction 1787 7,816.55 50 285.49 3
Electricity, Gas & Water companies 188 882.55 5 32.00 4
Mining & Quarrying 77 338.30 2 21.00 III
Services
31778 98,536.21 695 2,376.43 1
Business Services 19927 57,053.28 364 1,275.12 2
Community, personal & Social Services 4971 15,214.76 118 331.75 3
Trading 4708 17,081.42 161 531.21 4
Real Estate and Renting 810 4,294.90 21 96.70 5
Transport, storage and Communications 1293 4,076.25 30 131.65 6
Finance 67 795.60 1 10.00 7
Insurance 2 20.00

IV
Others
3 35.00

Total
39672 129,473.43 950 3,326.92

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Table 3.1: Number of Companies Registered during the months Month Public Companies Private Companies Total Companies July, 2019 316 10383 10699 August, 2019 175 9829 10004 September, 2019 272 8899 9171 October, 2019 308 9625 9933 November, 2019 292 10315 10607 December, 2019 290 11767 12057 January, 2020 365 12384 12749 February, 2020 290 10139 10429 March, 2020 110 5678 5788 April, 2020 96 3113 3209 May, 2020 101 4734 4835 June, 2020 215 10739 10954 July, 2020 317 16170 16487 August, 2020 394 15995 16389 September, 2020 343 16298 16641 October, 2020 384 16323 16707 November, 2020 299 13154 13453 December, 2020 325 14033 14358 January, 2021 243 10681 10924 February, 2021 285 13809 14094 March, 2021 368 16956 17324 April, 2021 264 12290 12554 May, 2021 231 10684 10915 June, 2021 212 12510 12722 July, 2021 315 15184 15499

Table 4.1: Registration of New Companies during July, 2021 (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakh)
Sl. No. Category Government Non-Government Total Number Authorized Capital Number Authorized Capital Number Authorized Capital 1 Company Limited by Shares 5

10,520.00
15359 288069 15364

2,98,589.02
i OPC -

950

3,326.92
950

3,326.92
ii Private 2

20.00
14102

2,78,764.60
14104

2,78,784.60
iii Public 3

10,500.00
307

5,977.50
310

16,477.50
2 Company Limited by Guarantee -

135

43.00
135

43.00
i Private -

130

43.00
130

43.00
ii Public -

5

5

3 Unlimited Company -

i Private -

•         -  
  

ii Public -

Total 5

10,520.00
15494

2,88,112.02
15499

2,98,632.02

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Table 4.2: Activity-wise New Companies Registered during July, 2021 (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakh)
Sl. No. Economic Activity Government Non-Government Total Private Public Private Public No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital I Agriculture and Allied Activities

1424

14,164.01

4 150.70
1428

14,314.71
II Industry

1

10.00

4405

78,835.68

47 1,200.00
4453

80,045.68

1
Manufacturing

1

10.00

3177

60,187.99

39 1,117.00
3217

61,314.99
i
Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof

1

10.00

1096

25,792.75

14 186.00
1111

25,988.75
ii
Machinery & Equipments

682

8,302.62

10 196.00
692

8,498.62
iii Food stuffs

702

7,679.08

3 30.00
705

7,709.08
iv
Others

224

5,627.30

5 468.00
229

6,095.30
v
Textiles

265

10,565.20

5 32.00
270

10,597.20
vi
Paper & Paper products, Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media

157

1,245.80

1

5.00
158

1,250.80
vii
Leather & products thereof

33

363.25

•            -   
  

33

363.25
viii
Wood Products

18

612.00

1 200.00
19

812.00

2
Construction

987

15,144.19

5 52.00
992

15,196.19

3
Electricity, Gas & Water Companies

142

1,074.50

3 31.00
145

1,105.50

4
Mining & Quarrying

99

2,429.00

•            -   
  

99

2,429.00
III Services 1

10.00
3

10,500.00
9353

1,89,134.82
261 4,626.80
9618

2,04,271.62
1 Business Services

3973

31,042.60

20 1,831.00
3993

32,873.60
2 Trading

1770

13,762.46

1

5.00
1771

13,767.46
3 Community, personal & Social Services

2295

21,604.16

16 193.80
2311

21,797.96
4 Real Estate and Renting

1

10.00
533

8,319.40

•            -   
  

534

8,329.40
5 Transport, storage and Communications

1

10.00

1

490.00
464

3,192.65

3 20.00
469

3,712.65
6 Finance

1

10,000.00
287

1,10,047.45

221 2,577.00
509

1,22,624.45
7 Insurance

31

1,166.10

•            -   
  

31

1,166.10

Total

2

20.00
3

10,500.00 15182

2,82,134.52
312 5,977.50 15499

2,98,632.02

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Table 4.3: State/UT-wise Registration of Companies during July, 2021 (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakhs)
Sl.No

State/UT- Wise Government Non-Government Total Private Public Private Public No. Authorized Capital
No.

Authorized Capital
No.

Authorized Capital
No.

Authorized Capital
No. Authorized Capital
1 Andaman & Nicobar

7 43.00 7 43.00 2 Andhra Pradesh 1 10.00

3 35.00 297 2,311.95 301 2,356.95 3 Arunachal Pradesh

1 15.00 4 17.00 5 32.00 4 Assam

5 31.00 173 1,754.70 178 1,785.70 5 Bihar

12 140.00 579 4,999.35 591 5,139.35 6 Chandigarh

2 210.00 66 12,022.25 68 12,232.25 7 Chattisgarh

148 7,232.80 148 7,232.80 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli

5 13.00 5 13.00 9 Daman and Diu

1 10.00 1 10.00 10 Delhi

14 317.00 1,493 10,777.41 1,507 11,094.41 11 Goa

41 237.60 41 237.60 12 Gujarat

12 82.00 807 13,273.56 819 13,355.56 13 Haryana

4 40.00 687 8,458.73 691 8,498.73 14 Himachal Pradesh

2 20.00 57 619.10 59 639.10 15 Jammu & Kashmir

1 5.00 110 1,144.11 111 1,149.11 16 Jharkhand

4 40.00 210 2,134.60 214 2,174.60 17 Karnataka

1 10.00 8 1,130.00 1,196 18,723.15 1,205 19,863.15 18 Kerala

1 490.00 18 225.00 493 4,402.41 512 5,117.41 19 Lakshadweep

20 Leh and Ladakh

1

1

21 Madhya Pradesh

10 135.00 396 6,188.10 406 6,323.10 22 Maharashtra

1 10,000.00 108 2,195.00 2,673 1,29,503.77 2782 1,41,698.77 23 Manipur

2 20.00 8 262.00 10 282.00 24 Meghalaya

6 1,036.00 6 1,036.00 25 Mizoram

7 51.00 7 51.00 26 Nagaland

5 32.00 5 32.00 27 Orissa

294 3,354.05 294 3,354.05 28 Pondicherry

12 110.00 12 110.00 29 Punjab

2 20.00 211 1,992.10 213 2,012.10 30 Rajasthan

20 256.80 568 1,920.24 588 2,177.04 31 Sikkim

32 Tamil Nadu

12 149.00 954 13,951.46 966 14,100.46 33 Telangana

1 1.00 975 8,668.11 976 8,669.11 34 Tripura

11 105.00 11 105.00 35 Uttar Pradesh 1 10.00

36 435.00 1,801 14,672.07 1838 15,117.07 36 Uttarakhand

5 35.00 150 1,125.20 155 1,160.20 37 West Bengal

30 440.70 736 10,988.70 766 11,429.40 Total
2 20.00 3 10,500.00 312 5,977.50 15182 2,82,134.52 15499 2,98,632.02

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