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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 1962"
description: "1,214 companies were incorporated in 1962, of which 390 (32%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/1962
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T11:09:32.336Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 1962

1,214 companies were incorporated in 1962. 64 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 390 of those companies (32%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 824 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 1962 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Community, personal and Social Services, Transport, storage and Communications, Business Services — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu contributed the highest number of incorporations in 1962, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 1,214 |
| Currently active | 390 |
| Survival rate | 32% |

## Monthly breakdown — 1962

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 90 | 7.4% |
| February | 100 | 8.2% |
| March | 100 | 8.2% |
| April | 115 | 9.5% |
| May | 98 | 8.1% |
| June | 122 | 10.0% |
| July | 106 | 8.7% |
| August | 122 | 10.0% |
| September | 98 | 8.1% |
| October | 91 | 7.5% |
| November | 84 | 6.9% |
| December | 88 | 7.2% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maharashtra | 295 | 24.3% |
| West Bengal | 295 | 24.3% |
| Tamil Nadu | 192 | 15.8% |
| Delhi | 140 | 11.5% |
| Gujarat | 47 | 3.9% |
| Karnataka | 40 | 3.3% |
| Kerala | 40 | 3.3% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 27 | 2.2% |
| Andhra Pradesh | 13 | 1.1% |
| Assam | 13 | 1.1% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 224 |
| Transport, storage and Communications | 60210 | 39 |
| Business Services | 74899 | 34 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 30 |
| Finance | 65992 | 27 |
| Trading | 51909 | 25 |
| Manufacturing (Textiles) | 17111 | 20 |
| Finance | 65921 | 19 |
| Trading | 51109 | 18 |
| Real Estate and Renting | 70101 | 16 |

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