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page_type: year_cohort
title: "Companies incorporated in India in 2009"
description: "60,161 companies were incorporated in 2009, of which 29,706 (49%) are currently active."
canonical: https://corpintel.io/incorporated-in/2009
data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-18T23:08:00.505Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 2009

60,161 companies were incorporated in 2009. 17 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 29,706 of those companies (49%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 30,455 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 2009 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Business Services, Trading, Business Services — 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 2009, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 60,161 |
| Currently active | 29,706 |
| Survival rate | 49% |

## Monthly breakdown — 2009

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | 4,500 | 7.5% |
| February | 4,542 | 7.5% |
| March | 5,337 | 8.9% |
| April | 4,348 | 7.2% |
| May | 4,793 | 8.0% |
| June | 5,387 | 9.0% |
| July | 5,516 | 9.2% |
| August | 5,063 | 8.4% |
| September | 5,130 | 8.5% |
| October | 4,485 | 7.5% |
| November | 5,156 | 8.6% |
| December | 5,904 | 9.8% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Delhi | 10,860 | 18.1% |
| Maharashtra | 10,044 | 16.7% |
| West Bengal | 8,357 | 13.9% |
| Tamil Nadu | 4,434 | 7.4% |
| Telangana | 3,296 | 5.5% |
| Karnataka | 3,228 | 5.4% |
| Gujarat | 3,216 | 5.3% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,637 | 4.4% |
| Rajasthan | 2,576 | 4.3% |
| Kerala | 1,637 | 2.7% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Business Services | 74900 | 4,181 |
| Trading | 51909 | 3,630 |
| Business Services | 72900 | 2,269 |
| Business Services | 72200 | 2,228 |
| Construction | 45400 | 1,849 |
| Business Services | 74140 | 1,670 |
| Construction | 45200 | 1,607 |
| Business Services | 74999 | 1,518 |
| Trading | 51109 | 1,231 |
| Real Estate and Renting | 70102 | 1,199 |

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