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.

## List[edit]

Name  | Country  | Status  | Year(s)

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Abuhadba Circo Internacional[1] | Bolivia  |  |
Adam Forepaugh | United States of America  | Merged  | 1870s–1900
Aerialize[2] | Hungary  |  |
Fekiland by Feki | Hungary  | Active  | 2021-  | Australia  |  | 1999-present
Al G. Barnes Circus | United States of America  | Defunct  | 1895–1938
Albert & Friends Instant Circus[3][4] | United Kingdom  |  |
Aloft Circus Arts [5] | United States of America  |  |
Amar Circus[6] | India  |  |
Antonio Franconi | Italy  | Defunct  |
Archaos | France  | Active  | 1986–present
Artcirq[7] | Canada  | Active  | 1998–present
Batty's Hippodrome | United Kingdom (England)  | Defunct  | 1851–1852
Bertram Mills Circus | United Kingdom  | Defunct  |
Big Apple Circus | United States of America  | Active  | 1977–2017; 2017–present
Billy Smart[8] | United Kingdom  | Active  | 1946–present
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus | United States of America  | Active  | 1995–present
Blackpool Tower Circus | United Kingdom  | Active  | 1894–present
Bobby Roberts Super Circus[9] | United Kingdom  | Active  | 1973–present
Bullen Brothers' Circus[10][11] | Australia  | Defunct  | pre-1925–1990s
Capital Circus of Budapest | Hungary  | Active  | 1889–present
Carson & Barnes Circus[12] | United States of America  | Active  | 1929–present
Chaplin's Circus[13] | United Kingdom  | Defunct  | 1911–1985
Chinese State Circus | United Kingdom  | Active  | 1992–present
Chipperfield's Circus | United Kingdom  | Active  | 1684–present
Circa[14][15] | Australia  | Active  | 1987–present
Circo Atayde Hermanos[16] | Mexico  |  |
Circo de los Horrores [17] | Spain  |  |
Circo de Teresa Rabal[18] | Spain  |  |
Circo Orfei [19] | Italy  |  |
Circo Osorio[20] | United States of America  | Active  | 1926–present
Circuba | Cuba  | Active  | 1968–present
Circus Aotearoa[21] | New Zealand  |  |
Circus Amok | United States of America  | Active  | 1989–present
Circus Avalon[22] | Australia  |  |
Circus Bassie & Adriaan | Netherlands  | Defunct  | 1976?–1989?
Circus Carl Busch[23] | Germany  |  |
Circus Contraption | United States of America  | Defunct  | 1998–2009
Circus Dire Dawa [24] | Ethiopia  |  |
Circus Extreme  | United Kingdom  | Active  | 2018-present
Circus Flora | United States of America  | Active  | 1986–present
Circus Gatti[25][26] | United States of America  |  | 1953–present
Circus Hargeisa[27] | Somaliland  |  |
Circus Herman Renz | Netherlands  | Active  | 1911–present
Circus Joseph Ashton | Australia  | Active  | 1847–present
Circus Juventas | United States of America  | Active  | 1994–present
Circus Knie | Switzerland  | Active  | 1803–present
Circus Krone | Germany  | Active  | 1905–present
Circus Mondao[28][29] | United Kingdom  |  |
Circus Mundus Absurdus[30] | Finland  |  |
The Circus of Horrors[31] | United Kingdom  | Active  | 1995–present
Circus of Tiny Invisibility[32] | United States of America  |  | 1957–present
Circus Oasis | Bulgaria  | Defunct  | 1991-2004; 2010–2014
Circus Olympia[33][34] | Australia  |  |
Circus Oz | Australia  | Likely shifting from professional to voluntary  | 1978–2022 in doubt. See company history entry
Circus of Pepin and Breschard | United States of America  | Defunct  | 1807–1962
Circus Renz | Germany  | Defunct  | 1842–1897
Circus Roncalli | Germany  | Active  | 1976–present
Circus Royale | Australia  | Active  | 1971–present
Circus Smirkus | United States of America  | Active  | 1987–present
Circus Sarasota[35] | United States of America  |  | 1971–present
Circus Sunrise[36] | Australia  |  |
Circus Tyanna[37] | United Kingdom  |  |
Circus Vargas | United States of America  | Active  | 1969–present
Circus Vegas[38] | Ireland  |  |
Circus Waldissima[39] | United States of America  | Active  | 1992–present
Cirkus Agora | Norway  | Active  | 1989–present
Cirkus Cirkör | Sweden  | Active  | 1995–present
Cirque Amar [fr][40] | Algeria  | Active  | 1924–present
Cirque Berzerk[41] | United States of America  | Active  | 2004—present
Cirque de Flambé[42] | United States of America  |  | 1958–present
Cirque de la Symphonie | United States of America  | Active  | 1991–present
Cirque du Soleil | Canada  | Active  | 1984–present
Cirque Éloize | Canada  | Active  | 1993–present
Cirque Fernando | France  | Defunct  | 1872–1897
Cirque Medrano | France  | Active  | 1898–present
Cirque Plume | France  | Active  | 1984–present
Circus Redickuless | United States of America  | Defunct  | 1995–2004
Continental Circus Berlin | United Kingdom  | Active  |
Darix Togni[43][44] | Italy  |  |
Asociaciones de circo en España[45] | Spain  |  |
Dorato Circus[46] | Israel  |  |
Dream Science Circus[47] | United States of America  |  | 1955–present
El Circo[48] | United States of America  |  | 1948–present
End of the World Cirkus[49] | United States of America  |  | 1943–present
Eroni's Circus | Australia  | Active  | 2007–
Flynn Creek Circus[50] | United States of America  | Active  | 2002–
Flying Fruit Fly Circus | Australia  | Active  | 1979–
Fossett's Circus[51][52] | Ireland  |  |
Foolhardy Circus Arts[53] | United Kingdom  |  |
FSU Flying High Circus | United States of America  | Active  | 1947–present
Gemini Circus[6] | India  |  |
Gerry Cottle's Circus[54][55][56] | United Kingdom  |  | 1970–present
The Great Pakistani Circus[57] | Pakistan  |  |
The Great American Royal Circus[58] | United States of America  |  | 1930–present
The Bite-sized Circus - The Littlest Show on Earth[59] | Australia  |  |
Great British Circus | United Kingdom  | Active  |
Gasaui [60] | Bolivia  |  |
Great Bombay Circus[61][62] | India  |  |
Great Indian Circus | India  | Defunct  | 1880–1935
Great Lion Circus[6] | India  |  |
Great Rayman Circus[6] | India  |  |
Great Royal Circus[63] | India  |  |
Hippodrome Circus[64] | United Kingdom  | Active  | 1903–present
Hagen's Circus[65] | Australia  | Merged  | 1878–1950
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus | United States of America  | Defunct  | 1907–1938
Hamid Circus[66] | United States of America  |  |
ISU Gamma Phi Circus[67] | United States of America  |  |
Janbaz Circus[68] | Pakistan  |  |
Jordan World Circus[69][70] | United States of America  |  |
Jumbo Circus[71][72] | India  |  |
Jim Rose Circus | United States of America  | Active  | 1991–present
Kelly Miller Circus[73] | United States of America  |  |
Kinoshita Circus [ja][74] | Japan  | Active  | 1902–present
Lennon Bros Circus | Australia  | Active  | 1890–present
Long Shadow Stilt Theatre[75] | Australia  |  |
Loomis Brothers Circus [76] | United States of America  |  |
Lost in translation Circus [77] | United Kingdom  |  |
Lucent Dossier Experience | United States of America  | Active  | 2004–present
Lucky Irani Circus[78] | Pakistan  |  |
Midnight Circus [79] | United States of America  |  |
Moscow State Circus | Russia  | Active  | 1919–present
New Pickle Circus[80] | United States of America  |  |
Nofit State Circus | United Kingdom (Wales)  | Active  | 1986–present
P. T. Barnum | United States of America  | Merged  | 1870–1919
Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal | United Kingdom  | Defunct  | 1830s
Perry Bros Circus[81][82] | Australia  |  |
Pickle Family Circus | United States of America  | Defunct  | 1974–2004
Rajkamal Circus[6] | India  |  |
Rambo Circus[6] | India  |  |
Ringling Brothers Circus | United States of America  | Merged  | 1884–1919
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus | United States of America  | Defunct  | 1919–2017
Royal Hanneford Circus | United States of America  | Active  | 1965–present
The Royal London Circus | Malaysia  | Defunct?  | 1990–?2008
Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy | United Kingdom  | Defunct  | 1782–1924
Sarrasani | Germany  | Active  | 1912–present
Shrine Circus | United States of America  | Active  | 1906–present
Silvers Circus | Australia  | Active  | 1946–1953; 1953–present
Sole Brothers' Circus | Australia  | Defunct  | 1890s–1993
Star Spangled Circus[83] | United States of America  |  |
Stardust Circus | Australia  | Active  | 1990s—present
Stilt Circus[84] | United States of America  |  | 1906–2020
Steel City Clown Brigade | United States of America  |  | 1952–present
Taylor Circus Stars[85] | United States of America  |  | 1954–present
Tbilisi Circus | Georgia  | Active  | 1888–present
Teatro ZinZanni | United States of America  | Active  | 1998–present
Tirana Circus | Albania | Active  | 1952–present
Turkmen State Circus | Turkmenistan  | Active  | 1979–present
Tom Arnold | United Kingdom  | Defunct  | 1930s–2003
Tom Duffy's Circus[86] | Ireland  | Active  | 1775–
Travelling Light Circus[87] | United Kingdom  |  | 1968–present
Two Bit Circus [88] | United States of America  |  | 2003–present
UniverSoul Circus | United States of America  | Active  | 1994–present
Vau De Vire Society[89] | United States of America  |  | 2000–present
Wanderlust Circus | United States of America  | Active  | 2006–present
Webers Circus | Australia  | Active  | 2007–present
Circus Gerbola[90] | Ireland  |  |
Whiteway Circus[6] | India  |  |
Will-o'-the-Wisp Fire Circus[91] | Australia  |  |
Wirth's Circus | Australia  | Defunct  | 1882–1963
Zippos Circus[92] | United Kingdom  |  |
Zirka Circus[93] | New Zealand  |  |
Zoppé Family Circus[94] | United States of America  |  | 1924–present
Pop Circus  | Japan  | Active  | 1996–
Happy Dream Circus  | Japan  | Active  | 2010–
Kigure New Circus  | Japan  | Defunct  | 1942–2010
Shibata Circus  | Japan  | Defunct  | 1923–1963
Yano Circus  | Japan  | Defunct  | 1916–1996
Name  | Country  | Status  | Year(s)

## See also[edit]

* History of Indian circus

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