us-nc · registered 1940
Companies registered in North Carolina in 1940 160 companies on the Business Registration Division, Secretary of State records, registered during 1940. Each row links to the company’s full profile; anything missing here can be found in search .
1940 in North Carolina at a glance live counts 160
companies registered in 1940
<0.1%
of all dated North Carolina registrations
85th
busiest of 127 years on record
69
cities with registrations in 1940
Registrations by year 1987–2026 · 1940 highlighted Registrations by year 1987: 17,002 companies 1988: 17,333 companies 1989: 17,794 companies 1990: 16,875 companies 1991: 16,285 companies 1992: 17,553 companies 1993: 19,193 companies 1994: 23,436 companies 1995: 26,382 companies 1996: 29,492 companies 1997: 33,054 companies 1998: 34,474 companies 1999: 37,872 companies 2000: 39,957 companies 2001: 38,505 companies 2002: 42,933 companies 2003: 46,674 companies 2004: 54,103 companies 2005: 60,866 companies 2006: 64,081 companies 2007: 65,665 companies 2008: 57,483 companies 2009: 52,298 companies 2010: 51,703 companies 2011: 53,854 companies 2012: 57,059 companies 2013: 60,375 companies 2014: 64,374 companies 2015: 69,568 companies 2016: 74,332 companies 2017: 83,280 companies 2018: 92,915 companies 2019: 99,213 companies 2020: 125,763 companies 2021: 176,757 companies 2022: 170,921 companies 2023: 171,268 companies 2024: 162,901 companies 2025: 172,845 companies 2026: 143,931 companies 50K 100K 150K 200K 1987 1997 2007 2016 2026
Registrations by year Item companies 1987 17,002 1988 17,333 1989 17,794 1990 16,875 1991 16,285 1992 17,553 1993 19,193 1994 23,436 1995 26,382 1996 29,492 1997 33,054 1998 34,474 1999 37,872 2000 39,957 2001 38,505 2002 42,933 2003 46,674 2004 54,103 2005 60,866 2006 64,081 2007 65,665 2008 57,483 2009 52,298 2010 51,703 2011 53,854 2012 57,059 2013 60,375 2014 64,374 2015 69,568 2016 74,332 2017 83,280 2018 92,915 2019 99,213 2020 125,763 2021 176,757 2022 170,921 2023 171,268 2024 162,901 2025 172,845 2026 143,931
Where 1940 registrations were filed top 8 cities Raleigh 2314% Charlotte 106.3% High Point 85.0% Durham 74.4% X 53.1% Greensboro 42.5% Asheville 31.9% Dunn 31.9% Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city 9761% Where 1940 registrations were filed Item companies Share Raleigh 23 14% Charlotte 10 6.3% High Point 8 5.0% Durham 7 4.4% X 5 3.1% Greensboro 4 2.5% Asheville 3 1.9% Dunn 3 1.9%
Companies 1–50 of 160 A–Z by legal name Company Business category Registry number Registered Status City 307-311 North Front Street Corporation — 0148171 1940-07-06 Dissolved High Point A & E Truck Lines, Incorporated — 0152019 1940-05-27 Dissolved Battleboro Aeroglide Corporation — 0002224 1940-12-07 Merged Raleigh Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. — 0058358 1940-02-24 Active Raleigh Albemarle Merchants Association, Inc. — 0002554 1940-05-15 Dissolved Albermarle American Paper Products, Inc. — 0004862 1940-10-07 Revoked Raleigh Aramark Food Service Corporation — 0106654 1940-02-26 Raleigh Asheville Retail Coal Merchants Association, Inc. — 0008571 1940-07-08 Dissolved Asheville Belmont Converting Company — 0013064 1940-11-15 Dissolved Belmont Benton Stores, Inc. — 0012427 1940-12-09 Revoked Raleigh Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation Utilities 0012701 1940-08-19 Active Lenoir Bmc Fund, Inc. — 0056743 1940-04-10 Active Lenoir Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties — 0008278 1940-06-20 Active Durham Brown-wynne Funeral Home, Inc. — 0017548 1940-09-10 Merged Raleigh Browns Mutual Burial Association of Winston-salem, Inc. — 0016335 1940-10-31 Dissolved C. D. Stampley Enterprises, Inc. — 0139479 1940-07-16 Active Charlotte CCH Dissolution, Inc. — 0034812 1940-08-20 Dissolved Raleigh Ca-vel Community Methodist Church, Inc. — 0025508 1940-09-03 Active Roxboro Cabarrus District of Central North Carolina Council Boy Scouts of America, Incorporated — 0019898 1940-04-17 Active Kannapolis Canton Professional Building, Incorporated — 0021182 1940-04-04 Dissolved Canton Carolina Marble and Granite Works, Inc. — 0023123 1940-04-22 Dissolved Charlotte Carolina Oil & Distributing Company — 0022964 1940-06-20 Dissolved New Bern Carolina Packers, Inc. Manufacturing 0023195 1940-12-12 Active Smithfield Carolina Transport Express, Inc. — 0024938 1940-09-19 Dissolved Gastonia Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corporation Utilities 0024308 1940-08-17 Active Newport Cash and Carry Stores, Incorporated — 0024530 1940-01-02 Elkin Central Engineering and Contracting Corporation — 0025493 1940-02-06 Merged Central North Carolina Council, Incorporated — 0026002 1940-10-11 Active Albemarle Charlotte Union Bus Station, Inc. — 0027583 1940-10-18 Dissolved Charlotte Chm, Inc. — 0019497 1940-02-28 Dissolved Henderson Church Finance Association, Incorporated — 0028614 1940-04-24 Active Kinston Citizen Express Inc. — 0029754 1940-09-13 Dissolved Mars Hill City Motor Company of Salisbury, N.C., Inc. — 0145377 1940-08-27 Merged Salisbury Clark and Sorrell, Incorporated — 0029243 1940-06-12 Durham Clyde Williams, Inc. — 0162373 1940-08-16 Mt Olive Cochran Estates, Inc. — 0030773 1940-05-17 Chapel Hill Columbia International University — 0031789 1940-08-19 Active Indian Trail Craver Realty Corporation — 0142113 1940-08-23 Active Durham Dave Steel Company, Inc. — 0038709 1940-10-22 Active Asheville Davidson Electric Membership Corporation — 0038733 1940-08-03 Merged Lexington Davidson Funeral Home, Incorporated — 0038840 1940-11-14 Active Lexington Dockery Mutual Burial Association, Inc. — 0042164 1940-05-08 Dissolved Shelby Dunn Fertilizer Company, Inc. — 0179070 1940-11-25 Dissolved Dunn Durham Cigar and Candy Company, Incorporated — 0043715 1940-11-01 Durham Eagle Lake Fishing Club Inc. — 0044695 1940-05-21 Active Charlotte Egbert-ChesterField-Walters-Gavin American Legion Post 127, Inc. — 0058461 1940-02-24 Active Warsaw Explosives Supply Company — 0049955 1940-11-25 Active Spruce Pine Family Service of High Point Foundation, Inc. — 0068546 1940-05-14 Active High Point Fayetteville Metropolitan Housing Authority — 0252088 1940-09-10 Active X French Broad Electric Membership Corporation Utilities 0056615 1940-02-05 Active Marshall
1940 registrations by city 14 cities