Companies registered in Michigan in 1900 — official registry records

1900 in Michigan at a glance

live counts

1,078

companies registered in 1900

<0.1%

of all dated Michigan registrations

75th

busiest of 127 years on record

178

cities with registrations in 1900

Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1900 highlighted

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19871997200720162026

Registrations by year
Item	companies
1987	28,754
1988	29,374
1989	29,425
1990	28,692
1991	27,040
1992	28,977
1993	31,237
1994	35,281
1995	38,309
1996	41,060
1997	43,805
1998	47,409
1999	51,189
2000	54,562
2001	55,288
2002	61,003
2003	67,256
2004	75,296
2005	76,017
2006	74,969
2007	72,413
2008	68,668
2009	68,702
2010	70,923
2011	71,909
2012	74,313
2013	76,362
2014	79,396
2015	81,151
2016	83,191
2017	91,883
2018	106,551
2019	107,054
2020	139,406
2021	166,044
2022	147,293
2023	148,631
2024	136,262
2025	148,526
2026	114,746

Where 1900 registrations were filedtop 8 cities

Detroit484.5%
Grand Rapids252.3%
Saginaw161.5%
Lansing151.4%
Ann Arbor141.3%
Bingham Farms100.9%
Bay City80.7%
Kalamazoo80.7%
Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city93487%

Where 1900 registrations were filed
Item	companies	Share
Detroit	48	4.5%
Grand Rapids	25	2.3%
Saginaw	16	1.5%
Lansing	15	1.4%
Ann Arbor	14	1.3%
Bingham Farms	10	0.9%
Bay City	8	0.7%
Kalamazoo	8	0.7%

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 1,078

A–Z by legal name

Company	Business category	Registry number	Registered	Status	City
A. J. DUPUIS COMPANY	—	800005955	1900-01-01	Withdrawn	DEARBORN
ACF INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED	—	800993306	1900-01-01	Dissolved	BINGHAM FARMS
ADDISON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH	—	800848201	1900-01-01	Active	ADDISON
ADRIAN & DETROIT RAILROAD COMPANY	—	800108595	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ADRIAN CITY ELECTRIC BELT RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800108605	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ADRIAN CITY TRAIN AND STREET RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800108606	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ADRIAN COLLEGE	Educational services	800800860	1900-01-01	Active	ADRIAN
ADRIAN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800108609	1900-02-13	Withdrawn
AGENCY FOR JEWISH EDUCATION	—	800852212	1900-01-01	Dissolved	BLOOMFIELD HILLS
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LENAWEE COUNTY	—	800852813	1900-01-01	Active	ADRIAN
ALASKA RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800107809	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ALBION COLLEGE	—	800871839	1900-01-01	Dissolved	ALBION
ALLEGAN AND SOUTH EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY	—	800118558	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ALMA COLLEGE	Educational services	800876463	1900-01-01	Active	ALMA
ALPENA AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY	—	800118572	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ALPENA LODGE NO. 505 OF THE BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS.	—	800851114	1900-02-14	Dissolved	ALPENA
ALPHA CHAPTER OF NU SIGMA NU FRATERNITY	—	800796669	1900-01-01	Dissolved	ANN ARBOR
ALPHA OF MICHIGAN OF SIGMA PHI	—	800793334	1900-01-01	Dissolved	GRAND HAVEN
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN ALPHA CHAPTER PHI DELTA THETA	—	800869712	1900-01-01	Active	CLINTON TOWNSHIP
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	—	800873436	1900-01-01	Active	ANN ARBOR
AMBOY AND TRAVERSE BAY RAIL ROAD COMPANY	—	800118106	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
AMBOY LANSING & TRAVERSE BAY RAIL ROAD COMPANY	—	800118109	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
AMERICAN ELECTRICAL HEATER COMPANY	—	800082376	1900-01-01	Withdrawn	CLAWSON
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF MICHIGAN	—	800005574	1900-01-01	Withdrawn	BINGHAM FARMS
ANDERSON-TULLY COMPANY	—	800146596	1900-01-01	Withdrawn	DETROIT
ANN ARBOR AND YPSILANTI ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800118112	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ANN ARBOR STREET RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800118124	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
AQUINAS COLLEGE	—	800878731	1900-01-01	Active	GRAND RAPIDS
ARCADIA & BETSEY RIVER RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800118650	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ARCADIA AND BETSEY RIVER TRAIN RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800117687	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ARCTIC IRON COMPANY	—	800049492	1900-01-01	Withdrawn	ISHPEMING
ARMS LAKE RAIL ROAD COMPANY	—	800117690	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
ARNOLD TRANSIT HOLDING COMPANY	—	800204593	1900-02-23	Withdrawn	SOUTH LYON
ATLANTA CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH	—	800830985	1900-01-01	Inactive	ATLANTA
AUGUSTANA EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF DETROIT	—	800848928	1900-02-08	Dissolved	DETROIT
BANGOR AND SOUTH HAVEN DIVISION OF THE TOLEDO AND SOUTH HAVEN NARROW GAUGE RAIL ROAD COMPANY	—	800117712	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BARRY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY	—	800849922	1900-01-29	Active	HASTINGS
BATTLE CREEK & STURGIS RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800109240	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BATTLE CREEK AND BAY CITY RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800117824	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BATTLE CREEK ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800117839	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BATTLE CREEK RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800117848	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY CITIES CONSOLIDATED RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800113543	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY CITY AND BATTLE CREEK RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800113550	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY CITY AND EAST SAGINAW RAIL ROAD COMPANY	—	800170835	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY CITY AND MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY	—	800118688	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY CITY BELT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY	—	800118697	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY CITY STREET RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800118706	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY CITY, CARO AND PORT HURON RAILROAD COMPANY	—	800118702	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY DE NOQUET AND MARQUETTE RAIL ROAD COMPANY	—	800161594	1900-01-01	Withdrawn
BAY, TUSCOLA & HURON RAILWAY COMPANY	—	800161124	1900-01-01	Withdrawn

1900 registrations by city

35 cities