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Companies registered in North Carolina in 1916

38 companies on the Business Registration Division, Secretary of State records, registered during 1916. Each row links to the company’s full profile; anything missing here can be found in search.

1916 in North Carolina at a glance

live counts
38
companies registered in 1916
<0.1%
of all dated North Carolina registrations
112th
busiest of 127 years on record
25
cities with registrations in 1916
Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1916 highlighted
Registrations by year1987: 17,002 companies1988: 17,333 companies1989: 17,794 companies1990: 16,875 companies1991: 16,285 companies1992: 17,553 companies1993: 19,193 companies1994: 23,436 companies1995: 26,382 companies1996: 29,492 companies1997: 33,054 companies1998: 34,474 companies1999: 37,872 companies2000: 39,957 companies2001: 38,505 companies2002: 42,933 companies2003: 46,674 companies2004: 54,103 companies2005: 60,866 companies2006: 64,081 companies2007: 65,665 companies2008: 57,483 companies2009: 52,298 companies2010: 51,703 companies2011: 53,854 companies2012: 57,059 companies2013: 60,375 companies2014: 64,374 companies2015: 69,568 companies2016: 74,332 companies2017: 83,280 companies2018: 92,915 companies2019: 99,213 companies2020: 125,763 companies2021: 176,757 companies2022: 170,921 companies2023: 171,268 companies2024: 162,901 companies2025: 172,845 companies2026: 143,931 companies50K100K150K200K
19871997200720162026
Registrations by year
Itemcompanies
198717,002
198817,333
198917,794
199016,875
199116,285
199217,553
199319,193
199423,436
199526,382
199629,492
199733,054
199834,474
199937,872
200039,957
200138,505
200242,933
200346,674
200454,103
200560,866
200664,081
200765,665
200857,483
200952,298
201051,703
201153,854
201257,059
201360,375
201464,374
201569,568
201674,332
201783,280
201892,915
201999,213
2020125,763
2021176,757
2022170,921
2023171,268
2024162,901
2025172,845
2026143,931
Where 1916 registrations were filedtop 8 cities
  1. Raleigh411%
  2. Wilmington37.9%
  3. Charlotte25.3%
  4. Gastonia25.3%
  5. Greensboro25.3%
  6. Hickory25.3%
  7. Asheville12.6%
  8. Aurora12.6%
  9. Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city2155%
Where 1916 registrations were filed
ItemcompaniesShare
Raleigh411%
Wilmington37.9%
Charlotte25.3%
Gastonia25.3%
Greensboro25.3%
Hickory25.3%
Asheville12.6%
Aurora12.6%

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

All 38 companies

A–Z by legal name
CompanyBusiness categoryRegistry numberRegisteredStatusCity
Albemarle Bank—02917911916-02-18MergedWilson
Associated Charities of Statesville, Inc.—00061991916-03-24ActiveStatesville
Aurora Agricultural Fair Assn, Inc.—00077491916-02-10ActiveAurora
Avery Co. Fair Assn. Inc.—00082511916-10-16DissolvedElk Park
B. a. Sellars & Sons, Incorporated—01315641916-07-05Burlington
Belks Department Store of Rockingham, N.C., Incorporated—00123041916-12-28MergedFayetteville
Charlotte Merchants Association, Incorporated—00274831916-08-21MergedCharlotte
Chimney Rock Company—00276751916-01-31DissolvedLake Lure
Commonwealth Hosiery Mills, Inc.—00325451916-10-20ActiveRandleman
Cross Mills, Inc.—00363201916-08-14DissolvedMarion
DHP Holding Company—01248791916-09-14DissolvedGreensboro
Elizabeth Mills Co.—00958781916-12-07Dissolved
Fisheries Products Company—21385921916-09-07WithdrawnWILMINGTON
Goldsboro Milling Company—00606191916-10-02MergedGoldsboro
Groves Thread Company, Incorporated—11220231916-04-21Dissolved
Hardison & Hardison, Incorporated—00649621916-03-15MergedWadesboro
Hertford County Undertakers Union, Incorporated—00679761916-01-06ActiveWinton
Hickory American Legion Fairground, Inc.—00269061916-06-22ActiveHickory
High Point Morris Plan Bank—00686781916-09-08DissolvedHigh Point
Home Insurance Agency, Incorporated—00704651916-07-11MergedDurham
J. P. Taylor Company, Incorporated, (virginia)—01471421916-11-10WithdrawnRaleigh
Junior Order Corporation, of Wilmington, North Carolina, Inc.—00788181916-12-26ActiveWilmington
Liberty Storage Company—00875151916-12-01Dissolved
Lou Pollock Memorial Park, Inc.—01159791916-12-20DissolvedAsheville
Miller Drug Company—00957991916-05-01Mooresville
Morris Plan Co. of Rocky Mount, N. C., Inc.—00985501916-08-29DissolvedRcoky Mount
Parkdale Mills, Incorporated—01104801916-05-13ActiveGastonia
Peoples Security Life Insurance Company—00706381916-05-30MergedRaleigh
Pyramid Motor Company—01194541916-08-10DissolvedCharlotte
Sapona Manufacturing Company, IncorporatedManufacturing01298691916-03-20DissolvedGreensboro
Shady Grove High School Co.—01320751916-11-24DissolvedDunn
Shrine Club of Charlotte, N. C.—01331221916-01-22Active
The De Rhodes Co., Inc.—00404611916-09-27DissolvedHickory
The Dorothea Dix School of Nursing, Incorporated—00427211916-06-03ActiveRaleigh
The Electric Bottling Company—01537631916-05-27MergedWilmington
The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce—00900481916-06-03ActiveRaleigh
W. N. Johnston Sons Co.—00787521916-01-24Gastonia
Wilkinsons Funeral Home, Inc.—01621001916-03-24ActiveConcord

1916 registrations by city

2 cities