CT (company)

CT
Subsidiary
Traded as FWB: WOSB
Industry Registered Agent, Corporate Governance, Corporate Compliance, Litigation Solutions, Trademark Research
Founded New Jersey (1892)
Headquarters 111 Eighth Avenue
New York City, New York, USA
Number of employees
800 [1]
Parent Wolters Kluwer
Website CT Legal Solutions

CT, or the Corporation Trust Company, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer, a multi-national information services company based in the Netherlands with operations in over 35 countries. CT is the umbrella brand for two businesses: CT Corporation and CT Lien Solutions. CT Corporation is the largest registered agent service firm in the world[2] representing hundreds of thousands of business entities worldwide. It provides software and services that legal professionals use.

History

The company now known as CT Corporation has been in the registered agent business since its founding in New Jersey in 1892[3] with only 44 employees. The original charter of the company was handwritten and stated that its purpose was "to carry on a general agency business, especially the acting as agent of and trustee for corporations".

In 1895, what was then the Corporation Trust Company began assisting lawyers with the details of incorporating and qualifying corporations in all states and territories. They opened their first office in New York in 1899. In 1955, they exceeded 75,000 units of statutory representation (including domestic and foreign units).

Notables

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". CT Corporation. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. "Registered agent market share". NWRA. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. Hamilton, Robert W. (1994). Cases and Materials on Corporations, Including Partnerships and Limited Partnerships. West Pub. Co. p. 208. ISBN 0-314-03909-0.
  4. "Arbeiten zum Wohl des Staates zusammen: Die Gouverneurin und der Firmenjäger". Die Welt (in German). 2005-04-10. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

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