First company vs The first company

Both "first company" and "the first company" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "First company" is used when referring to the concept of being the first company in a list or sequence, while "the first company" is used when referring to a specific company that holds the position of being the first in a particular context.

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First company

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the concept of being the first company in a list or sequence.

Use "first company" when you want to talk about the general idea of a company being the first in a list or sequence.

Examples:

First company to introduce this technology.
She was the first company to reach a million subscribers.

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First company to lose a billion dollars in a year.
Let's see, I started my first company when...
(i) the first company has a direct minimum holding of 25 % in the capital of the second company, or
the first company has a direct minimum holding of 25 % in the capital of the second company, or
My first company, Mashburn Avionics, made high-tech weaponry.
The first company submitted further confidential information.
And I knew his first company would be a success, and it was.
After my divorce, I worked for Blunt at his first company, Wesne, a couple years before he founded Applsn.
The future will be dominated by the first company able to eliminate the device... An immersive 4-D experience allowing people to travel inside our virtual worlds.
This isn't the first company you've started?
I was just a kid, and it was with his first company.
So Macintosh was the mega hit, but what was the first company...
The verification of the first company confirmed that misleading information was submitted regarding the company's costs and pricing policy.
The findings in recital (29) of the provisional Regulation with regard to the first company granted IT, i.e. Dongguan Nanzha Leco Stationery are hereby confirmed.
Turns out, New York Recycle isn't the first company you've worked for under a new identity.
Frabo was the first company to disclose the anti-competitive behaviour after the inspections and provided the link for the years before and after the inspections.
The Nordic bank Nordea has become the first company to transform itself into a Societas Europaea (European company) under the statute for a European company which entered into force on 8 October 2004.
In the case of the first company it was submitted that, in its opinion, International Accounting Standard (IAS) only required the preparation of consolidated accounts and did not require the consolidated accounts to be audited in line with IAS.
(i) the first company has a direct minimum holding of 20 % (from 1 January 2007 the minimum shall be 15 %; from 1 January 2009 the minimum shall be 10 %) in the capital of the second company, or
More specifically, documents related to the other Malaysian producer which cooperated initially were found at the first company's premises while that relationship was not revealed by those companies.

Alternatives:

second company
third company
last company
next company
previous company

The first company

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific company that holds the position of being the first in a particular context.

Use "the first company" when you are talking about a particular company that is the first in a specific list or sequence.