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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 1900"
description: "57 companies were incorporated in 1900, of which 14 (25%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/1900
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T12:47:43.564Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 1900

57 companies were incorporated in 1900. 126 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 14 of those companies (25%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 43 have since been struck off, dissolved, amalgamated, or placed in other non-active states — a natural attrition pattern visible across every annual cohort on the MCA register. The 1900 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Community, personal and Social Services, Agriculture and Allied Activities, Trading — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Delhi contributed the highest number of incorporations in 1900, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 57 |
| Currently active | 14 |
| Survival rate | 25% |

## Monthly breakdown — 1900

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 21 | 36.8% |
| February | 3 | 5.3% |
| March | 4 | 7.0% |
| April | 3 | 5.3% |
| May | 4 | 7.0% |
| June | 2 | 3.5% |
| July | 4 | 7.0% |
| August | 2 | 3.5% |
| September | 2 | 3.5% |
| October | 4 | 7.0% |
| November | 4 | 7.0% |
| December | 4 | 7.0% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| West Bengal | 31 | 54.4% |
| Maharashtra | 10 | 17.5% |
| Delhi | 6 | 10.5% |
| Gujarat | 3 | 5.3% |
| Karnataka | 3 | 5.3% |
| Telangana | 2 | 3.5% |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1.8% |
| Orissa | 1 | 1.8% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 8 |
| Agriculture and Allied Activities | 01132 | 7 |
| Trading | 51109 | 4 |
| Manufacturing (Food stuffs) | 15491 | 3 |
| Manufacturing (Food stuffs) | 15494 | 3 |
| Manufacturing (Food stuffs) | 15421 | 2 |
| Manufacturing (Paper and Paper products, Publishing, printingand reproduction of recorded media) | 21012 | 2 |
| Trading | 51909 | 2 |
| Business Services | 74140 | 2 |
| Manufacturing (Food stuffs) | 15312 | 1 |

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_Data source: MCA master data (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India)._