There are 1,665,503 companies and businesses in Pakistan in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 206,722 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Pakistan
Pakistan has 1,665,503 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 206,722 of them are corporations. We build the records from the national business register and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 0.4% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Pakistan, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 1,665,503 Pakistani companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Pakistani company database.
1,665,503 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies1,665,503
Corporations206,722
Provinces8
Largest provincePunjab 60%
Employees10-19
Revenue$500K-$1M
Email0%
Phone6%
Website0%
Pakistani company list: all 1,665,503 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Pakistan, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Pakistani company directory.
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| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjab Police Pakistan | Pakistan | Lahore | Lower Mall | Punjab | 54000 | 1961 | $26,584,200,000 | 180,000 | Government body | 540 | N/A |
| 2 | Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company LIMITED | Pakistan | Islamabad | Ufone Tower 21st Floor, | Islamabad | 44000 | 2016 | $25,566,413,112 | 47 | Corporation | N/A | 0101158 |
| 3 | First Habib Modaraba | Pakistan | Karachi | Hbz Plaza (hirani Centre) 6th Floor | Sindh | 75600 | 1985 | $17,680,960,731 | 86 | Corporation | N/A | 0700249 |
| 4 | First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba | Pakistan | Lahore | 72-b, Kotlakhpat Industrial Area | Punjab | 55210 | 2018 | $13,455,445,184 | 186 | Corporation | 3 | N/A |
| 5 | Bin Rasheed Colors And Chemicals Manufacturing Company (private) LIMITED | Pakistan | Lahore | Raiwind Road | Punjab | 54000 | 2007 | $13,268,159,317 | 500 | Corporation | N/A | 0062400 |
| 6 | Deputy Inspector General Of Police Traffic Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar | Pakistan | Peshawar | Office of the Dig Traffic, G.t Road, | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 25000 | 2017 | $11,815,200,000 | 80,000 | Government body | N/A | N/A |
| 7 | Pakistan State Oil Company LIMITED | Pakistan | Karachi | Pso House, Khayaban-E-iqbal, Clifton | Sindh | 75600 | 1976 | $11,170,884,340 | 2,496 | Corporation | 2 | 0004460 |
| 8 | National Fertilizer CORPORATION Of Pakistan (PVT.) LIMITED | Pakistan | Lahore | Shahrah-E-quaide Azam | Punjab | 54000 | 1973 | $8,852,899,200 | 4,800 | Corporation | 540 | 0004136 |
| 9 | Inspector General Police, Balochistan | Pakistan | Quetta | Ig Police | Balochistan | 87300 | 1973 | $6,646,050,000 | 45,000 | Government body | N/A | N/A |
| 10 | Karandaaz Pakistan | Pakistan | Islamabad | 1e, Ali Plaza | Islamabad | 44000 | 2014 | $6,269,830,919 | 6 | N/A | 0089630 | |
| 11 | Power Highway | Pakistan | Lahore | Venus Plaza 5th Floor | Punjab | 54000 | 2007 | $5,924,271,600 | 45 | Partnership of unknown type | N/A | 3203 |
| 12 | Balochistan Police | Pakistan | Baluchistan | Gulistan Road, Quetta | Balochistan | 87300 | 1963 | $5,612,220,000 | 38,000 | Government body | N/A | N/A |
| 13 | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines LIMITED | Pakistan | Lahore | 5th Floor | Punjab | 54000 | 1964 | $4,996,131,238 | 8,278 | Corporation | 540 | 0043761 |
| 14 | M/S Opd Online | Pakistan | Lahore | 4861 Y, Block Dha Phase 7 | Punjab | 54000 | 2025 | $4,967,013,056 | 46,016 | Partnership of unknown type | N/A | G314855 |
| 15 | Federal Board Of Revenue | Pakistan | Islamabad | Federal Board of Revenue House | Islamabad Capital Territory | 44050 | 1924 | $4,914,400,000 | 25,000 | Local government body | 540 | N/A |
| 16 | Olp Modaraba | Pakistan | Karachi | Syedna Tahir Saifuddin Foundation Building, Office No. 601, 6th | Sindh | 75600 | 2022 | $4,499,692,195 | 53 | Corporation | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | First Imrooz Modaraba | Pakistan | Karachi | Beaumont Plaza Room No 405, 4th Floor | Punjab | 74200 | 1993 | $4,424,657,379 | 27 | Corporation | N/A | N/A |
| 18 | United Bank LIMITED | Pakistan | Karachi | State Life Building No.1 4th Floor | Sindh | 74000 | 1959 | $4,204,917,669 | 13,856 | Corporation | 20 | 0001026 |
| 19 | Punjab Prisons | Pakistan | Lahore | Link Jail Road | Punjab | 53200 | 1854 | $3,692,250,000 | 25,000 | Government body | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | Falcon Surgical CO (private) LIMITED | Pakistan | Sialkot | Wazirabad Road | Punjab | 51310 | 1984 | $3,668,716,124 | 450 | Corporation | N/A | 00-12510 |
| 21 | Army Welfare Trust | Pakistan | Rawalpindi | Awt Plaza 7th Floor | Punjab | 46000 | 1971 | $3,447,870,000 | 30,000 | Non profit organization | 6 | N/A |
| 22 | Pak-Arab Refinery LIMITED | Pakistan | Karachi | Korangi Creek Road | Sindh | 75190 | 1974 | $3,350,919,720 | 2,500 | 540 | 0004435 | |
| 23 | Pakistan Airports Authority | Pakistan | Karachi | Terminal-1, Jinnah International Airport, | Sindh | 74200 | 2024 | $3,022,550,000 | 10,000 | Government body | 540 | 1945826 |
| 24 | National Database Registration Authority | Pakistan | Islamabad | Nadra State Bank of Pakistan Building | Islamabad Capital Territory | 44000 | 2000 | $2,848,400,000 | 25,000 | 540 | N/A | |
| 25 | National Bank Of Pakistan | Pakistan | Karachi | Nbp Building 2nd Floor | Sindh | 75600 | 2013 | $2,772,170,009 | 15,112 | Corporation | 540 | 0000246 |
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Companies and businesses in Pakistan
1,665,503
2 November 2026
There are 1,665,503 companies and businesses in Pakistan in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 206,722 corporations (Private Ltd and Ltd), 1,392,373 sole traders and 6,206 partnerships. On top of those come 4,965 non-profit organisations, 1,199 branches of foreign companies and 805 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 1,664,423 100%
- Head offices
- 875
- Branch locations
- 205
Legal form
- Corporations
- 206,722 12%
- Sole traders
- 1,392,373
- Partnerships
- 6,206
Per working day this year
≈ 50
new companies registered · 10,913 so far in 2026
Largest companies in Pakistan
Which are the largest companies in Pakistan? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Vision71 Technologies (Private), with 46,143 staff, ahead of Nishat Mills and Interloop. By yearly revenue the largest company is Pakistan State Oil Company, ahead of National Fertilizer Corporation of Pakistan (PVT.) and United Bank. Below are the top companies of Pakistan ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Pakistan. 58 Pakistani companies employ more than 10,000 people and 73 report more than $1 billion a year.
Vision71 Technologies (Private) has the largest headcount of any company in Pakistan in our data. 58 Pakistani companies list more than 10,000 people, 2,049 more than 500.
- 146,143 staff
- 239,357 staff
- 337,786 staff
- 424,000 staff
- 520,000 staff
- 620,000 staff
- 718,363 staff
- 817,809 staff
- 917,133 staff
- 1016,354 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Pakistan State Oil Company is the largest company in Pakistan by revenue; 73 Pakistani companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$11.2B
- 2$8.9B
- 3$4.2B
- 4$3.7B
- 5$2.7B
- 6$2.3B
- 7$2.2B
- 8$2.1B
- 9$2.0B
- 10$1.8B
Punjab Police Pakistan is the largest public body in our data for Pakistan, with 180,000 staff.
- 1180,000 staff
- 280,000 staff
- 345,000 staff
- 438,000 staff
- 525,000 staff
- 614,000 staff
1,199 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Pakistan.
- 112,500 worldwide
- 22,257 worldwide
- 3503 worldwide
- 4500 worldwide
- 5400 worldwide
- 6365 worldwide
- 7200 worldwide
- 8149 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Pakistan.
By employee size · 1,432,182 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 5,256 | 0.4% | |
| 5-9 | 615,002 | 43% | |
| 10-19 | 563,299 | 39% | |
| 20-49 | 202,990 | 14% | |
| 50-99 | 35,727 | 2% | |
| 100-199 | 4,956 | 0.3% | |
| 200-499 | 2,903 | 0.2% | |
| 500+ | 2,049 | 0.1% |
0.4% have 1 to 4 employees; 2,049 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 3,103 | 0.2% | |
| $100K-$500K | 301,671 | 21% | |
| $500K-$1M | 490,277 | 34% | |
| $1M-$5M | 611,249 | 43% | |
| $5M-$10M | 18,429 | 1% | |
| $10M-$100M | 5,345 | 0.4% | |
| $100M-$1B | 569 | <0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 73 | <0.1% |
642 companies report more than $100 million; 73 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Pakistan
Most companies in Pakistan are small businesses. Of the 1,432,182 with a known headcount, 620,258 (43%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 766,289 are small (10 to 49) and 43,586 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 2,049 employ 500 people or more, so 99.86% of Pakistani companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 620,258 | 43% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 766,289 | 54% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 43,586 | 3% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 2,049 | 0.1% |
5,256
companies have 1 to 4 employees (0.4%). 3,103 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
1,392,373
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
2%
of the 10,913 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (170). Only 0 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Pakistan based?
Punjab has more companies than any other province in Pakistan: 1,007,219, or 60% of the total, ahead of Sindh (407,721) and Islamabad Capital Territory (100,979). Below you find all eight provinces and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
eight provinces
| Province | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punjab | 1,007,219 | 60% | |
| Sindh | 407,721 | 24% | |
| Islamabad Capital Territory | 100,979 | 6% | |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 88,943 | 5% | |
| Balochistan | 42,997 | 3% | |
| Gilgit Baltistan | 5,525 | 0.3% | |
| Azad Jammu and Kashmir | 4,775 | 0.3% | |
| Islamabad | 1,496 | <0.1% |
Ten busiest cities
- Lahore293,305
- Karachi290,694
- Islamabad99,771
- Faisalabad92,099
- Sialkot74,723
- Gujranwala65,199
- Rawalpindi62,206
- Peshawar41,791
- Multan31,896
- Quetta25,955
Main industries in Pakistan
Personal services is the biggest industry in Pakistan by number of companies: 205,447, or 14% of all firms with an industry code. Next come other services (165,571) and other shops (142,507). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies.
- Personal services205,44714%
- Other services165,57112%
- Other shops142,50710%
- Wholesale (durable goods)139,19010%
- Business services and IT124,5079%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)76,7275%
- Department stores68,5225%
- Construction trades38,7953%
- Travel and transport services32,3122%
- Other manufacturing28,3922%
- Real estate27,2612%
- Textiles24,4232%
- Car dealers and petrol stations23,6232%
- Education21,7342%
- Food production21,1441%
- Other industries290,71420%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Pakistan
205,447
Personal services
SIC 72: Personal Services
- 110,000 staff
- 21,500 staff
- 31,457 staff
165,571
Other services
SIC 89: Miscellaneous Services
- 110,000 staff
- 25,000 staff
- 32,496 staff
142,507
Other shops
SIC 59: Miscellaneous Retail
- 114,000 staff
- 25,000 staff
- 32,700 staff
139,190
Wholesale (durable goods)
SIC 50: Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
- 18,000 staff
- 26,000 staff
- 35,898 staff
124,507
Business services and IT
SIC 73: Business Services
- 146,143 staff
- 210,000 staff
- 310,000 staff
76,727
Wholesale (consumer goods)
SIC 51: Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods
- 18,334 staff
- 25,000 staff
- 34,255 staff
68,522
Department stores
SIC 53: General Merchandise Stores
- 1500 staff
- 2423 staff
- 3400 staff
38,795
Construction trades
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 15,000 staff
- 25,000 staff
- 31,300 staff
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Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in Pakistan? (2026)
10,913 new companies and startups registered in Pakistan so far in 2026, about 50 every working day, after 25,434 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 2% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 9,911 of them are corporations (Private Ltd and Ltd).
≈ 50
new companies register every working day in 2026
2%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
25,434
new companies in 2025
Companies founded per year
- 94,2272022
- 78,7012023
- 15,2152024
- 25,4342025
- 10,9132026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1146 staff
- 2131 staff
- 3128 staff
- 4128 staff
- 5128 staff
Oldest companies in Pakistan
Our data holds 33 Pakistani organisations founded before 1900 and 577 before 1950. The national business register dates a company from the creation of its current legal unit, so older firms show a later founding year.
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15,281
Pakistani companies were founded before 1990
1,646
were founded in 1990
1,601,376 Pakistani companies, 99% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 15,281 are older.
Types of companies in Pakistan
One in eight Pakistani businesses in our data is a corporation (Private Ltd and Ltd), and four in five are sole traders. Partnerships make up 0.4%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations206,72212%
- No legal form on record53,1783%
- Sole traders1,392,37384%
- Partnerships6,2060.4%
- Foreign companies1,199<0.1%
- Non-profit organisations4,9650.3%
- Cooperatives53<0.1%
- Public bodies805<0.1%
- Joint ventures2<0.1%
Which Pakistani companies are part of a group?
Most Pakistani companies stand alone: 100% are single-site businesses. The other 1,080 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 875 head offices or 205 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is DHL Global Forwarding Pakistan (PVT.), with 6,331 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 16,331 companies
- 2540 companies
- 363 companies
- 420 companies
- 511 companies
- 69 companies
- 77 companies
- 83 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 1,665,503; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Pakistani companies
0 Pakistani companies have a website on record (0%), 105,734 a phone number (6%) and 0 an email address (0%). Among corporations: 0% have a website and 0% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 0 | 0% | |
| Phone | 105,734 | 6% | |
| 0 | 0% |
Questions about companies in Pakistan
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
1,665,503. That includes 1,392,373 sole traders and 6,206 partnerships.
206,722 corporations, 12% of all Pakistani businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 1,432,182 Pakistani companies with a known headcount, 1,430,133 have fewer than 500 employees: 620,258 micro, 766,289 small and 43,586 medium-sized. 2,049 are large enterprises.
Pakistan State Oil Company, with $11.2 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of National Fertilizer Corporation of Pakistan (PVT.) ($8.9B) and United Bank ($4.2B).
Vision71 Technologies (Private), with 46,143 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
1,007,219, 60% of all Pakistani companies (2 November 2026).
10,913 so far in 2026, about 50 per working day, after 25,434 in 2025.
From the national business register and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
0, 0% of all Pakistani companies. 105,734 have a phone number and 0 an email address.
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