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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 1921"
description: "163 companies were incorporated in 1921, of which 40 (25%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/1921
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T11:09:31.221Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 1921

163 companies were incorporated in 1921. 105 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 40 of those companies (25%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 123 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 1921 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Community, personal and Social Services, Mining and Quarrying, Business Services — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka contributed the highest number of incorporations in 1921, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 163 |
| Currently active | 40 |
| Survival rate | 25% |

## Monthly breakdown — 1921

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 19 | 11.7% |
| February | 17 | 10.4% |
| March | 14 | 8.6% |
| April | 22 | 13.5% |
| May | 15 | 9.2% |
| June | 9 | 5.5% |
| July | 10 | 6.1% |
| August | 19 | 11.7% |
| September | 6 | 3.7% |
| October | 8 | 4.9% |
| November | 12 | 7.4% |
| December | 12 | 7.4% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maharashtra | 82 | 50.3% |
| West Bengal | 31 | 19.0% |
| Karnataka | 18 | 11.0% |
| Kerala | 11 | 6.7% |
| Gujarat | 7 | 4.3% |
| Tamil Nadu | 5 | 3.1% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 2.5% |
| Jharkhand | 2 | 1.2% |
| Bihar | 1 | 0.6% |
| Delhi | 1 | 0.6% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 81 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 10100 | 6 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 5 |
| Agriculture and Allied Activities | 01132 | 3 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 10101 | 3 |
| Trading | 51909 | 3 |
| Manufacturing (Paper and Paper products, Publishing, printingand reproduction of recorded media) | 22219 | 2 |
| Manufacturing (Metals and Chemicals, and products thereof) | 27108 | 2 |
| Finance | 65110 | 2 |
| Real Estate and Renting | 70100 | 2 |

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