ISLAMABAD: The number of registered companies in Pakistan is close to the 300,000 benchmark after the record 4,082 firms were incorporated in April.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has announced that the number of registered companies in Pakistan has reached 294,101.

The SECP also set new daily incorporation records during the same period, registering 300 companies on April 27, a figure surpassed just days later when 340 companies were incorporated on April 30.

This milestone reflects growing investor confidence in Pakistan’s economic outlook, signals a decisive and accelerating shift toward a documented, formal economy, and underscores significant improvements in the commission’s operational efficiency and service delivery capacity.

Geographically, Punjab remained the hub of business activity, accounting for 2,093 of new registrations, followed by the Islamabad Capital Territory with 719, Sindh with 600, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 325, Gilgit-Baltistan with 276 and Balochistan with 69.

It included 2,415 private limited companies, followed by 1,542 single-member companies, while registrations of limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and other categories totalled 125 companies. The information technology and e-commerce sector continues to serve as the primary engine of corporate growth, leading the monthly registrations with 832 new incorporations.

The registration of new companies was from 22 different countries, with China emerging as the leading foreign investor with 95 shareholders.

Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2026