How many Indian companies get struck off?
Every year lakhs of companies are registered, and many are later struck off the register. For each year since 1990, here is what has happened, by today, to the companies registered that year.
of all companies on the register have been struck off.
892,952 of 3,409,732.of companies registered in 2011–2020 are already struck off.
68% are still active.is the registration year with the highest share struck off since 2000: 55%.
What became of each year's companies
Each bar is all the companies registered in that year, split by their status today. The figure on the right is the share struck off. Recent years have had less time to be struck off.
- 20250%
- 20242%
- 20233%
- 20224%
- 20218%
- 202019%
- 201920%
- 201812%
- 201729%
- 201620%
- 201536%
- 201446%
- 201350%
- 201252%
- 201149%
- 201044%
- 200945%
- 200842%
- 200739%
- 200640%
- 200541%
- 200445%
- 200349%
- 200253%
- 200155%
- 200055%
- 199954%
- 199858%
- 199758%
- 199658%
- 199556%
- 199454%
- 199356%
- 199258%
- 199159%
- 199060%
By company type and by state
Share of companies registered in 2011–2020 that are struck off today.
By type
One person companies and LLPs could only be registered from 2014 and 2009 respectively.
By state
States with at least 500 companies registered in those years.
Keep yours off this list
Most companies are struck off for missed annual filings. We file your returns every year and keep the registered office valid.
How we counted
Source
From the MCA register for 21 states and union territories, up to 2 June 2026. Telangana, Goa and some smaller states are not in this edition. Every company and LLP on the register is counted by its year of registration.
Status groups
"Struck off" includes companies under process of striking off. "Closed, merged or other" covers dissolved, liquidated, amalgamated, converted (for example to an LLP), dormant and inactive companies. The register gives today's status, not the date it changed.
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What does "struck off" mean?
The Registrar of Companies has removed the company from the register, usually because it stopped filing returns or was not carrying on business, or because the owners applied to close it. A struck-off company cannot trade; it can be restored only through the tribunal.
Does this show when companies were struck off?
No. The register shows each company's current status, not the date it changed. So each bar shows what has happened, by today, to the companies registered in that year.
How do I keep my company from being struck off?
File the annual return and financial statements every year, even in a year with no business, and keep the registered office address valid. If you plan to stop, close the company properly instead of leaving it dormant.
Where does the data come from?
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs Company Master Data on data.gov.in, one file per state or union territory. This edition uses the files for 21 states and UTs (Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), with registrations up to 2 June 2026.