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Company birthday twins: which companies share your birthday?

21 October 2026 · Figures as of 21/10/2026

Every company has a birthday: its date of incorporation. Pick any day of the year and thousands of companies share it.

Take 21 October

16,463 companies on the register were incorporated on 21 October, in one year or another. The oldest still active include:

Find yours

Go to Born on, pick a day and month, and you'll see every live company incorporated on that date, oldest first. Add a year (for example /born-on/1990-10-21) to see only the companies born on that exact day. Each date page has share buttons, so it makes a good birthday card for a business owner.

Every company page also shows a few companies "born the same day, nearby": registered on the same date in the same area.

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