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Companies registered in North Carolina in 1920

63 companies on the Business Registration Division, Secretary of State records, registered during 1920. Each row links to the company’s full profile; anything missing here can be found in search.

1920 in North Carolina at a glance

live counts
63
companies registered in 1920
<0.1%
of all dated North Carolina registrations
108th
busiest of 127 years on record
39
cities with registrations in 1920
Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1920 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 1920 registrations were filedtop 8 cities
  1. Raleigh69.5%
  2. Belmont46.3%
  3. Charlotte46.3%
  4. High Point46.3%
  5. Edenton23.2%
  6. Gastonia23.2%
  7. Goldsboro23.2%
  8. Monroe23.2%
  9. Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city3759%
Where 1920 registrations were filed
ItemcompaniesShare
Raleigh69.5%
Belmont46.3%
Charlotte46.3%
High Point46.3%
Edenton23.2%
Gastonia23.2%
Goldsboro23.2%
Monroe23.2%

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 63

A–Z by legal name
CompanyBusiness categoryRegistry numberRegisteredStatusCity
Atlantic District Fair Association, Inc.—00071431920-02-24Ahoskie
Belk-beck Company of Burlington, North Carolina, Inc.—00121191920-02-25MergedGreensboro
Belks Department Store of Wadesboro, North Carolina, Incorporated—00123131920-10-25DissolvedCharlotte
Biltmore Forest Company—00130851920-07-20MergedBiltmore
Blount-harvey Co.—00154531920-01-30Greenville
Blounts Mutual Drugs, Inc.—00699861920-02-09ActiveEdenton
Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce, Inc.—00856191920-08-18ActiveLenoir
Carolina Brush Company—00221081920-07-23ActiveGastonia
Carolina Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Inc.Other services00220091920-11-01ActiveCharlotte
China Grove Cotton Mills Company—00277861920-04-05Dissolved
Chowan - Colerain Terry Company—00277821920-06-10DissolvedTyner
Columbia Panel Mfg. Co., Inc.Manufacturing00318961920-01-20ActiveHigh Point
Country Club of Salisbury, Incorporated—00349471920-06-17ActiveSalisbury
Currituck Resolution Properties, Inc.—01888681920-02-12DissolvedMoyock
Deep River Power & Light Company—00398601920-07-07DissolvedTroy
Diamond Theatre Company—01789381920-01-20DissolvedGoldsboro
Dimon International, Inc.—00973741920-08-04MergedFarmville
Dixie Guano Company—00418891920-11-06DissolvedLaurinburg
Eagle Yarn Mills, Inc.—00442551920-04-04DissolvedBelmont
Edgerton, Quinn-McGowen Co., Inc.—30791441920-03-24Dissolved
Equifax Inc.—01944601920-09-16ActiveRaleigh
Fletcher Hospital, Incorporated—00536841920-01-26ActiveHendersonville
Ford Motor Company—00533411920-03-14ActiveRaleigh
Franklinville Store, Inc.—00555781920-01-16DissolvedScotland Neck
Goldsboro Womans Club, Inc.—00606941920-07-13ActiveGoldsboro
Hackney Brothers, Inc.—00637891920-03-24Washington
Hamken, Inc.—00797791920-06-12Shelby
Harris Enterprises, Inc.—00655601920-12-10Dissolved
Harriss & Covington Hosiery Mills, Inc.Manufacturing00653831920-04-13ActiveHigh Point
Integon Life Insurance Corporation—00742311920-03-11Raleigh
J. H. Meyers Lumber and Manufacturing Co.—00949951920-02-11DissolvedMonroe
Linford Mills, Inc.—00862911920-01-29DissolvedBelmont
Louis G. Ratcliffe, Inc.—01210161920-08-27ActiveCharlotte
NCVAMD, Inc.—00046971920-08-31ActiveRaleigh
New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce, Inc.—00263521920-08-21ActiveNew Bern
North Elm Shopping Center, Inc.—01053251920-01-31ActiveLumberton
Perfection Spinning Co.—01123431920-01-29DissolvedBelmont
Priscilla Spinning Company—01180111920-02-12DissolvedGastonia
Provision Financial Resources of NC Baptists, Inc.—01034931920-11-24ActiveCary
Query - Goodman Company—01201851920-03-27Kannapolis
Reeds Telephone Company—01232381920-08-30DissolvedLexington
Reynolda, Incorporated—09112021920-06-14Dissolved
Roanoke Railway Co.—01246901920-09-01RevokedRaleigh
Standard Mineral Company, Inc.—06636121920-10-07MergedWinston-Salem
Stonecutter Mills Corporation—01418491920-03-19DissolvedRutherford
Stowe Spinning Company—01420651920-02-05MergedBelmont
Textile Mills Corporation—01464711920-07-22DissolvedHigh Point
The Atlantic Service Co., Inc.—00073311920-04-09Raleigh
The Charlotte Womans Club, Incorporated—00276481920-10-22ActiveCharlotte
The Cupola House Association, Inc.—00684621920-06-29ActiveEdenton

1920 registrations by city

4 cities