CT Corporation


CT Corporation, 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 more than 35 countries. CT Corporation is part of Wolters Kluwer Financial & Corporate Compliance, which provides a wide range of technology-enabled lending, regulatory and investment compliance solutions, corporate services, and legal entity compliance solutions. The portfolio includes BizFilings, Compliance Solutions, CT Corporation, OneSumX, eOriginal, Expere, TeamMate, GainsKeeper, NRAI, and Lien Solutions.

History

CT Corporation has been in the registered agent business since its founding in New Jersey in 1892.
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 City in 1899. In 1955, they exceeded 75,000 units of statutory representation.
In 1995 CT Corporation and Commerce Clearing House were acquired by Wolters Kluwer, a multi-national information services company based in the Netherlands with operations in 26 countries. CT becomes a sister company of CCH within the Wolters Kluwer organization.
In 2002 CT acquired Business Filings, Inc., an online incorporation firm based in Madison, Wisconsin. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company is now known as BizFilings.
In 2006, after being acquired by Wolters Kluwer in 2004, Summation Legal Technologies becomes CT Summation joining CT TyMetrix in CT Corporation's Litigation Solutions group.
CT Corporation announced its reorganization in 2006 into four business units: Compliance & Governance, UCC Solutions, Litigation Solutions, and Trademark Solutions. CT now includes CT Corporation, CT Lien Solutions, CT Summation, CT TyMetrix and CT Corsearch.
In 2018, CT Corsearch was sold to Audax Private Equity and became an independent company.
March 6, 2023, CT Corporation became part of the Financial & Corporate Compliance division within Wolters Kluwer. FCC provides a wide range of technology-enabled lending, regulatory and investment compliance solutions, corporate services, and legal entity compliance solutions.
In February 2025, Wolters Kluwer announced completion of its acquisition of Registered Agent Solutions, Inc. in order to expand CT Corporation’s corporate services.
CT Corporation is a U.S. provider of corporate services and entity management solutions for businesses of all sizes. Its offerings include hCue-powered entity management, business license services, UCC filing and search, annual report management, assumed name portfolio management, service of process handling and transactional filings such as incorporations and dissolutions.
Effective April 1, 2025, Catherine Wolfe was appointed as Executive Vice President and General Manager of CT Corporation.