The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 3,881 new companies in January 2026, reflecting continued growth in corporate registrations across the country.
During the same period, 82 newly registered companies received foreign investment from countries including China, the United States, Afghanistan, Australia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Palau, South Africa, Albania, Denmark, Germany, Malaysia, South Korea, Spain, and Ukraine.
According to SECP, nearly all registrations, about 99.9 percent, were completed online through its eZfile system. The newly incorporated companies had a combined paid-up capital of Rs8.4 billion, increasing the total number of registered companies in Pakistan to 283,540.
In terms of company structure, private limited companies made up 59 percent of new registrations, while single-member companies accounted for 38 percent.
The remaining three percent included public unlisted companies, not-for-profit organisations, and limited liability partnerships. Punjab recorded the highest number of new companies with 1,998 registrations, representing 52 percent of the total. Islamabad Capital Territory followed with 747 companies, Sindh with 601, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 343, Gilgit-Baltistan with 127, and Balochistan with 65.
Sector-wise data showed that the Information Technology and e-commerce sectors led with 729 new companies, followed by trading with 613 companies, services with 494, and real estate development and construction with 347.
Other sectors contributing to new registrations included tourism and transport, food and beverages, education, mining and quarrying, marketing and advertising, communications, textiles, corporate agricultural farming, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, engineering, fuel and energy, and auto-related industries. An additional 419 companies were registered in various other sectors such as chemicals, cosmetics and toiletries, cables and electrical goods, and paper and board.
