Companies registered in South Carolina in 1902 — official registry records

1902 in South Carolina at a glance

live counts

companies registered in 1902

<0.1%

of all dated South Carolina registrations

111th

busiest of 127 years on record

Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1902 highlighted

50K100K150K

19871997200720162026

Registrations by year
Item	companies
1987	9,234
1988	9,469
1989	10,112
1990	10,405
1991	9,332
1992	9,248
1993	10,283
1994	11,694
1995	13,582
1996	15,009
1997	16,755
1998	18,020
1999	19,836
2000	20,824
2001	20,583
2002	23,772
2003	27,108
2004	32,553
2005	37,505
2006	40,801
2007	41,009
2008	36,082
2009	31,373
2010	31,143
2011	31,959
2012	34,839
2013	35,212
2014	38,247
2015	41,485
2016	44,012
2017	51,603
2018	55,130
2019	59,123
2020	75,826
2021	103,852
2022	97,712
2023	97,873
2024	89,724
2025	96,953
2026	76,113

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

All 30 companies

A–Z by legal name

Company	Business category	Registry number	Registered	Status
ACOSTA MOTORS, INC.	—	210699	1902-07-27	Revoked
ALL SAINTS PARISH, WACCAMAW	—	144415	1902-06-21	Active
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH	—	144464	1902-10-07	Active
BRUCE & DOSTER DRUG CO.	—	15527	1902-10-15	Inactive
CAROLINA LIFE INSURANCE CO.	—	13423	1902-04-14	Active
CAROLINA MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY	—	14822	1902-08-04	Active
CLC ASSOCIATES, INC.	—	14713	1902-07-25	Inactive
COMMERCIAL REALTY CORPORATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA	—	13762	1902-04-25	Inactive
COUNTY MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA	—	14823	1902-07-28	Active
CROSWELL & COMPANY	—	16110	1902-12-31	Inactive
FARMER'S & MERCHANT'S BANK	—	13267	1902-03-14	Merged
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH THE	—	144382	1902-02-25	Active
HARMON DRUG CO. THE	—	14131	1902-08-21	Revoked
KERSHAW OIL MILL	—	14305	1902-07-12	Active
LANCASTER TELEPHONE COMPANY	—	14215	1902-06-30	Active
MILL OPERATIVES SICK AND ACCIDENT FRATERNAL UNION OF AMERICA THE	—	16222	1902-12-29	Active
MT. LEBANON BAPTIST CHURCH THE	—	3249	1902-12-30	Active
PIEDMONT MUTUAL INS. CO.	—	8061	1902-01-03	Active
SANS SOUCI SCHOOL	—	13574	1902-04-22	Active
SANTEE CLUB	—	22881	1902-02-01	Inactive
SECURITY FIRE INS. SOCIETY OF CHARLESTON THE	—	15408	1902-10-30	Active
SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY THE	—	14037	1902-07-25	Active
SOUTH CAROLINA BANKERS' ASSOCIATION	—	370081	1902-07-08	Active
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURERS MUTUAL INS. CO. OF S.C.	—	8028	1902-08-02	Active
SWIFT CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH	—	1129	1902-06-30	Active
THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS	—	952	1902-05-26	Active
THE PEOPLES' BANK	—	16252	1902-12-29	Active
TRUSTEES OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE	—	719177	1902-02-20	Active
WHALEY AID SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA THE	—	144440	1902-07-22	Active
WORKMEN UNION PROTECTIVE ASS'N. OF NEWBERRY, S.C.	—	144541	1902-12-20	Active