Report by Engineering Post
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), the competent form, had registered 3444 new companies in February 2026 which has raised the total number of registered companies to 287049 which duly reflected the continuation of the corporate sector in Pakistan which was a positive forward looking indication indeed.
Out of the newly registered companies, private limited companies accounted for 59 percent followed by single-member companies at 38 percent .The remaining 3 percent comprised public unlisted companies, not-for-profit organizations, limited liability partnerships, and foreign companies.
Foreign investment remained robust with 82 newly incorporated companies receiving international shareholding. Quite expectedly, China emerged as the leading source of investment with participation in 44 newly registered companies followed by the USA with investment in 77 companies while the investors from Palau and Germany participated in three companies each, Egypt, U.K. Australia, Afghanistan, Yemen and Indonesia in two companies each. Additional investment, during the period under report, also originated from Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Jordan, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, the Philippines, Turkey, Portugal, Belgium.
According to the information available from SECP sources, the primary destinations for foreign investment in varying figures were the mining and quarrying, trading, and information technology sectors which duly indicated sustained international interest in Pakistan’s national resources, commercial markets and expanding digital economy.
