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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 2000"
description: "31,704 companies were incorporated in 2000, of which 11,653 (37%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/2000
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T17:27:48.103Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 2000

31,704 companies were incorporated in 2000. 26 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 11,653 of those companies (37%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 20,051 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 2000 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Business Services, Business Services, Business Services — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu contributed the highest number of incorporations in 2000, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 31,704 |
| Currently active | 11,653 |
| Survival rate | 37% |

## Monthly breakdown — 2000

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 3,232 | 10.2% |
| February | 2,966 | 9.4% |
| March | 4,473 | 14.1% |
| April | 3,018 | 9.5% |
| May | 2,651 | 8.4% |
| June | 2,754 | 8.7% |
| July | 2,328 | 7.3% |
| August | 2,129 | 6.7% |
| September | 2,229 | 7.0% |
| October | 1,993 | 6.3% |
| November | 2,015 | 6.4% |
| December | 1,916 | 6.0% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maharashtra | 8,215 | 25.9% |
| Delhi | 5,859 | 18.5% |
| Tamil Nadu | 3,031 | 9.6% |
| Telangana | 2,296 | 7.2% |
| Karnataka | 2,212 | 7.0% |
| Gujarat | 1,999 | 6.3% |
| West Bengal | 1,971 | 6.2% |
| Kerala | 890 | 2.8% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 788 | 2.5% |
| Rajasthan | 729 | 2.3% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Business Services | 72200 | 4,783 |
| Business Services | 72900 | 2,497 |
| Business Services | 74140 | 1,247 |
| Business Services | 74899 | 1,048 |
| Finance | 67120 | 727 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 668 |
| Construction | 45201 | 601 |
| Trading | 51909 | 587 |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 566 |
| Trading | 51900 | 537 |

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