Corporate growth accelerates as the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan reports 2,956 new companies in April 2025, bringing the total registered companies to 252,321, reflecting growing confidence in Pakistan’s corporate sector.
Around 99.9% of new company registrations are now being processed digitally, marking another step in the Commission’s efforts to provide a seamless, tech-driven regulatory environment that promotes transparency and supports ease of doing business in Pakistan.
Private Limited Companies accounted for 56% of the new registrations, while single-member companies represented 39%. The remaining 5% included public unlisted companies, not-for-profit organizations, trade organizations, and limited liability partnerships (LLPs).
A closer look at sectoral growth reveals strong activity across a range of industries. The Information Technology (IT) and e-commerce sectors saw the largest growth, adding 584 new companies. The trading sector followed with 402 new companies, services with 363 new companies, and real estate development and construction recorded 255 new companies.
Other sectors like tourism and transport (172), food and beverages (140), education (131), engineering, fuel and energy, and power generation (108), cosmetics and toiletries, and chemicals (102), marketing and advertisement (66), textiles (66), mining and quarrying (63), corporate agricultural farming (59), pharmaceuticals (55), and healthcare (49) also saw new registrations.
Other contributing sectors included communication-allied, auto and allied, sports and allied, tobacco, broadcasting and telecasting, steel, arts and culture, non-bank financial companies (NBFCs), etc., with a total of 341 new companies.
Foreign investment in the corporate sector also showed encouraging growth, with 92 new companies receiving capital from international investors. These investors came from a diverse set of countries, including Bahrain, Belgium, China, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United States.
