Companies registered in Illinois in 1914 — official registry records

1914 in Illinois at a glance

live counts

117

companies registered in 1914

<0.1%

of all dated Illinois registrations

112th

busiest of 127 years on record

cities with registrations in 1914

Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1914 highlighted

50K100K150K200K

19871997200720162026

Registrations by year
Item	companies
1987	33,902
1988	35,425
1989	35,621
1990	35,989
1991	35,486
1992	38,138
1993	40,256
1994	43,922
1995	44,858
1996	47,971
1997	49,631
1998	51,597
1999	54,674
2000	58,162
2001	56,718
2002	67,365
2003	73,538
2004	78,928
2005	81,113
2006	79,747
2007	80,996
2008	77,412
2009	70,420
2010	72,212
2011	73,362
2012	77,271
2013	78,530
2014	81,689
2015	83,975
2016	84,132
2017	87,906
2018	107,328
2019	112,678
2020	143,327
2021	172,813
2022	153,096
2023	161,003
2024	155,004
2025	163,026
2026	129,775

Where 1914 registrations were filedtop 3 cities

Aurora10.9%
Bellwood10.9%
Chicago10.9%
Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city11497%

Where 1914 registrations were filed
Item	companies	Share
Aurora	1	0.9%
Bellwood	1	0.9%
Chicago	1	0.9%

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 117

A–Z by legal name

Company	Business category	Registry number	Registered	Status	City
ACME INDUSTRIAL COMPANY	—	12964617	1914-07-03	Active
ADVANCE ROSS SUB COMPANY	—	01946081	1914-09-26	Revoked
ALLIANCE FOR AUDITED MEDIA	—	13028532	1914-08-21	Active
ALPHA ALPHA ALUMNI OF DELTA SIGMA PHI FRATERNITY	—	12878036	1914-04-20	Active
ALSDORF INTERNATIONAL LTD.	—	13094519	1914-11-13	Dissolved
AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA, INC.	—	01246381	1914-01-14	Active
ARAMARK DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.	—	12715862	1914-01-02	Merged
ART METAL PRODUCTS COMPANY	—	12769393	1914-02-04	Dissolved
AURORA COUNTRY CLUB	Accommodation and food services	13038929	1914-08-27	Active	Aurora
B & B SHOE COMPANY	—	12770197	1914-02-11	Dissolved
BAY AREA FOODS, INC.	—	13299650	1914-06-24	Dissolved
BENDINER BENEFIT SOCIETY	—	12888368	1914-04-23	Dissolved
BETHANY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH FORK CHRISTIAN COUNTY	—	12996411	1914-07-24	Dissolved
BODINE ELECTRIC COMPANY	—	12802412	1914-03-04	Active
C. C. MITCHELL & CO.	—	01328158	1914-08-01	Revoked
CABERY FARMERS GRAIN COMPANY	—	12996489	1914-07-24	Dissolved
CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE	—	12737262	1914-01-15	Active
CHICAGO MOTOR CLUB	—	12736983	1914-01-13	Merged
CHICAGO REGIONAL TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, INC.	—	12824327	1914-03-19	Active
CHICAGO TUBE AND IRON COMPANY	—	12953496	1914-06-22	Merged
CHICAGOLAND AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING	—	13126593	1914-12-11	Dissolved
DECATUR LODGE #401 OF THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	—	13017875	1914-08-13	Active
DECATUR LODGE #684 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE INC.	—	12900279	1914-05-15	Dissolved
DEUTSCHER UNTERSTUTZUNGE VEREIN "BOCHMERWALD"	—	12747837	1914-01-20	Dissolved
DWIGHT & M. H. JACKSON	—	13116156	1914-12-07	Dissolved
DWIGHT WOMAN'S CLUB	—	12759231	1914-02-02	Dissolved
EQUIFAX INC.	—	01246275	1914-01-02	Revoked
ERNST HERTZBERG & SONS, MONASTERY HILL BINDERY	Manufacturing	13137919	1914-12-29	Active	Chicago
ERSCHTE MARAMAROSER UTERSTIZUNG VEREIN	—	13104972	1914-11-19	Active
FIRST FAMILY INC.	—	12770090	1914-02-10	Active
FREE THOUGHT COUNCIL SVOBODNA OBEC	—	12845839	1914-04-02	Dissolved
FREEDOM CEMETERY ASSOCIATION	—	06921779	1914-12-24	Active
G. A. ENSENBERGER & SONS	—	13137587	1914-12-22	Dissolved
GEORGE WILLIAMS COLLEGE	—	13072663	1914-10-20	Merged
H. A. FRAMBURG & COMPANY	Manufacturing	12802544	1914-03-05	Active	Bellwood
HABEL, ARMBRUSTER & LARSEN COMPANY	—	13050619	1914-09-21	Dissolved
HENRY BOOTH HOUSE	—	12835167	1914-03-27	Active
HERCULES INCORPORATED	—	01266713	1914-02-02	Withdrawn
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL INC.	—	13126739	1914-12-14	Dissolved
HOMEWOOD FISHING CLUB	—	12942681	1914-06-11	Active
HOTZ - LUMBER COMPANY	—	09407189	1914-11-02	Dissolved
HOY ON BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION	—	12964285	1914-06-30	Active
HUNGARIAN RAKOCZI SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS	—	12802498	1914-03-04	Dissolved
ILLINOIS VALLEY INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION	—	13050970	1914-09-26	Dissolved
JAMES D. AHERN COMPANY	—	12769466	1914-02-04	Active
JESSAMINE WITHERS FUND	—	12900261	1914-05-15	Active
JOHNSON MEIER COMPANY	—	13072493	1914-10-19	Dissolved
KINCAID LUMBER COMPANY	—	12748043	1914-01-23	Dissolved
KOHLHAAS COMPANY	—	13126577	1914-12-11	Dissolved
LA SALLE COUNTY FARM BUREAU	—	13072396	1914-10-16	Active