List of circuses and circus owners

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There have been many famous modern circuses since the first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London on January 9, 1768. Many are best known by the name of their principal owner. The following is a list of both circuses and their country of origin. For more information on circuses in general see Circus, or Contemporary circus, or for information regarding the ancient Roman circus, see Circus Maximus.

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NameCountryStatusYear(s)
Abuhadba Circo Internacional [1] Bolivia
Adam Forepaugh United States of AmericaMerged1870s–1900
Aerialize Sydney Aerial Theatre [2] AustraliaActive1999–present
Aesthetic International Circus [3] ChinaActive2023-present
Al G. Barnes Circus United States of AmericaDefunct1895–1938
Albert & Friends Instant Circus [4] [5] United Kingdom
Aloft Circus Arts [6] United States of America1941–present
Amar Circus [7] India
Antonio Franconi ItalyDefunct
Archaos FranceActive1986–present
Arkhangelsk State Circus  [ ru ]RussiaDefunct1929-1989
Artcirq [8] CanadaActive1998–present
Asociaciones de circo en España [9] Spain
Astrakhan State Circus [10] RussiaActive1885–present
Baku State Circus AzerbaijanActive1945–present
Batty's Hippodrome United Kingdom (England)Defunct1851–1852
Belarusian State Circus  [ be ] [11] BelarusActive1884–present
Bertram Mills Circus United KingdomDefunct
Big Apple Circus United States of AmericaActive1977–2017; 2017–present
Billy Smart [12] United KingdomActive1946–2015
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus United States of AmericaActive1995–present
Blackpool Tower Circus United KingdomActive1894–present
Bobby Roberts Super Circus [13] United KingdomActive1973–present
Boswell Wilkie Circus South AfricaDefunct1913-2001
Bryansk state Circus  [ ru ] [14] RussiaActive1974–present
Bullen Brothers' Circus [15] [16] AustraliaDefunctpre-1925–1990s
Capital Circus [17] KazakhstanActive2005–present
Capital Circus of Budapest HungaryActive1889–present
Carden International Circus [18] United States of AmericaActivepre-1973–present
Carson & Barnes Circus [19] United States of AmericaActive1929–present
Chaplin's Circus [20] United KingdomDefunct1911–1985
Chelyabinsk State Circus  [ ru ] [21] RussiaUnder renovation1979-2019
Chimelong International Circus [22] ChinaActive2000–present
Chinese State Circus United KingdomActive1992–present
Chipperfield's Circus United KingdomActive1684–present
Circa [23] [24] AustraliaActive1987–present
Circo Amedeo Orfei [25] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Aquatico Torres [26] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Atayde Hermanos [27] Mexico1954–present
Circo Braum [28] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Chen [29] PortugalActive1981–present
Circo Dallas [30] PortugalActive1982–present
Circo Darix Togni [31] [32] ItalyActive1872-present
Circo de los Horrores [33] Spain
Circo de Teresa Rabal [34] Spain
Circo Greca Orfei [35] ItalyActive1994–present
Circo Kino [36] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Lidia Togni [37] ItalyActive1960s-present
Circo Marina Orfei [38] [39] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Maya Orfei Madagascar [40] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Moira Orfei [41] ItalyActive1960–present
Circo Mundial [42] PortugalActive1994–present
Circo Osorio [43] United States of AmericaActive1926–present
Circo Paolo Orfei [44] [45] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Rinaldo Orfei [46] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Rolando Orfei [47] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Sandra Orfei [48] ItalyActive ?-present
Circo Victor Hugo Cardinali [49] PortugalActive1987–present
Circuba CubaActive1968–present
Circus Aerobus [50] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Amok United States of AmericaActive1989–present
Circus Aotearoa [51] New Zealand
Circus Aqua - Shevchenko Show [52] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Arena Makao [53] [54] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Arena Yaguar [55] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Arlekin [56] BelarusActive ?-present
Circus Avalon [57] Australia
Circus Avtovo [58] [59] RussiaActive1995–present
Circus Bassie & Adriaan NetherlandsDefunct1976?–1989?
Circus Belissimo [60] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Carl Busch [61] Germany
Circus Contraption United States of AmericaDefunct1998–2009
Circus Crocus [62] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Demidov [63] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Dire Dawa [64] Ethiopia
Circus Dovgalyuk [65] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus ExtremeUnited KingdomActive2018–present
Circus Fantastic [66] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Filatov [67] [68] RussiaActive1836–present
Circus Flora United States of AmericaActive1986–present
Circus Gatti [69] [70] United States of America1953–present
Circus Gerbola [71] Ireland
Circus Graf Orlov [72] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Grand [73] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Hargeisa [74] Somaliland
Circus Herman Renz NetherlandsActive1911–present
Circo Hermanos Vazquez United States of AmericaActive
The Circus of Horrors [75] United KingdomActive1995–present
Circus Humberto  [ cs ] [76] Czech RepublicActive1951–present
Circus Joker [77] [78] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Joseph Ashton AustraliaActive1847–present
Circus Juventas United States of AmericaActive1994–present
Circus Knie SwitzerlandActive1803–present
Circus Kolizeum [79] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Krone GermanyActive1905–present
Circus Maska [80] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Mondao [81] [82] United Kingdom
Circus Mr. Lumaca [83] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Mundus Absurdus [84] Finland
Circus of Tiny Invisibility [85] United States of America1957–present
Circus Oasis BulgariaDefunct1991-2004; 2010–2014
Circus Olympia [86] [87] Australia
Circus Orion [88] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Oz AustraliaLikely shifting from professional to voluntary1978–2022 in doubt. See company history entry
Circus of Pepin and Breschard United States of AmericaDefunct1807–1962
Circus Redickuless United States of AmericaDefunct1995–2004
Circus Renz GermanyDefunct1842–1897
Circus Rio [89] AustraliaActive2019–present
Circus Roncalli GermanyActive1976–present
Circus Royale AustraliaActive1971–present
Circus Smirkus United States of AmericaActive1987–present
Circus Sarasota [90] United States of America1971–present
Circus Sunrise [91] Australia
Circus Tornado [92] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Tyanna [93] United Kingdom
Circus Vargas United States of AmericaActive1969–present
Circus Vegas [94] Ireland
Circus Vivat [95] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Waldissima [96] United States of AmericaActive1992–present
Circus Zoloto Africa [97] RussiaActive ?-present
Circus Zvezda [98] RussiaActive1993–present
Circus Zvezdniy [99] RussiaActive ?-present
Cirkus Agora NorwayActive1989–present
Cirkus Bob Navarro King [100] Czech RepublicActive2011–present
Cirkus Cirkör SwedenActive1995–present
Cirkus Metropol [101] Czech RepublicActive2012–present
Cirkus Šimek [102] Czech RepublicActive2013-present
Cirque Amar  [ fr ] [103] AlgeriaActive1924–present
Cirque Berzerk [104] United States of AmericaActive2004—present
Cirque de Flambé [105] United States of America1958–present
Cirque de la Symphonie United States of AmericaActive1991–present
Cirque du Soleil CanadaActive1984–present
Cirque Éloize CanadaActive1993–present
Cirque Italia [106] United States of AmericaActive2012–present
Cirque International Citta' di Roma Fratelli Bizzarro [107] Algeria/ItalyActive1892–present
Cirque Fernando FranceDefunct1872–1897
Cirque Medrano FranceActive1898–present
Cirque Nicolas Zavatta [108] FranceActive ?-present
Cirque Plume FranceActive1984–present
Cirque Romane Ritz [109] [110] FranceActive ?-present
Cirque Sébastien Zavatta [111] FranceActive ?-present
Continental Circus BerlinUnited KingdomActive
Culpepper & Merriweather Circus [112] United States of AmericaActive1985–Present
Diamond Circus of Yakutia [113] RussiaActive1994–present
Dnipro State Circus UkraineActive1980-present
Dorato Circus [114] Israel
Dream Science Circus [115] United States of America1955–present
El Circo [116] United States of America1948–present
End of the World Cirkus [117] United States of America1943–present
Eroni's Circus AustraliaActive2007–
Fekiland by Feki HungaryActive2021-
Flynn Creek Circus [118] United States of AmericaActive2002–
Flying Fruit Fly Circus AustraliaActive1979–
Fossett's Circus [119] [120] Ireland
Foolhardy Circus Arts [121] United Kingdom
FSU Flying High Circus United States of AmericaActive1947–present
Garden Bros Circus [122] United States of AmericaActive
Gärtner Brothers Circus [123] Kazakhstan/GermanyActive ?-present
Gasaui [124] Bolivia
Gemini Circus [7] India
Gerry Cottle's Circus [125] [126] [127] United Kingdom1970–present
Gia Eradze's Royal Circus [128] RussiaActive2007–present
Golden Dragon Circus [129] RussiaActive ?-present
Gomel State Circus  [ be ] [130] BelarusActive1972–present
Gran Circus Wegliams [131] ItalyActive ?-present
The Bite-sized Circus - The Littlest Show on Earth [132] Australia
The Great Pakistani Circus [133] Pakistan
The Great American Royal Circus [134] United States of America1930–present
Great British Circus United KingdomActive
Great Bombay Circus [135] [136] India
Great Indian Circus IndiaDefunct1880–1935
Great Lion Circus [7] India
Great Rayman Circus [7] India
Great Royal Circus [137] India
Hippodrome Circus [138] United KingdomActive1903–present
Grozny Circus  [ ru ] [139] RussiaDefunct1976-1995
Hagen's Circus [140] AustraliaMerged1878–1950
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus United States of AmericaDefunct1907–1938
Hamid Circus [141] United States of America1917–present
Hanoi Central Circus [142] [143] VietnamActive1950s-present
Happy Circus Internazionale [144] ItalyActive ?-present
Happy Dream CircusJapanActive2010–present
Imperial Royal Circus [145] ItalyActive1930-40s-present
International Circus Doha [146] QatarActive ?-present
Irkutsk State Circus  [ ru ] [147] RussiaActive1964–present
ISU Gamma Phi Circus [148] United States of America1929–present
Ivanovo State Circus  [ ru ] [149] RussiaActive1933–present
Janbaz Circus [150] Pakistan
Jordan World Circus [151] [152] United States of AmericaActive1988–present
Jumbo Circus [153] [154] India
Jim Rose Circus United States of AmericaActive1991–present
Karaganda Circus  [ ru ] [155] KazakhstanActive1983-present
Kazakh State Circus KazakhstanActive1970–present
Kazan Circus  [ ru ] [156] RussiaActive1890–1961; 1965–present
Kelly Miller Circus [157] United States of America1938–2019
Kemerovo State Circus [158] RussiaActive1932–present
Khabarovsk State Circus  [ ru ] [159] [160] [161] RussiaActive2001–present
Kigure New CircusJapanDefunct1942–2010
Kinoshita Circus  [ ja ] [162] JapanActive1902–present
Kirov State Circus  [ ru ] [163] RussiaActivePre-1934-1969; 1977–present
Kislovodsk State Circus [164] [165] RussiaActive1933–present
Kostroma State Circus [166] RussiaActive1928-1970; 1984–present
Krasnodar State Circus  [ ru ] [167] RussiaUnder renovation1908-?; 1970-2023
Krasnoyarsk State Circus  [ ru ] [168] RussiaUnder renovation1917-1930; 193?-1940; 1971-2020?
Kursk State Circus  [ ru ] [169] RussiaActive1971-1996; 2011–present
Le Grand Cirque de Rome [170] FranceActive ?-present
Lennon Bros Circus AustraliaActive1890–present
Lingling Circus [171] ChinaActive2014-present
Longcheng International Circus [172] ChinaActive2019-present
Longemont International Circus [173] ChinaActive2018–present
Long Shadow Stilt Theatre [174] Australia
Loomis Brothers Circus [175] United States of AmericaActive1997–present
Lost in translation Circus [176] United Kingdom
Lucent Dossier Experience United States of AmericaActive2004–present
Lucky Irani Circus [177] PakistanActive1970–present
Lugansk State Circus  [ uk ] [178] Russia(de facto)/Ukraine(de jure)Active1971–present
Magnitogorsk State Circus  [ ru ] [179] RussiaActive1931–present
McLaren Circus [180] South AfricaActive2005–present
Midnight Circus [181] United States of America2007–present
Moretti Circus [182] RussiaActive ?-present
Moscow State Circus RussiaActive1919–present
Nikulin’s Circus RussiaActive1880–present
Nizhny Novgorod State Circus  [ ru ] [183] RussiaActive1883–present
New Pickle Circus [184] United States of America2015–present
Nizhny Tagil State Circus  [ ru ] [185] RussiaActive1931–present
Nofit State Circus United Kingdom (Wales)Active1986–present
Novokuznetsk State Circus  [ ru ] [186] RussiaActive1935-1957; 1974–present
Novosibirsk State Circus  [ ru ] [187] RussiaActive1931–present
Omsk State Circus  [ ru ] [188] RussiaActive1898–present
P. T. Barnum United States of AmericaMerged1870–1919
Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal United KingdomDefunct1830s
Perm State Circus  [ ru ] [189] RussiaActive1884–present
Perry Bros Circus [190] [191] Australia
Pickle Family Circus United States of AmericaDefunct1974–2004
Pop CircusJapanActive1996–present
Pyongyang Circus [192] North KoreaActive1989-present
Rajkamal Circus [7] India
Rambo Circus [7] India
Circus Flórián Richter  [ hu ] [193] HungaryActive2016-present
Ringling Brothers Circus United States of AmericaMerged1884–1919
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus United States of AmericaActive1919–2017; 2023-
Rostov State Circus  [ ru ] [194] RussiaActivec.1890s-present
R.T. Richards Circus United States of AmericaDefunct1917-1918
Rony Roller Circus [195] ItalyActive1991?-present
Royal Hanneford Circus United States of AmericaActive1965–present
The Royal London Circus MalaysiaDefunct?1990–?2008
Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy United KingdomDefunct1782–1924
Ryazan State Circus [196] RussiaActivec.1914–present
Saint Petersburg State Circus RussiaActive1877–present
Samara State Circus [197] RussiaActivePre-1919–present
Saratov State Circus  [ ru ] [198] RussiaActive1876–present
Sarrasani GermanyActive1912–present
Sevastopol State Circus [199] [200] Russia(de facto)/Ukraine(de jure)Active1986–present
Shanghai Circus World ChinaActive1999–present
Shibata CircusJapanDefunct1923–1963
Shrine Circus United States of AmericaActive1906–present
Silvers Circus AustraliaActive1946–1953; 1953–present
Simferopol State Circus  [ ru ] [201] Russia(de facto)/Ukraine(de jure)Active1959–present
Sochi State Circus  [ ru ] [202] RussiaActive1971–present
Sole Brothers' Circus AustraliaDefunct1890s–1993
Star Spangled Circus [203] United States of America1926–present
Stardust Circus AustraliaActive1990s—present
Stavropol State Circus [204] [205] RussiaActive1975–present
Stilt Circus [206] United States of America1906–2020
Steel City Clown Brigade United States of America1952–present
Sun Island Circus World [207] ChinaActive2023?-present
Tajik State Circus [208] [209] [210] TajikistanActive1976-present
Taylor Circus Stars [211] United States of America1954–present
Tbilisi Circus GeorgiaActive1888–present
Teatro ZinZanni United States of AmericaActive1998–present
Tiger Park International Circus [212] ChinaActive2015–present
Tirana Circus Albania Active1952–present
Tsirk Circusland [213] RussiaActive ?-present
Tsirk Maximus  [ ru ] [214] RussiaActive2003–present
Turkmen State Circus TurkmenistanActive1979–present
Tom Arnold United KingdomDefunct1930s–2003
Tom Duffy's Circus [215] IrelandActive1775–
Travelling Light Circus [216] United Kingdom1968–present
Tula State Circus  [ ru ] [217] RussiaActive1870-1949; 1963–present
Tver State Circus  [ ru ] [218] RussiaUnder renovation1924–2022
Two Bit Circus [219] United States of America2003–present
Tyumen State Circus  [ ru ] [220] RussiaActive1897–present
Udmurtia State Circus  [ ru ] [221] RussiaActive1895–present
Ufa State Circus  [ ru ]RussiaUnder renovation1968–2017
Universal Circus [222] ItalyActive ?-present
UniverSoul Circus United States of AmericaActive1994–present
Ussuriysk State Circus  [ ru ]RussiaDefunct1971–2006
Uzbek State Circus  [ uz ] [223] UzbekistanActive1920-present
Vau De Vire Society [224] United States of America2000–present
Vladivostok Circus  [ ru ] [225] RussiaActive1973–present
Volgograd State Circus  [ ru ] [226] RussiaUnder renovation1967–2023
Voronezh State Circus  [ ru ] [227] RussiaUnder renovation1882–2024
Wanderlust Circus United States of AmericaActive2006–present
Webers Circus AustraliaActive2007–present
Whiteway Circus [7] India
Will-o'-the-Wisp Fire Circus [228] Australia
Wirth's Circus AustraliaDefunct1882–1963
Wuqiao Acrobatics World  [ zh ] [229] ChinaActive1993-present
Yano CircusJapanDefunct1916–1996
Yaroslavl State Circus  [ ru ] [230] RussiaActive1937-1943; 1963–present
Yekaterinburg Circus RussiaUnder renovation1980–2023
Zippos Circus [231] United KingdomActive1986–present
Zirka Circus [232] New Zealand
Zoppé Family Circus [233] United States of America1924–present
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