Companies registered in New York in 1900 — official registry records

1900 in New York at a glance

live counts

6,705

companies registered in 1900

<0.1%

of all dated New York registrations

71st

busiest of 127 years on record

422

cities with registrations in 1900

Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1900 highlighted

100K200K300K

19871997200720162026

Registrations by year
Item	companies
1987	84,976
1988	86,530
1989	82,299
1990	74,488
1991	72,311
1992	77,881
1993	81,130
1994	84,487
1995	92,943
1996	98,416
1997	102,573
1998	104,383
1999	110,981
2000	116,270
2001	112,123
2002	124,314
2003	131,291
2004	139,610
2005	144,384
2006	145,153
2007	145,622
2008	137,569
2009	128,572
2010	134,620
2011	138,564
2012	149,661
2013	163,037
2014	176,365
2015	181,743
2016	182,496
2017	191,493
2018	201,585
2019	206,979
2020	222,088
2021	263,061
2022	259,103
2023	273,891
2024	251,959
2025	268,536
2026	193,285

Where 1900 registrations were filedtop 8 cities

None2,33335%
New York2,09031%
Brooklyn1101.6%
Buffalo861.3%
Albany751.1%
Rochester610.9%
Syracuse510.8%
Utica180.3%
Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city1,88128%

Where 1900 registrations were filed
Item	companies	Share
None	2,333	35%
New York	2,090	31%
Brooklyn	110	1.6%
Buffalo	86	1.3%
Albany	75	1.1%
Rochester	61	0.9%
Syracuse	51	0.8%
Utica	18	0.3%

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 6,705

A–Z by legal name

Company	Business category	Registry number	Registered	Status	City
"D" COMPANY BUFFALO CITY GUARD	—	5376101	1900-01-01	Active	EAST AMHERST
"THE SOCIETY OF THE HELPERS OF THE HOLY SOULS," OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK	—	28318	1900-01-01	Active	BRONX
"WOLFERT'S ROOST" INC.	—	22241	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
'THE KRAKAUER SIMON SCHREIBER CONGREGATION' OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK	—	2600169	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
11TH WARD STREET RAILWAY COMPANY ELEVENTH WARD STREET RAILWAY COMPANY	—	15616	1900-01-01	Active	SYRACUSE
125TH STREET RAIL ROAD	—	27921	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
14 LYMAN, INC.	—	15108	1900-01-01	Active	EAST AURORA
20TH CENTURY MANUFACTURING COMPANY	—	7989	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
234 MOONACHIE CORPORATION	—	15109	1900-01-01	Inactive	BERNARDSVILLE
3RD CHURCH OF CHRIST (SCIENTIST) OF NEW YORK CITY	—	26874	1900-01-01	Active
7 STARS GOLD MINING COMPANY	—	3625	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
999 SOCIAL CLUB OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK	—	18105	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
A. & P. ROBERTS COMPANY	—	7739	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
A. A. GRIFFING IRON COMPANY	—	2662	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
A. A. GRINNELL CO. INC.	—	18320	1900-01-01	Dissolved	ELBA
A. BOOTH & COMPANY	—	8266	1900-01-01	Active	BUFFALO
A. C. BRADY LUMBER CO.	—	6005	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
A. C. RISDON AND COMPANY	—	8236	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
A. N. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER COMPANY	—	4893	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
A. R. WHITNEY & CO.	—	7719	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
A. T. ALBRO COMPANY	—	7338	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
A. T. DECKER COMPANY	—	9513	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
A. W. PARKER COMPANY	—	8136	1900-01-01	Active	BROOKLYN
A.L. SWETT IRON WORKS	—	17695	1900-01-01	Dissolved	ROCHESTER
ABRAM COX STOVE COMPANY	—	7161	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
ACACIA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION	—	23692	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
ACADEMY OF THE HOLY NAMES OF ROME	—	18633	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
ACETYLINE GAS MACHINE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY	—	8289	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
ACETYVONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY	—	8492	1900-07-19	Active	NEW YORK
ACF INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED	—	8234	1900-01-01	Dissolved	ALBANY
ACHESON GRAPHITE COMPANY	—	8194	1900-01-01	Active	NIAGARA FALLS
ACKMAY, INC.	—	14180	1900-01-01	Active	BUFFALO
ACME BALL BEARING CASTER COMPANY	—	8209	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
ACME GRANGE	—	17084	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
ACME HARVESTER COMPANY	—	8516	1900-09-11	Active	NEW YORK
ACME SASH WEIGHT COMPANY	—	7526	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
ACME SLATE COMPANY	—	2436	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
ACO MACHINERY CORPORATION	—	11114	1900-01-01	Dissolved
ADAMS CENTRE GRANGE NO. 590, P. OF H.	—	28414	1900-01-01	Active
ADAMS CENTRE GRANGE NO. 590, P. OF H.	—	26635	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
ADAMS CONFECTIONERY COMPANY	—	2642	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
ADAMS DISTRICT PARSONAGE AND CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATION OF THE BLACK RIVER CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH	—	10235	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
ADAMS HOTEL COMPANY	—	552	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
ADAMS NOMATCH LIGHT COMPANY	—	7990	1900-01-01	Active	NEW YORK
ADAMS WATER WORKS COMPANY	—	9885	1900-01-01	Active	WATERTOWN
ADDISON AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA RAILWAY	—	11801	1900-01-01	Inactive	NONE
ADDISON AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILWAY COMAPANY	—	14399	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
ADDISON CHAPTER NO. 146, F. & A. M.	—	9992	1900-01-01	Active
ADDISON CHAPTER NO. 146, F. & A. M.	—	17026	1900-01-01	Active	NONE
ADDISON CHAPTER NO. 146, F. & A.M.	—	16951	1900-01-01	Active

1900 registrations by city

82 cities