Companies registered in California in 1900 — official registry records

1900 in California at a glance

live counts

29,974

companies registered in 1900

0.3%

of all dated California registrations

52nd

busiest of 127 years on record

293

cities with registrations in 1900

Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1900 highlighted

200K400K600K

19871997200720162026

Registrations by year
Item	companies
1987	76,493
1988	76,333
1989	67,306
1990	58,034
1991	52,816
1992	54,019
1993	58,143
1994	63,498
1995	68,203
1996	76,154
1997	86,485
1998	93,875
1999	106,845
2000	138,600
2001	128,153
2002	145,260
2003	158,738
2004	180,670
2005	198,588
2006	199,507
2007	205,465
2008	187,050
2009	170,949
2010	169,369
2011	175,749
2012	187,707
2013	202,303
2014	222,078
2015	241,287
2016	247,306
2017	265,754
2018	295,026
2019	304,864
2020	357,487
2021	440,032
2022	460,944
2023	527,938
2024	422,992
2025	468,370
2026	346,237

Where 1900 registrations were filedtop 8 cities

San Francisco930.3%
Los Angeles480.2%
Sacramento26<0.1%
Oakland24<0.1%
San Diego18<0.1%
Santa Barbara16<0.1%
Pasadena15<0.1%
Riverside14<0.1%
Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city29,72099%

Where 1900 registrations were filed
Item	companies	Share
San Francisco	93	0.3%
Los Angeles	48	0.2%
Sacramento	26	<0.1%
Oakland	24	<0.1%
San Diego	18	<0.1%
Santa Barbara	16	<0.1%
Pasadena	15	<0.1%
Riverside	14	<0.1%

Shares are taken against filings that carry a registration date; the year's own count includes every filing dated within it.

Companies 1–50 of 29,974

A–Z by legal name

Company	Business category	Registry number	Registered	Status	City
"AETNA" SMELTING COMPANY OF SAN CARLOS COUNTY OF TULARE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA	—	70002700	1900-01-01	Suspended
"ALLARDT" GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY	—	70000057	1900-01-01	Suspended
"AMERICAN FREEMAN" GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY	—	70000295	1900-01-01	Suspended
"AMERICAN FREEMAN" GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY	—	70000256	1900-01-01	Suspended
"EUREKA GOLD MINING COMPANY"	—	70002727	1900-01-01	Suspended
"EUREKA HAIR COMPANY"	—	70002729	1900-01-01	Suspended
"EUREKA WATER COMPANY"	—	70002728	1900-01-01	Suspended
"EUREKA" GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY	—	70002715	1900-01-01	Suspended
"I" STREET IMPROVEMENT COMPANY	—	70017220	1900-01-01	Suspended
"MECHANICS OWN" GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY	—	70005925	1900-01-01	Suspended
"NE PLUS ULTRA" GOLD & SILVER MINING CO.	—	70006641	1900-01-01	Suspended
"NEPTUNE" GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY	—	70006642	1900-01-01	Suspended
/HE ALBION GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY	—	70000119	1900-01-01	Suspended
01191948 YEN GONG SHOR MUTUAL AID AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION	—	70027317	1900-01-01	Dissolved
1ST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ALTON	—	70027241	1900-01-01	Dissolved
1ST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EEL RIVER ISLAND	—	70027335	1900-01-01	Dissolved
1ST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ELK RIVER	—	70024294	1900-01-01	Dissolved
1ST M. E. CHURCH OF PORTERVILLE	—	70019446	1900-01-01	Dissolved
1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF VALLEJO	—	70003348	1900-01-01	Dissolved
20TH CENTURY WHOLESALE FOOD PLAN,INC.	—	70261411	1900-01-01	Suspended
23D AVENUE AND EAST 14TH STREET IMPOVEMENT COMPANY	—	70021792	1900-01-01	Dissolved
24 HOUR GROUP	—	0000375	1900-01-01	Active	SACRAMENTO
250 POST STREET COMPANY	—	0028455	1900-01-01	Dissolved
27-27 OIL COMPANY	—	70030192	1900-02-28	Suspended
28 OIL COMPANY	—	70029448	1900-01-01	Suspended
36 OIL COMPANY	—	0032048	1900-12-24	Dissolved
4 OIL COMPANY	—	70030549	1900-04-19	Dissolved
49 MININ, MILLING AND POWER COMPANY	—	70025944	1900-01-01	Suspended
49 MINING CAMP CO.	—	70023037	1900-01-01	Suspended
54 FLAT PLACER MINING COMPANY	—	70022797	1900-01-01	Suspended
600 CALIFORNIA CORPORATION	—	0019553	1900-01-01	Dissolved
6TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT AGRICULTURE ASSOCIATION	—	70009224	1900-01-01	Suspended
78 CANAL COMPANY	—	70020889	1900-01-01	Suspended
A BARMEKEL CO.	—	70024053	1900-01-01	Suspended
A DORSEY COMPANY	—	70019860	1900-01-01	Suspended
A-1 COMMUNITY TV SYSTEM, INC.	—	0275481	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. AKESSON & CO.	—	70023574	1900-01-01	Dissolved
A. ANDREWS COMPANY	—	70020660	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. B. C. CAN OPENER COMPANY	—	70023595	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. B. GREENWALD COMPANY	—	70023463	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. B. PATRICK ANAD COMPANY	—	70020600	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. C. DAUPHINY & CO.	—	70023445	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. C. G. LEMON ASSOCIATION	—	70024080	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. D. D. REMEDIES COMPANY	—	70028826	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. D. VANCE BRICK COMPANY	—	70030213	1900-03-05	Suspended
A. L. BRYAN SHOE COMPANY	—	70021999	1900-01-01	Suspended
A. M. SPECK & CO.	—	70027383	1900-01-01	Suspended
A.F.NAHER COMPANY	—	70027808	1900-01-01	Suspended
A.F.TENNEY CANNING COMPANY	—	70022154	1900-01-01	Suspended
A.FOLSOM & SON COMPANY	—	70021326	1900-01-01	Suspended

1900 registrations by city

71 cities