OneFirmIntelHow many companies are there in India? (2026 data)
June 1, 2026 · OneFirmIntel
There are more than 3.1 million companies on India’s national company register, but the headline number hides what actually matters: how many are real, active, and worth dealing with.
How many companies are in India?
OneFirmIntel indexes 3,138,054 companies in India, sourced from official government records. Rather than a single inflated figure, we grade every company into a quality tier so the number is actually usable.
Of those, a small core are ★★★ Listed (stock-exchange-grade), roughly 1.5 million are ★★ Established (active and registered three or more years ago), and several hundred thousand are ★ New entrants, active companies under three years old. The remainder are dissolved or struck-off and shown separately.
Why the tier split matters
If you are sourcing a supplier, screening a counterparty, or sizing a market, an undifferentiated count of “3 million companies” is noise. The established tier is the dependable core most buyers care about; the new-entrant tier signals emerging players; the listed tier is the public-market shop window.
Explore the data
You can browse India’s companies by industry and state in the OneFirmIntel directory, see live tier and regional breakdowns, and reveal the specific companies you need.
Sources & further reading
- Official register: India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) ↗
- World Bank Open Data, business & economy indicators ↗
- OECD data, enterprises & entrepreneurship ↗
- Compare data sources: OpenCorporates ↗
- OneFirmIntel vs OpenCorporates
- OneFirmIntel market coverage
- India company directory
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