FounderDuels

Island Records Ltd. vs United States Gramophone Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

United States Gramophone Company is the older of the two, founded in 1892 — 70 years before Island Records Ltd..

Founded
1962
1892
Status
Closed 1999
Closed 1901
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Washington, D.C., United States
Industry
record company
record company
Legal form
private company limited by shares
corporation

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Island Records Ltd. and United States Gramophone Company.