If I read your problem right, this code should work. I tested it on the data shown here and the output is what you see.

ladoix% cat 345343.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my @trans;

#  Read all your data into an array of arrays
while (<DATA>) {
        my @line = split /\*/;  #  Using split instead of regex
        push @trans, \@line;
}

#  Go through each of the column names I made up 
#  and fun the function countcolumn() on it
foreach ( qw( name code type date time bla1 bla2 ) ) {
        countcolumn(\@trans,$_);
}

# countcolumn takes an array reference and a column name as arguments
sub countcolumn {
        my $arrayref = shift;
        my $name = shift;
        #  A lookup hash to simplify accessing the array
        #  indices in the rest of the code
        my %lookup = (
                name => 0,
                code => 1,
                type => 2,
                date => 3,
                time => 4,
                bla1 => 5,
                bla2 => 6,
        );
        my %counthash;
        #  Give the value found under $name in %lookup a
        #  name reflecting what it is
        my $index = $lookup{$name}; 
        #  Do the counting for the column
        foreach my $trans ( @$arrayref ) {
                $counthash{$trans->[$index]}++;
        }
        print "Column: $name\n";
        #  Print a sorted list
        print map { "$_ : $counthash{$_}\n" } sort keys %counthash;
        print "\n";
}

__DATA__
Company Name*345467*YW34567c*activitype*04/15/2004*11:34:10*123456789*
+1
Company Name Other*345468*YW34567c*activitype*04/15/2004*11:34:10*1234
+56789*3
Company Name 1*345469*YW34567c*activitype*04/15/2004*11:34:10*12345678
+9*1
Company Name 3*345468*YW34567c*activitype*04/15/2004*11:34:10*12345678
+9*1
Company Name 2*345467*YW34567c*activitype*04/15/2004*11:34:10*12345678
+9*1
Company Name 4*345469*YW34567c*activitype*04/15/2004*11:34:10*12345678
+9*1
Company Name 2*345467*YW34567c*activitype*04/15/2004*11:34:10*12345678
+9*1
Company Name 4*345467*YW34567c*activitype*04/16/2004*07:34:00*12345678
+9*1
Company Name 1*345468*YW34567c*activitype*04/16/2004*09:30:00*12345678
+9*1
Company Name 1*345469*YW34567c*activitype*04/16/2004*10:34:00*12345678
+9*1
Company Name 2*345467*YW34567c*activitype*04/16/2004*11:37:00*12345678
+9*1

#output

ladoix% perl 345343.pl
Column: name
Company Name : 1
Company Name 1 : 3
Company Name 2 : 3
Company Name 3 : 1
Company Name 4 : 2
Company Name Other : 1

Column: code
345467 : 5
345468 : 3
345469 : 3

Column: type
YW34567c : 11

Column: date
activitype : 11

Column: time
04/15/2004 : 7
04/16/2004 : 4

Column: bla1
07:34:00 : 1
09:30:00 : 1
10:34:00 : 1
11:34:10 : 7
11:37:00 : 1

Column: bla2
123456789 : 11
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