Companies registered in South Carolina in 1934 — official registry records

1934 in South Carolina at a glance

live counts

companies registered in 1934

<0.1%

of all dated South Carolina registrations

91st

busiest of 127 years on record

cities with registrations in 1934

Registrations by year1987–2026 · 1934 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

Where 1934 registrations were filedtop 4 cities

Charleston11.4%
Clinton11.4%
Columbia11.4%
Mount Pleasant11.4%
Everywhere else, incl. filings with no city6594%

Where 1934 registrations were filed
Item	companies	Share
Charleston	1	1.4%
Clinton	1	1.4%
Columbia	1	1.4%
Mount Pleasant	1	1.4%

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 69

A–Z by legal name

Company	Business category	Registry number	Registered	Status	City
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF COLUMBIA	—	145767	1934-02-17	Active
ALLEN BROTHERS MILLING COMPANY	Manufacturing	6461	1934-01-20	Active	Columbia
BANNER MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	—	279520	1934-07-16	Dissolved
BELK'S DEPARTMENT STORE OF FLORENCE, S.C., INCORPORATED	—	6510	1934-03-13	Merged
BELK'S DEPARTMENT STORE OF LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED	—	6716	1934-09-26	Merged
BELK'S DEPARTMENT STORE OF UNION, S.C., INCORPORATED	—	6813	1934-12-31	Merged
BELK-SIMPSON COMPANY OF ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED	—	144743	1934-10-05	Inactive
BLACKVILLE STATE BANK THE	—	6674	1934-08-11	Active
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.	—	144506	1934-10-23	Inactive
C. W. HAYNES AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED	—	6432	1934-01-02	Active
C. W. S. GUANO COMPANY	—	6783	1934-12-03	Active
CAROLINA MOTOR CLUB, INC.	—	2659	1934-08-03	Inactive
CAROLINAS-TENNESSEE BUILDING MATERIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	—	223806	1934-07-21	Active
CHARLESTON REGISTERED COSMETOLOGIST ASSOCIATION, INC.	—	8960	1934-10-24	Active
COUNTRY CLUB OF SPARTANBURG	—	6721	1934-09-29	Active
CRESCENT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, "EDGEWOOD"	—	9740	1934-11-30	Active
CRESCENT HILL MEMORIAL PARK	—	9728	1934-11-30	Active
DAVEGA COMPANY, INC. THE	—	144735	1934-01-17	Inactive
DIXIE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE AND ACCIDENT CORPORATION	—	278541	1934-04-20	Dissolved
DIXIE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE AND ACCIDENT CORPORATION (ANDERSON)	—	1447399	1934-04-20	Active
DODD'S FIVE, TEN AND TWENTY-FIVE CENT STORES	—	6552	1934-04-12	Inactive
EXCHANGE BANK THE	—	6525	1934-03-22	Merged
EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION	—	144419	1934-07-10	Active
FIRST BAPTIST MISSIONARY CHURCH OF SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA	—	9592	1934-10-01	Active
G.S. CARTER & SON, INCORPORATED	—	6437	1934-12-12	Active
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION	—	2699	1934-09-08	Inactive
GEORGETOWN POST NO. 114 OF THE AMERICAN LEGION	—	9298	1934-05-17	Active
GOSPEL CHURCH OF CHRIST THE	—	9215	1934-02-10	Active
GRANGE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	—	278735	1934-09-20	Inactive
GRAY FUNERAL HOME INC.	Other services	6666	1934-08-07	Active	Clinton
GRAY MORTUARY, INC. OF PELZER, S.C.	—	6505	1934-03-07	Active
GREAT AMERICAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (GREENVILLE)	—	278082	1934-09-20	Active
GREEN SWAMP CLUB INCORPORATED	—	6664	1934-08-04	Active
HARDWICK FERTILIZER COMPANY	—	6735	1934-12-17	Active
HOME MISSION UNION	—	9236	1934-02-16	Active
Hartsville American Legion Post No. 53, Inc.	—	9788	1934-12-28	Active
JOHNSON & JOHNSON INCORPORATED	Finance and insurance	6771	1934-11-22	Active	Mount Pleasant
KISTLER-HOLMES FUNERAL HOMES, INC.	—	6549	1934-04-07	Revoked
MAYFAIR MILLS, INC.	—	6734	1934-12-10	Revoked
MCCOLL GIN COMPANY	—	6656	1934-07-26	Active
MCDOUGALD FUNERAL HOME THE	—	6707	1934-09-21	Active
MCMILLAN MOTOR COMPANY	—	6791	1934-12-12	Revoked
MOTOR MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.	—	279037	1934-01-06	Active
MULBERRY RESOURCES, INC.	—	6816	1934-12-31	Merged
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS	—	9762	1934-12-10	Active
ORIGINAL CHURCH OF GOD THE	—	9171	1934-01-10	Active
PAGELAND COCA COLA BOTTLING WORKS	—	144745	1934-11-17	Merged
PALMETTO ASPARAGUS GROWERS ASSOCIATION	—	1447808	1934-03-14	Active
PALMETTO ASPARGUS GROWERS ASSOCIATION	—	279002	1934-03-14	Active
PALMETTO NEWS COMPANY	—	6772	1934-11-24	Merged