The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 3,161 new companies in May 2026, raising the total number of incorporated firms in the country to 297,239.
The Commission achieved a record on a single day by incorporating 415 companies, the highest in its history. Online registrations accounted for 99.9 percent of incorporations.
Punjab led with 1,643 new companies (52 percent), followed by Islamabad Capital Territory with 596 (19 percent), Sindh with 479 (15 percent), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 260 (8 percent), Gilgit-Baltistan with 112 (4 percent), and Balochistan with 71 (2 percent).
Private limited companies remained the dominant structure with 1,884 registrations (60 percent). Single-member companies followed with 1,212 (38 percent), while limited liability partnerships and other categories totaled 65 (2 percent).
The information technology and e-commerce sector recorded the highest activity with 598 incorporations. Trading added 503, services 404, real estate development and construction 303, and tourism and transport 206.
Foreign participation was noted in 80 companies from 17 countries. China led with 89 shareholders, contributing PKR 132.3 million of the total PKR 139.4 million foreign paid-up capital.
Other investors included Afghanistan with 5 shareholders, the United States with 3, and Belgium, Russia, and South Korea with 2 each.
