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Companies registered in North Carolina in 1939

153 companies on the Business Registration Division, Secretary of State records, registered during 1939. Each row links to the company’s full profile; anything missing here can be found in search.

1939 in North Carolina at a glance

live counts
153
companies registered in 1939
<0.1%
of all dated North Carolina registrations
86th
busiest of 127 years on record
79
cities with registrations in 1939
Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1939 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 1939 registrations were filedtop 8 cities
  1. Raleigh2315%
  2. Greensboro95.9%
  3. Charlotte85.2%
  4. Durham74.6%
  5. Boone42.6%
  6. Waynesville42.6%
  7. Asheville32.0%
  8. Kinston32.0%
  9. Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city9260%
Where 1939 registrations were filed
ItemcompaniesShare
Raleigh2315%
Greensboro95.9%
Charlotte85.2%
Durham74.6%
Boone42.6%
Waynesville42.6%
Asheville32.0%
Kinston32.0%

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 153

A–Z by legal name
CompanyBusiness categoryRegistry numberRegisteredStatusCity
2 by 2 NC, Inc.—00423321939-09-27DissolvedValdese
A. C. Fite & Sons, Incorporated—00533671939-11-18DissolvedLexington
A. D. T. Company—08833831939-03-06MergedDurham
APL Logistics (LWD), Inc.—00846091939-09-29DissolvedRaleigh
Albemarle Broadcasting Company—08816711939-10-13DissolvedElizabeth City
Alson Court, Incorporated—00051871939-02-11DissolvedCharlotte
Ashe Memorial Hospital, Inc.Health care and social assistance00068021939-09-29ActiveJefferson
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Company—00071501939-06-19MergedGreensboro
Belk Department Store of Waynesville, N.C., Inc.—00123501939-02-23MergedWaynesville
Belk-simpson Company of Hendersonville, N.C., Incorporated—00123841939-07-13MergedHendersonville
Belks Department Store of Bryson City, N.C., Incorporated—00121531939-12-27MergedAsheville
Belmont Land, Inc.—00122251939-03-10MergedMcadenville
Bennett & Blocksidge, Inc.—00119651939-06-27DissolvedChapel Hill
Better Home Furniture Company of Winston-salem, Inc.—00134061939-03-30DissolvedPfafftown
Biblical Recorder, Incorporated—00137601939-12-29ActiveCary
Biddle & Company—00137671939-01-10DissolvedPinehurst
Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show, Inc.—00171921939-07-14DissolvedBoone
Blowing Rock Country Club, Inc.—02772621939-10-09ActiveBlowing Rock
Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation—00143051939-06-16ActiveRaleigh
Boone Tabacco Board of Trade, Inc.—00166071939-11-17ActiveBoone
Bostic-sugg Furniture Company—00139161939-10-25ActiveGreenville
Brady-campbell, Inc.—00148861939-06-08DissolvedRural Hall
Brigade Boys and Girls Club, Inc.—00162941939-02-20MergedWilmington
Broadway Taxi Inc.—00174141939-11-18DissolvedDurham
Browning and Farrell Furniture Company, Incorporated—00176781939-03-14Durham
Browns Mutual Burial Association of Greensboro, Inc.—00163301939-07-27ActiveGreensboro
Brunswick Electric Membership CorporationUtilities00175591939-03-09ActiveSupply
Budd-Piper Roofing Company—00180391939-03-04DissolvedDurham
Burlington Police Club, Incorporated—00188881939-09-05ActiveBurlington
Carolina Ford Dealers Advertising Association, Inc.—00229031939-04-20ActiveHigh Point
Carter Furniture Company, Inc.—00243331939-10-14DissolvedMount Airy
Carthage Junior Chamber of Commerce, Inc.—00246231939-12-15ActiveCarthage
Catawba Oil Company—00250031939-06-26RevokedRaleigh
Catawba Valley Broadcasting Company, Incorporated—00251041939-02-17DissolvedHickory
Central Motor Freight Lines, Incorporated—00259451939-12-11DissolvedAsheboro
Chatham Hospital, Incorporated—00268291939-01-27ActiveChapel Hill
Chatham News Publishing Company—00270171939-10-27DissolvedSiler City
Chrysler Financial Corporation—00288751939-01-16WithdrawnRaleigh
Coleman-pitt Post 58, the American Legion, Inc.—00309881939-04-18ActiveRocky Mount
Cooperative Livestock Market Association—00346681939-11-29DissolvedTrenton
Credit Bureau of Lincoln County, Inc.—00365241939-01-19SuspendedLincolnton
Creech Drug Company—00362181939-08-07DissolvedSelma
Crossnore Communities for Children—00374841939-02-06ActiveCrossnore
Darden Mutual Burial Association, Inc.—00385491939-09-29DissolvedWilson
Diana Stores Corporation—00411081939-09-01RevokedRaleigh
Dothan Presbyterian Church, Incorporated—00427661939-10-05ActiveMaxton
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.—00436501939-10-16WithdrawnRaleigh
Eddie's Appliance Warehouse, Inc.—00985791939-06-29Morganton
Eden Merchants Association, Inc.—00457281939-11-09SuspendedLeaksville
Elk Pharmacy, Incorporated—00469441939-12-09ActiveElkin

1939 registrations by city

10 cities