COMPANYHISTORIES

Gilded Age Companies, 1870–1900

Founded in the decades of rapid industrialization, railroad expansion, and trust-building that followed the Civil War.

574companies1870–1900founding years560still active13no longer operating
§ 01

These companies over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedAtlantic Richfield Company
1870
FoundedA. JOHNSON & COMPANY H.B. (since 1988: AXEL JOHNSON GROUP AB)
1873
EconomyLevi Strauss patents riveted denim work pants.
EconomyThe Panic of 1873 triggers a global depression.
FoundedHochtief AG
1875
1876
TechnologyAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
FoundedManchester United Football Club plc
1878
1879
TechnologyEdison demonstrates a practical incandescent lamp.
FoundedWella AG
1880
FoundedÖSTERREICHISCHE BUNDESBAHNEN GmbH
1882
TechnologyEdison's Pearl Street Station opens the electric-utility era.
FoundedCarhartt, Inc.
1884
FoundedRock of Ages Corporation
1885
1886
EconomyCoca-Cola is first served in Atlanta.
TechnologyThe Hall-Heroult process makes aluminum cheap to produce.
FoundedKao Corporation
1887
FoundedWheaton Science Products
1888
TechnologyKodak's roll-film camera brings photography to everyone.
FoundedAurora Casket Company, Inc.
1890
FoundedCalMat Co.
1891
FoundedWaverly, Inc.
1892
1893
EconomyThe Panic of 1893 pulls down banks and overbuilt railroads.
FoundedUnited States Playing Card Company
1894
FoundedCTS Corporation
1896
FoundedKuhlman Corporation
1897
FoundedPricewaterhouseCoopers
1898
FoundedW.R. Grace & Company
1899
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
1908
TechnologyFord's Model T puts the automobile within reach of the middle class.
1913
TechnologyFord's moving assembly line transforms factory production.
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
1916
EconomyPiggly Wiggly opens the first self-service grocery store.
1925
EconomyThe Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting from Nashville.
1927
TechnologyThe Jazz Singer ushers in the era of sound films.
TechnologyLindbergh flies the Atlantic solo, and aviation captures the public.
1928
TechnologyPenicillin is discovered, opening the age of antibiotics.
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
1931
EconomyThe Empire State Building rises in just over a year.
1933
EconomyThe first drive-in movie theater opens in New Jersey.
1937
EconomyThe Golden Gate Bridge opens as the world's longest suspension span.
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1946
TechnologyENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
1955
EconomyMcDonald's franchising begins, remaking fast food.
EconomyDisneyland opens and invents the modern theme park.
1956
TechnologyThe first transatlantic telephone cable opens.
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
EconomyThe first Walmart opens, built on everyday low prices.
1969
TechnologyARPANET, the internet's precursor, goes live.
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
TechnologyThe first US in-vitro fertilization baby is born.
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
TechnologyLinux and open source challenge proprietary software.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
1994
TechnologyE-commerce begins to disrupt retail.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
1997
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
1999
TechnologyNapster ignites the digital disruption of recorded music.
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
TechnologyGPS opens to civilian use, turning location into a utility.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

Atlantic Richfield Company →
Active · founded 1870
Atlantic Richfield Company, better known as ARCO, is the seventh-largest U.S.
Brown-Forman Corporation →
Active · founded 1870
Brown-Forman Corporation is a diversified producer, marketer, and exporter of alcoholic beverage and consumer products.
CREDITO ITALIANO →
Active · founded 1870 · Italy
Stock Index: Milan Credito Italiano is one of Italy's three "banks of national interest." Its principal shareholder is…
Chr. Hansen Group A/S →
Active · founded 1870 · Denmark
Chr.
Deutsche Bank A.G. →
Active · founded 1870 · Germany
Deutsche Bank A.G.
R. L. Polk & Co. →
Active · founded 1870
R.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art →
Active · founded 1870
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ("The Met") is the non-profit organization that is responsible for the operation of one…
Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution →
Active · founded 1870
Organized in 1868, Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) claims the distinction of being the first full-line…
Aarhus United A/S →
Active · founded 1871 · Denmark
Aarhus United A/S is a leading producer of vegetable oils for the food, confectionery, cosmetics, and healthcare…
Comerica Incorporated →
Active · founded 1871
Comerica Incorporated is a multi-state financial services company based in Detroit.
Continental AG →
Active · founded 1871 · Germany
Long established as the leading tire producer in Germany, Continental AG attained international prominence through a…
Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co. KG →
Active · founded 1871 · Germany
Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co.
KSB AG →
Active · founded 1871 · Germany
KSB AG is Europe's leading manufacturer of pumps, valves, and related control systems for use in construction and…
Lloyd's of London →
Active · founded 1871 · United Kingdom
Perhaps the world's most famous insurance group, Lloyd's of London is a uniquely organized insurance market.
National Rifle Association of America →
Active · founded 1871
The National Rifle Association is a nonprofit organization promoting gun safety and lobbying for its interpretation of…
SECURITY PACIFIC CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1871 · United States
Stock Index: New York In the space of two decades, Security Pacific has grown from a mid-sized regional southern…
Schering AG →
Active · founded 1871 · Germany
19702: The company gradually reenters the U.S.
Smart & Final, Inc. →
Active · founded 1871
Smart & Final, Inc.
Southam Inc. →
Active · founded 1871 · Canada
Southam Inc.
Thomas J. Lipton Company →
Active · founded 1871
Thomas J.
BJ Services Company →
Active · founded 1872
BJ Services Company is a major provider of specialized oil-field services, ranking second worldwide.
Bloomingdale's Inc. →
Active · founded 1872
Bloomingdale's Inc.
China Merchants International Holdings Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1872 · Hong Kong
China Merchants International Holdings Co., Ltd.
Christian Salvesen Plc →
Active · founded 1872 · United Kingdom
Once known for its whaling fleet, Christian Salvesen Plc has recreated itself as a major European logistics company for…
Dresdner Bank A.G. →
Active · founded 1872 · Germany
The third largest bank in Germany and one of the leading international banks in Europe, Dresdner Bank A.G.
Menasha Corporation →
Active · founded 1872
The third oldest privately held manufacturing company in the United States, Menasha Corporation is a holding company…
Neenah Foundry Company →
Active · founded 1872
With headquarters in Neenah, Wisconsin, and distribution and sales locations in 13 states, Neenah Foundry Company is a…
Pirelli S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1872 · Italy
Pirelli S.p.A.
Roundy's Inc. →
Active · founded 1872
Founded in 1872, Roundy's Inc.
UPM-Kymmene Corporation →
Active · founded 1872 · Finland
UPM-Kymmene Corporation is Finland's leading forestry company and Europe's largest papermaking concern.
Von Maur Inc. →
Active · founded 1872
Based in Davenport, Iowa, family-owned Von Maur Inc.
A. JOHNSON & COMPANY H.B. (since 1988: AXEL JOHNSON GROUP AB) →
Active · founded 1873 · Sweden
The Axel Johnson Group of Stockholm comprises two legally and financially independent companies, Axel Johnson & Co.
Atlas Copco AB →
Active · founded 1873 · Sweden
Atlas Copco AB is one of the world's leading producers of compressors, mining and construction equipment, power tools,…
Bayard SA →
Active · founded 1873 · France
One of France's oldest publishing groups, Bayard SA is also one of the country's largest, particularly in its three…
CINCINNATI BELL INC. →
Active · founded 1873
Cincinnati Bell Inc.
Carl Allers Etablissement A/S →
Active · founded 1873 · Denmark
Carl Allers Etablissement A/S is one of the Scandinavian region's leading media groups.
Degussa-Hüls AG →
Active · founded 1873 · Germany
Degussa-Hüls AG is a specialty chemicals company based in Germany.
Gilbane, Inc. →
Active · founded 1873
Gilbane, Inc., located in Providence, Rhode Island, is a privately owned company that has been in the same family for…
Heidelberger Zement AG →
Active · founded 1873 · Germany
Heidelberger Zement AG is one of the world's five largest producers of construction materials.
Heineken N.V. →
Active · founded 1873 · The Netherlands
1592: An Amsterdam brewery known as De Hooiberg (The Haystack) is established.
Holmen AB →
Active · founded 1873 · Sweden
Early 1900s:[fsps*2.5]Company builds a sulfite pulp mill at Domsjö.
Koch Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1873
Koch Enterprises, Inc.
Kohler Company →
Active · founded 1873
Kohler Company is one of the largest privately operated firms in the United States.
MAN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT →
Active · founded 1873 · Federal Republic of Germany
Stock Index: Munich Berlin Düsseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Bremen Hanover Stuttgart Basel Geneva Zürich MAN has taken a…
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP →
Active · founded 1873
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is one of the world's largest law firms, with over 200 attorneys in each of its offices in…
OKURA & CO., LTD. →
Active · founded 1873 · Japan
Stock Index: New York Tokyo Okura & Co., Ltd.
RENK AG →
Active · founded 1873 · Germany
RENK AG is a leading German firm for the engineering and manufacture of the power transmission components, gear units,…
Shearman & Sterling →
Active · founded 1873
Shearman & Sterling is one of the largest law firms in the United States, if not the world.
The Prudential Insurance Company of America →
Active · founded 1873
The Prudential Insurance Company of America is one of the largest diversified financial institutions in the world and,…
Tone Brothers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1873
Tone Brothers, Inc.
Berger Bros Company →
Active · founded 1874
Berger Bros Company makes roof drainage products, including gutters and downspouts.
Brenntag AG →
Active · founded 1874 · Germany
Brenntag AG is Europe's largest distributor of industrial chemicals.
Churchill Downs Incorporated →
Active · founded 1874
Churchill Downs Incorporated is a horse racing company best known for hosting the Kentucky Derby, America's most…
Conn-Selmer, Inc. →
Active · founded 1874
Conn-Selmer, Inc.
Geberit AG →
Active · founded 1874 · Switzerland
Geberit AG is Europe's leading manufacturer of sanitary technology.
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP →
Active · founded 1874
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP ranks as the nation's 33rd largest law firm, according to the June 1999 Corporate Legal…
Schindler Holding AG →
Active · founded 1874 · Switzerland
Through its numerous subsidiaries, Schindler Holding AG is Europe's top supplier of elevators and escalators and ranks…
Sutter Home Winery Inc. →
Active · founded 1874
Sutter Home Winery Inc.
The Warnaco Group Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1874
The Warnaco Group Inc.
Vaillant GmbH →
Active · founded 1874 · Germany
Vaillant GmbH is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of heating systems and is based in Remscheid, Germany.
American Safety Razor Company →
Active · founded 1875
American Safety Razor Company (ASR) is a leading manufacturer and marketer of brand-name and private-label personal…
Arnott's Ltd. →
Active · founded 1875 · Australia
Arnott's Ltd.
Bauer Publishing Group →
Active · founded 1875 · Germany
Bauer Publishing Group is the largest magazine publisher in Germany and one of the largest in Europe, offering a wide…
Hochtief AG →
Active · founded 1875 · Germany
Hochtief AG is the German market leader in the construction industry and is among the world's leading international…
Rhodes Inc. →
Active · founded 1875
Founded in 1875, furniture retailer Rhodes Inc.
Swift & Company →
Active · founded 1875
With headquarters in Greeley, Colorado, and a 265,000 square-foot flagship processing plant in Worthington, Minnesota,…
Winterthur Group →
Active · founded 1875 · Switzerland
Winterthur Group is the largest life and nonlife insurance company in Switzerland, selling a broad range of insurance…
Bank of Mississippi, Inc. →
Active · founded 1876
The Bank of Mississippi, Inc., is one of the strongest and most influential chains of state banks in America's deep…
Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc. →
Active · founded 1876
Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc., better known to Major League Baseball fans as the Chicago Cubs, is a…
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1876 · Japan
Japan's first modern printing company, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Diebold, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1876
In the wake of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, natural disaster proved a boon for Diebold Bahmann & Co.
Henkel KGaA →
Active · founded 1876 · Germany
Based in Germany, Henkel KGaA is one of the world's largest chemical companies.
Jockey International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1876
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Musgrave Group Plc →
Active · founded 1876 · Ballycurreen, Airport Road
Musgrave Group Plc is Ireland's largest wholesale grocery distributor and the franchiser of two leading Irish grocery…
Strombecker Corporation →
Active · founded 1876 · www.tootsietoy.com
The late 1990s saw Strombecker's bubble toy market share drop below 50 percent, but this climbed back to 54 percent…
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP →
Active · founded 1876
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP is a prominent New York City-based law firm that provides a full range of legal services…
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation →
Active · founded 1876 · Japan
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) was formed from the 2001 merger of Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank--Sakura was…
THE MITSUI BANK, LTD. →
Active · founded 1876 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Frankfurt It is commonly believed that the Mitsui zaibatsu, or conglomerate, started its…
The Legal Aid Society →
Active · founded 1876
The Legal Aid Society of New York City is the United States' oldest and largest provider of legal services to people…
W. Atlee Burpee & Co. →
Active · founded 1876
W.
White Consolidated Industries Inc. →
Active · founded 1876
White Consolidated Industries Inc.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC →
Active · founded 1876
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC is a full service regional law firm with five offices in North Carolina…
Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1877 · Italy
One of the world's largest food marketers, Barilla G.
Helly Hansen ASA →
Active · founded 1877 · Norway
Helly Hansen ASA is a world-leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of a branded line of clothing and…
Homestake Mining Company →
Active · founded 1877
Owner and operator of the oldest gold mine in the United States, Homestake Mining Company is an international gold…
Océ N.V. →
Active · founded 1877 · Netherlands
The Netherlands' Océ N.V.
ROCHESTER TELEPHONE CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1877
Rochester Telephone is the thirteenth largest diversified American telecommunications company and the largest telephone…
Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc. →
Active · founded 1877
Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc.
American Bar Association →
Active · founded 1878
The American Bar Association is a voluntary professional association that includes practicing attorneys, judges, law…
Close Brothers Group plc →
Active · founded 1878 · United Kingdom
Small but steady Close Brothers plc is the last independent merchant bank in the United Kingdom.
Cunard Line Ltd. →
Active · founded 1878
Cunard Line Ltd.
Fish & Neave →
Active · founded 1878
Mid-1970s:The firm begins serving high-tech clients in Silicon Valley.
Geiger Bros. →
Active · founded 1878
Geiger Bros., founded in 1878, is the largest privately held company in promotional advertising and the largest…
Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky N.V. →
Active · founded 1878 · Netherlands
Long a fixture of Amsterdam's famed Dam Square, Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky N.V.
Karlsberg Brauerei GmbH & Co KG →
Active · founded 1878 · Germany
Karlsberg Brauerei GmbH & Co KG is one of Germany's top ten beer and beverage producers.
Manchester United Football Club plc →
Active · founded 1878 · United Kingdom
Manchester United Football Club plc has earned a reputation as England's most financially successful football team.
Proskauer Rose LLP →
Active · founded 1878
Gross Billings: $250 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Proskauer Rose LLP is among the largest…
Pulitzer Inc. →
Active · founded 1878
With a history that dates back to the late 1800s, Pulitzer Inc.
Rainier Brewing Company →
Active · founded 1878
A Pacific Northwest mainstay for more than a century, Rainier Brewing Company brews and sells a handful of beer brands,…
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1878
The Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation (SNET) is the primary telecommunications company in Connecticut.
Chattem, Inc. →
Active · founded 1879
Chattem, Inc.
Justin Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1879
Justin Industries, Inc.
Kaufhof Warenhaus AG →
Active · founded 1879 · Federal Republic of Germany
Kaufhof Warenhaus AG, the group of retailing and service companies formerly known as Kaufhof Holding AG, was born from…
Linde AG →
Active · founded 1879 · Germany
Linde AG, an international technology company, operates in two business segments: Gas and Engineering and Materials…
Media General, Inc. →
Active · founded 1879
Media General, Inc.
Millea Holdings Inc. →
Active · founded 1879 · Japan
Millea Holdings Inc.
PRINCIPAL MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY →
Active · founded 1879 · United States
Principal Mutual Life Insurance is the primary member of The Principal Financial Group.
PZ Cussons plc →
Active · founded 1879 · United Kingdom
PZ Cussons plc is a leading manufacturer and distributor of a variety of products, especially soaps and other personal…
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1879
R.J.
Sullivan & Cromwell →
Active · founded 1879
Gross Billings: $395 million (1997 est.) SICs: 8111 Legal Services Sullivan & Cromwell is one of the nation's elite law…
BELL CANADA →
Active · founded 1880 · Canada
The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, which came to be called Bell Canada, is the country's largest provider of…
Carter-Wallace, Inc. →
Active · founded 1880
Carter-Wallace, Inc.
Cia Hering →
Active · founded 1880 · Brazil
Cia Hering is a Brazilian holding company whose units are engaged in the production and sale of textiles and…
De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited/De Beers Centenary AG →
Active · founded 1880 · Switzerland
The De Beers Group dominates the world market in rough diamonds.
Fred Usinger Inc. →
Active · founded 1880
Fred Usinger Inc., also known as Usinger's Famous Sausage, is a Milwaukee-based company known for producing premium…
Gruntal & Co., L.L.C. →
Active · founded 1880
Gruntal & Co., L.L.C.
Imerys S.A. →
Active · founded 1880 · France
Known as Imetal until 1999, Imerys S.A.
Imperial Oil Limited →
Active · founded 1880 · Canada
Imperial Oil Limited is Canada's largest producer of crude oil and a leading producer of natural gas.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation →
Active · founded 1880
With its 1995 merger with Scott Paper Co., Kimberly-Clark Corporation solidified its position as the number two player…
Munich Re (Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München) →
Active · founded 1880 · Germany
Munick Re (known as Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München in Europe) is the world's…
Ohio Bell Telephone Company →
Active · founded 1880
Ohio Bell Telephone Company, as a part of the Ameritech Corporation, provides local-exchange and limited long-distance…
Oneida Ltd. →
Active · founded 1880
Oneida Ltd.
Parisian, Inc. →
Active · founded 1880
Parisian, Inc., is one of the most successful retail family clothing store chains located in the southern United States.
Reed Elsevier plc →
Active · founded 1880 · United Kingdom
Reed Elsevier plc is the joint venture of London-based Reed International plc and Netherlands-based Elsevier N.V.
Shanks Group plc →
Active · founded 1880 · United Kingdom
Buckinghamshire, England's Shanks Group plc is the United Kingdom's leading independent waste management company.
The Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company →
Active · founded 1880 · Japan
Despite severe economic conditions in Japan that have crippled the insurance industry, the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance…
Watts of Lydney Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1880 · United Kingdom
Watts of Lydney Group Ltd.
Wella AG →
Active · founded 1880 · Germany
Wella AG operates as one of the world's top cosmetic suppliers with brands found in over 150 countries.
West Point-Pepperell, Inc. →
Active · founded 1880
From humble roots in the South's postwar reconstruction, over the last century West Point-Pepperell, Inc.
WestPoint Stevens Inc. →
Active · founded 1880
WestPoint Stevens Inc.
American Red Cross →
Active · founded 1881
The American Red Cross is a nonprofit agency with a long history of providing relief to individuals affected by war and…
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1881
Brown Shoe Company, Inc., is a retailer, wholesaler, and licenser of men's, women's, and children's footwear.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited →
Active · founded 1881 · Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited is the smallest of the six major North American railways, known as Class 1 railways.
Ciments Fran&ccedils →
Active · founded 1881 · France
One of Europe's leading manufacturers of cement and concrete products, Ciments Fran&ccedils also provides the…
Eli Lilly and Company →
Active · founded 1881
Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets ethical drugs (those requiring a doctor's…
Illinois Bell Telephone Company →
Active · founded 1881
Illinois Bell Telephone Company is the legal name of what has generally been known as Ameritech Illinois since 1993.
J.F. Shea Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1881
J.F.
M.A. Gedney Co. →
Active · founded 1881
M.A.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw →
Active · founded 1881
Gross Billings: $590 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is one of the world's…
Metaleurop S.A. →
Active · founded 1881 · France
Metaleurop S.A.
Metallgesellschaft AG →
Active · founded 1881 · Germany
Metallgesellschaft AG (MG), based in the heart of Frankfurt since its foundation, is a conglomerate providing raw…
Moore-Handley, Inc. →
Active · founded 1881
Moore-Handley, Inc.
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY COMPANY, LIMITED →
Active · founded 1881 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Luxembourg Oki Electric Industry Company's roots are inextricably tangled up with an American…
Perstorp AB →
Active · founded 1881 · Sweden
Perstorp AB operates as a specialty chemicals group focusing on polyalcohols, which are used in the production of…
Seiko Corporation →
Active · founded 1881 · Japan
Seiko Corporation acts as a holding company for subsidiaries that develop and manufacture watches, clocks, camera…
THE MEIJI MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY →
Active · founded 1881 · Japan
The Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company, Japan's oldest life insurer, is a world leader in the industry, with ¥138…
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation →
Active · founded 1881 · Japan
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation operates as Japan's largest cement manufacturer.
ARBED S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1882 · Luxembourg
ARBED S.A., based in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, heads an international group of 189 companies engaged in every…
Beiersdorf AG →
Active · founded 1882 · Germany
Beiersdorf AG is an international company based in Hamburg, Germany, that develops, manufactures and distributes…
Brass Eagle Inc. →
Active · founded 1882
Brass Eagle Inc.
Burns, Philp & Company Ltd. →
Active · founded 1882 · Australia
Long a part of Australia's corporate establishment, Burns, Philp & Company Ltd.
Daisy Outdoor Products Inc. →
Active · founded 1882
Daisy Outdoor Products Inc., based in Rogers, Arkansas, is the world's oldest and largest producer of air guns and air…
Danskin, Inc. →
Active · founded 1882
Danskin, Inc.
Esselte Pendaflex Corporation →
Active · founded 1882
Esselte Pendaflex Corporation is one of the oldest American manufacturers of office filing supplies and a North…
Exxon Mobil Corporation →
Active · founded 1882
Exxon Mobil Corporation is the second largest integrated oil company in the world, trailing only BP p.l.c.
FLSmidth & Co. A/S →
Active · founded 1882 · Denmark
FLSmidth & Co.
HERTIE WAREN-UND KAUFHAUS GMBH →
Active · founded 1882 · Federal Republic of Germany
Hertie Waren- und Kaufhaus GmbH (HWK) heads one of Germany's largest department store groups.
Layne Christensen Company →
Active · founded 1882
Layne Christensen Company is the leading water well drilling, well repair and maintenance, mineral exploration, and…
Mallinckrodt Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1882
Mallinckrodt Group Inc.
ÖSTERREICHISCHE BUNDESBAHNEN GmbH →
Active · founded 1882 · Austria
Österreichische Bundesbahnen, the company that maintains and runs the Austrian railway network, is a state-owned…
Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1882
Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc., markets a number of leading brands of footwear and apparel.
Sensient Technologies Corporation →
Active · founded 1882
Early 1970s:[fsps*2.5]Company expands into soft-drink bottling.
The Art Institute of Chicago →
Active · founded 1882
Chicago's premier cultural institution and one of the greatest art museums in the world, The Art Institute of Chicago…
The Chubb Corporation →
Active · founded 1882
s: 52321 Security and Commodity Exchanges; 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers; 52413 Reinsurance Carriers; 524114…
UGI Corporation →
Active · founded 1882
UGI Corporation is a holding company with two principal subsidiaries.
United Dominion Industries Limited →
Active · founded 1882
United Dominion Industries Limited once provided extensive manufacturing, engineering, and construction services to…
West Group →
Active · founded 1882
West Group, the leading information provider to the U.S.
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. →
Active · founded 1882
Wisconsin Bell, Inc., is the legal name of what has publicly been known as Ameritech Wisconsin since 1993.
Wolters Kluwer NV →
Active · founded 1882 · The Netherlands
Wolters Kluwer NV is one of the worldwide leaders in publishing, and the Netherlands' second largest publisher after…
Alfa Laval AB →
Active · founded 1883 · Sweden
Alfa Laval AB operates as a leader in the heat transfer, centrifugal separation, and fluid handling industries.
BISSELL Inc. →
Active · founded 1883
BISSELL Inc.
Benjamin Moore & Co. →
Active · founded 1883
Benjamin Moore & Co.
Catholic Order of Foresters →
Active · founded 1883
Catholic Order of Foresters (COF), headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, was founded in 1883 as a fraternal benefit…
Chas. Levy Company LLC →
Active · founded 1883
Abandoning Newspaper and Video Distribution in 1994 Over the years Levy's newspaper distribution business had tapered…
Fraser & Neave Ltd. →
Active · founded 1883 · Singapore
One of the largest publicly listed companies in Singapore, Fraser & Neave Ltd.
Giant Cement Holding, Inc. →
Active · founded 1883
Giant Cement Holding, Inc.
Lanoga Corporation →
Active · founded 1883
Lanoga Corporation is one of the largest retailers of lumber and building materials in the United States, with about…
Newhall Land and Farming Company →
Active · founded 1883
The Newhall Land and Farming Company is one of the oldest and most famous business operations in the state of…
PPG Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1883
PPG Industries, Inc.
Sealright Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1883
Sealright Co., Inc.
The Boots Company PLC →
Active · founded 1883 · United Kingdom
The Boots Company PLC is one of the leading retailers in the United Kingdom, in addition to being a major manufacturer…
The Lamson & Sessions Co. →
Active · founded 1883
Mid- to Late 1960s: Diversification outside fastener sector begins.
Vorwerk & Co. →
Active · founded 1883 · Germany
For more than 100 years, Vorwerk & Co.
WPS Resources Corporation →
Active · founded 1883
WPS Resources Corporation (WPSR) was created in 1993 to act as a utilities holding company.
Wyman-Gordon Company →
Active · founded 1883
Wyman-Gordon Company is one of the largest manufacturers of forgings, castings, engine components, and composite…
A.B.Dick Company →
Active · founded 1884
A.B.Dick Company is still going strong after 114 years in business and, after the turn of the new millennium, will be…
BRIO AB →
Active · founded 1884 · Sweden
BRIO AB is a century-old toy company based in Osby, Sweden, with subsidiaries in North America and Europe.
Bath Iron Works →
Active · founded 1884
For more than a century, Bath Iron Works (BIW) has been building ships, chiefly for the U.S.
Bénéteau SA →
Active · founded 1884 · France
Bénéteau SA is the world's largest manufacturer of sailing yachts and pleasure craft, under the Bénéteau and Jeanneau…
Bewag AG →
Active · founded 1884 · Germany
Berlin-based Bewag AG supplies Germany's capital city with electricity.
Bulgari S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1884 · Italy
Bulgari S.p.A.
Carhartt, Inc. →
Active · founded 1884
Carhartt, Inc.
Ciba-Geigy Ltd. →
Active · founded 1884 · Switzerland
Ciba-Geigy is the largest chemical company in Switzerland.
Cincinnati Lamb Inc. →
Active · founded 1884
With its headquarters located in Warren, Michigan (outside of Detroit), Cincinnati Lamb Inc.
Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A. →
Active · founded 1884 · Mexico
Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A.
Harnischfeger Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1884
Harnischfeger Industries, Inc.
John W. Danforth Company →
Active · founded 1884
John W.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center →
Active · founded 1884
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the world's oldest and largest private nonprofit institution devoted to the…
Milacron, Inc. →
Active · founded 1884
At the dawn of the 21st century, Cincinnati-based Milacron, Inc.
Modern Woodmen of America →
Active · founded 1884
Modern Woodmen of America (MWA) is a leading fraternal life insurance society in the United States, with more than…
PIC International Group PLC →
Active · founded 1884 · United Kingdom
PIC International Group PLC is the world's leading supplier of genetically improved breeding stock to the pig industry.
Piaggio & C. S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1884 · Italy
Piaggio & C.
Rolls-Royce Group PLC →
Active · founded 1884 · United Kingdom
Rolls-Royce Group PLC is flying high in the 2000s.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY →
Active · founded 1884 · United States
The venerable Southern Pacific railroad operates a core route of 7,500 miles of railway in 14 of the western United…
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett →
Active · founded 1884
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett consistently ranks as one of the world's great law firms.
The Providence Journal Company →
Active · founded 1884
The Providence Journal Company owns the Providence Journal, the longest continuously published daily newspaper in the…
The Sherwin-Williams Company →
Active · founded 1884
The Sherwin-Williams Company, "America's Paint Company," is the largest producer of paints, varnishes, and specialty…
The Times Mirror Company →
Active · founded 1884
The Times Mirror Company ranks among the top five newspaper companies in the United States.
AT&T Corporation →
Active · founded 1885
AT&T Corporation organizes its business into two segments, business services and consumer services.
BHP Billiton →
Active · founded 1885 · Australia
BHP Billiton was formed through the 2001 merger of Australia's mining and oil giant BHP and U.K.-based mining group…
Bachman's Inc. →
Active · founded 1885
Bachman's Inc., family owned and operated for over a century, provides homes and businesses with a variety of…
Bemis Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1885
Bemis Company, Inc.
C.H. Boehringer Sohn →
Active · founded 1885 · Germany
C.H.
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1885
One of the world's foremost marketers of fresh fruits and vegetables, Chiquita Brands International, Inc., is a food…
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1885
Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.
Johnson Controls, Inc. →
Active · founded 1885
Johnson Controls, Inc.
King & Spalding →
Active · founded 1885
King & Spalding is the largest law firm in Atlanta and one of the largest in the Southeast.
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) →
Active · founded 1885 · Japan
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) is the largest marine transporter in Japan.
Norton Company →
Active · founded 1885
The Norton Company is quite possibly the world's leading producer of grinding wheels and coated and bonded abrasives.
O'Melveny & Myers →
Active · founded 1885
O'Melveny & Myers is one of the largest law firms in the world, with more than 700 lawyers working from its Los Angeles…
Pechiney SA →
Defunct · founded 1885 · France
France's Pechiney SA is the world's fourth largest producer and converter of aluminum, and the world's third largest…
Pet Incorporated →
Active · founded 1885
Pet Incorporated, a specialty food producer with a number of familiar name-brands, operates 33 manufacturing plants…
Phelps Dodge Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1885
One of the largest copper miners in the world, Phelps Dodge Corporation produces 30 percent of the copper in the United…
Rock of Ages Corporation →
Active · founded 1885 · www.rockofages.com
Rock of Ages Corporation is an integrated quarrier, manufacturer, distributer, and retailer of granite and products…
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1885
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.--the company changed its name from Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1885 · Japan
With nearly nine million customers, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
BOC Group plc →
Active · founded 1886 · England
BOC Group plc is one of the world's largest producers of industrial gases essential to almost every manufacturing…
Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate Ltd. →
Active · founded 1886 · United Kingdom
Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate Ltd.
Boston Edison Company →
Active · founded 1886
Boston Edison Company is a regulated public utility that provides electricity to the Boston area.
Burmah Castrol PLC →
Defunct · founded 1886 · United Kingdom
Originally known as The Burmah Oil Company Ltd., Burmah Castrol PLC is the oldest oil enterprise in the United Kingdom.
Gonnella Baking Company →
Active · founded 1886
Gonnella Baking Company is a baker of Italian and French style bread operating primarily in the Chicago area.
Marconi plc →
Active · founded 1886 · United Kingdom
The British company Marconi plc had been known as The General Electric Co.
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. →
Active · founded 1886
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP →
Active · founded 1886
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP offers its legal expertise to businesses operating everything from manufacturing to…
Philadelphia Suburban Corporation →
Active · founded 1886
1892û1910: Rapid expansion through Delaware, Montgomery, and Chester Counties.
Robert Bosch GmbH →
Active · founded 1886 · Germany
One of the ten largest companies in Germany, Robert Bosch GmbH is best known as a worldwide supplier of automotive…
Tarkett Sommer AG →
Active · founded 1886 · Germany
The October 1997 merger of Tarkett AG with the flooring division of France's Sommer Allibert SA has created the world's…
Unisys Corporation →
Active · founded 1886
Unisys Corporation is a major provider of computer-related services and technologies to customers in the financial…
Westinghouse Electric Corporation →
Active · founded 1886
Westinghouse Electric Corporation is among the country's largest electronics companies, with units committed to serving…
Whittard of Chelsea Plc →
Active · founded 1886 · United Kingdom
Whittard of Chelsea Plc appears finally to have found the right blend for its growing chain of tea and coffee shops.
William Grant & Sons Ltd. →
Active · founded 1886 · United Kingdom
By the mid-1990s, however, Grant had been confronted with the rapid consolidation of the global drinks industry, which…
Beckett Papers →
Active · founded 1887
With sales of less than $100 million, Beckett Papers is a rather small, yet distinctive, segment of the Fine Papers…
CSR Limited →
Active · founded 1887 · Australia
CSR Limited is one of the world's largest building and construction materials companies, with operations in Australia,…
Capezio/Ballet Makers Inc. →
Active · founded 1887
Capezio/Ballet Makers Inc.
Commercial Federal Corporation →
Active · founded 1887
Commercial Federal Corporation is the largest financial institution based in Nebraska and is that state's largest…
Ethyl Corporation →
Active · founded 1887
With facilities in the United States, Japan, France, England, and Belgium, Ethyl Corporation was a leading manufacturer…
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company →
Active · founded 1887
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company is a manufacturer of consumer and commercial cleaners and laundry products.
Getronics NV →
Active · founded 1887 · The Netherlands
The Netherlands' Getronics NV is European leader and one of the world's top five providers of Information &…
Gold Fields Ltd. →
Active · founded 1887 · South Africa
Gold Fields Ltd.
Golden Belt Manufacturing Co. →
Active · founded 1887
Golden Belt Manufacturing Co.
H.B. Fuller Company →
Active · founded 1887
A top performer among specialty chemicals firms, H.B.
Industrias Penoles, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1887 · Mexico
Industrias Penoles, S.A.
Johnson & Johnson →
Active · founded 1887
One of America's most admired companies, Johnson & Johnson (J & J) is one of the largest healthcare firms in the world…
Kanebo, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1887 · Japan
Kanebo, Ltd.
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1887
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
Kao Corporation →
Active · founded 1887 · Japan
Kao Corporation, often called the Procter & Gamble of Japan, is one of Japan's leaders in personal care products,…
Koninklijke Vendex KBB N.V. (Royal Vendex KBB N.V.) →
Active · founded 1887 · Netherlands
Koninklijke Vendex KBB N.V., or Royal Vendex KBB N.V., is the leading non-food retailer in the Netherlands.
PremiumWear, Inc. →
Active · founded 1887
PremiumWear, Inc.'s core business is the designing, sourcing, and marketing of apparel as a licensee of the…
Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1887
Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc.
Samuel Cabot Inc. →
Active · founded 1887
Samuel Cabot Inc.
Seattle First National Bank Inc. →
Active · founded 1887
Seattle First National Bank Inc., the oldest bank in Seattle, operates the largest community banking network in…
Skanska AB →
Active · founded 1887 · Sweden
After helping to build Scandinavia, Skanska AB is ready to help build the rest of the world.
Southtrust Corporation →
Active · founded 1887
The SouthTrust Corporation is a multi-bank holding company with operations in six southeastern states.
Springs Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1887
Springs Industries, Inc.
THE YASUDA FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED →
Active · founded 1887 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto Hiroshima Fukuoka Sapporo Niigata Japan's oldest fire insurance company, The…
United Way of America →
Active · founded 1887
Contributions: $3.77 billion (1999) NAIC:813212 Voluntary Health Organizations; 813211 Charitable Trusts, Awarding…
UnumProvident Corporation →
Active · founded 1887
UnumProvident Corporation is a holding company for a group of companies that collectively are the leading disability…
W.C. Bradley Co. →
Active · founded 1887
Family owned and operated by a fourth generation, the W.C Bradley Co.
Wolseley plc →
Active · founded 1887 · United Kingdom
Wolseley plc has quietly built itself an empire as the world's leading distributor of building materials to…
Alcoa Inc. →
Active · founded 1888
The largest aluminum manufacturer in the world, Alcoa Inc.
Antofagasta plc →
Active · founded 1888 · United Kingdom
Antofagasta plc is one of the world's leading producers of copper, with total production levels nearing 472,000 tons in…
Arcadis NV →
Active · founded 1888 · The Netherlands
Arcadis NV is an internationally operating engineering consulting and project firm with an emphasis on environmental…
Equitable Resources, Inc. →
Active · founded 1888
Equitable Resources, Inc.
Fisher Controls International, LLC →
Active · founded 1888
A global designer, manufacturer, and supplier of control valves and regulators, Fisher Controls International, LLC is…
Fyffes Plc →
Active · founded 1888 · Ireland
Fyffes Plc is one of the world's largest importers and distributors of fruits, ranking number five worldwide and number…
KATZ COMMUNICATIONS, INC. →
Active · founded 1888
Katz Communications, Inc., is the largest company in the American broadcast representation industry, with offices in 22…
Katz Media Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1888
Katz Media Group, Inc., a giant in the media representation industry, has a long history that dates back to the 1880s…
Märklin Holding GmbH →
Active · founded 1888 · Germany
Märklin Holding GmbH is the management company of Germany's number one model train manufacturer.
Miller Brewing Company →
Active · founded 1888
Between the establishment of the Miller Brewing Company in 1855 and the death of its founder in 1888, the firm's annual…
National Geographic Society →
Active · founded 1888
Founded as a club of distinguished gentlemen devoted to promoting the study of geography, the National Geographic…
PORTLAND GENERAL CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1888
Portland General Corporation is a diversified holding company whose main subsidiary, Portland General Electric Co.
Quilmes Industrial (QUINSA) S.A. →
Active · founded 1888 · Argentina
Quilmes Industrial (QUINSA) S.A.
Raleigh UK Ltd. →
Active · founded 1888 · United Kingdom
Raleigh UK Ltd.
Rover Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1888 · England
The Rover Group Ltd.
Southcorp Limited →
Active · founded 1888 · Australia
Based in New South Wales, Australia, Southcorp Limited is the world's largest maker of premium brand wine.
The B. Manischewitz Company, LLC →
Active · founded 1888
s: 311812 Commercial Bakeries; 311821 Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing; 311422 Specialty Canning Since 1998, The B.
Walker Manufacturing Company →
Active · founded 1888
Celebrating more than a century of quality workmanship, Walker Manufacturing Company is the world's leading producer of…
Wheaton Science Products →
Active · founded 1888
With origins in glass production dating back to 1888, Wheaton Science Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of and…
Amoco Corporation →
Active · founded 1889
Amoco Corporation is active in three main fields within the petroleum, natural gas, and chemical industries:…
Avista Corporation →
Active · founded 1889
Avista Corporation operates as a generator, transmitter, and distributor of energy, providing electricity and natural…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. →
Active · founded 1889
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung →
Active · founded 1889 · Germany
The Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, a 'juridical person' under German civil law, is the sole owner of two industrial enterprises,…
Carpenter Technology Corporation →
Active · founded 1889
Carpenter Technology Corporation produces and distributes specialty steel and structural ceramics worldwide for…
France Telecom Group →
Defunct · founded 1889 · France
The fourth largest telecommunications corporation in the world, France Telecom Group is also one of the last remaining…
Greenwood Mills, Inc. →
Active · founded 1889
Greenwood Mills, Inc.
Groupe Herstal S.A. →
Active · founded 1889 · Belgium
Groupe Herstal S.A.
Gunnebo AB →
Active · founded 1889 · Sweden
Acquisitive Gunnebo AB has quickly grown into one of the world's leading security groups.
Harrods Holdings →
Active · founded 1889 · United Kingdom
Harrods Holdings represents one of the most prestigious names in shopping history, operating the famed Harrods…
Henry Modell & Company Inc. →
Active · founded 1889
Corporate Perspectives: Modell's Sporting Goods strives for quality and excellence by listening, respecting and…
Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd. →
Active · founded 1889 · Hong Kong
Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd.
Hongkong Land Holdings Limited →
Active · founded 1889 · Hong Kong
Hongkong Land Holdings Limited is one of Hong Kong's foremost property investment, development, and management…
ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. →
Active · founded 1889 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto Hiroshima Fukuoka Niigata Sapporo World-renowned for generations as a…
KANSALLIS-OSAKE-PANKKI →
Active · founded 1889 · Finland
Stock Index: Helsinki Luxembourg Long known as Finland's largest commercial bank, Kansallis-Osake-Pankki has developed…
Lee Apparel Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1889
Lee Apparel Company, Inc.
Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated →
Defunct · founded 1889
Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated is a national retailer with more than 400 stores in 43 states.
Nintendo Company, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1889 · Japan
Nintendo Company, Ltd.
Nippon Life Insurance Company →
Active · founded 1889 · Japan
Nippon Life Insurance Company operates as the largest life insurance provider in Japan and one of the world's largest…
Northern Trust Company →
Active · founded 1889
Not as large as Chase Manhattan, nor as well known as J.
Rheinmetall Berlin AG →
Active · founded 1889 · Germany
Rheinmetall Berlin AG, the parent company of a group of more than 60 industrial manufacturing firms, is a leading…
Robbins & Myers Inc. →
Active · founded 1889
With operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia, Robbins & Myers Inc.
Stone & Webster, Inc. →
Active · founded 1889
Stone & Webster, Inc., one of the nation's engineering giants, has since 1889 offered its customers in the United…
The Mentholatum Company Inc. →
Active · founded 1889
The Mentholatum Company Inc.
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company →
Active · founded 1889
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company is one of the world's leading information management companies.
The Washington Post Company →
Active · founded 1889
The Washington Post Company and its subsidiaries are leaders in the news and communications media industry.
Unitika Ltd. →
Active · founded 1889 · Japan
Through its many subsidiaries, Unitika Ltd.
Whitbread PLC →
Active · founded 1889 · United Kingdom
Whitbread PLC is one of the leading players in the U.K.
Acorn Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Toolmaker Acorn Products, Inc.
Allianz AG →
Active · founded 1890 · Germany
Once known primarily as a German insurance company, Allianz AG has grown to become one of the world's leading financial…
Aurora Casket Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Aurora Casket Company, Inc.
Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation →
Active · founded 1890
Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation, a subsidiary of the Milnot Company, is the third largest baby food manufacturer in the…
Binks Sames Corporation →
Active · founded 1890
Binks Sames Corporation is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of spray finishing and…
Conn's, Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Conn's, Inc., a publicly traded company based in Beaumont, Texas, operates a chain of some 50 appliance stores in Texas…
Coop Schweiz Genossenschaftsverband →
Active · founded 1890 · Switzerland
Coop Schweiz Genossenschaftsverband is Switzerland's second-largest food products retailer, behind fellow cooperative…
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP →
Active · founded 1890
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Gibson Dunn) is one of the world's largest law firms.
Great Lakes Bancorp →
Active · founded 1890
Great Lakes Bancorp is the second largest savings bank in Michigan, operating 46 branches statewide and in northern…
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe →
Active · founded 1890
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe is one of America's top 100 law firms.
Hunt-Wesson, Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Hunt-Wesson is one of the nation's largest and most successful food companies.
Julius Baer Holding AG →
Active · founded 1890 · Switzerland
The leading independent private bank in Switzerland, Julius Baer Holding AG has come to epitomize the Swiss banking…
Kuehne & Nagel International AG →
Active · founded 1890 · Switzerland
Kuehne & Nagel International AG (KN) operates as a leading transport and logistics concern with more than 600 locations…
Lee Enterprises Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Lee Enterprises Inc.
Levi Strauss & Co. →
Active · founded 1890
Levi Strauss & Co., the world's largest brand-name apparel manufacturer, gave the world blue jeans and grew enormously…
Lukens Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Lukens Inc.
Mannesmann AG →
Active · founded 1890 · Germany
Mannesmann AG is a leading German telecom provider.
Milliken & Co. →
Active · founded 1890
Milliken & Co.
Peabody Coal Company →
Active · founded 1890
As a subsidiary of Peabody Holding Company, Inc., the largest coal producer in the United States, Peabody Coal Company…
Peabody Energy Corporation →
Active · founded 1890
Peabody Energy Corporation is the largest private-sector coal company in the world.
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM COMPANY THE "SHELL" TRANSPORT AND TRADING COMPANY P.L.C. →
Active · founded 1890 · United Kingdom
Stock Index: London New York Paris Frankfurt Brussels Zürich Luxembourg Vienna The Royal Dutch/Shell Group forms one of…
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company →
Active · founded 1890
The largest commercial printing company in North America and a dominant player in the world communications arena, R.R.
SunAmerica Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
SunAmerica Inc., among the nation's largest life insurers, is also a financial services company, offering retirement…
Sunoco, Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Sunoco, Inc.
The Bon Marché, Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
A venerable department store operator for more than a century, The Bon Marché, Inc.
The E.W. Scripps Company →
Active · founded 1890
The E.W.
The Procter & Gamble Company →
Active · founded 1890
c.
The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, PLC →
Active · founded 1890 · United Kingdom
The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, PLC, popularly known as Wolves, is the United Kingdom's largest integrated…
Unocal Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1890
Unocal Corporation ranks as one of the world's largest independent energy exploration and production companies.
Varta AG →
Active · founded 1890 · Germany
Varta AG produces batteries, including storage batteries (such as automobile batteries), rechargeable batteries (such…
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. →
Active · founded 1890 · United Kingdom
1581: Humphrey Langridge operates the Ram Brewery.
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. →
Renamed · founded 1891
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Babcock International Group PLC →
Active · founded 1891 · United Kingdom
Babcock International Group PLC is one of the world's leading support services groups.
Belk, Inc. →
Active · founded 1891
Belk, Inc., is the largest privately held department store chain in the United States.
CalMat Co. →
Active · founded 1891
CalMat Co.
Carbo PLC →
Active · founded 1891 · United Kingdom
Carbo PLC, through subsidiary Carborundum Abrasives GB Ltd., is one of the world's leading manufacturers of abrasives…
Carbone Lorraine S.A. →
Active · founded 1891 · France
Carbone Lorraine S.A.
Cone Mills LLC →
Active · founded 1891
Cone Mills LLC has more than a century of experience in the textile industry.
Domino Sugar Corporation →
Active · founded 1891
Domino Sugar Corporation is the leading sugar refining firm in the United States, and produces one of the world's most…
E.W. Howell Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1891
E.W.
FAG →
Active · founded 1891 · Germany
FAG--Kugelfischer Georg Schäfer AG is one of the world's largest manufacturers of bearings.
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1891
Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) is a diversified electric utility holding company formed in 1983.
Hecla Mining Company →
Active · founded 1891
The oldest of Idaho's pioneer mining companies, Hecla Mining Company mines and processes silver, gold, and industrial…
Hormel Foods Corporation →
Active · founded 1891
Early 1940s:Jay and George Hormel found the Hormel Foundation, which would control the company through holdings of its…
Johnson Matthey PLC →
Active · founded 1891 · United Kingdom
Johnson Matthey PLC has been involved in the processing and marketing of precious metals since its founding in 1817.
Lion Corporation →
Active · founded 1891 · Japan
Lion Corporation is Japan's biggest seller of toothpastes and a major producer of other toiletries and consumer items…
NL Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1891
NL Industries, Inc.
Peebles Inc. →
Active · founded 1891
With 65 stores in ten Mid-Atlantic states ranging from South Carolina to New York, Peebles Inc.
Victorinox AG →
Active · founded 1891 · Switzerland
Victorinox AG has spent the 20th century perfecting and popularizing a cultural icon: the Swiss Army knife.
AVA AG (Allgemeine Handelsgesellschaft der Verbraucher AG) →
Active · founded 1892 · Germany
Active throughout Germany and in the Netherlands, AVA AG (Allgemeine Handelsgesellschaft der Verbraucher AG) is one of…
Edward Hines Lumber Company →
Active · founded 1892
Edward Hines Lumber Company is a private company owned by the Hines family and based in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo…
Electrabel N.V. →
Active · founded 1892 · Belgium
Electrabel N.V.
Florsheim Shoe Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1892
Florsheim Shoe Group Inc.
General Electric Company →
Active · founded 1892
The history of General Electric Company is a significant part of the history of technology in the United States.
International Multifoods Corporation →
Active · founded 1892
International Multifoods Corporation was once known as one of the "Big Three" in U.S.
Keramik Holding AG Laufen →
Active · founded 1892 · Switzerland
Keramik Holding AG Laufen is one of the world's leading producers of sanitary ware--toilets, bathtubs, sinks, and other…
MITSUI MINING COMPANY, LIMITED →
Active · founded 1892 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Mitsui Mining Company, Limited is one of the oldest components of the vast Mitsui…
Medusa Corporation →
Active · founded 1892
Medusa Corporation is one of the oldest cement companies in the United States, having been in business for over a…
Nichimen Corporation →
Active · founded 1892 · Japan
Nichimen Corporation, a member of The Sanwa Bank group, is one of Japan's largest general trading companies, known as…
Olin Corporation →
Active · founded 1892
Olin Corporation is a Fortune 200 company whose businesses are concentrated in chemicals, materials and metals,…
Perrigo Company →
Active · founded 1892
Early 1980s:Perrigo family ownership ends with the sale of the company to management.
Rexnord Corporation →
Active · founded 1892
A wholly owned subsidiary of BTR PLC, an international holding company based in London, England, since 1994, the…
Rosenbluth International Inc. →
Active · founded 1892
Rosenbluth International, Inc.
The Coca-Cola Company →
Active · founded 1892
The Coca-Cola Company is the world's number one maker of soft drinks, selling 1.3 billion beverage servings every day.
The Copps Corporation →
Active · founded 1892
The Copps Corporation is one of Wisconsin's largest privately held businesses.
The Sierra Club →
Active · founded 1892
The Sierra Club occupies a unique place in American culture.
Waverly, Inc. →
Active · founded 1892
Waverly, Inc.
Weyco Group, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1892
Weyco Group, Incorporated is a major manufacturer, purchaser, and marketer of men's and boy's footwear, including…
Banco de Chile →
Active · founded 1893 · Chile
Banco de Chile is the second largest private bank in Chile and the largest that remains under Chilean ownership.
Bernina Holding AG →
Active · founded 1893 · Switzerland
Bernina Holding AG is the parent company of Fritz Gegauf AG, one of the world's five largest sewing machine…
Champion International Corporation →
Active · founded 1893
Champion International Corporation is a leading U.S.
Ispat Inland Inc. →
Active · founded 1893
Ispat Inland Inc.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue →
Active · founded 1893
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (Jones Day) is one of the world's major law firms, with numerous offices in the United…
Margarete Steiff GmbH →
Active · founded 1893 · Germany
Margarete Steiff GmbH is the largest manufacturer of stuffed toys in Germany and one of the most recognized brands of…
Meier & Frank Co. →
Active · founded 1893
One of the oldest retail chains in the Pacific Northwest, Meier & Frank Co.
Mueller Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1893
Mueller Industries, Inc.
N.V. Holdingmaatschappij De Telegraaf →
Active · founded 1893 · The Netherlands
N.V.
Nippon Oil Corporation →
Active · founded 1893 · Japan
Nippon Oil Corporation is Japan's largest importer and distributor of petroleum products, controlling about 25 percent…
Popular, Inc. →
Active · founded 1893
Popular, Inc.
Ravensburger AG →
Active · founded 1893 · Germany
Ravensburger AG is a publisher based in Ravensburg, Germany, that educates and entertains the whole family with its…
Spiegel, Inc. →
Active · founded 1893
Spiegel, Inc.
Standard Federal Bank →
Active · founded 1893
Standard Federal Bank stands as the largest thrift institution in the Midwest and the seventh largest in the United…
Stock Yards Packing Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1893
Stock Yards Packing Co., Inc.
Sunkist Growers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1893
One of the ten largest marketing cooperatives in the United States, Sunkist Growers, Inc.
Vienna Sausage Manufacturing Co. →
Active · founded 1893
Vienna Sausage Manufacturing Co.
BANCA COMMERCIALE ITALIANA SpA →
Active · founded 1894 · Italy
Stock Index: Milan Genoa Rome Turin Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI) is one of the largest banks in Italy.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. →
Active · founded 1894
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Castle & Cooke, Inc. →
Active · founded 1894
Castle & Cooke, Inc.
Consolidated Papers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1894
Consolidated Papers, Inc., which was acquired by Finnish-Swedish paper giant Stora Enso Oyj in August 2000, is the…
Courier Corporation →
Active · founded 1894
Courier Corporation is the largest book manufacturer in the Northeast, the fifth largest in the nation, and a…
Dole Food Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1894
Best known for its pineapples, Dole Food Company, Inc., is promotes its Dole brand of fresh and packaged food and…
Follett Corporation →
Active · founded 1894
The Follett Corporation operates the largest chain of college and university bookstores in North America, sells books…
Maritz Inc. →
Active · founded 1894
Maritz Inc.
Marks and Spencer p.l.c. →
Active · founded 1894 · United Kingdom
Marks and Spencer p.l.c.
Montupet S.A. →
Active · founded 1894 · France
Montupet S.A.
Pilkington plc →
Active · founded 1894 · United Kingdom
Pilkington plc is one of the largest glassmakers in the world, specializing in the flat glass and safety glass sectors.
Purina Mills, Inc. →
Active · founded 1894
Purina Mills, Inc.
The Kelly-Springfield Tire Company →
Active · founded 1894
The Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in…
United States Playing Card Company →
Active · founded 1894
The United States Playing Card Company (USPC) is the largest manufacturer of playing cards in the world and sells more…
Anritsu Corporation →
Active · founded 1895 · Japan
Anritsu Corporation is a leading global producer of test and measurement devices, equipment, and systems.
BROOKLYN UNION GAS →
Active · founded 1895
Brooklyn Union Gas supplies natural gas to the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island and to a portion of…
Budweiser Budvar, National Corporation →
Active · founded 1895 · Czech Republic
Small but feisty Czech brewer Budweiser Budvar, National Corporation has been battling mighty Anheuser-Busch (A-B) for…
Callanan Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1895
Callanan changed hands again in 1985, when CRH plc (Cement Roadstone Holdings) of Dublin, Ireland, through its U.S.
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company →
Active · founded 1895
The Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company (CT&T) is an independent telephone company serving large portions of North…
Christensen Boyles Corporation →
Active · founded 1895
Christensen Boyles Corporation (CBC) operates as a leading holding company overseeing 19 internationally integrated…
Cooper Cameron Corporation →
Active · founded 1895
Cooper Cameron Corporation operates as a leading manufacturer of oil and gas industrial equipment and services.
DePuy Inc. →
Active · founded 1895
DePuy Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company since 1998, is a leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of orthopaedic…
ELEKTROWATT AG →
Active · founded 1895 · Switzerland
Elektrowatt AG is one of the largest holding companies in Switzerland, with diversified interests in more than 100…
Firmenich International S.A. →
Active · founded 1895 · Switzerland
A major development for the group's Flavors division came in 2001, when the company began development on a new,…
Gaumont SA →
Active · founded 1895 · France
With one of the most illustrious names in motion picture history, Gaumont SA has developed into one of Europe's leading…
Gibson Greetings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1895
Gibson Greetings, Inc.
Giddings & Lewis, Inc. →
Active · founded 1895
Giddings & Lewis, Inc.
Marks Brothers Jewelers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1895
Marks Brothers Jewelers, Inc.
National Starch and Chemical Company →
Active · founded 1895
A subsidiary of U.K.
OshKosh B'Gosh, Inc. →
Active · founded 1895
OshKosh B'Gosh was founded in 1895 as Grove Manufacturing Company, a maker of "hickory-striped" bib overalls worn by…
Rhône-Poulenc S.A. →
Active · founded 1895 · France
Rhône-Poulenc S.A.
SABMiller plc →
Active · founded 1895 · United Kingdom
SABMiller plc ranks as the world's second largest brewer in terms of volume, trailing only Anheuser-Busch Companies,…
Schwinn Cycle and Fitness L.P. →
Active · founded 1895
For most of its century-long history Schwinn Cycle and Fitness L.P.
Simplex Technologies Inc. →
Active · founded 1895
Simplex Technologies Inc.
Simpson Investment Company →
Active · founded 1895
One of the oldest and largest privately owned companies in the Pacific Northwest, Simpson Investment Company operates…
Skoda Auto a.s. →
Active · founded 1895 · Czech Republic
Skoda Auto a.s., also known as Skoda Automobilova a.s., has been making cars for more than a century.
Swarovski International Holding AG →
Active · founded 1895 · Switzerland
Switzerland-based Swarovski International Holding AG is parent to the Swarovski group of companies based in and around…
The Paul Revere Corporation →
Active · founded 1895
The Paul Revere Corporation ranks as North America's top provider of individual non-cancelable disability income…
The South African Breweries Limited →
Active · founded 1895 · South Africa
The South African Breweries Limited (SAB) is a holding company whose principal line of business is brewing.
Walton Monroe Mills, Inc. →
Active · founded 1895
Walton Monroe Mills, Inc., a manufacturer of yarn and undyed fabric, has been managed by the same family since its 1895…
Wildlife Conservation Society →
Active · founded 1895
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is an organization dedicated to saving wildlife and natural environments; in…
York International Corp. →
Active · founded 1895
York International Corp.
Anchor Brewing Company →
Defunct · founded 1896
Anchor Brewing Company has been making unique, traditional beer in San Francisco, California, since the 1860s.
Barclays plc →
Active · founded 1896 · United Kingdom
With a rich history dating back almost 300 years, Barclays plc has grown into one of the largest financial services…
Budgens Ltd. →
Active · founded 1896 · United Kingdom
Although the smallest of the United Kingdom's top supermarket groups, Budgens Ltd.
CTS Corporation →
Active · founded 1896
Established in 1896 to make telephones and switchboards, CTS Corporation has become a leading manufacturer of passive…
Comptoirs Modernes S.A. →
Active · founded 1896 · France
Of the leading independent food retailers in France, Comptoirs Modernes S.A.
Daily Mail and General Trust plc →
Active · founded 1896 · England
The Daily Mail and General Trust plc is one of the largest media holding companies in the world.
De La Rue plc →
Active · founded 1896 · United Kingdom
The world's largest commercial banknote printer and banknote paper manufacturer, De La Rue plc has a presence in…
Federico Paternina S.A. →
Active · founded 1896 · Spain
Federico Paternina S.A.
Gallaher Group Plc →
Active · founded 1896 · United Kingdom
Gallaher Group Plc is the second largest tobacco company in the United Kingdom, with manufacturing operations…
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1896 · Japan
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Le Cordon Bleu S.A. →
Active · founded 1896 · France
Le Cordon Bleu S.A.
Macmillan, Inc. →
Active · founded 1896
Macmillan has been a distinguished name in publishing for more than 150 years.
Madison Gas and Electric Company →
Active · founded 1896
Madison Gas and Electric Company (MGE) is a relatively small power company that has remained independent and profitable…
Nash Finch Company →
Active · founded 1896
One of the largest food wholesalers in the United States, Nash Finch Company serves more than 1,800 supermarkets and…
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY →
Active · founded 1896
Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is an investor-owned utility serving the electricity needs of 1.9 million people…
PSA Peugeot Citroen S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1896 · France
PSA Peugeot Citroen S.A.
Pathé SA →
Active · founded 1896 · France
One of the most illustrious names in motion picture history, Pathé remains one of France's leading forces in film…
Rooney Brothers Co. →
Active · founded 1896
A privately held company, Rooney Brothers Co.
Royal Numico N.V. →
Defunct · founded 1896 · The Netherlands
Fast-growing Royal Numico N.V.
SHV Holdings N.V. →
Active · founded 1896 · The Netherlands
SHV Holdings N.V.
Seattle Times Company →
Active · founded 1896
Owner and operator of one of the last independent and locally owned metropolitan newspapers in the United States, the…
Stora Enso Oyj →
Active · founded 1896 · Finland
1288: First documentary evidence of mining at the copper mountain near Falun, Sweden.
T. Marzetti Company →
Active · founded 1896
T.
TA Triumph-Adler AG →
Active · founded 1896 · Germany
TA Triumph-Adler AG is Germany's leading supplier of distribution services for printing, copying and presentation…
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company →
Active · founded 1896 · Canada
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, based in Winnipeg, is Canada's largest mutual insurer.
Toshiba Corporation →
Active · founded 1896 · Japan
Toshiba Corporation is one of Japan's oldest and largest producers of consumer and industrial electric products.
Vivarte SA →
Active · founded 1896 · France
Vivarte SA, formerly Groupe André, is Europe's leading retail footwear group and a major force in the continent's…
Volunteers of America, Inc. →
Active · founded 1896
Volunteers of America, Inc., is a leading nonprofit human services organization in the United States.
Wisconsin Energy Corporation →
Active · founded 1896
Early 1920s:North American forms Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCo); Lakeside Power Plant is built.
ABC Carpet & Home Co. Inc. →
Active · founded 1897
ABC Carpet & Home Co.
Hillerich & Bradsby Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1897
Hillerich & Bradsby Company, Inc.
IAWS Group plc →
Active · founded 1897 · Ireland
From its late 19th-century origins in Ireland's cooperative movement, IAWS Group plc has grown into a leading food…
Juventus F.C. S.p.A →
Active · founded 1897 · Italy
One of the premier professional soccer clubs in the world, Juventus F.C.
KPMG International →
Active · founded 1897 · The Netherlands
KPMG International is the third-largest accounting firm in the world.
Klöckner-Werke AG →
Active · founded 1897 · Germany
Klöckner-Werke AG of Duisburg, once identified as a leader in German steel, machinery, and plastics, is now known as…
Kuhlman Corporation →
Active · founded 1897
One of the fastest-growing companies in the United States, Kuhlman Corporation is an industrial manufacturing company…
LUCAS INDUSTRIES PLC →
Active · founded 1897 · United Kingdom
Stock Index: London New York Lucas Industries's automotive division, the basis of the company's activities since before…
Lehigh Portland Cement Company →
Active · founded 1897
Lehigh Portland Cement Company produces cements, concrete and concrete products, lightweight aggregates, and related…
MacGregor Golf Company →
Active · founded 1897
MacGregor Golf Company makes golf clubs, balls, bags, clothing, and accessories, with a focus on premium quality…
Middlesex Water Company →
Active · founded 1897
Operating out of Iselin, New Jersey, Middlesex Water Company provides water services on both a retail and wholesale…
National Grape Co-operative Association, Inc. →
Active · founded 1897
Best known as the parent company of Welch Foods, Inc., National Grape Co-operative Association, Inc.
Osaka Gas Company, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1897 · Japan
Osaka Gas Company, Ltd.
Pearson plc →
Active · founded 1897 · United Kingdom
Since the mid-1990s, Pearson plc has transformed itself from a industrial holding company with a large and sometimes…
Shakespeare Company →
Active · founded 1897
An integral subsidiary of K2 Inc., Shakespeare Company manufactures fishing tackle equipment, marine antennas,…
Swank Inc. →
Active · founded 1897
Swank, Inc.
TB Wood's Corporation →
Active · founded 1897
TB Wood's Corporation is a leading innovator, designer, manufacturer, and marketer of electronic and mechanical…
TOBU RAILWAY CO LTD →
Active · founded 1897 · Japan
Tobu Railway Co Ltd is one of Japan's leading private railway companies.
The Christian Science Publishing Society →
Active · founded 1897
The Christian Science Publishing Society is the nonprofit, independently run media arm of The First Church of Christ,…
Yamaha Corporation →
Active · founded 1897 · Japan
Yamaha Corporation, one of Japan's most diversified companies, is the world's largest maker of musical instruments.
Zodiac S.A. →
Active · founded 1897 · France
Zodiac S.A.
Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Générale d'Electricité →
Active · founded 1898 · France
With operations in more than 100 countries, Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Générale d'Electricité was the second-largest…
Alcatel S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1898 · France
France's second largest company in terms of market capitalization (after France Telecom), Alcatel S.A., formerly known…
Alleanza Assicurazioni S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1898 · Italy
Alleanza Assicurazioni S.p.A.
Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. →
Active · founded 1898 · France
Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A., or Groupe Casino, is one of France's largest retailers--battling it out with Carrefour…
DEUTSCHE BABCOCK AG →
Active · founded 1898 · Federal Republic of Germany
Stock Index: Frankfurt Deutsche Babcock is involved in machine engineering and plant construction through its…
Hammacher Schlemmer & Company Inc. →
Active · founded 1898
With over 150 years of history under its belt, Hammacher Schlemmer & Company Inc.
Hanover Direct, Inc. →
Active · founded 1898
Hanover Direct, Inc.
Harper Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1898
Harper Group Inc.
Herman Goelitz, Inc. →
Active · founded 1898
Herman Goelitz, Inc.
Insilco Corporation →
Active · founded 1898
Formerly the largest silver company in the world, Insilco Corporation is no longer involved in the silver business, but…
International Paper Company →
Active · founded 1898
International Paper Company (IP) is the world's largest producer of paper, packaging, and forest products.
Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company →
Active · founded 1898
Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company is one of the United States' leading suppliers of large adjustable steel shelving…
Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) →
Active · founded 1898 · South Korea
State-owned Korea Electric Power Corporation, also known as Kepco, is in the process of dismantling its more than…
L. Luria & Son, Inc. →
Active · founded 1898
L.
Madison-Kipp Corporation →
Active · founded 1898
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Madison-Kipp Corporation produces zinc and aluminum die castings for a wide variety of…
Nabisco Foods Group →
Active · founded 1898
For nearly a century, Nabisco has been one of the most widely recognized names in the American food industry.
Paddock Publications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1898 · United States
Based in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Paddock Publications, Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers →
Active · founded 1898
The international partnership of PricewaterhouseCoopers is the largest accounting and business consultancy firm in the…
RWE AG →
Active · founded 1898 · Germany
RWE AG is the holding company for the dominant electricity producer in Germany: RWE Group.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company →
Active · founded 1898
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear) is a major manufacturer, distributor, and seller of tires worldwide and…
The John Nuveen Company →
Active · founded 1898
A longtime operator in the investment industry, The John Nuveen Company concentrates on the sponsorship, marketing, and…
The Torrington Company →
Active · founded 1898
A leading manufacturer of anti-friction bearings and a Fortune 500 company, The Torrington Company sold its products,…
Thomas Publishing Company →
Active · founded 1898
Celebrating its centennial in 1998, Thomas Publishing Company is a niche reference book publisher dedicated to…
William Morris Agency, Inc. →
Active · founded 1898
Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 1998, the William Morris Agency, Inc.
AK Steel Holding Corporation →
Active · founded 1899
AK Steel Holding Corporation is the controlling body for numerous steel production companies throughout the United…
ASARCO INCORPORATED →
Active · founded 1899 · United States
Stock Index: New York ASARCO Incorporated is a world leader in the production of nonferrous metals, including copper,…
Borden, Inc. →
Active · founded 1899
The Borden, Inc.
Dentsply International Inc. →
Active · founded 1899
Dentsply International Inc.
EXX Inc. →
Active · founded 1899
EXX Inc.
Florida Progress Corporation →
Active · founded 1899
Florida Progress Corporation is a diversified holding company whose primary businesses are fuel supply and power.
Frontier Corp. →
Active · founded 1899
Confined to upstate New York for most of the century, Rochester Telephone became Frontier Corp.
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. →
Active · founded 1899
Through its subsidiaries, Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1899 · Mexico
Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. →
Active · founded 1899 · Germany
Hella KG Hueck & Co.
Hooper Holmes, Inc. →
Active · founded 1899
Hooper Holmes, Inc.
Hunt Manufacturing Company →
Active · founded 1899
The Hunt Manufacturing Company is a leading producer and distributor of office supplies and arts and crafts products.
Ibstock Brick Ltd. →
Active · founded 1899 · England
Ibstock plc is a leading manufacturer of brick and paving products in the United Kingdom and operates manufacturing…
Johnson & Higgins →
Active · founded 1899
What do the Titanic, Boeing jets, the racehorse Secretariat's bloodline, and industrialist Andrew Mellon's business…
Miele & Cie. KG →
Active · founded 1899 · Germany
Miele & Cie.
Morinaga & Co. Ltd. →
Active · founded 1899 · Japan
One of Japan's leading candy and confectionery manufacturers, Morinaga & Co.
NEC Corporation →
Active · founded 1899 · Japan
Early 1920s:NEC, IWE, and a division of the Sumitomo group form a joint venture to produce electrical cables, marking…
Ranks Hovis McDougall Limited →
Active · founded 1899 · United Kingdom
Ranks Hovis McDougall Limited (RHM) is the food division of Tomkins PLC, which acquired the company (then known as…
Sonoco Products Company →
Active · founded 1899
Sonoco Products Co.
The Salvation Army USA →
Active · founded 1899
From baking donuts during World War I to the ubiquitous bell ringers and red kettles of the last years of the 20th…
The Timken Company →
Active · founded 1899
The Timken Company is the world's largest manufacturer of tapered roller bearings.
The United Illuminating Company →
Active · founded 1899
The United Illuminating Company (UI) is an operating electric public utility company and is engaged in the production,…
Thomaston Mills, Inc. →
Active · founded 1899
Based in Thomaston, Georgia, Thomaston Mills, Inc.
United States Pipe and Foundry Company →
Active · founded 1899
The United States Pipe and Foundry Company (U.S.
VF Corporation →
Active · founded 1899
VF Corporation is one of the world's largest publicly owned fashion apparel manufacturers, designing and producing a…
W.R. Grace & Company →
Active · founded 1899
W.R.
Westvaco Corporation →
Active · founded 1899
Westvaco Corporation is a major manufacturer of printing papers and envelopes, consumer and industrial packaging, and…
Wm. Morrison Supermarkets PLC →
Active · founded 1899 · United Kingdom
Wm.
AMF Bowling, Inc. →
Active · founded 1900
AMF Bowling, Inc.
Abbott Laboratories →
Active · founded 1900
Abbott Laboratories is one of the oldest and most successful pharmaceutical companies in the United States.
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. →
Active · founded 1900
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., one of the original 'Big Five' Hawaiian companies, is a diversified corporation with…
Amec Spie S.A. →
Active · founded 1900 · France
Amec Spie S.A.--known simply as Spie until March 2003--is one of Europe's leading providers of engineering and project…
Booker Cash & Carry Ltd. →
Active · founded 1900 · United Kingdom
Booker Cash & Carry Ltd.
Boyd Coffee Company →
Active · founded 1900
Boyd Coffee Company is a leading distributor of coffee, brewing equipment, and dry mixes for food service users.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company →
Active · founded 1900
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is comprised of four core businesses: pharmaceuticals, consumer products, medical devices,…
CENTEL CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1900
The Centel Corporation is an independent telecommunications company that provides local telephone service in seven…
Frederick Atkins Inc. →
Active · founded 1900
Frederick Atkins Inc.
Fuqua Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1900
Fuqua Enterprises, Inc., through its principal subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of processed leather to…
GKN plc →
Defunct · founded 1900 · United Kingdom
Born out of the early 20th-century mergers of three companies, GKN plc has evolved into a global industrial giant…
Granite Rock Company →
Active · founded 1900
The largest U.S.-owned and -managed construction materials supplier in northern California, Granite Rock Company…
H.J. Heinz Company →
Active · founded 1900
Perhaps best known for its ketchup, the H.J.
Hazlewood Foods plc →
Active · founded 1900 · United Kingdom
Hazlewood Foods plc is one of Europe's leading producers of convenience foods, including frozen foods and other…
L.S. Starrett Company →
Active · founded 1900
Founded in 1880, the L.S.
Lafarge Cement UK →
Active · founded 1900 · United Kingdom
Lafarge Cement UK, formerly Blue Circle Industries PLC, became in 2001 the U.K.
Lionel L.L.C. →
Active · founded 1900
Lionel L.L.C.
Moen Incorporated →
Active · founded 1900
One of the world's largest manufacturers of faucets, sinks, and other plumbing products, Moen Incorporated ranks as the…
Moody's Corporation →
Active · founded 1900
While almost everyone in the world has heard of Moody's Investors Service and its ratings and research reports, fewer…
Mouvement des Caisses Desjardins →
Active · founded 1900 · Canada
Quebec cooperative Mouvement des Caisses Desjardins is that region's leading bank and the sixth-largest financial…
NCR Corporation →
Active · founded 1900
When National Cash Register Company was formed during the last two decades of the 19th century, it had one…
Perfetti Van Melle S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1900 · Italy
Perfetti Van Melle S.p.A.
Pfizer Inc. →
Active · founded 1900
Pfizer Inc.
Siskin Steel & Supply Company →
Active · founded 1900
A subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company, Siskin Steel & Supply Company is a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based…
Società Sportiva Lazio SpA →
Active · founded 1900 · Italy
Società Sportiva Lazio SpA (SS Lazio) is the corporation behind one of Italy's oldest soccer teams, the first Italian…
Sweet Candy Company →
Active · founded 1900
In 1995, Sweet's built a 35,000-square-foot distribution center near the Salt Lake City International Airport.
The Coleman Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1900
The Coleman Company, Inc.
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1900 · Japan
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Weyerhaeuser Company →
Active · founded 1900
Weyerhaeuser Company is the world's largest private owner of softwood timber and the world's largest producer of…
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