A total of 2,356 companies from the construction sector faced the same fate, followed by storage and communications at 1,336; agriculture and allied activities at 1,178; real estate and renting at 1,149; finance at 1,012; electricity, gas and water companies at 387; and insurance at 41, the data showed.
Among the districts, Mumbai City recorded the highest number at 12,009, followed by Pune at 6,433 and Thane at 4,704. Nagpur accounted for 1,478 companies that went out of business, Nashik 840, Raigarh 822 and Aurangabad 654. Kolhapur recorded 429, Ahmednagar 308, Solapur 262, Sangli 247, Jalgaon 215, Satara 196, Bandra Suburban 172, Nanded 169, Latur 163 and Amravati 151. The ‘Others’ category accounted for 5,636 companies, it said.
Mumbai City,…