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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 1920"
description: "283 companies were incorporated in 1920, of which 63 (22%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/1920
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T12:47:43.069Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 1920

283 companies were incorporated in 1920. 106 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 63 of those companies (22%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 220 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 1920 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Community, personal and Social Services, Finance, Trading — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala contributed the highest number of incorporations in 1920, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 283 |
| Currently active | 63 |
| Survival rate | 22% |

## Monthly breakdown — 1920

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 32 | 11.3% |
| February | 27 | 9.5% |
| March | 30 | 10.6% |
| April | 27 | 9.5% |
| May | 22 | 7.8% |
| June | 24 | 8.5% |
| July | 27 | 9.5% |
| August | 25 | 8.8% |
| September | 21 | 7.4% |
| October | 19 | 6.7% |
| November | 11 | 3.9% |
| December | 18 | 6.4% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maharashtra | 175 | 61.8% |
| West Bengal | 36 | 12.7% |
| Kerala | 19 | 6.7% |
| Karnataka | 17 | 6.0% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 10 | 3.5% |
| Andhra Pradesh | 8 | 2.8% |
| Tamil Nadu | 7 | 2.5% |
| Delhi | 3 | 1.1% |
| Gujarat | 3 | 1.1% |
| Telangana | 2 | 0.7% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 163 |
| Finance | 65191 | 14 |
| Trading | 51909 | 4 |
| Agriculture and Allied Activities | 01132 | 3 |
| Manufacturing (Paper and Paper products, Publishing, printingand reproduction of recorded media) | 22121 | 3 |
| Transport, storage and Communications | 63090 | 3 |
| Finance | 65991 | 3 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 3 |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 91990 | 3 |
| Agriculture and Allied Activities | 01120 | 2 |

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