CORPORATE IDENTITY NUMBER
(CIN) - DEFINITION
Corporate Identity Number has been designed to easily identify companies belonging to the STATE, Industry or age of the company.
It is 21 digit alpha numeric number as under:-
Ex:- U25209DL1973PLC003526
L12345TN2012PLC678910
First Letter is L/U denotes whether the company is listed or not. Second 5 digits represent the economic
activity of the company
Next 2 letters represents the state in which the registered office of the
Company is situated.
Next four digits indicate the year of incorporation. Next three places indicate ownership code
Last six
places
in
the
CIN
are
the unique number
assigned to
every company in any particular activity in the particular state by the ROC.
At the
time of
incorporation ROC allotment CIN i.e. Certificate
of
Incorporation will be allotted to each company.