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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 1953"
description: "707 companies were incorporated in 1953, of which 179 (25%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/1953
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T11:09:31.251Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 1953

707 companies were incorporated in 1953. 73 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 179 of those companies (25%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 528 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 1953 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 1953, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 707 |
| Currently active | 179 |
| Survival rate | 25% |

## Monthly breakdown — 1953

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 58 | 8.2% |
| February | 57 | 8.1% |
| March | 61 | 8.6% |
| April | 79 | 11.2% |
| May | 57 | 8.1% |
| June | 53 | 7.5% |
| July | 57 | 8.1% |
| August | 56 | 7.9% |
| September | 50 | 7.1% |
| October | 53 | 7.5% |
| November | 64 | 9.1% |
| December | 62 | 8.8% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maharashtra | 230 | 32.5% |
| West Bengal | 213 | 30.1% |
| Kerala | 58 | 8.2% |
| Delhi | 54 | 7.6% |
| Tamil Nadu | 39 | 5.5% |
| Karnataka | 23 | 3.3% |
| Punjab | 20 | 2.8% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 19 | 2.7% |
| Gujarat | 10 | 1.4% |
| Rajasthan | 10 | 1.4% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 178 |
| Trading | 51909 | 38 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 29 |
| Trading | 51109 | 28 |
| Business Services | 74899 | 20 |
| Trading | 51900 | 15 |
| Manufacturing (Paper and Paper products, Publishing, printingand reproduction of recorded media) | 22219 | 13 |
| Real Estate and Renting | 70101 | 7 |
| Real Estate and Renting | 70109 | 7 |
| Transport, storage and Communications | 60210 | 6 |

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