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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 1901"
description: "521 companies were incorporated in 1901, of which 47 (9%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/1901
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T11:09:38.177Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 1901

521 companies were incorporated in 1901. 125 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 47 of those companies (9%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 474 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 1901 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Community, personal and Social Services, Business Services, Finance — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, Kerala, Delhi, Karnataka contributed the highest number of incorporations in 1901, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 521 |
| Currently active | 47 |
| Survival rate | 9% |

## Monthly breakdown — 1901

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 498 | 95.6% |
| February | 1 | 0.2% |
| April | 2 | 0.4% |
| May | 4 | 0.8% |
| July | 4 | 0.8% |
| August | 2 | 0.4% |
| September | 4 | 0.8% |
| October | 1 | 0.2% |
| November | 3 | 0.6% |
| December | 2 | 0.4% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kerala | 231 | 44.3% |
| Delhi | 120 | 23.0% |
| Karnataka | 107 | 20.5% |
| Haryana | 19 | 3.6% |
| Maharashtra | 15 | 2.9% |
| West Bengal | 11 | 2.1% |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 1.5% |
| Tamil Nadu | 6 | 1.2% |
| Gujarat | 2 | 0.4% |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 0.2% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 108 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 32 |
| Finance | 65191 | 24 |
| Finance | 65992 | 18 |
| Business Services | 74900 | 17 |
| Finance | 65110 | 15 |
| Agriculture and Allied Activities | 01119 | 9 |
| Trading | 51909 | 7 |
| Trading | 51101 | 6 |
| Trading | 55101 | 6 |

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