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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 2004"
description: "36,715 companies were incorporated in 2004, of which 17,672 (48%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/2004
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-18T23:08:00.910Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 2004

36,715 companies were incorporated in 2004. 22 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 17,672 of those companies (48%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 19,043 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 2004 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Trading, Business Services, Construction — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu contributed the highest number of incorporations in 2004, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 36,715 |
| Currently active | 17,672 |
| Survival rate | 48% |

## Monthly breakdown — 2004

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 2,733 | 7.4% |
| February | 2,741 | 7.5% |
| March | 3,212 | 8.7% |
| April | 3,129 | 8.5% |
| May | 2,797 | 7.6% |
| June | 2,987 | 8.1% |
| July | 3,167 | 8.6% |
| August | 3,156 | 8.6% |
| September | 3,719 | 10.1% |
| October | 2,646 | 7.2% |
| November | 2,620 | 7.1% |
| December | 3,808 | 10.4% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Delhi | 7,755 | 21.1% |
| Maharashtra | 7,634 | 20.8% |
| Tamil Nadu | 3,401 | 9.3% |
| West Bengal | 3,176 | 8.7% |
| Telangana | 2,241 | 6.1% |
| Karnataka | 2,196 | 6.0% |
| Gujarat | 1,854 | 5.0% |
| Rajasthan | 1,229 | 3.3% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,176 | 3.2% |
| Kerala | 989 | 2.7% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Trading | 51909 | 2,738 |
| Business Services | 72200 | 2,368 |
| Construction | 45201 | 2,165 |
| Business Services | 74140 | 1,241 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 1,074 |
| Business Services | 72900 | 963 |
| Construction | 45200 | 940 |
| Real Estate and Renting | 70101 | 931 |
| Trading | 55101 | 605 |
| Manufacturing (Textiles) | 18101 | 510 |

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