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A numbered company is a corporation given a generic name based on its sequentially assigned registration number. For instance, an entity incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act and assigned the corporation number 1234567 would be entitled to register "1234567 Canada Inc." as its legal name. Similarly, in Australia, a company assigned the Australian Company Number 123 456 789 upon registration can have its legal name as "123 456 789 Pty Ltd".
Numbered companies may include, but are by no means limited to, new companies that have not yet determined a permanent brand identity, or shell companies used by much larger enterprises for various purposes.
In some cases, a legitimately-active enterprise may be structured as a numbered company with a doing business as registration to provide the numbered entity with a name. A common reason for this is a franchise, where the franchisee is a numbered company, doing business under the franchised identity. This may also be done for the convenience of lawyers, who create a shelf corporation or advent corporation and then assign the recognisable identity later.
Although there is no similar tradition of numbered companies in the United States, there is also nothing preventing a company there from adopting a number – even one different from its registration number – as the main part of its name. When two Canadian broadcasters jointly acquired U.S. radio station WLYK in 2023, they did so using a company named "1234567 Corporation", which was established under Delaware law with file number 7202907.
References
- "Choosing a Name". Corporations Canada. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11.
- ASIC "How to register a company: Using the ACN as a name" http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/ASIC.NSF/byHeadline/Starting%20a%20company%20or%20business#step2
- Venta, Lance (February 28, 2023). "WLYK Hits A Pole". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- "Delaware Corporate Entity Search". Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2023. (searched "1234567" for Entity Name)
External links
- Certification and Engineering Bureau - Company Name Search
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Numbered company news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message A numbered company is a corporation given a generic name based on its sequentially assigned registration number For instance an entity incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act and assigned the corporation number 1234567 would be entitled to register 1234567 Canada Inc as its legal name Similarly in Australia a company assigned the Australian Company Number 123 456 789 upon registration can have its legal name as 123 456 789 Pty Ltd Numbered companies may include but are by no means limited to new companies that have not yet determined a permanent brand identity or shell companies used by much larger enterprises for various purposes In some cases a legitimately active enterprise may be structured as a numbered company with a doing business as registration to provide the numbered entity with a name A common reason for this is a franchise where the franchisee is a numbered company doing business under the franchised identity This may also be done for the convenience of lawyers who create a shelf corporation or advent corporation and then assign the recognisable identity later Although there is no similar tradition of numbered companies in the United States there is also nothing preventing a company there from adopting a number even one different from its registration number as the main part of its name When two Canadian broadcasters jointly acquired U S radio station WLYK in 2023 they did so using a company named 1234567 Corporation which was established under Delaware law with file number 7202907 References Choosing a Name Corporations Canada Archived from the original on 2011 05 11 ASIC How to register a company Using the ACN as a name http www asic gov au asic ASIC NSF byHeadline Starting 20a 20company 20or 20business step2 Venta Lance February 28 2023 WLYK Hits A Pole RadioInsight Retrieved February 28 2023 Delaware Corporate Entity Search Archived from the original on September 21 2015 Retrieved August 15 2023 searched 1234567 for Entity Name External linksCertification and Engineering Bureau Company Name Search This article about a Canadian corporation or company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte
