The Company was incorporated as A&M Communications Private Limited on December 20, 1993 at New Delhi as a private limited company under the Companies Act. Subsequently, the registered office of the Company was shifted to the State of Maharashtra with effect from August 30, 2004 and a certificate dated December 16, 2004 of registration of the order of the Company Law Board confirming transfer of the registered office from one state to another was issued by the Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra. The name of our Company was changed from A&M Communications Private Limited to Just Dial Private Limited on December 26, 2006. Subsequently, pursuant to a special resolution passed by our Shareholders at an extra-ordinary general meeting held on July 22, 2011, the Company was converted into a public limited company and the word "private" was deleted from its name. Consequently, the name of the Company was changed to Just Dial Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation pursuant to the change of name was issued by the RoC on July 26, 2011.
Major events of the Company
1993
- Incorporation of our Company as A&M Communications Private Limited
1996
- Commencement of our Company's search business operations in Mumbai with 8888-888 telephone number
2000
- Secondary sale of 50% stake by our Promoters to Indiainfo.com Private Limited.
2006
- Investment of ` 546,947,470 by SAIF
2006
- Change in name of the Company from A&M Communications Private Limited to Just Dial Private Limited
2007
- Launch of our Company's website http://www.justdial.com
2007
- Investment of ` 40,140,750 by Tiger Global Four Holdings and Tiger Global Principals Limited and second round of investment of ` 8,283,839.58 by SAIF
2007
- Launch of our search service through SMS and mobile internet
2009
- The website receives 25 million visits in a year for the first time
2011
- Investment of ` 166,932,666 by SAPV and ` 166,932,666 by EGCS
2011
- Demerger of activities and operations pertaining to IT-related testing and other related services of our Company to JD Global
2012
- Investment of ` 3,269,507,759 by Sequoia I and Sequoia II and second round of investment by SAPV.
2013
-Just Dial - Announces launch of Search Plus Services for its users.
-Indian Digital Media Awards 2013 for his extensive work that created the unique face of Just Dial.
2014
-Just Dial goes Global to launch services in UK, UAE.
2015
-Just Dial launches new Android app Search Plus
2016
-JustDial launches `one-stop' app (Business Line).
2021
-Just Dial Launches Its Exclusive B2B Platform, Jd Mart.
2023
-Justdial partnership agreement with the Bihar State Khadi & Village Industries Board (KVIB).
-Justdial received Business Excellence Awards 2023.
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