Monthly Information Bulletin on Corporate Sector April 2020

REGISTERED COMPANIES AS ON 30th April, 2020

The total number of companies registered in the country as on 30th April, 2020 stood at 1,999,190. Of them 745,723 companies were closed. 2,213 companies were assigned dormant status as per the Companies Act, 2013; 6,652 were under liquidation; 43,325 companies were in the process of being struck-off. Active in progress status is now invalid and companies under this category, comes under active status. Taking the above into account, there were 1,201,277 active companies as on 30th April, 2020.

1. Out of the 745,723 closed companies, 10,974 companies were liquidated/dissolved; 690,533 companies were declared defunct (and hence struck-off after issuance of notice u/s 248). 25,575 companies were amalgamated/ merged with other companies; 13,767 companies were converted to Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and 4,874 were converted to LLP and dissolved. Table-1.1 presents the summary picture of companies count as on 30th April, 2020.

2. Out of the 1,201,277 active companies, 1,193,515 were limited by shares; 7,456 were limited by guarantee and 306 were unlimited companies. Out of the companies limited by shares, 63,616 were public, 1,101,668 were private including 28,234 one person companies. Among the public limited companies, 6,802 were listed (Table 1.2).

3. State/UT-wise distribution of registered companies indicates that Maharashtra has the highest number of companies (394,298), followed by Delhi (347,605) and West Bengal (207,057). Amongst ‘Active Companies’, Maharashtra has the maximum number of active companies (235,213), followed by Delhi (203,494) and West Bengal (126,053) as on 30th April, 2020. (Table-1.3).

4. Economic-activity wise classification of active companies reveals that highest number of companies were in Business Services (386,270) followed by Manufacturing (240,050), Trading (153,758) and Construction (100,809). 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).

‘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

5. Up to 30th April, 2020, a total number of 28,234 One Person Companies (OPCs) were registered with collective authorized capital of Rs. 843 crores. Economic activity wise classification of OPCs up to 30th April reveals that the highest number of OPCs were in Business Services (15,456) followed by Community, Personal & Social Services (3,528), Manufacturing (3,034) and Trading (2,867) (Chart 2.1). During the month of April, 2020, a total of 227 OPC were registered with authorized capital of Rs. 7.95 crores. Economic activity wise classification of OPC during the month reveals that highest number of 100 OPCs were registered in Business Services, followed by 39 in Manufacturing, 33 in Community, personal & Social Services and 29 in Trading. (Table 2.1).

III. TREND OF REGISTRATION OF NEW COMPANIES

6. An analysis of registration of new companies during April 2018 to April 2020 indicates that monthly registration of companies is lowest in April 2020 (Chart 3.1). A total of 3,209 companies were registered in April, 2020 as compared to 10,383 in April 2019. A decrease (44.55%) in registration of companies has been witnessed in April 2020 over the previous month which was mainly due to pandemic COVID-19 and lockdown measures taken by government (Table 3.1).

IV. REGISTRATION OF NEW COMPANIES DURING APRIL, 2020

7. During the month of April 2020, a total of 3,209 companies were registered with collective authorized capital of Rs. 1,429.75 crores. Of them 3,199 companies were registered as Companies Limited by Shares with authorized capital of Rs. 1,429.74 crores; (Table-4.1).

8. Economic-activity wise classification of companies registered during April 2020 (Table-4.2 and Chart 4.1) reveals that the predominant share of companies is in Business Services (1,089) followed by Manufacturing (583), Community, personal & Social Services (489), Trading (388) and Construction (160).

‘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.

9. During April, 2020, 591 (18.42%) companies were registered in Maharashtra, followed by 368 (11.47%) in Delhi, and 350 (10.91%) in Karnataka (Table-4.3).

Table 1.1 Summary Statement on Companies in India as on 30th April, 2020
	Companies Registered as on 30th April, 2020	19,99,190
1	Number of Closed Companies	7,45,723
i	No. of Companies Liquidated/Dissolved	10,974
ii	No. of Companies Defunct/ Struck-off (Section 248 of CA, 2013)	6,90,533
iii	No. of Companies Amalgamated/merged	25,575
iv	No. of Companies Converted to LLP	13,767
v	No. of Companies Converted to LLP and dissolved	4,874
2	Number of Companies lying dormant u/s 455 of Companies Act, 2013	2,213
3	Number of Companies under Liquidation	6,652
4	Number of Companies which are under the process of Section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013	43,325
6	Number of Active companies	12,01,277
Of which
Companies Limited by Shares		11,93,515
Companies Limited by Guarantees		7,456
Unlimited Companies		306

Table 1.2 : Active Companies Limited by Shares as on 30th April, 2020

Sl.

No.

Companies Limited by Shares

Government

Non- Government

Total

1

Public Limited

1,461

62,152

63,613

Of which-

i

Listed

78

6,724

6,802

ii

Unlisted

1,383

55,428

56,811

2

Private Limited

599

11,01,069

11,01,668

Of which

One Person Company

-

28,234

Total

2,060

11,91,455

11,93,515

Table 1.3: State/UT-wise Status of Companies Registered as on 30th April, 2020
Sl. No.	State	Registered	Closed	Dormant u/s 455 of CA, 2013	Under Liquidation	Under Struck- off	Active
1	Andaman & Nicobar	480	121	1	-	4	354
2	Andhra Pradesh	33,331	10,857	27	52	1,881	20,514
3	Arunachal Pradesh	621	302	-	2	59	258
4	Assam	12,080	3,721	1	15	1,159	7,184
5	Bihar	36,532	8,831	27	41	3,600	24,033
6	Chandigarh	15,014	7,571	11	64	284	7,084
7	Chattisgarh	10,823	3,081	20	6	50	7,666
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	553	141	-	-	8	404
9	Daman and Diu	397	105	-	3	37	252
10	Delhi	3,47,605	1,37,047	332	865	5,867	2,03,494
11	Goa	8,990	3,907	15	13	664	4,391
12	Gujarat	1,06,295	37,645	60	544	2,929	65,117
13	Haryana	51,532	13,794	87	70	1,008	36,573
14	Himachal Pradesh	6,641	2,740	8	20	262	3,611
15	Jammu & Kashmir	6,013	2,543	2	18	141	3,309
16	Jharkhand	15,299	3,550	6	12	922	10,809
17	Karnataka	1,26,827	45,226	134	580	1,922	78,965
18	Kerala	56,381	20,865	175	292	819	34,229
19	Lakshadweep	21	6	-	-	1	14
20	Leh and Ladakh	48	18	-	-	-	30
21	Madhya Pradesh	41,644	16,411	31	93	247	24,862
22	Maharashtra	3,94,298	1,50,545	315	1,946	6,279	2,35,213
23	Manipur	1,053	215	1	-	41	796
24	Meghalaya	1,062	433	1	1	68	559
25	Mizoram	181	67	-	-	7	107
26	Nagaland	606	323	1	1	34	247
27	Orissa	27,289	10,233	161	48	199	16,647
28	Pondicherry	3,314	1,906	2	6	34	1,366
29	Punjab	32,641	14,899	18	134	556	17,034
30	Rajasthan	61,900	23,580	28	91	231	37,970
31	Sikkim	2	-	-	-	-	2
32	Tamil Nadu	1,51,253	67,392	169	415	3,858	79,419
33	Telangana	1,13,624	44,890	57	268	2,542	65,867
34	Tripura	660	150	-	-	37	473
35	Uttar Pradesh	1,18,020	34,663	82	214	3,003	80,058
36	Uttarakhand	9,103	2,195	6	15	574	6,313
37	West Bengal	2,07,057	75,750	433	823	3,998	1,26,053
Total		19,99,190	7,45,723	2,211	6,652	43,325	12,01,277

Table 1.4: Economic Activity-wise Active Companies as on 30th April, 2020 (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

34,856

25,370.57

2,240

34,319.50

37,096

59,690.07

II

Industry

3,41,765

11,37,964.36

24,198

28,65,716.39

3,65,963

40,03,680.76

1

Manufacturing

2,22,363

6,89,505.33

17,687

11,00,129.47

2,40,050

17,89,634.80

i

Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof

75,979

2,84,756.10

7,675

4,63,315.27

83,654

7,48,071.37

ii

Machinery & Equipments

52,491

2,60,141.94

3,338

5,06,994.10

55,829

7,67,136.04

iii

Textiles

29,705

40,280.82

2,616

55,736.43

32,321

96,017.24

iv

Food stuffs

32,053

62,372.09

2,384

42,736.54

34,437

1,05,108.63

v

Paper & Paper products, Publishing, printing

and reproduction of recorded media

14,524

15,703.59

827

16,298.58

15,351

32,002.16

vi

Others

12,231

18,996.24

487

11,598.62

12,718

30,594.85

vii

Leather & products thereof

2,873

3,670.00

186

2,048.76

3,059

5,718.76

viii

Wood Products

2,507

3,584.56

174

1,401.18

2,681

4,985.74

2

Construction

96,643

1,99,934.16

4,166

3,88,967.62

1,00,809

5,88,901.78

3

Electricity, Gas & Water companies

12,177

2,06,597.47

1,636

12,97,884.04

13,813

15,04,481.50

4

Mining & Quarrying

10,582

41,927.41

709

78,735.27

11,291

1,20,662.68

III

Services

7,47,200

13,68,419.66

37,148

21,81,484.03

7,84,348

35,49,903.68

1

Business Services

3,76,459

5,10,454.66

9,811

10,41,647.07

3,86,270

15,52,101.73

2

Trading

1,48,053

2,76,116.74

5,705

1,08,670.16

1,53,758

3,84,786.90

3

Real Estate and Renting

64,935

1,05,596.52

2,611

56,539.23

67,546

1,62,135.75

4

Community, personal & Social Services

83,780

1,02,585.47

3,928

1,50,365.04

87,708

2,52,950.51

5

Finance

36,931

2,04,784.36

13,495

4,76,068.37

50,426

6,80,852.74

6

Transport, storage and Communications

36,163

1,67,441.86

1,458

2,91,158.99

37,621

4,58,600.85

7

Insurance

879

1,440.03

140

57,035.16

1,019

58,475.19

IV

Others

11,563

48,211.62

2,307

1,40,888.78

13,870

1,89,100.40

Total

11,35,384

25,79,966.21

65,893

52,22,408.69

12,01,277

78,02,374.91

Table 2.1: Economic Activity-wise One Person Company (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakh)
Sl. No.	Economic Activity	Up to 30.04.2020		During April, 2020
Sl. No.	Economic Activity	Number	Authorized Capital	Number	Authorized Capital
I	Agriculture and Allied Activities	475	1,714.76	5	13.50
II	Industry	4,383	15,848.25	50	240.20
1	Manufacturing	3,034	10,371.44	39	189.05
2	Construction	1,174	4,910.86	10	50.15
3	Electricity, Gas & Water companies	129	434.65	1	1.00
4	Mining & Quarrying	46	131.30	-	-
III	Services	23,373	66,685.72	172	541.90
1	Business Services	15,456	40,950.35	100	289.40
2	Community, personal & Social Services	3,528	10,202.36	33	121.10
3	Trading	2,867	9,814.88	29	91.20
4	Real Estate and Renting	554	2,596.19	4	21.20
5	Transport, storage and Communications	909	2,556.95	6	19.00
6	Finance	57	545.00	-	-
7	Insurance	2	20.00	-	-
IV	Others	3	35.00	-	-
Total		28,234	84,283.74	227	795.60

Table 3.1: Number of Companies Registered during the months
Month	Public Companies	Private Companies	Total Companies
April, 2018	187	10,364	10,551
May, 2018	250	10,517	10,767
June, 2018	204	8,838	9,042
July, 2018	152	7,593	7,745
August, 2018	149	7,591	7,740
September, 2018	276	13,120	13,396
October, 2018	286	11,339	11,625
November, 2018	191	8,554	8,745
December, 2018	211	9,273	9,484
January, 2019	304	12,160	12,464
April, 2019	331	11,445	11,776
March, 2019	270	10,300	10,570
April, 2019	275	10,108	10,383
May, 2019	274	11,007	11,281
June, 2019	282	9,337	9,619
July, 2019	316	10,383	10,699
August, 2019	175	9,829	10,004
September, 2019	272	8,899	9,171
October, 2019	308	9,625	9,933
November, 2019	292	10,315	10,607
December, 2019	290	11,767	12,057
January, 2020	365	12,384	12,749
April, 2020	290	10,139	10,429
March, 2020	110	5,678	5,788
April, 2020	96	3,113	3,209

Table 3.1: Number of Companies Registered during the months
Month	Public Companies	Private Companies	Total Companies
April, 2018	187	10,364	10,551
May, 2018	250	10,517	10,767
June, 2018	204	8,838	9,042
July, 2018	152	7,593	7,745
August, 2018	149	7,591	7,740
September, 2018	276	13,120	13,396
October, 2018	286	11,339	11,625
November, 2018	191	8,554	8,745
December, 2018	211	9,273	9,484
January, 2019	304	12,160	12,464
April, 2019	331	11,445	11,776
March, 2019	270	10,300	10,570
April, 2019	275	10,108	10,383
May, 2019	274	11,007	11,281
June, 2019	282	9,337	9,619
July, 2019	316	10,383	10,699
August, 2019	175	9,829	10,004
September, 2019	272	8,899	9,171
October, 2019	308	9,625	9,933
November, 2019	292	10,315	10,607
December, 2019	290	11,767	12,057
January, 2020	365	12,384	12,749
April, 2020	290	10,139	10,429
March, 2020	110	5,678	5,788
April, 2020	96	3,113	3,209

Table 3.1: Number of Companies Registered during the months
Month	Public Companies	Private Companies	Total Companies
April, 2018	187	10,364	10,551
May, 2018	250	10,517	10,767
June, 2018	204	8,838	9,042
July, 2018	152	7,593	7,745
August, 2018	149	7,591	7,740
September, 2018	276	13,120	13,396
October, 2018	286	11,339	11,625
November, 2018	191	8,554	8,745
December, 2018	211	9,273	9,484
January, 2019	304	12,160	12,464
April, 2019	331	11,445	11,776
March, 2019	270	10,300	10,570
April, 2019	275	10,108	10,383
May, 2019	274	11,007	11,281
June, 2019	282	9,337	9,619
July, 2019	316	10,383	10,699
August, 2019	175	9,829	10,004
September, 2019	272	8,899	9,171
October, 2019	308	9,625	9,933
November, 2019	292	10,315	10,607
December, 2019	290	11,767	12,057
January, 2020	365	12,384	12,749
April, 2020	290	10,139	10,429
March, 2020	110	5,678	5,788
April, 2020	96	3,113	3,209

Table 3.1: Number of Companies Registered during the months
Month	Public Companies	Private Companies	Total Companies
April, 2018	187	10,364	10,551
May, 2018	250	10,517	10,767
June, 2018	204	8,838	9,042
July, 2018	152	7,593	7,745
August, 2018	149	7,591	7,740
September, 2018	276	13,120	13,396
October, 2018	286	11,339	11,625
November, 2018	191	8,554	8,745
December, 2018	211	9,273	9,484
January, 2019	304	12,160	12,464
April, 2019	331	11,445	11,776
March, 2019	270	10,300	10,570
April, 2019	275	10,108	10,383
May, 2019	274	11,007	11,281
June, 2019	282	9,337	9,619
July, 2019	316	10,383	10,699
August, 2019	175	9,829	10,004
September, 2019	272	8,899	9,171
October, 2019	308	9,625	9,933
November, 2019	292	10,315	10,607
December, 2019	290	11,767	12,057
January, 2020	365	12,384	12,749
April, 2020	290	10,139	10,429
March, 2020	110	5,678	5,788
April, 2020	96	3,113	3,209

Table 3.1: Number of Companies Registered during the months
Month	Public Companies	Private Companies	Total Companies
April, 2018	187	10,364	10,551
May, 2018	250	10,517	10,767
June, 2018	204	8,838	9,042
July, 2018	152	7,593	7,745
August, 2018	149	7,591	7,740
September, 2018	276	13,120	13,396
October, 2018	286	11,339	11,625
November, 2018	191	8,554	8,745
December, 2018	211	9,273	9,484
January, 2019	304	12,160	12,464
April, 2019	331	11,445	11,776
March, 2019	270	10,300	10,570
April, 2019	275	10,108	10,383
May, 2019	274	11,007	11,281
June, 2019	282	9,337	9,619
July, 2019	316	10,383	10,699
August, 2019	175	9,829	10,004
September, 2019	272	8,899	9,171
October, 2019	308	9,625	9,933
November, 2019	292	10,315	10,607
December, 2019	290	11,767	12,057
January, 2020	365	12,384	12,749
April, 2020	290	10,139	10,429
March, 2020	110	5,678	5,788
April, 2020	96	3,113	3,209

Table 3.1: Number of Companies Registered during the months
Month	Public Companies	Private Companies	Total Companies
April, 2018	187	10,364	10,551
May, 2018	250	10,517	10,767
June, 2018	204	8,838	9,042
July, 2018	152	7,593	7,745
August, 2018	149	7,591	7,740
September, 2018	276	13,120	13,396
October, 2018	286	11,339	11,625
November, 2018	191	8,554	8,745
December, 2018	211	9,273	9,484
January, 2019	304	12,160	12,464
April, 2019	331	11,445	11,776
March, 2019	270	10,300	10,570
April, 2019	275	10,108	10,383
May, 2019	274	11,007	11,281
June, 2019	282	9,337	9,619
July, 2019	316	10,383	10,699
August, 2019	175	9,829	10,004
September, 2019	272	8,899	9,171
October, 2019	308	9,625	9,933
November, 2019	292	10,315	10,607
December, 2019	290	11,767	12,057
January, 2020	365	12,384	12,749
April, 2020	290	10,139	10,429
March, 2020	110	5,678	5,788
April, 2020	96	3,113	3,209