Paid-Up Capital Distribution Across Indian Companies
Analyze how paid-up capital is distributed among Indian companies — from micro enterprises under ₹1 lakh to large-cap entities over ₹100 crore.
Last generated: 5 May 2026 · Source: MCA public filings · All reports
Paid-up capital is the cash shareholders have actually put into the company, not the maximum the charter authorises. The Companies Act sets no statutory minimum for a Private Limited — which is why the bottom band (under ₹1 lakh) is the largest cohort on the register.
- The bands escalate by an order of magnitude. The big break is between the ₹1-crore band and everything above it — that is where institutional-scale filings concentrate.
- A large 'no capital data' count is not a data-quality flag; it is a mix of very-recent filings that have not yet reconciled and dormant entities that have not updated.
- Paid-up capital updates when a rights issue, further allotment, or buy-back is filed. It is a slow-moving number relative to revenue or headcount.
Paid-up is not a valuation. A company with ₹1 lakh paid-up can still carry billions in retained earnings or reserves — treat this as a filing-history signal, not a size estimate.
Paid-Up Capital Bands
Companies bucketed by the cash shareholders have actually paid in
Share of Register
26,82,027 companies with capital on file
- ₹1 Lakh – ₹10 Lakh17,91,42766.8%
- ₹10 Lakh – ₹1 Crore3,80,06714.2%
- Under ₹1 Lakh3,33,21412.4%
- ₹1 Crore – ₹10 Crore1,43,1615.3%
- ₹10 Crore – ₹100 Crore28,7041.1%
- Over ₹100 Crore5,4540.2%
Full Table (including missing data)
| Capital Band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under ₹1 Lakh | 3,33,214 |
| ₹1 Lakh – ₹10 Lakh | 17,91,427 |
| ₹10 Lakh – ₹1 Crore | 3,80,067 |
| ₹1 Crore – ₹10 Crore | 1,43,161 |
| ₹10 Crore – ₹100 Crore | 28,704 |
| Over ₹100 Crore | 5,454 |
| No capital data | 1,55,462 |
Reports are generated from 2.8M+ public company records filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Each dataset refreshes daily. Read the data-accuracy note for how we treat MCA filing lag, or browse all reports · explainer guides.