North America

Canada

• British Columbia, a province of Canada
• Columbia District, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest
• Columbia, British Columbia, a former city in Canada
• Columbia (electoral district), formerly in British Columbia, Canada, 1903–1928
• Columbia Street, New Westminster, the main downtown street of that city, in British Columbia, Canada

United States

• District of Columbia, the United States' capital district
• Columbia, Alabama, a town
• Columbia, Arizona, a populated place
• Columbia, California, a census-designated place and former boomtown
• Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
• Columbia, Connecticut, a town
• Columbia, Illinois, a city
• Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana, an unincorporated town
• Columbia, Iowa, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, Kentucky, a city
• Columbia, Louisiana, a town
• Columbia, Maine, a town
• Columbia, Maryland, a planned community
• Columbia, Michigan, a village
• Columbia, Mississippi, a city
• Columbia, Missouri, a city
  • Columbia metropolitan area (Missouri)
• Columbia, New Hampshire, a town
• Columbia, New Jersey, a census-designated place
• Columbia, New York, a town
• Columbia, North Carolina, a town
• Columbia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, Williams County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, Pennsylvania, a borough
• Columbia, South Carolina, the capital of South Carolina
  • Columbia metropolitan area (South Carolina)
• Columbia, South Dakota, a city
• Columbia, Tennessee, a city
• Columbia, Virginia, a town
• Columbia (Richmond, Virginia), a historic home
• Camp Columbia (Hanford), Washington state, a prison camp during and after World War II
• Columbia, West Virginia
• Columbia, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, former name of Romney, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, former name of Etna, New York, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, former name of West Columbia, Texas, a city

Elsewhere

• Washingtonia (colony) a Greek refugee colony established in 1829, later named Washingtonia
• Columbia, Queensland, a locality in Australia
• Camp Columbia (Wacol), Queensland, Australia, during World War II
• Columbia, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, a village subdivision of the town of Washington
• Columbia (supercontinent), a prehistoric supercontinent
• 327 Columbia, an asteroid

Fictional elements

• Columbia (BioShock), a city in the video game BioShock Infinite
• Columbia, a character in the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Columbia Airlines, from the movie Airport 1975

Music

• Columbia, a style of Cuban rumba
• Columbia: Live at Missouri University , a 1993 live album by American power pop group Big Star
• "Columbia" (Oasis song), a song on the 1994 album Definitely Maybe
• "Columbia", a song on the 2000 album Out There and Back by Paul van Dyk
• "Columbia", a song on the 2005 album Bloom by Eric Johnson
• Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean, an American patriotic song

Publications

• Columbia Encyclopedia , one-volume encyclopedia published by Columbia University Press
• Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, annual literary journal published by Columbia University
• Columbia Magazine, an alumni magazine published by Columbia University
• Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History, quarterly magazine published by the Washington State Historical Society
• Columbia, a magazine published by the Knights of Columbus
• Columbia Magazine, an online magazine published in Columbia, Kentucky

Arts and media companies

• Columbia Amusement Company, an American burlesque chain that operated from 1902 to 1927
• Columbia Artists Management, an international talent management agency
• Columbia Broadcasting System, original name of American broadcast network, CBS; initially Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (1927–1928), then Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1928–1974), now CBS Inc. (1974–present)
• Columbia Comics, an American comic book publisher
• Columbia Games, an American board game company
• Columbia Graphophone Company, a British record company and label from 1922 to 1973
• Columbia House, an American mail-order media company
• Columbia Pictures, a movie studio owned by Sony
• Columbia Museum of Art, an art museum located in Columbia, South Carolina
• Nippon Columbia, formerly Columbia Music Entertainment, a Japanese record company
• Columbia Records, an American record label founded in 1888, owned since 1988 by Sony Music Entertainment
• Columbia TriStar Television, a former American television production and distribution company, re-incorporated as Sony Pictures Television in 2002
• Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a home entertainment distribution division of Sony Pictures formerly known as Columbia TriStar Home Video and As Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Transportation companies

• Columbia Aircraft, American manufacturer active 1995-2007, taken over by Cessna
• Columbia Aircraft Corporation, American manufacturer active 1927-1947, originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
• Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
  • Columbia (automobile brand) (1899–1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
• Columbia Helicopters, based in Aurora, Oregon
• Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917–1924)
• Columbia Railway, a historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
• Columbia Transit (COMO Connect), a bus company serving Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Transportation, the university bus system of Columbia University

Other companies

• Columbia Brewery in Canada
• Columbia Data Products, a software company in Florida
• Columbia Forest Products, a forest manufacturing company in North Carolina
• Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
• Columbia Industries, a bowling manufacturing company
• Columbia Insurance Group, an insurance company
• Columbia Management Group, a financial services company
• Columbia Mining Company, amalgamated in 2001 with Teck Resources as Teck-Cominco
• Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
• Columbia Restaurant, Florida
• Columbia Sportswear, an American company that manufactures and distributes outerwear, sportswear, footwear, headgear, camping equipment, ski apparel, and outerwear accessories

School districts

• Columbia Elementary School District, Redding, California
• Columbia School District (Mississippi)
• Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri