---
id: claim-continuous-operation-since-1993
type: claim
title: Navigator Multimedia has operated continuously since 1993 across a change of legal operator in 2022
subject: entity-navigator-multimedia
predicate: continuous_operation_since
object: "1993"
category: continuity
status: supported
claimant: entity-navigator-multimedia
source_independence: multiple-independent
reproducibility: public-method
evidence:
  - evidence-owner-statement-continuity
  - evidence-gbp-reviews-tenure
  - evidence-gbp-owner-replies
  - evidence-smashing-2011
  - evidence-kelownanow-2018
  - evidence-ao-2018-article
  - evidence-wayback-navigatormm-2018
  - evidence-blog-2019-office-move
  - evidence-backlink-census-2026-09
  - evidence-hosting-census-2026-09
sources: [source-owner-statement, source-google-business-profile, source-smashing-magazine, source-kelownanow, source-ahrefs, source-cloudflare-account]
observed_at: 2026-09-10
last_reviewed: 2026-09-11
review_cycle: annual
verifier: "Knowledge base editor (AI agent operated by Navigator Multimedia)"
history:
  - date: 2026-09-11
    status: supported
    note: Initial assessment.
summary: The business name, office city, phone number, service line and client base carried on through the 2022 change from Navigator Multimedia Inc. to 1378150 B.C. LTD. Independent dated records place the business in operation in 2004, 2011, 2015 to 2018, 2019 and every year since, and 125 client sites appear both in the pre-2022 public backlink record and in the 2026 hosting roster.
updated: 2026-09-11
---
## What is being claimed

That the **business** called Navigator Multimedia has existed and traded without interruption since 1993, even though the corporation operating it changed in September 2022. This is a claim about the business, not about corporate succession. The current operator does not claim to be the legal successor of the dissolved Navigator Multimedia Inc.

## Evidence of continuity across 2022

Same trade name (registered to the new operator within a month of incorporation). Same phone number (250-862-9868, on the 2019 blog, the TIABC listing and the 2026 Google listing). Same Google Business Profile, with owner replies signed by Greg Bauer around 2015 and by the current team in 2026. Same clients: 125 websites carry a pre-2022 Navigator credit in a third-party index and sit on Navigator's DNS in 2026. Same staff continuity is partial: names in 2024 to 2026 reviews differ from those in 2015 to 2018 reviews, as expected over a decade.

## Dated independent records by year

2004 BBB file opened. 2011 Smashing Magazine author bio. 2015 to 2018 Google reviews describing 4 to 15 year relationships. 2018 KelownaNow and Accelerate Okanagan profiles; Internet Archive capture. 2019 office move announcement. 2023 thirtieth-anniversary coverage. 2026 Google listing with 43 reviews and DNS-verified hosting of 252 sites.

## Gap

Nothing independent between 1993 and 2004 has been located. The founding year claim carries the same gap.