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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 1937"
description: "385 companies were incorporated in 1937, of which 101 (26%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/1937
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T11:09:35.888Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 1937

385 companies were incorporated in 1937. 89 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 101 of those companies (26%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 284 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 1937 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Community, personal and Social Services, Trading, Business Services — 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 1937, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 385 |
| Currently active | 101 |
| Survival rate | 26% |

## Monthly breakdown — 1937

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 61 | 15.8% |
| February | 26 | 6.8% |
| March | 28 | 7.3% |
| April | 42 | 10.9% |
| May | 31 | 8.1% |
| June | 23 | 6.0% |
| July | 28 | 7.3% |
| August | 24 | 6.2% |
| September | 24 | 6.2% |
| October | 29 | 7.5% |
| November | 32 | 8.3% |
| December | 37 | 9.6% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maharashtra | 141 | 36.6% |
| West Bengal | 86 | 22.3% |
| Kerala | 45 | 11.7% |
| Karnataka | 40 | 10.4% |
| Tamil Nadu | 28 | 7.3% |
| Delhi | 6 | 1.6% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 1.6% |
| Gujarat | 5 | 1.3% |
| Orissa | 5 | 1.3% |
| Punjab | 5 | 1.3% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 125 |
| Trading | 51109 | 11 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 11 |
| Trading | 51909 | 9 |
| Agriculture and Allied Activities | 01119 | 8 |
| Manufacturing (Metals and Chemicals, and products thereof) | 25191 | 6 |
| Finance | 67200 | 5 |
| Real Estate and Renting | 70101 | 5 |
| Trading | 51900 | 4 |
| Finance | 65110 | 4 |

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