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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 2005"
description: "50,915 companies were incorporated in 2005, of which 25,859 (51%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/2005
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-18T23:08:00.728Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 2005

50,915 companies were incorporated in 2005. 21 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 25,859 of those companies (51%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 25,056 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 2005 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Construction, Business Services, Trading — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal contributed the highest number of incorporations in 2005, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 50,915 |
| Currently active | 25,859 |
| Survival rate | 51% |

## Monthly breakdown — 2005

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 3,412 | 6.7% |
| February | 3,971 | 7.8% |
| March | 4,669 | 9.2% |
| April | 4,081 | 8.0% |
| May | 4,773 | 9.4% |
| June | 4,454 | 8.7% |
| July | 4,143 | 8.1% |
| August | 4,449 | 8.7% |
| September | 4,550 | 8.9% |
| October | 3,743 | 7.4% |
| November | 3,709 | 7.3% |
| December | 4,961 | 9.7% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Delhi | 12,161 | 23.9% |
| Maharashtra | 9,369 | 18.4% |
| West Bengal | 5,590 | 11.0% |
| Tamil Nadu | 4,334 | 8.5% |
| Telangana | 2,952 | 5.8% |
| Karnataka | 2,740 | 5.4% |
| Gujarat | 2,201 | 4.3% |
| Rajasthan | 1,803 | 3.5% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,777 | 3.5% |
| Kerala | 1,272 | 2.5% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Construction | 45201 | 3,826 |
| Business Services | 72200 | 3,360 |
| Trading | 51909 | 2,682 |
| Trading | 51109 | 2,057 |
| Real Estate and Renting | 70101 | 2,053 |
| Construction | 45200 | 1,528 |
| Business Services | 74140 | 1,432 |
| Manufacturing (Textiles) | 18101 | 1,021 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 927 |
| Business Services | 72900 | 870 |

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