in 1914. The National Vigilance Committee officially became the BBB in 1916. The BBB's New York affiliate was officially incorporated in 1922. In 1927, the organization announced the formation of an auxiliary committee to cooperate with the bureau in suppressing financial and mercantile fraud. It consisted of 27 businessmen in the financial, industrial, railroad, and legal industries. A consumer department was formed as a separate division in 1939.

By 1967, the New York City bureau was handling