U.S.A.

Companies based in U.S.A., and the events that shaped them.

5000companies1752–2004founding years4834still active159no longer operating
§ 01

U.S.A. companies over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
1913
EconomyThe Federal Reserve is created.
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
1933
EconomyNew Deal reforms reshape US banking and industry.
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
1956
EconomyThe Interstate Highway program remakes US commerce.
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
1970
EnvironmentThe EPA is founded; US environmental regulation expands.
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.
1980
EnvironmentSuperfund makes US polluters pay for cleanup.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
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.
1998
TechnologyUS v. Microsoft antitrust trial reshapes software.
1999
EconomyGlass-Steagall repeal reshapes US banking.
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
2001
HistoryThe September 11 attacks; a US recession follows.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2009
EconomyGM and Chrysler bankruptcies reshape US autos.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
EnvironmentThe Deepwater Horizon spill triggers sweeping US energy rules.
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

24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1983 Employees: 16,000 Sales: $1 billion (2003 est.) NAIC: 713990 All Other Amusement and Recreation…
4Kids Entertainment Inc.
Active
Founded:1970 as Leisure Concepts, Inc.
ABC Carpet & Home Co. Inc.
Active
Founded: 1897 Employees: 750 Sales: $125 million (1997 est.) SICs: 5713 Floor Covering Stores; 5719 Miscellaneous Home…
AMCOL International Corporation
Active
Founded: 1924 as Bentonite Mining & Manufacturing Company Employees: 1,134 Sales: $298.9 million (2002) Stock…
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1948 NAIC: 813920 Professional Organizations Located in North Hollywood, California, The Academy of Television…
Acushnet Company
Active
Founded: 1910 as Peabody, Young & Weeks Employees: 4,615 Sales: $1 billion (2002) NAIC: 339920 Sporting and Athletic…
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1932 as Advance Stores Employees: 30,464 Sales: $3.3 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol:…
Advanced Circuits Inc.
Active
Founded: 1979 as Seiko Circuits Employees: 250 Sales: $36 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 334412 Printed Circuit Board…
Africare
Active
Founded:1970 Employees:60 Operating Revenues: $39.7 million (2002) NAIC:624110 Child and Youth Services; 624229 Other…
After Hours Formalwear Inc.
Active
Founded: 1946 Employees: 1,000 (est.) Sales: $110 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 532220 Formal Wear and Costume Rental In…
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
Active
Founded: 1945 Employees: 1,800 Sales: $301 million (1998) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &…
Allen Foods, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1901 as L.
Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation
Active
Founded: 1922 Employees: 750 Sales: $82 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 316213 Men's Footwear (Except Athletic)…
Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P.
Active
Founded: 1971 Employees: 4,100 Total Assets: $1.16 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: AC NAIC:…
Allied Worldwide, Inc.
Active
Allied Worldwide, Inc.
Alternative Tentacles Records
Active
Founded: 1979 Employees: 6 NAIC: 334612 Prerecorded Compact Disc (Except Software), Tape and Record…
Amalgamated Bank
Active
Founded: 1923 Employees:433 Total Assets: $3.28 billion (2002) NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking; 522291 Consumer…
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1971 as American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation Employees: 400 Total Assets: $16.74 billion (2003) Stock…
Amblin Entertainment
Active
Founded: 1984 Employees: 60 Sales: Not Available SICs: 7812 Motion Picture & Video Production Nested in a back lot at…
American Banknote Corporation
Active
Founded: 1795 as American Bank Note Company Employees: 3,390 Sales: $336.6 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: New…
American Bar Association
Active
Founded: 1878 Employees: 800 Sales: $140 million (1998) NAIC: 81392 Professional Organizations 1930s:ABA opposes most…
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Active
Founded: 1866 Employees: 300 Operating Revenues: $10.40 million (2003) NAIC: 813312 Environment, Conservation and…
Ampacet Corporation
Active
Founded: 1937 as American Molding Powder & Chemical Corp.
Anaheim Angels Baseball Club, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1961 Employees: 100 (est.) Sales: $102.6 million (2001) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs The Anaheim Angels…
Anchor Brewing Company
Defunct
Founded:1896 Employees: 50 Sales: $10 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 312120 Breweries Anchor Brewing Company has been making…
Anchor Hocking Glassware
Active
Founded: 1905 Employees: 1,400 Sales: $150 million (est.) SICs: 3229 Pressed & Blown Glass Nec Anchor Hocking Glassware…
Anthem Electronics, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1968 Employees: 678 Sales: $618 million Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 3674 Semiconductors & Related…
Arby's Inc.
Active
Founded: 1964 Employees: 82,000 Sales: $1.8 billion SICs: 5812 Eating Places; 6794 Patent Owners & Lessors A subsidiary…
Archie Comics Publications, Inc.
Active
Founded:1939 as MLJ Magazines Employees:23 Sales:$15 million (2002 est.) NAIC:511120 Periodicals Publishers; 511199 All…
Arnold & Porter
Active
Founded: 1946 as Arnold & Fortas Employees: 1,200 Sales: $218.5 million (1998) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Arnold &…
Asanté Technologies, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1988 Employees: 197 Sales: $67 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3577 Computer Peripheral…
Asbury Carbons, Inc.
Active
Based in the small town of Asbury, New Jersey, Asbury Carbons, Inc.
Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
Active
Founded: 1928 Employees: 28,000 Sales: $1.65 billion (2002 est.) NAIC: 561730 Landscaping Services; 235310 Electrical…
Audio King Corporation
Active
Founded: 1953 Sales: $65.6 million (fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, as Audio King Corporation) SICs: 5731 Radio, TV &…
Bachman's Inc.
Active
Founded: 1885 Employees: 1,000 Sales: $65 million (1997 est.) SICs: 5261 Retail Nurseries & Lawn & Garden Supply…
Back Bay Restaurant Group, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1983 Employees: 2,600 Sales: $87.8 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5812 Eating Places Back Bay…
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Active
Founded: 1916 as Baker, Hostetler & Sidlo Employees: 1,400 Sales: $191 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of…
Baker and Botts, L.L.P.
Active
Founded: 1840 as Peter W.
Banfi Products Corp.
Active
Founded: 1919 Employees: 150 Sales: $251 million (1998) NAIC: 31213 Wineries; 42282 Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverage…
Barney's, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1923 as Barneys Employees: 1,700 Sales: $343 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 44811 Men's Clothing Stores; 44815…
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1994 Employees: 1,000 Revenue: $647.8 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: NYSE SICs: 1521 Single-Family Housing…
Bergdorf Goodman Inc.
Active
Founded:1901 Employees: 2,000 Sales: $392 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 448120 Women's Clothing Stores; 448110 Men's…
Berger Bros Company
Active
Founded: 1874 Employees: 200 Sales: $44.6 million (2002) NAIC: 332322 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing Berger Bros…
Berwick Offray, LLC
Active
Founded: 1945 Employees: 1,600 Sales: $230 million (2003) NAIC: 336360 Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim…
Birkenstock Footprint Sandals, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1967 Employees: 135 Sales: $60 million SICs: 3149 Footwear Except Rubber Not Elsewhere Classified; 3100…
Blue Diamond Growers
Active
Founded: 1910 Employees: 1,200 Sales: $434.5 million (1998) NAIC:: 311911 Roasted Nuts & Peanut Butter…
Blue Nile Inc.
Active
Founded:1999 Employees:125 Sales:$120 million (2003 est.) NAIC:339911 Jewelry (Including Precious Metals)…
Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1824 as Sisters of Bon Secours of Paris Incorporated: 1979 as Sisters of Bon Secours Health…
Bonneville Power Administration
Active
Established: 1937 Employees: 2,878 (2001) Sales: $4,278.7 million (2001) NAIC: 221111 Hydroelectric Power Generation;…
Boscov's Department Store, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1911 Employees: 9,000 Sales: $846 million (1998) NAIC: 45211 Department Stores Boscov's Department Stores,…
Bose Corporation
Active
Founded: 1964 Employees: 4,000 Sales: $1.1 billion (2000 est.) NAIC: 334310 Audio and Video Equipment…
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Active
Founded: 1906 as Federated Boys' Clubs Employees: 42,000 Sales: $105.9 million (2003) NAIC: 624110 Child and Youth…
Brannock Device Company
Active
Founded: 1927 Employees: 20 Sales:$1.5 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 334510 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and…
Brigham's Inc.
Active
Founded: 1914 Employees: 350 Sales: $50 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 311520 Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert…
Broadcast Music Inc.
Active
Founded: 1940 Employees: not available Sales: $421 million (1997 est.) SICs: 7389 Business Services, Not Elsewhere…
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP
Active
Founded: 1926 Employees: 1,635 Sales: $250.5 million (1998) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison,…
Brown Printing Company
Active
Founded: 1957 Employees: 2,600 Sales: $396 million (1998 est.) SICs: 2721 Periodicals; 2741 Miscellaneous…
Brown-Forman Corporation
Active
Founded: 1870 as Brown-Forman Distillery Employees: 7,400 Sales: $2.13 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker…
Buck Consultants, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1916 as George B.
C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1918 Employees: 8,500 Sales: $9.5 billion (2002 est.) NAIC: 424410 General Line Grocery Merchant…
CH2M Hill Ltd.
Active
Founded: 1946 Employees: 7,030 Sales: $937 million (1996) SICs: 8711 Engineering Services CH2M Hill Ltd.
CNS, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1982 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Employees: 40 Sales: $85.9 million (1996) SICs: 3842 Surgical Appliances And…
CORT Business Services Corporation
Active
Founded: 1972 as CORT Furniture Rental Corporation Employees: 2,300 Sales: $287.21 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: New…
CR England, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1920 Employees: 2,700 Sales: $500 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 484121 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance,…
Cablevision Electronic Instruments, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1976 Employees: 4,000 Sales: $464.4 million (1998) NAIC: 443112 Radio, Television & Other Electronic Stores;…
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Active
Founded: 1792 Employees: 650 Sales: $175 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers 1980s:The firm starts…
Cagle's, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1945 Employees: 3.500 Sales: $353.1 million (fiscal year ended March 1997) Stock Exchanges: American SICs:…
California Cedar Products Company
Active
Founded: 1919 Employees: 500 Sales: $50 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 321999 All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product…
California Sports, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1947 Employees: Not Available.
Cannon Design
Active
Founded:1945 as Cannon Corporation Employees:550 Sales:$74.4 million (2002) NAIC: 541310 Architectural Services; 541330…
Captain D's, LLC
Active
Founded: 1969 as Mr.
Carlson Restaurants Worldwide
Active
Founded: 1965 Employees: 20,000 Sales: $2.4 billion (2004 est.) NAIC: 722110 Full-Service Restaurants; 533110 Owners…
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Active
Founded: 1911 Employees: 86 Total Assets: $1.69 billion (1999) NAIC: 81341 Civic and Social Organizations Carnegie…
Carson Pirie Scott & Company
Active
Founded: 1854 as Carson, Pirie & Company Employees: 12,000 Sales: $1.16 billion (1994) Stock Exchange: New York SICs:…
Carson, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1951 as Carson Products Employees: 988 Sales: $150.7 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York…
Carter Lumber Company
Active
Founded: 1932 as Carter-Jones Lumber Employees: 4,300 Sales: $570 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 421300 Lumber and Other…
Cavco Industries, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1965 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: CVCO About Cavco Cavco Industries, Inc.
Celebrity, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1968 Employees: 608 Sales: $115 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5193 Flowers & Florists'…
Chadbourne & Parke
Active
Founded: 1902 Employees: 700 Sales: $187 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Chadbourne & Parke is a…
Chadwick's of Boston, Ltd.
Active
Founded: 1983 Employees: 2,500 Sales: $534 million (1997 est.) NAIC: 45411 Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses;…
Chic by H.I.S, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1923 as Honesdale Manufacturing Employees: 3,350 Sales: $318.8 million Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 2330…
Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.
Active
Founded:1920 as the Decatur Staleys Employees: 130 NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs The Chicago Bears Football Club,…
Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1876 Sales: $156 million (2003) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc.,…
Chicken of the Sea International
Active
Founded: 1914 as Van Camp Seafood Company, Inc.
Chorus Line Corporation
Active
Founded: 1975 Employees: 650 Sales: $190 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 315233 Women's & Girls' Cut & Sew Dress…
Claire's Stores, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1961 Sales: $344.8 million (1996) Employees: 6,650 Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 5632 Women's Accessory &…
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Active
Founded: 1946 as Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly & Cox Employees: 1,900 Sales: $366 million (1998) NAIC: 54111 Offices of…
Cleveland Indians Baseball Company, Inc.
Active
An original member of the American League, the Cleveland Indians Baseball Company, Inc.
Coinmach Laundry Corporation
Active
Founded: 1946 Employees: 1,180 Sales: $206.9 million (fiscal 1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5063 Electrical…
Cole National Corporation
Active
Founded: 1930 as National Key Company Sales: $528.04 million Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 5995 Optical Goods Stores;…
Colorado Baseball Management, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1990 Sales: $124 million (2003) NAIC: 711211 Professional Sports Teams & Organizations Colorado Baseball…
Conn's, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1890 as Eastham Plumbing and Heat Co.
Consolidated Delivery & Logistics, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1994 Employees: 2,900 Sales: $171.5 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: CDLI SICs: 4215…
Consolidated Freightways Corporation
Active
Founded: 1929 as Consolidated Freightways, Inc.
Consolidated Products Inc.
Active
Founded: 1981 Employees: 7,712 Sales: $161 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5812 Eating Places; 6794 Patent Owners…
CoreStates Financial Corp
Active
Founded: 1803 as The Philadelphia Bank Employees: 19,000 Total Assets: $45.2 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New…
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Active
Founded: 1967 Operating Revenues: $282.4 million Employees: 115 SICs: 4833 Television Broadcasting Stations The…
Coudert Brothers
Active
Founded: 1853 Employees: 1,000 Sales: $155 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers With 25 offices in North…
Covington & Burling
Active
Founded: 1919 Employees: 900 Sales: $165 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers One of the United States'…
Cowles Media Company
Active
Established: 1935 Employees: 3,274 Revenues: $517 million (1997) SICs: 2711 Newspapers: Publishing, or Publishing &…
Cramer, Berkowitz & Co.
Active
Founded: 1987 as Cramer & Co.
Crane & Co., Inc.
Active
Founded: 1801 Employees: 1,400 Sales: $200 million (1997 est.) SICs: 2678 Stationery Products; 2621 Paper Mills Crane &…
Cree Inc.
Active
Founded: 1987 Employees: 893 Sales: $155.4 million (2002) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: CREE NAIC: 334413…
D'Agostino Supermarkets Inc.
Active
Founded: 1939 Employees: 2,000 (est.) Sales: $220 million (1995 est.) SICs: 5411 Grocery Stores; 5812 Eating…
DC Comics Inc.
Active
Founded: 1935 as National Allied Publications Employees: 200 Sales: $75 million (1997 est.) SICs: 2721 Periodicals…
DDB Needham Worldwide
Active
Founded: 1925 as Maurice H.
DFS Group Ltd.
Active
Founded: 1960 Employees: 350 Sales: $127 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 453220 Gift, Novelty and Souvenir Stores Hong…
Dade Behring Holdings Inc.
Defunct
Founded: 1904 as Behringwerke Employees: 6,000 Sales: $1.6 billion (2004 est.) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol:…
Dannon Co., Inc.
Active
Founded: 1942; incorporated as Dannon Milk Products, Inc.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Active
Founded: 1849 Employees: 515 Sales: $460 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Davis Polk & Wardwell is…
DeVry Incorporated
Active
Founded: 1931 as DeVry Institutes Employees: 2,850 Sales: $353.5 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker…
Debevoise & Plimpton
Active
Debevoise & Plimpton is one of the United States' major law firms.
Defiance, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1905 as Defiance Screw Machine Products Employees: 729 Sales: $92.1 million (1997) Stock Exchanges:…
Del Taco, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1964 Employees: 5,700 Sales: $388 million (2002) NAIC: 722110 Full-Service Restaurants Del Taco, Inc.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International
Active
Founded: 1989 as Deloitte & Touche Employees: 82,087 Sales: $9 billion (1998) NAIC: 541211 Offices of Certified Public…
Denver Nuggets
Active
Founded: 1967 Sales: $72 million (2001) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs The Denver Nuggets is a professional…
Dewey Ballantine LLP
Active
Founded: 1909 as Root, Clark & Bird Employees: 1,300+ Sales: $306.5 million (2000) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Dewey…
Dick Corporation
Active
Founded: 1922 Employees: 3,500 Sales: $1.1 billion (2002) NAIC: 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building…
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1948 as Dick's Clothing and Sporting Goods Employees: 9,000 Sales: $1.05 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New…
Diedrich Coffee, Inc.
Active
Founded:1972 Employees: 1,336 Sales: $74.5 million (2000) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: DDRX NAIC: 445299 All…
Dierbergs Markets Inc.
Active
Founded: 1914 Employees: 4,700 Sales: $575 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 445110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (Except…
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Active
Founded: 1964 Employees: 300 Sales: $60 million (1995) SICs: 3679 Electronic Components, Not Elsewhere Classified Dolby…
Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1918 Employees: 20,000 (est.) Sales: $2.4 billion (2002) NAIC: 445110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (Except…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Active
Founded: 1912 Employees: 1,773 Gross Billings: $254 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers One of the…
Dot Foods, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1960 as Associated Dairy Products Employees: 2,000 Sales: $1.9 billion (2004 est.) NAIC: 424410 General Line…
Dynatech Corporation
Active
Dynatech Corporation is one of the world's leading suppliers of products that support voice, video, and data…
E.W. Howell Co., Inc.
Active
Founded: 1891 as Brown & Howell Employees: 200 Sales: $142.7 million (2005) NAIC: 236220 Commercial and Institutional…
EBSCO Industries, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1944 as Military Service Company Employees: 4,000 Sales: $865.2 million (1995) SICs: 7389 Business Services,…
Easter Seals, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1919 as the Ohio Society for Crippled Children Employees: 13,500 Operating Revenues: $583 million (2001) NAIC:…
Edge Petroleum Corporation
Active
Founded: 1983 Employees: 35 Sales: $33.9 million (2003) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: EPEX NAIC: 211111 Crude…
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Active
Founded: 1892 Employees: 100 Sales: $73 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 321113 Sawmills Edward Hines Lumber Company is a…
Edwards and Kelcey
Active
Founded: 1946 Employees: 1,016 Sales: $142.3 million (2003) NAIC: 541330 Engineering Services Based in Morristown, New…
Elektra Entertainment Group
Active
Founded: 1950 Sales: $65 million (1998) Employees: 110 NAIC: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical…
Eljer Industries, Inc.
Active
Founded:1904 Employees: 3,700 Sales: $397.4 million (1996) SICs: 3432 Plumbing Fittings & Brass Goods; 3431 Enameled…
Employee Solutions, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1991 Employees: 120 Sales: $164.5 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 7361 Employment Agencies; 6331…
Encore Computer Corporation
Active
Founded: 1983 Employees: 1,330 Revenues: $130 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3571 Electronic Computers Encore…
Erickson Retirement Communities
Active
Founded: 1981 as Senior Campus Living Employees: 5,541 Sales: $40 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 623311 Continuing Care…
Exar Corp.
Active
Founded: 1971 Employees: 500 Sales: $159.47 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3674 Semiconductors and Related…
Exide Electronics Group, Inc.
Active
Exide Electronics Group, Inc.
F&W Publications, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1913 Employees: 800 Sales: $300 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 511120 Periodical Publishers; 511130 Book…
F. Korbel & Bros. Inc.
Active
Founded: 1862 Employees: 537 Sales: $130 million (2002) NAIC: 312130 Wineries Based in Sonoma County, California, F.
Fallon Worldwide
Active
Founded: 1981 as Fallon McElligott & Rice Employees: 500 Gross Billings: $900 million (2005 est.) NAIC: 541810…
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc.
Active
Founded: 1946 as Farrar, Straus and Company Sales:$20 million (1992 est.) Employees: 100 SICs: 2731 Book…
Fenwick & West LLP
Active
Founded: 1972 Employees: 500 Sales: $100 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Although Fenwick & West LLP…
Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons
Active
Founded: 1972 Employees: 250 Sales: $300 million (1997 est.) SICs: 2082 Malt Beverages; 2086 Bottled & Canned Soft…
First Fidelity Bank, N.A., New Jersey
Active
Assets: $11.9 billion SICs: 6021 National Commercial Banks First Fidelity Bank is regarded as one of the most stable…
Fish & Neave
Active
Founded: 1878 Employees: 200 Sales: $96.5 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Mid-1970s:The firm begins…
Fisk Corporation
Active
Founded: 1913 Sales: $250 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 235310 Electrical Contractors Houston-based Fisk Corporation is one…
Florida's Natural Growers
Active
Founded: 1933 as Florida Citrus Canners Cooperative Employees: 880 Sales: $605 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 311411 Frozen…
Foley & Lardner
Active
Founded: 1842 as Finch & Lynde Employees: 1,452 Sales: $240 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Foley &…
Forrester Research, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1983 Employees: 442 Sales: $159.1 million (2001) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: FORR NAIC: 541720…
Forstmann Little & Co.
Active
Founded: 1978 Employees:20 Sales:$25 million (1998 est.) NAIC:52312 Securities Brokerage Forstmann Little & Co.
Forstmann Little & Co.
Active
Founded: 1978 Employees:20 Sales:$25 million (1998 est.) NAIC:52312 Securities Brokerage Forstmann Little & Co.
Fortunoff Fine Jewelry and Silverware Inc.
Active
Founded: 1922 Employees: 2,500 Sales: $375 million (1997 est.) SICs: 5719 Miscellaneous Homefurnishings Stores; 5944…
Frederick Atkins Inc.
Active
Founded: 1900 Sales: $367 million (1995) Employees: 430 SICs: 5023 Home Furnishings; 5136 Men's and Boys' Clothing and…
Fresh Enterprises, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1990 Employees: 2,213 (est.) Sales: $250.5 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 722211 Limited-Service Restaurants A…
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Active
Founded: 1890s as Riegelman and Bach Employees: 1,050 Gross Revenues: $225 million (1999) NAIC: 54111 Offices of…
Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1945 Employees: 2,604 Sales: $311.4 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 4213 Trucking, Except Local;…
Fruth Pharmacy, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1952 Sales: $113 million (2003) NAIC: 446110 Pharmacies and Drug Stores Based in Point Pleasant, West…
Fry's Electronics, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1985 Employees: 5,650 Sales: $2 billion (2002 est.) NAIC: 443112 Radio, Television, and Other Electronics…
Frymaster Corporation
Active
Founded: 1935 Employees: 650 Sales: $105 million (1997 est.) SICs: 3556 Food Products Machinery; 3589 Service Industry…
Fubu
Active
Founded: 1992 Employees: 55 Sales: $200 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 315211 Men's & Boys' Cut & Sew Apparel Contractors;…
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Active
Founded: 1919 as Fulbright & Crooker Employees: 1,800 Gross Billings: $343 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of…
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Active
Founded: 1919 as Fulbright & Crooker Employees: 1,800 Gross Billings: $343 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of…
Galardi Group, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1961 Sales: $230 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 722210 Limited-Service Eating Places Based in Newport Beach,…
Gardenburger, Inc.
Active
Gardenburger, Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is the largest producer of meat-substitute burger patties in the…
Geiger Bros.
Active
Founded: 1878 Employees: 438 Sales: $119 million (2002) NAIC: 323110 Commercial Lithographic Printing; 323119 Other…
General Nutrition Companies, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1935 Employees: 13,834 Sales: $1.42 billion (1998) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: GNCI NAIC: 551112…
Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.
Defunct
Founded: 1924 Employees: 4,700 Sales: $612.3 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: American SICs: 5912 Drug Stores and…
Genuardi's Family Markets, Inc.
Active
Founded:1920 Employees: 5,000 Sales: $650 million (1999) NAIC: 44511 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (Except…
George S. May International Company
Active
George S.
Giant Cement Holding, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1883 as American Improved Cements Co.
Gibraltar Steel Corporation
Active
Incorporation: 1993 Employees: 3,100 Sales: $621.9 (1999) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: ROCK NAIC: 331221…
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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Founded: 1890 as Bicknell & Trask Employees: 1,527 Sales: $418 million (1999) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Gibson,…
Golden Belt Manufacturing Co.
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Founded: 1887 Sales: $45 million (1995) Employees: 174 SICs: 2671 Packaging Paper and Plastics Film, Coated and…
GoodTimes Entertainment Ltd.
Active
Operating out of New York, GoodTimes Entertainment Ltd.
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Active
Founded:1902 Employees:82,370 Sales:$2.21 billion (2003) NAIC:45331 Used Merchandise Stores; 56132 Temporary Help…
Goulds Pumps Inc.
Active
Founded: 1848 as Downs, Mynderse and Co.
Goya Foods Inc.
Active
Founded: 1936 Employees: 2,000 Sales: $540 million (1995 est.) SICs: 2099 Food Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified;…
Grand Piano & Furniture Company
Active
Founded: 1910 as Grand Piano Company Employees: 640 Sales: $110 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 442110 Furniture Stores Grand…
Grant Thornton International
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Founded: 1924 as Alexander Grant & Co.
Greg Manning Auctions, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1966 as The Greg Manning Company Employees: 64 (2003) Sales: $118 million (2003) Stock Exchanges:…
Griffin Industries, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1943 as Falmouth Fertilizer Company Employees: 1,000 (est.) Sales: $292.1 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 311613…
Grinnell Corp.
Active
Founded: 1850 as the Providence Steam and Gas Pipe Co.
Gruntal & Co., L.L.C.
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Founded: 1880 as Sternberger & Fuld Employees: 2,000 Sales: $441 million (1996) SICs: 6211 Security Brokers, Dealers…
H.E. Butt Grocery Company
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Founded: 1905 as C.C.
HDOS Enterprises
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Founded: 1946 Employees: 1,300 (est.) Sales: $45 million (2003) NAIC: 722210 Limited-Service Eating Places HDOS…
HOB Entertainment, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1992 Employees: 2,029 Sales: $87.8 million (1998) NAIC: 512220 Integrated Record Production/Distribution;…
Habitat for Humanity International
Active
Founded:1976 Employees:700 Contributions: $121.1 million (1999) NAIC: 233210 Single Family Housing Construction; 813219…
Half Price Books, Records, Magazines Inc.
Active
Founded: 1972 Employees: 1,100 Sales: $70 million (1999) NAIC: 451211 Book Stores; 45122 Prerecorded Tape, Compact…
Harleysville Group Inc.
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Chartered: 1917 as Mutual Auto Theft Insurance Company/Mutual Auto Fire Insurance Company Employees: 2,600 Sales:…
HarperCollins Publishers
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Founded: 1817 Employees: 2800 (1994) Sales: $1.09 billion (1995) SICs: 2731 Book Publishing & Printing For nearly 170…
Harris Interactive Inc.
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Founded:1956 as Louis Harris and Associates Employees: 1,262 Sales: $51.3 million (2000) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker…
Harry London Candies, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1922 Employees: 215 Sales: $51.5 million (2003) NAIC: 313300 Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased…
Health Care & Retirement Corporation
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Founded: 1944 as Lima Lumber Company Employees: 20,000 Sales: $782 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 8051…
Health O Meter Products Inc.
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Founded: 1919 as Continental Scale Works Employees: 993 Sales: $69.45 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3596 Scales…
Heekin Can Inc.
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Founded: 1901 Employees: 1,500 Sales: $375 million (est.
Heilig-Meyers Co.
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Founded: 1913 Operating Revenues: $1.15 billion Employees: 12,510 Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago Pacific SICs: 5712…
Heilig-Meyers Company
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Founded: 1913 Employees: 7,700 Sales: $2.30 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: OTC Ticker Symbol: HMYRQ NAIC: 442110…
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe
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Founded: 1890 Employees: 1,400+ Sales: $196.5 million (1999) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Heller, Ehrman, White &…
Henkel Manco Inc.
Active
Founded: 1950 as Melvin A.
Henry Modell & Company Inc.
Active
Founded: 1889 Employees: 3,200 Sales: $360 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 45111 Sporting Goods Stores Corporate…
Hollander Home Fashions Corp.
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Founded: 1953 Employees: 1,200 Sales: $211 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 314129 Other Household Textile and Product…
Homasote Company
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Founded: 1909 Employees: 194 Sales: $25.1 million (2002) Stock Exchanges: Over the Counter Ticker Symbol: HMTC NAIC:…
Houchens Industries Inc.
Active
Founded: 1917 Employees: 5,200 Sales: $820 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 445110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (Except…
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Chartered: 1953 Employees: 3,000 Total Assets: $12 billion (1999) NAIC: 813211 Grantmaking Foundations The Howard…
Hubbard Broadcasting Inc.
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Founded: 1923 Employees: 1,450 Sales: $400 million (1997 est.) SICs: 4833 Television Broadcasting Stations Hubbard…
Hunton & Williams
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Founded: 1901 as Munford, Hunton, Williams & Anderson Employees: 1,450 Gross Revenues: $244 million (1998) NAIC: 54111…
Igloo Products Corp.
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Founded: 1947 Employees: 1,300 Sales: $150 million (1996 est.) SICs: 3089 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified…
In-N-Out Burger
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In-N-Out Burger, a California Corporation, is a leading fast-food retail chain with more than 120 locations in…
Initial Security
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Founded: 1928 Employees: 8,000 Gross Billings: $261.9 million NAIC: 561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services Initial…
Inland Steel Industries, Inc.
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Incorporated; 1893 as Inland Steel Company Employees: 10,200 Sales: $4.58 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New…
Interbrand Corporation
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Founded: 1974 as Novamark Employees: 1,000 Sales: $140 million (2003) NAIC: 541611 Administrative Management and…
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Chartered: 1903 Members: 1.5 million NAIC: 81393 Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations The International…
Ionics, Incorporated
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Founded: 1948 Employees: 2,100 Sales: $466.7 million (2001) Stock Exchanges:New York Ticker Symbol:ION NAIC:333319…
J. Baker, Inc.
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Founded: 1985 as Shoecliff Corp.
J.D. Edwards & Company
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Founded: 1977 Employees: 1,900 Sales: $240.6 million SICs: 7372 Prepackaged Software J.D.
J.L. Hammett Company
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Founded: 1863 Employees: 140 Sales: $165 million (1999) NAIC: 454111 Web Retailers 1960s:J.L.
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
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Founded: 1961 Sales: $16.6 billion Employees: 1,300 SICs: 6311 Life Insurance Jackson National Life Insurance Company…
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
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Founded: 1867 Employees: 75 Sales: NA NAIC:: 31212 Breweries Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company is a prominent regional…
JanSport, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1967 Employees: 800 (est.) Sales: $300 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 315999 Other Apparel Accessories and Other…
Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1974 Employees: 85 Sales: $87 million (2002) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs; 711310 Promoters of…
Jerry's Famous Deli Inc.
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Founded: 1978 Employees: 1,530 Sales: $56.4 million (1997) Stock Exchanges:NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: DELI SICs: 5812 Eating…
John H. Harland Company
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Founded: 1923 Employees: 7,000 Sales: $561.6 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 2759 Commercial Printing,…
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
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Founded: 1893 as Blandin & Rice Employees: 3,200 Sales: $530 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Jones,…
Jordan Industries, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1988 Employees:7,000 Sales: $776.9 million (1999) NAIC: 421450 Medical Supplies Wholesaling; 511130 Book…
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1842 Employees: 4,100 Sales: $1.24 billion SICs: 5051 Metals Service Centers & Offices; 5169 Chemicals &…
Justin Industries, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1879 Employees: 4,481 Sales: $447.8 (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3251 Brick & Structural Clay Tile;…
KI
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Founded: 1941 as Krueger Metal Products Employees: 3,500 Sales: $600 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 337211 Wood Office…
Kash n' Karry Food Stores, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1947 as Big Barn Employees: 8,800 Sales: $1.02 billion (fiscal 1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5411…
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
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Founded: 1836 as Mulligan & Barney Employees: 800 Sales: $127.5 million (1999) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Kelley…
Kiehl's Since 1851, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1851 Sales: $40 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 446120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores Based in New…
Kingston Technology Corporation
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Founded: 1987 Employees: 450 Sales: $1.3 billion (1996) SICs: 3572 Computer Storage Devices Acknowledged as the world's…
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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Founded: 1908 Employees: 1,000 Sales: $611 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Based on gross revenue…
Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, Inc.
Active
Founded:1987 as Kirshenbaum & Bond Advertising Inc.
Knoll Group Inc.
Active
Founded: 1938 as Knoll Furniture Employees: 4,000 Sales: $576 million SICs: 2269 Finishing Plants Not Elsewhere…
Knott's Berry Farm
Active
Founded: 1920 Employees: 6,300 Revenues: $230 million (1995) SICs: 7996 Amusement Parks; 5812 Eating Places; 5399…
Koch Enterprises, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1873 Employees: 2,800 Sales: $520 million (1998) NAIC: 331521 Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries; 332999 All Other…
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Active
Founded: 1976 Employees: 100 (est.) Sales: $1.2 billion (1996 est.) NAIC: 523120 Security Brokerage Kohlberg Kravis…
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates P.C.
Active
Founded: 1976 Employees:196 Sales:$63.2 million (2002 est.) NAIC:541310 Architectural Services Kohn Pedersen Fox…
Kroll Inc.
Active
Founded:1972 as Kroll Associates Employees:2,300 Sales:$289.2 million (2002) Stock Exchanges:NASDAQ Ticker…
Lamar Advertising Company
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Founded: 1902 Employees: 3,000 Sales: $810.1 million (2003) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: LAMR NAIC: 541850…
Larry H. Miller Group
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Founded: 1979 as Larry H.
Latham & Watkins
Active
Latham & Watkins is one of the world's largest law firms, with about 1,000 attorneys practicing in 14 American and…
Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
Active
Founded: 1903 Employees: 710 Sales: $266.32 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: American SICs: 3915 Jewelers' Materials and…
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
Active
Founded: 1929 as LeBoeuf & Winston Employees: 1,725 Sales: $225.5 million (1997) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers One of…
Leiner Health Products Inc.
Active
Founded: 1973 Employees: 2,111 Sales: $626.9 million (1999) NAIC: 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparations Manufacturing,…
LensCrafters Inc.
Active
Founded: 1983 Employees:14,000 Sales:$903.5 million (1996) SICs: 5995 Optical Goods Stores A subsidiary of Italy's…
Les Schwab Tire Centers
Active
Les Schwab's first attempt at selling tires in Prineville, Oregon, has blossomed into one of America's largest and most…
Lesco Inc.
Active
Founded: 1962 as the Lakeshore Equipment & Supply Company Sales: $241.7 million (1995) Employees: 1,008 (1995) Stock…
Lever Brothers Company
Active
Lever Brothers Company is one of the largest manufacturers of soaps and detergents in the United States.
Life Time Fitness, Inc.
Active
Public Company: Incorporated: 1990 as FCA, Ltd.
Lotus Development Corporation
Active
Founded: 1982 Employees: 9,000 Sales: $1.15 billion (1995) SICs:7372 Prepackaged Software; 7373 Computer Integrated…
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
Active
Founded: 1941 as Sid Tool Company Employees: 2,912 Sales: $955.3 million (2004) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker…
MacGregor Golf Company
Active
Founded: 1897 Employees: 200 (est.) Sales: $50 million (est.) NAIC: 339920 Sporting and Athletic Goods…
Maines Paper & Food Service Inc.
Active
Founded: 1919 as Maines Candy Company Employees: 1,700 Sales: $1.6 billion (2004 est.) NAIC: 424410 General Line…
Marvin Lumber & Cedar Company
Active
Founded: 1904 as Marvin Timber and Cedar Company Employees: 4,000 Sales: $300 million (1996 est.) SICs: 5031 Lumber,…
MasTec, Inc.
Active
Founded:1929 as Burnup & Sims Inc.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
Active
Founded: 1881 Employees: 1,500 Gross Billings: $590 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Mayer, Brown,…
McCoy Corporation
Active
Founded:1923 Employees:2,200 Sales:$452 million (2002) NAIC: 44110 Home Centers 1940s:Frank's son, Emmett, joins the…
Media General, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1879 as Dispatch Co.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Active
Founded: 1884 as New York Cancer Hospital Employees:7,953 Operating Revenues: $1.08 billion (2002) NAIC:622310…
Merriam-Webster Inc.
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Founded: 1831 as G.
Metromedia Company
Active
Metromedia Company has emerged over the past decade as one of the largest private concerns in the United States, with…
Michael C. Fina Co., Inc.
Active
Founded: 1935 Employees:150 Sales: $75 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 452110 Department Stores Michael C.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Active
Founded: 1866 as Anderson, Adams & Young Employees: 910 Sales: $204.5 million (1997) SICs: 8111 Legal Services With…
Mississippi Chemical Corporation
Active
Founded: 1948 Employees: 1,514 Sales: $485.2 million (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: GRO NAIC: 325311…
Monrovia Nursery Company
Active
Founded: 1926 Employees: 2,000 Sales: $145 million (2002) NAIC: 111421 Nursery and Tree Production Operating as…
Monster Cable Products, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1978 Employees: 330 Sales: $100 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 335931 Current-Carrying Wiring Device…
Moody's Corporation
Active
Founded: 1900 as John Moody & Company Employees:2,300 Sales: $1.25 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges:New York Ticker…
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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Founded: 1873 as Morgan & Lewis Employees: 2,300 Sales: $320 million 1998 NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Morgan, Lewis…
Mrs. Baird's Bakeries
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Founded: 1908 Employees: 3,400 Sales: $307 million (1997) NAIC: 311812 Commercial Bakeries For more than 90 years…
Mrs. Fields' Original Cookies, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1977 Employees: 4,007 Sales: $133.6 million (1998) SICs: 2052 Cookies & Crackers; 2051 Bread, Cake & Related…
Mullen Advertising Inc.
Active
Founded:1970 Employees: 544 Gross Billings: $95.9 million (2001) NAIC: 541810 Advertising Agencies Mullen Advertising…
Nathan's Famous, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1916 Employees: 690 Sales: $28.9 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: NATH NAIC: 722211…
National Journal Group Inc.
Active
Founded: 1969 Employees: 200 Sales: $30 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 511120 Periodical Publishers National Journal Group…
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Active
Founded: 1971 Employees: 22,000 Sales: $2.07 billion (2003) NAIC: 482110 Rail Transportation The National Railroad…
National Thoroughbred Racing Association
Active
Founded:1997 Employees: 6 Sales: $66.1 million (2002) NAIC: 813990 Membership Organizations The National Thoroughbred…
Natural Selection Foods
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Founded: 1984 as Earthbound Farm Employees: 1,000 Sales: $150 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 311421 Fruit and Vegetable…
Natural Wonders Inc.
Active
Founded: 1986 Employees: 2,052 Sales: $137 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5947 Gift, Novelty and Souvenir…
Nebraska Book Company, Inc.
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Founded: 1915 Employees: 2,900 Sales: $398.7 million (2004) NAIC: 424920 Book, Periodical and Newspaper Merchant…
Nebraska Public Power District
Active
Founded: 1940 as the Nebraska Public Power System Employees: 2,100 Sales: $494 million (1998) NAIC: 221112 Fossil Fuel…
New Orleans Saints LP
Active
Founded: 1966 Employees: 130 Sales: $139 million (2002) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs; 711310 Promoters of…
New York Restaurant Group, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1977 as Smith & Wollensky Employees: 879 Sales: $52.8 million (1998) NAIC: 72211 Full-Service Restaurants The…
Newport Corporation
Active
Founded: 1969 as Newport Research Corporation Employees: 942 Sales: $285.8 million (2004) Stock Exchanges:…
Nikken Global Inc.
Active
Founded: 1975 as Nihon Kenko Zoushin Kenkyukai Employees: 250 Sales: $1.5 billion (1998 est.) NAIC: 42145 Medical,…
Niman Ranch, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1969 Employees: 110 Sales: $31 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 311611 Animal, Except Poultry, Slaughtering Niman…
Nimbus CD International, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1982 Sales: $118.2 million (1996) Employees: 871 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3695 Blank Computer Software…
Nolo.com, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1971 as Nolo Press Employees: 79 NAIC: 511130 Book Publishers; 511210 Computer Software Publishing, Including…
Norelco Consumer Products Co.
Active
Founded: 1947 Employees: n/a Sales: $150 million (1995 est.) SICs: 5122 Razors & Blades, 3652 Household Audio & Video…
North Star Steel Company
Active
Founded: 1965 Sales: $570.00 million (1993) Employees: 3,200 (1993) SICs: 3312 Blast Furnaces and Steel Mills As the…
O'Melveny & Myers
Active
Founded: 1885 as Graves & O'Melveny Employees: 1,450 Sales: $372.5 million (2000) NAIC: 54111 Offices of…
Oak Industries Inc.
Active
Founded: 1932 Employees: 2,944 Sales: $303.5 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific SICs: 3600 Electronic &…
Octel Communications Corp.
Active
Founded: 1982 Employees: 2,393 Sales: $406.2 million SICs: 3661 Telephone and Telegraph Apparatus Octel Communications…
Octel Messaging
Active
Founded: 1982 Employees: 3,000 Sales: $564 million (1996) NAIC: 33421 Telephone Manufacturing Apparatus; 334418 Printed…
Olan Mills, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1932 Employees: 3,700 (est.) Sales: $290 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 541921 Photographic Studios, Portrait Olan…
Omaha Steaks International Inc.
Active
Founded: 1917 as Table Supply Meat Company Employees: 1,800 Sales: $353 million (2003) NAIC: 424470 Meat and Meat…
Omni Hotels Corp.
Active
Wholly Owned Subsidiary: Incorporated: 1958 as Dunfey Hotels Corporation Employees: 8,000 Sales: $500 million SICs:…
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Active
Founded: 1886 as Lawler and Durment Employees: 120 Operating Revenues: $102.0 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 541110 Law…
Opus Group
Active
Founded: 1953 as Rauenhorst Construction Company Employees: 1,400 Sales: $806 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 23332…
Overhead Door Corporation
Active
Founded: 1921 Employees: 3,000 Sales: $675 million (2003) NAIC: 332321 Metals Window and Door Manufacturing A…
P.C. Richard & Son Corp.
Active
Founded: 1909 Employees: 1,700 Sales: $510 million (1997 est.) SICs: 5722 Household Appliance Stores; 5731 Radio,…
Pacific Coast Feather Company
Active
Founded: 1924 Employees: 2,400 Sales: $350 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 314129 Other Household Textile and Product…
Palm Management Corporation
Active
Founded: 1926 Employees: 1,600 Sales: $125 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 722110 Full-Service Restaurants Palm Management…
Panavision Inc.
Active
Founded: 1954 Employees: 805 Sales: $124.64 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: PVI SICs: 3861…
Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1908 Employees: Not Available Sales: $300 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 112310 Chicken Egg Production A subsidiary…
Patton Boggs LLP
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Founded: 1962 as Barco, Cook and Patton Employees: 400 Sales: $202.1 million (2004) NAIC: 541110 Offices of…
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
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Founded: 1951 Employees: 1,260 Sales: $219 million (1998) SICs: 8111 Legal Services With over 630 attorneys in early…
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
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Founded: 1951 Employees: 1,260 Sales: $219 million (1998) SICs: 8111 Legal Services With over 630 attorneys in early…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Active
Founded:1923 Employees: 1,052 Gross Billings: $185 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Paul, Weiss,…
Payless ShoeSource, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1956 as Pay-Less National Employees: 30,000 Sales: $2.78 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker…
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP
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Founded: 1955 as I.M.
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP
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Founded: 1955 as I.M.
Perkins Family Restaurants, L.P.
Active
Founded: 1957 Employees: 2,874 Sales: $253 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 5812 Eating Places; 6794…
Peter Piper, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1973 Employees: 50 Sales: $39 million (2003) NAIC: 722110 Full Service Restaurants Peter Piper, Inc.
Phat Fashions LLC
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Founded:1992 Employees: 30 Sales: $150 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 315223 Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Shirt (Except Work…
Philadelphia Eagles
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Founded:1933 Employees:120 Sales: (1998) $102.5 million (1998) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs The Philadelphia…
Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg
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Founded:1796 Employees: 500 Sales: $223.9 million (2000) NAIC: 453998 Auction Houses; 453920 Art Dealers Phillips, de…
Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg
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Founded:1796 Employees: 500 Sales: $223.9 million (2000) NAIC: 453998 Auction Houses; 453920 Art Dealers Phillips, de…
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1962 as Cost Plus Employees: 12,600 Sales: $1.14 billion (1999) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol:…
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP
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Founded: 1874 Employees: 1,300 (est.) Sales: $215.5 million (1997) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Pillsbury Madison &…
Pitman Company
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Founded: 1906 Employees: 543 Sales: $138 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 423410 Photographic Equipment and Supplies Merchant…
Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.
Active
Founded:1933 Sales:$159 million (2004) NAIC:711211 Sports Teams and Clubs Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., is the…
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
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Founded: 1953 Employees: 1,000 Sales: $800 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 115111 Cotton Ginning; 313221 Narrow Fabric Mills;…
Plantation Pipe Line Company
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Founded: 1940 Employees: 279 Sales: $156.4 million (2002) NAIC: 486910 Pipeline Transportation of Refined…
Players International, Inc.
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Founded: 1984 Employees: 4,642 Sales: $291.2 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 7999 Amusement & Recreation,…
Ponderosa Steakhouse
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Founded: 1968 Employees: 18,000 Sales: $450 million (1994) SICs: 5812 Eating Places Under the parentage of the…
Portillo's Restaurant Group, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1963 Employees: 3,500 Sales: $175 million (2005 est.) NAIC: 722110 Full-Service Restaurants; 722210…
Powell's Books, Inc.
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Founded: 1971 Employees: 450 Sales: $41.8 million (2000) NAIC: 451211 Book Stores; 453310 Used Merchandise…
Princess Cruise Lines
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Founded: 1965 Employees: 8,500 Sales: $1 billion (1996 est.) SICs: 4480 Water Transportation of Passengers From its…
Proskauer Rose LLP
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Founded: 1878 as Rose & Putzel Employees: 1,100 Gross Billings: $250 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of…
Public Service Company of New Hampshire
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Founded: 1926 Employees: 1,222 Sales: $794.2 million (2002) NAIC: 221110 Electric Power Generation; 221111…
QuikTrip Corporation
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Founded: 1958 Employees: 4,796 Sales: $1.8 billion (1999 est.) NAIC: 447110 Gasoline Stations with Convenience…
RSA Security Inc.
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Founded: 1982 as RSA Data Security Employees: 1,093 Sales: $282.7 million (2001) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol:…
Racing Champions Corporation
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Racing Champions Corporation is one of the largest die-cast collectible companies in North America, a position it…
Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc.
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Founded: 1887 Employees: 1,420 Sales: $147.6 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: RAWL SICs: 3949…
Recovery Engineering, Inc.
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Recovery Engineering, Inc.
Reeds Jewelers, Inc.
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Founded: 1946 Employees: 791 Sales: $99 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5944 Retail--Jewelry Stores Reeds…
Restaurant Associates Corporation
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Founded: 1919 Employees: 10,000 (est.) Sales: $250 million (2003) NAIC: 722110 Full-Service Restaurants Based in New…
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
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Founded: 1919 as The First Wisconsin Company Employees: 2,320 Operating Revenues: $544 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 523920…
Rockefeller Group International Inc.
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Founded: 1928 as Metropolitan Square Corporation Employees: 10,000 Sales:$850 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 513310 Wired…
Rogers Corporation
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Founded: 1832 as Rogers Paper Manufacturing Company Employees:1,251 Sales:$219.4 million (2002) Stock Exchanges:New…
Roll International Corporation
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Roll International Corporation, a private company, is made up of a collection of companies owned by husband-and-wife…
Ropes & Gray
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Founded: 1865 Employees: 420 Sales: $210.5 million (1999) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Founded in 1865, Ropes & Gray…
Rose Art Industries
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Founded:1923 as Rosebud Art Company Employees:153 Sales:$12.3 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 339942 Lead Pencil and Art Good…
Rosenbluth International Inc.
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Founded: 1892 Employees: 3,000 Sales: $2.5 billion SICs: 4724 Travel Agencies; 8742 Management Consulting…
Rotary International
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Founded: 1905 Employees: 400 Donations: $172 million (1998) NAIC: 81341 Civic and Social…
Roundy's Inc.
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Founded: 1872 as Smith, Roundy & Co.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
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Founded: 1969 Employees: 12,500 Sales: $1.4 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 4481 Deep Sea Passenger…
S&C Electric Company
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Founded: 1911 as Schweitzer & Conrad Inc.
SWH Corporation
Active
A subsidiary of Bob Evans Farms Inc., SWH Corporation is a Tustin, California-based company that operates the Mimi's…
Safelite Glass Corp.
Active
Founded: 1947 as Service Auto Glass Employees: 4,000 Sales: $438.3 million (1996 est.) SICs: 3211 Flat Glass; 7536…
Sam Ash Music Corporation
Active
Founded:1924 Employees: 1,000 Sales: $260 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 45114 Musical Instrument & Supplies Stores; 44312…
Sam's Club
Active
Founded: 1983 as Sam's Wholesale Club Sales: $24.8 billion (2000) NAIC: 45291 Warehouse Clubs and Superstores Sam's…
Samuel Cabot Inc.
Active
Founded:1887 Employees:100 Sales:$50 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 325510 Paint and Coating Manufacturing; 325612 Polish…
Samuels Jewelers Incorporated
Active
Founded: 1956 as Barry's Jewelers Employees: 1,007 Sales: $81 million (1999) Stock Exchanges: OTC Ticker Symbol:…
Sandals Resorts International
Active
Founded: 1981 Employees: 1,500 Sales: $600 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 721110 Hotels (Except Casino Hotels) and Motels;…
Schlotzsky's, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1971 Employees: 240 Sales: $47.9 million (1999) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: BUNZ NAIC: 722211…
Schott Brothers, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1913 as Schott Bros.
Schottenstein Stores Corp.
Active
Founded: 1917 Employees: 15,000 Sales: $1.2 billion (est.
Screen Actors Guild
Defunct
Founded: 1933 Employees: 294 Operating Revenues: $13.6 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 813930 Labor Unions and Similar Labor…
Sealright Co., Inc.
Active
Founded: 1883 Employees: 1,788 Sales: $295.07 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 2656 Sanitary Food…
Seattle City Light
Active
Established: 1910 Employees: 1,700 (2002) Sales: $396.1 million (2000) NAIC: 221111 Hydroelectric Power Generation;…
Service America Corp.
Active
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Servam Corp.
Shared Medical Systems Corporation
Active
Founded: 1968 Employees: 4,370 Sales: $550.29 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 7373 Computer Integrated Systems…
Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1860 Employees: 30,000 Sales: $4.4 million (2002) NAIC: 45110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except…
Shearman & Sterling
Active
Founded: 1873 Employees: 1,800 Sales: $425.5 million (1998) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Shearman & Sterling is one…
Shure Inc.
Active
Founded: 1925 Employees:1,400 Sales:$245 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 334419 Other Electronic Component Manufacturing;…
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Active
Founded: 1866 as Williams & Thompson Employees: 2,000 Sales: $446 million (1999) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers One of…
Silhouette Brands, Inc.
Active
Public Company: Incorporated: 1994 Sales: $65 million (2002 est.) Stock Exchanges: OTC Ticker Symbol: SIHB NAIC: 31152…
Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1957 Employees: 100 NAIC:233110 Land Subdivision & Land Development; 531110 Lessors of Residential Buildings &…
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Active
Founded: 1884 as Simpson, Thacher & Barnum Employees: 1,500 Sales: $434 million (1999) NAIC: 54111 Offices of…
Siskin Steel & Supply Company
Active
Founded: 1900 Employees: NA Sales: $159.2 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 423510 Metal Service Centers and Other Metal…
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Active
Founded: 1948 as Skadden, Arps & Slate Employees: 3,000 Sales: $635 million (est.) SICs: 8111 Legal Services Skadden,…
Smead Manufacturing Co.
Active
Founded: 1906 Employees: 2,500 Sales: $217 million (1995 est.) SICs: 2678 Stationery, Tablets, and Related…
Smith & Hawken, Ltd.
Active
Founded: 1979 Employees: 850 Sales: $145 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 444220 Nursery and Garden Centers A subsidiary of…
Smithsonian Institution
Active
Founded: 1846 Employees: 6,300 Revenues: $552 million (1998) The Smithsonian Institution is the largest museum,…
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Active
Founded: 1934 as Snell, Strouss & Salmon Employees: 635 Sales: $92 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of…
Soft Sheen Products, Inc.
Active
Founded:1964 Employees: 400 Sales: $94.5 million (1997) NAIC:32562 Toilet Preparation Manufacturing; 325998 All Other…
Soros Fund Management LLC
Active
Founded: 1973 Employees: 125 Total Assets: $21.5 billion (1998 est.) NAIC: 52591 Open-End Investment Funds Soros Fund…
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1744 Employees: 1,921 Sales: $447.1 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York London Ticker Symbol: BID NAIC:…
Spear, Leeds & Kellogg
Active
Founded: 1931 as Spear, Leeds & Co.
Spelling Entertainment
Defunct
Incoporated: 1977 as Aaron Spelling Productions, Inc.
Steinway Musical Properties, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1853 as Steinway & Sons Employees: 1,000 Sales: $189.8 million (1995) SICs: 3931 Musical Instruments With a…
Sterling Software, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1981 Employees: 2,150 Sales: $259.2 million Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 7372 Prepackaged Software; 7373…
Stew Leonard's
Active
Founded: 1969 Employees: 2,000 Sales: $300 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 445110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (Except…
Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc.
Active
Founded: 1902 Employees: 4,300 Sales: $982 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3511 Turbines and Turbine Generator…
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Active
Founded: 1876 as the solo practice of M.
Stuller Settings, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1970 as South Central Distributors Employees: 1,450 Sales: $285.7 million (1999) NAIC: 339911 Jewelry (Except…
Sullivan & Cromwell
Active
Founded: 1879 Employees: 1,265 Gross Billings: $395 million (1997 est.) SICs: 8111 Legal Services Sullivan & Cromwell…
Supreme International Corporation
Active
Founded: 1966 Employees: 335 Sales: $190.6 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: SUPI SICs: 5136 Men's…
Sverdrup Corporation
Active
Founded: 1928 Employees: 5,000 Sales: $673 million SICs: 8711 Engineering Services; 8712 Architectural Services; 8713…
Symbol Technologies, Inc.
Active
Founded:1973 Employees: 2,600 Revenues: $540 million (1995 est.) Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago Pacific SICs: 3577…
T. Marzetti Company
Active
Founded: 1896 Sales: $580 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 311941 Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce…
TCF Financial Corporation
Active
Founded: 1923 as Twin City Building and Loan Association Employees: 7,500 Total Assets: $11.35 billion (2001) Stock…
TMP Worldwide Inc.
Active
Founded: 1967 as Telephone Marketing Programs Employees: 4,100 Sales: $406.8 million (1998) Stock Exchanges:…
TNT Freightways Corporation
Active
Founded: 1984 Operating Revenues: $1.01 billion Employees: 12,184 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3711 Motor Vehicles &…
TRANSPORTES AEREOS PORTUGUESES, S.A.
Active
Founded: 1945 Employees: 10,500 Sales: US $1.2 billion Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP Air Portugal) is Portugal's…
Tacony Corporation
Active
Founded: 1946 Employees: 500 Sales: $150 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 335228 Other Household Appliance Manufacturing;…
Tennessee Valley Authority
Active
Established: 1933 Employees: 13,000 (2002 est.) Sales: $6.99 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol:…
Texas Rangers Baseball
Active
Founded:1971 Employees:275 Sales: $134.3 million (2001) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs Texas Rangers Baseball is…
The Art Institute of Chicago
Active
Founded: 1882 as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts Employees: 1,772 Sales: $161 million (1998) NAIC: 71211…
The Athletics Investment Group
Active
Founded:1901 Employees: Sales:$96 million (2002) NAIC: 711310 Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events…
The B. Manischewitz Company, LLC
Active
Founded: 1888 Employees: 170 Sales: $48.8 million (1999) NAIC: 311812 Commercial Bakeries; 311821 Cookie and Cracker…
The Boyds Collection, Ltd.
Active
Founded: 1979 Employees: 203 Sales: $197 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: FOB NAIC: 42299 Other…
The Brink's Company
Active
The Brink's Company--formerly known as The Pittston Company--is a transportation and security services firm.
The Broadmoor Hotel
Active
Founded: 1918 Employees: 1,600 Sales: $98 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 72111 Hotels & Motels; 72211 Full-Service…
The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1929 Employees: 1,800 Sales: $232.6 million (1996) SICs: 2731 Books: Publishing or Publishing & Printing; 7372…
The Carsey-Werner Company, L.L.C.
Active
Founded: 1981 Employees: 130 Sales: $199.00 million (1999) NAIC: 51211 Motion Picture and Video Production; 51212…
The Container Store
Active
Founded: 1978 Employees: 1,400 Sales: $160 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 442299 All Other Home Furnishings Stores The…
The Detroit Pistons Basketball Company
Active
Founded: 1941 Employees: 300 Sales: $90.6 million (2000) NAIC: 711211 sports Teams and Clubs The Detroit Pistons…
The Dixie Group, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1920 as Dixie Mercerizing Co.
The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation
Active
Founded: 1944 Employees: 15,000 Sales: $700 million SICs: 6552 Subdividers & Developers Nec; 6531 Real Estate Agents &…
The Food Emporium
Active
Founded: 1919 Employees: 4,000 Sales: $720 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 445110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (Except…
The Gallup Organization
Active
Founded: 1958 Employees: 3,000 Sales: $300 million (1999 est.) NAIC: 54191 Marketing Research and Public Opinion…
The Gates Corporation
Active
Founded: 1911 Employees: 17,000 Sales: $1.45 billion The Gates Corporation is one of the largest privately held…
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Active
Founded: 1885 Employees: 22,627 Total Assets: $312.21 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: GS NAIC:…
The Humane Society of the United States
Active
Founded: 1954 Employees: 250 Operating Revenues: $60.42 million (2001) NAIC: 813312 Environment, Conservation and…
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Active
Founded: 1978 Employees: 200 Total Assets: $4 billion (1999 est.) NAIC: 813211 Grantmaking Foundations 1950s:Bankers…
The Jordan Company LP
Active
Founded: 1982 Employees: 25 Operating Revenues: $4 billion (2004) NAIC: 522339 Miscellaneous Financial Investment…
The Long Island Rail Road Company
Active
Founded: 1834 Employees: 6,424 Sales: $372.7 million (2002) NAIC: 482112 Short Line Railroads A subsidiary of the…
The Mentholatum Company Inc.
Active
Founded: 1889 as The Yucca Company Employees: 200 Sales: $200 million (1999 est.) The Mentholatum Company Inc.
The Middleton Doll Company
Active
Founded: 1978 Employees: 2 Sales: $27.2 million (2001) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: DOLL NAIC: 525930 Real…
The Midland Company
Active
Founded: 1938 as Midland Discount Corporation Employees: 1,200 Sales:$718.2 million (2003) Stock Exchanges:…
The NPD Group, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1953 as Home Testing Institute Employees: 705 Sales: $117.6 million (2003) NAIC: 541910 Marketing Research and…
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Active
Founded: 1948 Employees: 125 Total Assets: $4.89 billion (1999) NAIC: 81341 Civic and Social Organizations The Pew…
The Riese Organization
Active
Founded: 1953 Employees: 1,500 Sales: $150 million (2000 est.) NAIC:53112 Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings; 72211…
The Scotts Company
Active
Founded: 1868 Employees:2,394 Sales:$751.9 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 2873 Nitrogenous Fertilizers;…
The Selmer Company, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1902 Employees: 1,000 Sales: $189.8 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 3931 Musical…
The Steak n Shake Company
Active
Founded: 1934 Employees: 18,000 Sales: $408.7 million (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: SNS NAIC: 72211…
The Trump Organization
Active
Founded: 1974 Employees: 15,000 Sales: $8.5 billion (2003) NAIC: 531110 Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings;…
The White House, Inc.
Active
Founded:1985 Employees:693 Sales: $67 million (2003) NAIC: 448120 Women's Clothing Stores The White House came close to…
Thomas H. Lee Co.
Active
Founded: 1974 Employees: 100 Sales: $1.5 billion (1995 est.) SICs: 6799 Investors, Not Elsewhere Classified Thomas H.
Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1798 as Thomas Nelson and Sons Employees: 850 Sales: $261.8 million (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker…
Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P.
Active
Founded: 1978 Employees: 300 Sales: $205 million (1998 est.) NAIC:233110 Land Subdivision & Land Development; 531110…
Tombstone Pizza Corporation
Active
Founded: 1962 Employees: 1,600 Sales: $190 million (estimated) SICs: 2038 Frozen Specialties; 2013 Sausages and Other…
Trans-Lux Corporation
Active
Founded: 1920 Employees: 660 Sales: $70 million (2001) Stock Exchanges: American Ticker Symbol: TLX NAIC: 334290 Other…
Tree of Life, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1972 Employees: 2,000 Sales: $916.6 million (1998) NAIC: 42221 Durgs & Druggists' Sundries Wholesalers; 42249…
Trend-Lines, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1981 Employees: 1,225 Sales: $208.6 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5251 Hardware Stores; 5941…
TruServ Corporation
Active
Founded: 1997 Employees: 6,000 Sales: $4.5 billion (1998 est.) SICs: 5100 Wholesale Trade Nondurable Goods; 5251…
Ty Inc.
Active
Founded:1985 Employees: 1,000 Sales: $1 billion (1998 est.) NAIC:339931 Doll and Stuffed Toy Manufacturing Ty Inc.
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1962 Employees: 340 Sales: $150 million (2003 est.) NAIC:511130 Book Publishers; 511210 Software Publishers;…
UAW (International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of
Active
Founded: 1935 Employees: 200 (est.) Operating Revenues: $325 million (2003) NAIC: 813930 Labor Unions and Similar Labor…
Under Armour Performance Apparel
Active
Founded:1996 as Under Armour Athletic Apparel Employees:200 Sales:$110 million (2003 est.) NAIC:315999 Other Apparel…
Unison HealthCare Corporation
Active
Established: 1992 Employees: 4,600 Sales: $148.7 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker: UNHC SICs: 8051 Skilled…
United Jewish Communities
Active
Founded: 1932 Employees: 500 Sales: $1.5 billion (1998 est.) NAIC: 81311 Religious Organizations The United Jewish…
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Active
Founded: 1946 Employees: 7,000 Operating Income: $1.44 billion (2002) NAIC: 813212 Voluntary Health Organizations The…
United Parcel Service of America Inc.
Active
Founded: 1907 as American Messenger Co.
United States Postal Service
Active
Founded: 1775 Employees: 792,041 Sales: $62.70 billion (1999) NAIC: 491110 Postal Services Operated by U.S.
United Way of America
Active
Founded:1887 as Charity Organizations Society Employees:10,000 Contributions: $3.77 billion (1999) NAIC:813212…
Unitrin Inc.
Active
Founded: 1990 Employees: 7,600 Operating Revenues: $1.45 billion (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6311 Life…
Viasoft Inc.
Active
Founded: 1983 as Software Renovation Technology Employees: 561 Sales: $113.7 million (1998) Stock Exchanges:…
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
Active
Founded: 1917 Employees: 1,837 Sales: $255 million (1997) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers One of the world's major law…
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1962 Employees: 15,000 Sales: $1.1 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 3600 Electronic & Other…
Vistana, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1980 Employees: 1,287 Sales: $96.9 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6531 Real Estate Agents &…
Vlasic Foods International Inc.
Active
Founded: 1997 Employees: 9,200 Sales: $1.5 billion (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: VL SICs: 2035…
Volunteers of America, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1896 Employees: 14,000 Sales: $711 million (2003) NAIC: 623220 Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse…
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
Active
Founded: 1876 Employees: 250 (est.) Sales: $100 million (1998 est.) SICs: 0181 Ornamental Nursery Products; 5191 Farm…
W.C. Bradley Co.
Active
Founded: 1887 as Carter and Bradley NAIC: 335221 Household Cooking Appliance Manufacturing Family owned and operated by…
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1958 Employees: 6,000 Sales: $1.2 billion (2003) NAIC: 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing;…
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Active
Founded: 1965 Employees: 400 Gross Billings: $317 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Wachtell, Lipton,…
Wakefern Food Corporation
Active
Founded: 1946 Employees: 3,000 Sales: $3.5 billion (1999) NAIC: 42241 General Line Grocery Wholesalers; 311999 All…
Warners' Stellian Inc.
Active
Founded: 1951 as Stellian Company Employees: 235 Sales: $55 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 443111 Household Appliance…
Warrell Corporation
Active
Founded: 1957 Employees: 200 Sales: $48 million (2004 est.) NAIC: 311330 Confectionary Manufacturing from Purchased…
Weeres Industries Corporation
Active
Founded: 1952 Employees: 175 Sales: $30 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 336612 Boat Building c.
Weider Nutrition International, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1989 Employees: 625 Sales: $250.5 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: WNI NAIC: 325411…
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Active
Founded: 1931 Employees: 800+ Gross Billings: $505.5 million (2002) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Perhaps best known…
West Coast Entertainment Corporation
Active
Founded: 1983 Employees: 2,640 Sales: $123.8 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: WCEC NAIC: 53223…
White & Case LLP
Active
Founded: 1901 Employees: 2,300 (est.) Sales: $351.5 million (1998) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers White & Case LLP is…
William Zinsser & Company, Inc.
Active
Founded:1849 Employees:200 Sales:$41 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 325510 Paint and Coating Manufacturing William Zinsser &…
Williams & Connolly LLP
Active
Founded: 1951 as the Law Office of Edward Bennett Williams Employees: 200 Gross Billings: $126 million (2000…
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Active
Founded: 1961 as McCloskey, Wilson & Mosher Employees: 2,100 Sales: $215 million (1998 est.) NAIC: 54111 Offices of…
Winston & Strawn
Active
Founded: 1853 as Judd & Winston Employees: 650 Sales: $288 million (1999) NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers One of the…
Wirtz Corporation
Active
Founded: 1922 Employees: 2,200 Sales: $1 billion (2004 est.) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs; 531210 Offices of…
Wisconsin Bell, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1882 as Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees: 4,651 Sales: $1.13 billion SICs: 4813 Telephone Communications…
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Active
Founded: 1876 as Watson & Glenn Employees: 1,115 Sales: $174 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of…
World Acceptance Corporation
Active
Founded: 1962 as World Finance Employees: 1,640 Sales: $155.7 million (2003) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol:…
YMCA of the USA
Active
Founded: 1844 Employees: 30,000 Sales: $3.13 billion (1998) NAIC: 81341 Civic and Social Organizations The YMCA of the…
Yucaipa Cos.
Active
Yucaipa Cos.
Zany Brainy, Inc.
Active
Founded: 1991 Employees: 2,000 Sales: $168.5 million (1998) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: ZANY NAIC:45112…
Caswell-Massey Co. Ltd.
Active · founded 1752
Originally an apothecary shop, Caswell-Massey Co.
FleetBoston Financial Corporation
Defunct · founded 1791
Total Assets: $190.69 billion (1999) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: FLT NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
State Street Corporation
Active · founded 1792
Total Assets: $85.79 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: STT NAIC: 523920 Portfolio Management;…
Bird Corporation
Active · founded 1795
Bird Corporation (Bird), which began its third century of business in 1995, is best known for making asphalt roofing…
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Active · founded 1806
Colgate-Palmolive Company's growth from a small candle and soap manufacturer to one of the most powerful consumer…
Citigroup Inc.
Active · founded 1812
Total Assets: $1.09 trillion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific Mexican Ticker Symbol: C NAIC: 522110 Commercial…
Remington Arms Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1816
Remington Arms Co.
Woolrich Inc.
Active · founded 1830
Woolrich Inc.
Amoskeag Company
Active · founded 1831
Amoskeag Company is a holding and operating company, whose main revenue (98 percent) is derived from its control of…
The Valspar Corporation
Active · founded 1832
The Valspar Corporation is the fifth largest North American manufacturer of paints and coatings, a business it has…
Old National Bancorp
Active · founded 1834
Total Assets: $4.82 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial…
Riggs National Corporation
Active · founded 1836
The Riggs National Corporation operates a leading bank in Washington, D.C.
CINCINNATI GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY
Active · founded 1837
The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company (CG&E) and its subsidiaries are primarily engaged in providing electric and gas…
New York Life Insurance Company
Active · founded 1841
Total Assets: $97.1 billion (2000) NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers New York Life Insurance Company is one…
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (New York Philharmonic)
Active · founded 1842
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., better known as the New York Philharmonic, is the oldest symphony…
Ryerson Tull, Inc.
Active · founded 1842
Ryerson Tull, Inc.
National City Corp.
Active · founded 1845
Total Assets: $2.91 billion (1994) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National…
American Premier Underwriters, Inc.
Active · founded 1846
Although property and casualty insurance company American Premier Underwriters, Inc.
American Medical Association
Active · founded 1847
The American Medical Association is the oldest and largest advocacy group representing American physicians.
Boatmen's Bancshares Inc.
Active · founded 1847
Assets: $33.4 billion (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks;…
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
Active · founded 1847
Total Assets: $3.2 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: MI NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banks Marshall &…
New England Confectionery Co.
Active · founded 1847
New England Confectionery Co.
Chicago Board of Trade
Active · founded 1848
Operating Revenues: $184.7 million (1999) NAIC: 52321 Securities and Commodity Exchanges Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)…
Morton International Inc.
Active · founded 1848
Morton International&mdash′obably best known for its popular blue canister of table salt, featuring a raincoat-clad…
Richardson Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1848
Located in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, Richardson Industries, Inc., consists of several different divisions devoted to…
The Associated Press
Active · founded 1848
The Associated Press (AP) describes itself as the largest newsgathering organization in the world.
Washington Gas Light Company
Active · founded 1848
Total Assets: $1.46 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 4924 Natural Gas Distribution Washington Gas Light…
Westfield Group
Active · founded 1848
Based in Westfield Center, Ohio, Westfield Group (unrelated to the identically named Australian real estate…
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Active · founded 1850
With six iron ore mines in Michigan, Minnesota, and Eastern Canada, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Emigrant Savings Bank
Active · founded 1850
Total Assets: $9.73 billion (2002) NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking; 522291 Consumer Lending; 522310 Mortgage and Other…
Pinkerton's Inc.
Active · founded 1850
Revenues: $703.70 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 7381 Detective & Armored Car Services Pinkerton's Inc.
Scovill Fasteners Inc.
Active · founded 1850
One of the oldest manufacturing concerns in the United States, Scovill Fasteners Inc.
Illinois Central Corporation
Active · founded 1851
Illinois Central Corporation owns and operates the oldest land-grant railroad in the United States, the Illinois…
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Active · founded 1851
Total Assets: $234 billion (2001) NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance…
New Valley Corporation
Active · founded 1851
The inheritor of the businesses once owned by Western Union Corporation, New Valley Corporation is the owner of an…
The New York Times Company
Active · founded 1851
The New York Times Company (NYTC) is a diversified media company including newspapers, magazines, television and radio…
Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1851
Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Banknorth Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1852
Total Assets: $23.4 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: BNK NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking; 522120…
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Active · founded 1852
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is one of the leading producers of chocolate in the United States.
NEW YORK STATE ELECTRIC AND GAS CORPORATION
Active · founded 1852
New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) serves central, eastern, and western New York State, an area which,…
Pope & Talbot, Inc.
Active · founded 1852
1980s:Pope & Talbot diversifies into consumer products by either acquiring or building diaper and tissue plants.
The Stanley Works
Active · founded 1852
The Stanley Works is a manufacturer of a broad range of tools and hardware for home improvement, consumer, industrial,…
Bausch & Lomb Inc.
Active · founded 1853
Bausch & Lomb Inc.
Firstar Corporation
Active · founded 1853
Total Assets: $73 billion (1999) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: FSR NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
The St. Paul Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1853
Total Assets: $20.68 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6211 Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation…
U.S. Trust Corp.
Active · founded 1853
Total Assets: $476.8 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6022 State Commercial Banks; 6091 Nondeposit Trust…
Blodgett Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1854
Post-Civil War Years: Blodgett rebuilds his business, expanding his line with such new products as deck ovens and…
Gunite Corporation
Active · founded 1854
Gunite Corporation manufactures wheel-end components for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
H.M. Payson & Co.
Active · founded 1854
H.M.
Penn Traffic Company
Active · founded 1854
Penn Traffic Company is one of the leading food retailers in the eastern United States.
Wickes Inc.
Active · founded 1854
Wickes Inc., most recently known as Wickes Lumber Company, is a staple in the building supplies retail and wholesale…
Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1855
Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc.
PEOPLES ENERGY CORPORATION
Active · founded 1855
Peoples Energy Corporation is a public utility holding company for two natural gas utility companies: the Peoples Gas…
Atlanta Gas Light Company
Active · founded 1856
Atlanta Gas Light Company is the southeastern United States' largest natural gas distribution company.
Rand McNally & Company
Active · founded 1856
Rand McNally & Company, a leading U.S.
The Orvis Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1856
Founded in 1856, The Orvis Company, Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Active · founded 1857
Total Assets: $92.12 billion (2000) NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carrier Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance…
Smith & Wesson Corporation
Active · founded 1857
Smith & Wesson Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of handguns.
American Printing House for the Blind
Active · founded 1858
The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is the oldest company in the United States manufacturing products for…
Beloit Corporation
Active · founded 1858
Beloit Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of papermaking machinery.
First Hawaiian, Inc.
Active · founded 1858
With assets of $7.3 billion in 1994, First Hawaiian, Inc., is the second largest bank holding company in Hawaii.
Dime Savings Bank of New York, F.S.B.
Active · founded 1859
Assets: $8.77 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6035 Federal Savings Institutions Dime Savings Bank of New York…
Milton Bradley Company
Active · founded 1860
Founded in 1860, Milton Bradley Company is the oldest game manufacturer in the United States.
Tribune Company
Active · founded 1861
Tribune Company is one of the largest media companies in the United States.
Maine Central Railroad Company
Active · founded 1862
Maine Central Railroad Company is a private subsidiary of Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc., one of the largest…
Apple Bank for Savings
Active · founded 1863
Total Assets: $5.93 billion (2002) NAIC:522110 Commercial Banking; 522291 Consumer Lending; 522310 Mortgage and Other…
First Tennessee National Corporation
Active · founded 1864
Total Assets: $19.2 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: FTN NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking; 551111…
Cameron & Barkley Company
Active · founded 1865
Cameron & Barkley Company is one of the oldest and best known providers of industrial and electrical supplies in the…
Crane Co.
Active · founded 1865
Crane Co.
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company
Active · founded 1865
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company (Harbison) is the world's leading supplier of refractory technology, products and…
The Chronicle Publishing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1865
Publisher of The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chronicle Publishing Company, Inc.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Active · founded 1866
Total Assets: $256.89 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: MET NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance…
Rexel, Inc.
Active · founded 1866
Rexel, Inc.
SJW Corporation
Active · founded 1866
SJW Corporation, based in San Jose, California, is a holding company for three subsidiaries.
Long Island Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1867
Total Assets: $4.93 billion (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6035 Savings Institutions, Federally Chartered Long…
Otis Elevator Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1867
Otis Elevator Company, Inc.
West One Bancorp
Active · founded 1867
Total Assets: $8.1 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks;…
Anchor Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1868
Anchor Bancorp, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Anchor Savings Bank F.S.B., are among the largest publicly owned…
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.
Active · founded 1868
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.
Deere & Company
Active · founded 1868
One of the five oldest companies in the United States, Deere & Company is the world's largest manufacturer of…
Dixon Ticonderoga Company
Active · founded 1868
One of the oldest companies in the United States, Dixon Ticonderoga Company for many years was known predominantly for…
GreenPoint Financial Corp.
Active · founded 1868
GreenPoint Financial Corp.
Guittard Chocolate Company
Active · founded 1868
Guittard Chocolate Company is a leading manufacturer of chocolate for the confectionary, baking, and ice cream…
Tiffany & Co.
Active · founded 1868
Tiffany & Co.
Chittenden & Eastman Company
Active · founded 1869
Based in Burlington, Iowa, Chittenden & Eastman Company is a leading U.S.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO
Active · founded 1869
Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCCo.) provides electricity and gas to a territory that includes Denver and other…
The Pillsbury Company
Active · founded 1869
The Pillsbury Company is one of the oldest and most recognized firms in American food retailing.
Union Planters Corporation
Defunct · founded 1869
Total Assets: $34.14 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: UPC NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking With…
United Water Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1869
A subsidiary of French conglomerate Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux since July 2000, New Jersey-based United Water Resources,…
Wabtec Corporation
Active · founded 1869
Wabtec Corporation was created as a result of the 1999 merger of Westinghouse Air Brake Company and MotivePower.
Atlantic Richfield Company
Active · founded 1870
Atlantic Richfield Company, better known as ARCO, is the seventh-largest U.S.
R. L. Polk & Co.
Active · founded 1870
R.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Active · founded 1870
Operating Revenues: $241.35 million (2001) NAIC:712110 Museums The Metropolitan Museum of Art ("The Met") is the…
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…
Comerica Incorporated
Active · founded 1871
Total Assets: $41.98 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: CMA NAIC: 52211 Commercial Banking; 52222…
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…
Smart & Final, Inc.
Active · founded 1871
Smart & Final, 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.
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
1930s:Projects from the Works Progress Administration drive demand for municipal castings and allow the company to grow…
Von Maur Inc.
Active · founded 1872
Based in Davenport, Iowa, family-owned Von Maur Inc.
CINCINNATI BELL INC.
Active · founded 1873
Cincinnati Bell Inc.
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…
Kohler Company
Active · founded 1873
Kohler Company is one of the largest privately operated firms in the United States.
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Active · founded 1873
Total Assets: $279.42 billion (1998) NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers; 524114 Direct Health & Medical…
Tone Brothers, Inc.
Active · founded 1873
Tone Brothers, Inc.
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.
Sutter Home Winery Inc.
Active · founded 1874
Sutter Home Winery Inc.
The Warnaco Group Inc.
Defunct · founded 1874
The Warnaco Group Inc.
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…
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,…
Bank of Mississippi, Inc.
Active · founded 1876
Total Assets: $1.7 billion SICs: 6022 State Commercial Banks The Bank of Mississippi, Inc., is one of the strongest and…
Diebold, Incorporated
Active · founded 1876
In the wake of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, natural disaster proved a boon for Diebold Bahmann & Co.
Jockey International, Inc.
Active · founded 1876
c.
The Legal Aid Society
Active · founded 1876
Revenues: $134.4 million (2001) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers The Legal Aid Society of New York City is the United…
White Consolidated Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1876
White Consolidated Industries Inc.
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…
ROCHESTER TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Active · founded 1877
Stock Exchange: New York Rochester Telephone is the thirteenth largest diversified American telecommunications company…
Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc.
Active · founded 1877
Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc.
Cunard Line Ltd.
Active · founded 1878
Cunard Line Ltd.
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
Stock Exchange: New York The Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation (SNET) is the primary…
Chattem, Inc.
Active · founded 1879
Chattem, Inc.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1879
R.J.
Carter-Wallace, Inc.
Active · founded 1880
Carter-Wallace, Inc.
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…
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…
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…
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Active · founded 1880
Revenues: $2.17 billion SICs: 4813 Telephone Communications Except Radiotelephone; 4812 Radiotelephone…
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.
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.
Eli Lilly and Company
Active · founded 1881
1940s:Lilly becomes one of the first companies to begin mass producing penicillin.
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Active · founded 1881
Revenues: $3.28 billion SICs: 4813 Telephone Communications, Except Radiotelephone Illinois Bell Telephone Company is…
J.F. Shea Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1881
1910s:Business is renamed J.F.
M.A. Gedney Co.
Active · founded 1881
M.A.
Moore-Handley, Inc.
Active · founded 1881
Moore-Handley, Inc.
Brass Eagle Inc.
Active · founded 1882
Brass Eagle Inc.
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.
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.
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 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
Total Assets: $2.1 billion Stock Exchanges: New York Philadelphia SICs: 4911 Electric Services; 4924 Natural Gas…
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.
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…
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
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 6552 Land Subdividers & Developers; 0174 Citrus Fruits The Newhall Land and Farming…
PPG Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1883
PPG Industries, Inc.
The Lamson & Sessions Co.
Active · founded 1883
Mid- to Late 1960s: Diversification outside fastener sector begins.
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
Operating Revenues: $380 million Employees: 2,200 Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 3463 Nonferrous Forgings; 3462 Iron &…
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…
Bath Iron Works
Active · founded 1884
For more than a century, Bath Iron Works (BIW) has been building ships, chiefly for the U.S.
Carhartt, Inc.
Active · founded 1884
Carhartt, Inc.
Cincinnati Lamb Inc.
Active · founded 1884
With its headquarters located in Warren, Michigan (outside of Detroit), Cincinnati Lamb Inc.
Harnischfeger Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1884
Harnischfeger Industries, Inc.
John W. Danforth Company
Active · founded 1884
John W.
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…
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.
Bemis Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1885
Bemis Company, Inc.
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
Revenues: $165 million (1996) SICs: 8111 Legal Services King & Spalding is the largest law firm in Atlanta and one of…
Norton Company
Active · founded 1885
The Norton Company is quite possibly the world's leading producer of grinding wheels and coated and bonded abrasives.
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…
Boston Edison Company
Active · founded 1886
Boston Edison Company is a regulated public utility that provides electricity to the Boston area.
Gonnella Baking Company
Active · founded 1886
1970s:Gonnella enters the frozen dough market.
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.
Active · founded 1886
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.
Philadelphia Suburban Corporation
Active · founded 1886
1892û1910: Rapid expansion through Delaware, Montgomery, and Chester Counties.
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…
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…
Capezio/Ballet Makers Inc.
Active · founded 1887
Capezio/Ballet Makers Inc.
Commercial Federal Corporation
Active · founded 1887
Total Assets: $5.8 billion Employees: 1,201 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6035 Savings Institutions, Federally…
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.
H.B. Fuller Company
Active · founded 1887
A top performer among specialty chemicals firms, H.B.
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…
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1887
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
PremiumWear, Inc.
Active · founded 1887
PremiumWear, Inc.'s core business is the designing, sourcing, and marketing of apparel as a licensee of the…
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…
Southtrust Corporation
Active · founded 1887
Total Assets: $15.1 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks;…
Springs Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1887
Springs Industries, Inc.
UnumProvident Corporation
Active · founded 1887
Total Assets: $42.44 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: UNM NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance…
Alcoa Inc.
Active · founded 1888
The largest aluminum manufacturer in the world, Alcoa Inc.
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…
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
1930s:The Katz Agency begins to represent radio stations, a new advertising medium.
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.
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
Assets: $35.5 billion (est.
Carpenter Technology Corporation
Active · founded 1889
Carpenter Technology Corporation produces and distributes specialty steel and structural ceramics worldwide for…
Greenwood Mills, Inc.
Active · founded 1889
Greenwood Mills, Inc.
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.
Northern Trust Company
Active · founded 1889
Assets: $10.5 billion SICs: 6021 National Commercial Banks Not as large as Chase Manhattan, nor as well known as J.
Robbins & Myers Inc.
Active · founded 1889
Operating Revenues: $121.65 million (1994) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 3561 Pumps & Pumping Equipment; 3577 Computer…
Stone & Webster, Inc.
Active · founded 1889
Operating Revenues: $1.16 billion(1999) NAIC: 541330 Engineering Services; 541690 Other Scientific and Technical…
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.
Acorn Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1890
Toolmaker Acorn Products, Inc.
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…
Great Lakes Bancorp
Active · founded 1890
Assets: $2.7 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6035 Federal Savings Institutions Great Lakes Bancorp is the second…
Hunt-Wesson, Inc.
Active · founded 1890
Hunt-Wesson is one of the nation's largest and most successful food companies.
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.
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.
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
Total Assets: $13.39 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6311 Life Insurance; 6282 Investment Advice; 6719 Holding…
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 Procter & Gamble Company
Active · founded 1890
c.
Unocal Corporation
Defunct · founded 1890
Unocal Corporation ranks as one of the world's largest independent energy exploration and production companies.
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Renamed · founded 1891
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
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.
Cone Mills LLC
Defunct · 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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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
1920s:Perrigo begins offering private label products.
Rexnord Corporation
Active · founded 1892
A wholly owned subsidiary of BTR PLC, an international holding company based in London, England, since 1994, the…
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…
Champion International Corporation
Active · founded 1893
Champion International Corporation is a leading U.S.
Ispat Inland Inc.
Active · founded 1893
Ispat Inland Inc.
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.
Popular, Inc.
Active · founded 1893
Total Assets: $1.45 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: BPOP NAIC: 52211 Commercial Banking; 52231…
Spiegel, Inc.
Active · founded 1893
Spiegel, Inc.
Standard Federal Bank
Active · founded 1893
Assets: $9.8 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6035 Federal Savings Banks Standard Federal Bank stands as the…
Stock Yards Packing Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1893
1990s:Stock Yards cultivates business in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Asia.
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.
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
1930s:Courier becomes one of America's premier printers of business forms.
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
1930s:Company expands into book publishing and wholesaling.
Maritz Inc.
Active · founded 1894
Maritz Inc.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Paul Revere Corporation
Active · founded 1895
Total Assets: $5.9 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6321 Accident and Health Insurance The Paul Revere…
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.
CTS Corporation
Active · founded 1896
Established in 1896 to make telephones and switchboards, CTS Corporation has become a leading manufacturer of passive…
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
1950s:Company reenters food retailing with purchase of 17 supermarkets in Nebraska.
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…
Rooney Brothers Co.
Active · founded 1896
A privately held company, Rooney Brothers Co.
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…
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1896
1880s:Henry Villard consolidates Milwaukee's electric and streetcar companies to form the Milwaukee Street Railway…
Hillerich & Bradsby Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1897
Hillerich & Bradsby Company, Inc.
Kuhlman Corporation
Active · founded 1897
One of the fastest-growing companies in the United States, Kuhlman Corporation is an industrial manufacturing company…
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Active · founded 1897
Lehigh Portland Cement Company produces cements, concrete and concrete products, lightweight aggregates, and related…
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.
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
1950s:The company markets its mechanical variable speed-belted drives and its new Sure-Flex coupling product.
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,…
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…
L. Luria & Son, Inc.
Active · founded 1898
L.
Madison-Kipp Corporation
Active · founded 1898
1960s:Company reorganizes into two divisions: Kippcast (die-castings) and the Products Division (automatic machine tool…
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.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Active · founded 1898
The international partnership of PricewaterhouseCoopers is the largest accounting and business consultancy firm in the…
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…
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
Total Assets: $6.1 billion (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific SICs: 4911 Electric Services; 1222 Bituminous…
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.
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.
Johnson & Higgins
Active · founded 1899
What do the Titanic, Boeing jets, the racehorse Secretariat's bloodline, and industrialist Andrew Mellon's business…
Sonoco Products Company
Active · founded 1899
Sonoco Products Co.
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
Total Assets: $726 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 4911 Electric Services The United Illuminating…
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…
AMF Bowling, Inc.
Active · founded 1900
1960s:Company acquires various sporting and leisure goods companies, including Harley-Davidson.
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…
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
Stock Exchange: New York The Centel Corporation is an independent telecommunications company that provides local…
Fuqua Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1900
Fuqua Enterprises, Inc., through its principal subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of processed leather to…
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.
L.S. Starrett Company
Active · founded 1900
Founded in 1880, the L.S.
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…
NCR Corporation
Active · founded 1900
When National Cash Register Company was formed during the last two decades of the 19th century, it had one…
Pfizer Inc.
Active · founded 1900
1870s:Dr.
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.
Weyerhaeuser Company
Active · founded 1900
Weyerhaeuser Company is the world's largest private owner of softwood timber and the world's largest producer of…
Association of Junior Leagues International Inc.
Active · founded 1901
By the mid-1980s, the Junior League's membership looked rather different from what it had 20 years earlier.
Banta Corporation
Active · founded 1901
Banta Corporation, one of the nation's largest printing and digital imaging companies, literally started in a…
Butler Manufacturing Company
Active · founded 1901
Butler Manufacturing Company is a leading supplier of building systems, specialty components, and construction services…
Chelsea Milling Company
Active · founded 1901
The Chelsea Milling Company is the number four maker of prepackaged baking mixes in the United States.
Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1901
A regional discount retailer, Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.
Eastman Kodak Company
Active · founded 1901
A multinational corporation whose name and film products are familiar to photographers around the world, Eastman Kodak…
Federal Signal Corp.
Active · founded 1901
Federal Signal Corp., the nation's leading manufacturer of emergency vehicles and street sweepers, also produces…
Hale-Halsell Company
Active · founded 1901
The Hale-Halsell Company has grown from its modest roots as a food supplier to settlers in newly opened Indian…
Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc.
Active · founded 1901
Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc.
Hunter Fan Company
Active · founded 1901
Hunter Fan Company is the world's oldest and largest ceiling fan manufacturer.
Imo Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1901
Stock Symbol: IMD SICs: 3829 Measuring & Controlling Devices Not Elsewhere Classified; 3511 Turbines & Turbine…
Johns Manville Corporation
Active · founded 1901
Johns Manville Corporation (JM) operates as a leading manufacturer and marketer of insulation products for buildings…
Leggett & Platt, Inc.
Active · founded 1901
Credited with launching the U.S.
Mack Trucks, Inc.
Active · founded 1901
A prominent fixture in the U.S.
Marshall Field's
Defunct · founded 1901
Marshall Field's, a division of Target Corporation, is a major mid-market to upscale department store chain operating…
Nordstrom, Inc.
Active · founded 1901
Nordstrom, Inc.
TRW Inc.
Active · founded 1901
Long a conglomerate, TRW Inc.
The Gillette Company
Active · founded 1901
The Gillette Company is the world leader in the men's grooming product category as well as in certain women's grooming…
The Quaker Oats Company
Active · founded 1901
The product of a rocky union between three 19th-century millers, The Quaker Oats Company maintains a portfolio of…
USG Corporation
Active · founded 1901
Gypsum products are the principal goods manufactured by USG Corporation, the largest maker of such products in the…
USX Corporation
Active · founded 1901
USX Corporation is an international diversified energy and steel-manufacturing company.
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1901
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
United States Steel Corporation
Active · founded 1901
The United States Steel Corporation is the largest integrated steel company in the United States and the 11th largest…
Wilmington Trust Corporation
Active · founded 1901
Total Assets: $5.56 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbols: WILM SICs: 6712 Bank Holding…
3M Company
Active · founded 1902
The largest manufacturer in Minnesota, the 110th largest U.S.
Andrews Kurth, LLP
Active · founded 1902
1950s:Gas pipeline law becomes a specialty.
August Schell Brewing Company Inc.
Active · founded 1902
August Schell Brewing Company Inc.
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1902
Bassett furniture is sold through major retailers, with 14 percent of the company's revenue coming from J.C.
Belden Inc.
Active · founded 1902
Belden Inc.
Binney & Smith Inc.
Active · founded 1902
Binney & Smith Inc.
Butterick Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1902
Butterick Co., Inc.
CIPSCO INC.
Active · founded 1902
CIPSCO Inc.
Douglas & Lomason Company
Active · founded 1902
The Douglas and Lomason Company is a leading worldwide supplier of automotive seating systems.
Exelon Corporation
Active · founded 1902
Exelon Corporation was formed from the 2000 merger of PECO Energy Company and Unicom Corporation.
Fisher Scientific International Inc.
Active · founded 1902
Fisher Scientific International Inc.
G&K Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1902
G&K Services, Inc.
GATX Corporation
Active · founded 1902
GATX Corporation's business is to provide capital equipment to its customers--usually other companies&mdash-abling them…
Gibson Guitar Corp.
Active · founded 1902
Gibson Guitar Corp., one of the world's foremost manufacturers of fretted instruments, has enjoyed the respect of…
Hannaford Bros. Co.
Active · founded 1902
Hannaford Bros.
L.B. Foster Company
Active · founded 1902
L.B.
M & F Worldwide Corp.
Active · founded 1902
M & F Worldwide Corp.
Meredith Corporation
Active · founded 1902
Meredith Corporation is a leading media company, focused primarily on magazines and broadcasting.
Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1902
With three of the industry's most recognized brands--Karastan, Mohawk, and Bigelow--Mohawk Industries, Inc.
NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY
Active · founded 1902
The National Fuel Gas Company is an integrated public utility holding company whose operating companies explore,…
Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
Active · founded 1902
c.
OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Active · founded 1902
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E), a 90-year-old public utility that is the largest in its home state, serves…
Russell Corporation
Active · founded 1902
From humble origins in a small Alabama town in 1902, Russell Corporation has evolved into a leading manufacturer and…
Saks Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1902
The name "Saks" is known throughout the retail world, synonymous with luxurious haute couture.
TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
Active · founded 1902
Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) is a publicly held utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission,…
Target Corporation
Active · founded 1902
Target Corporation is the fourth largest retailer in the United States, operating 1,556 stores in 47 states.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1902
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
The Gunlocke Company
Active · founded 1902
The Gunlocke Company was manufacturing, in the late 1990s, executive desks, case goods such as bureaus and bookcases,…
The Kroger Co.
Active · founded 1902
Among companies that principally operate grocery stores, The Kroger Co.
The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1902
The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
Turner Construction Company
Active · founded 1902
Turner Construction Company is one of the most prodigious builders in the world, credited with building in part or in…
Warwick Valley Telephone Company
Active · founded 1902
Doing business as WVT Communications, Warwick Valley Telephone Company is an independent telecom company serving a…
Wm. B. Reily & Company Inc.
Active · founded 1902
Wm.
Woodward Governor Company
Active · founded 1902
1930s:Company expands into controls for diesel engines and for airplane propellers.
Andersen Corporation
Active · founded 1903
Andersen Corporation is the world's largest wood window manufacturer and is believed to control roughly 15 percent of…
Brooks Brothers Inc.
Active · founded 1903
Brooks Brothers Inc., a subsidiary of the British firm Marks & Spencer PLC, operates a chain of clothing stores in the…
Clark Equipment Company
Active · founded 1903
Clark Equipment Company designs, manufactures, and sells industrial trucks, tractors, and motor vehicle parts as well…
DQE
Active · founded 1903
DQE is an energy services holding company that was created in 1989.
DTE Energy Company
Active · founded 1903
DTE Energy Company serves roughly 2 million electrical customers in southeastern Michigan.
Drexel Heritage Furnishings Inc.
Active · founded 1903
Based in the foothills of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, Drexel Heritage Furnishings Inc.
Ekco Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1903
Ekco Group, Inc.
Gleason Corporation
Active · founded 1903
With a history stretching over 130 years, Gleason Corporation is the world's most comprehensive resource for the…
Greene, Tweed & Company
Active · founded 1903
A private company located in the small town of Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, Greene, Tweed & Company is one of the world's…
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Active · founded 1903
The only motorcycle manufacturer in the United States, Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Howmet Corp.
Active · founded 1903
Howmet Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pechiney International, produces high-technology components used in…
Kendall International, Inc.
Active · founded 1903
Kendall International, Inc.
Kerr Group Inc.
Active · founded 1903
Kerr Group Inc., formerly Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp., is a nearly 100-year-old company that is a major producer and…
Keyes Fibre Company
Active · founded 1903
Best known for its Chinet brand disposable dinnerware, the Keyes Fibre Company ranks among the United States's top 50…
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company
Active · founded 1903
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company is one of the largest telephone companies operating in a contiguous geographical…
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
Active · founded 1903
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has been the largest U.S.
Potlatch Corporation
Active · founded 1903
Potlatch Corporation--a mid-sized manufacturer of wood products, printing paper, and other pulp- and paper-based…
Red Spot Paint & Varnish Company
Active · founded 1903
Privately held and family run, Red Spot Paint & Varnish Company is a leading supplier of coatings for plastics.
SPS Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1903
SPS Technologies, Inc.
Salt River Project
Active · founded 1903
Total Assets: $5.6 billion (1996) SICs: 4911 Electric Service; 4941 Water Supply The Salt River Project (SRP) calls…
Starcraft Corporation
Active · founded 1903
Starcraft Corporation, through its joint-venture ownership interest in Tecstar Inc., is a leading supplier to the…
The H.W. Wilson Company
Defunct · founded 1903
The H.W.
World Color Press Inc.
Active · founded 1903
World Color Press Inc.
A. O. Smith Corporation
Active · founded 1904
A.
A.M. Castle & Co.
Active · founded 1904
A.M.
A.O. Smith Corporation
Active · founded 1904
A.O.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Active · founded 1904
During the first half of the 20th century Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Active · founded 1904
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Acme-Cleveland Corp.
Active · founded 1904
For over a century, Acme-Cleveland Corp.
Angelica Corporation
Active · founded 1904
Angelica Corporation is the leading supplier of textile rental and laundry services in the United States and holds…
BankAmerica Corporation
Active · founded 1904
Assets: $180.64 billion Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific Midwest SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National…
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Active · founded 1904
Bethlehem Steel Corporation is the second largest steel producer in the United States, with control of supply sources,…
Brach and Brock Confections, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
The 1994 merger of E.
CLARCOR Inc.
Defunct · founded 1904
CLARCOR Inc.
DIMON Inc.
Active · founded 1904
DIMON Inc.
Dibrell Brothers, Incorporated
Active · founded 1904
An international leader in two business lines, Dibrell Brothers, Incorporated purchases, processes, and sells leaf…
Fortune Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Fortune Brands, Inc., is a widely diversified conglomerate with principal businesses in distilled spirits, home…
Furr's Supermarkets, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Furr's Supermarkets, Inc.
Gehl Company
Active · founded 1904
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ SICs: 3523 Farm Machinery and Equipment; 3531 Construction Machinery The Gehl Company is one of…
General Signal Corporation
Active · founded 1904
The General Signal Corporation is the leading manufacturer of equipment and instruments for process control, and…
Gottschalks, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Gottschalks, Inc.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Ticker Symbols: Jwa; JWb NAIC: 511120 Periodical Publishers; 511130 Book Publishers; 516110 Internet Publishing and…
L. and J.G. Stickley, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Founded in 1900 by Leopold and John George Stickley, L.
Lennox International Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Lennox International Inc., through its four main subsidiaries--Lennox Industries Inc., Heatcraft Inc., Armstrong Air…
Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
Active · founded 1904
Michigan Bell, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ameritech Corp., is the primary supplier of local telephone service in…
Nashua Corporation
Active · founded 1904
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 2672 Coated and Laminated Paper, not elsewhere classified; 7384 Photofinishing…
Sebastiani Vineyards, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
One of the largest wineries in the United States, Sebastiani Vineyards, Inc.
Shubert Organization Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Shubert Organization Inc.
The Austin Company
Active · founded 1904
1950s:Company develops specialty practices for television studios and newspaper production plants.
The King Arthur Flour Company
Active · founded 1904
The King Arthur Flour Company celebrates its 210th anniversary in the year 2000.
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
Younkers, Inc.
Active · founded 1904
Younkers, Inc.
American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Active · founded 1905
American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO), with 242,000 square meters of roofed production space and a daily production…
American National Insurance Company
Active · founded 1905
American National Insurance Company is one of the 100 largest life insurance companies in the United States in terms of…
Badger Meter, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Badger Meter, Inc.
Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
C. H. Robinson, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
C.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Early 1940s:Company is divided in two, with one company owned by its employees and the other owned by Nash Finch.
CENTRAL MAINE POWER
Active · founded 1905
With its origins in the beginning of the electric age, Central Maine Power's history mirrors that of the utility…
Connecticut Light and Power Co.
Active · founded 1905
Going into the mid-1990s, Connecticut Light and Power Co.
DEMCO, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
DEMCO, Inc.
Dauphin Deposit Corporation
Active · founded 1905
Total Assets: $5.1 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State Commercial…
Duke Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1905
The largest publicly owned gas and electric utility in the United States, Duke Energy Corporation serves roughly two…
Foot Locker, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Top athletic shoe retailer Foot Locker, Inc., was known until 1998 as the Woolworth Corporation and until 2001 as…
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
Active · founded 1905
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has been in the dredging business for 115 years and has made major contributions to…
Hubbell Incorporated
Active · founded 1905
Hubbell Incorporated produces electrical and electronic items for commercial, industrial, utility, and…
Huntington Bancshares Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Huntington Bancshares Inc.
Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd.
Active · founded 1905
Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd.
K & B Inc.
Active · founded 1905
K & B Inc.
Ladish Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Ladish Co., Inc.
Landmark Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
1900s-20s:Samuel Slover becomes publisher and half-owner of the Newport News Times-Herald; Slover takes over a string…
Lefrak Organization Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Lefrak Organization Inc.
Lincoln National Corporation
Active · founded 1905
Total Assets: $77.17 billion (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Midwest Pacific London Tokyo Ticker Symbol: LNC SICs:…
Moran Towing Corporation, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
The Moran Towing Corporation, Inc.
National Audubon Society
Active · founded 1905
Operating Revenues: $62 million (1997 est.) SICs: 8699 Membership Organizations, Not Elsewhere Classified; 2721…
Norsk Hydro ASA
Active · founded 1905
Norsk Hydro ASA is the largest public industrial company in Norway, with operations in three core areas: oil and…
North Fork Bancorporation, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Total Assets: $1.18 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges:New York Ticker Symbol:NFB NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
PG&E Corporation
Active · founded 1905
PG&E Corporation is one of the largest power and gas distributors in the United States, with several energy-related…
Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc.
Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company
Active · founded 1905
Best known for its Dirt Devil brand vacuum cleaners, Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company is one of the world's oldest…
Royal Crown Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1905
A distant third in the $50-billion soft drink industry, Royal Crown Company, Inc.
The Interlake Corporation
Active · founded 1905
The Interlake Corporation, once a company within the steel industry, is currently engaged in the design, manufacture,…
The Liberty Corporation
Active · founded 1905
Total Assets: $3.06 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6311 Life Insurance; 4833 Television Broadcasting;…
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
American Maize-Products Co.
Active · founded 1906
American Maize-Products Co.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
Active · founded 1906
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) is an investor-owned utility with diversified operations in energy and…
Becton, Dickinson & Company
Active · founded 1906
1980s:Restructuring and disposal of noncore operations.
Bestfoods
Defunct · founded 1906
Bestfoods is one of the largest food companies in the United States, with two main businesses: consumer foods and…
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Active · founded 1906
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco plc, is the third largest manufacturer…
Bulley & Andrews, LLC
Active · founded 1906
Bulley & Andrews, LLC (B&A) is one of Chicago's largest and most respected general contracting companies, as well as…
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., is the world's largest commercial real estate services firm.
ChevronTexaco Corporation
Active · founded 1906
1970s:Company is rocked by the OPEC oil embargo and the nationalization of a number of Caltex holdings.
Crowley Maritime Corporation
Active · founded 1906
Crowley Maritime Corporation is the largest operator of tugboats and barges in the world.
D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
Gross Billings: $5.8 billion (1998) NAIC: 541810 Advertising Agencies D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB & B), Inc.,…
GPU, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
Stock Symbol: GPU SICs:4911 Electric Utilities; 6719 Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified GPU, Inc., a public…
Gorton's
Active · founded 1906
A company with roots as old as the fishing industry itself, Gorton's, a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever United…
Holt and Bugbee Company
Active · founded 1906
Holt and Bugbee Company is located some 30 miles north of Boston in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
Jostens, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
Jostens, Inc.
Kellogg Company
Active · founded 1906
Will Keith Kellogg once estimated that 42 cereal companies were launched in the breakfast-food boom during the early…
Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
Active · founded 1906
Since the early 1900s, Kewaunee Scientific Corporation has designed, manufactured, marketed, and installed laboratory…
Lenox, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
Lenox, Inc., is the oldest and most famous manufacturer of fine china in the United States.
Lincoln Electric Co.
Active · founded 1906
Lincoln Electric Co., a leading producer of industrial electric motors and high-tech cutting equipment, is the world's…
Malden Mills Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
SIC(s): 2221, Broadwoven Fabric Mills (Manmade Fiber & Silk); 2257, Weft Knit Fabric Mills; 2258, Lace & Wrap Knit…
Minnesota Power, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
Minnesota Power, Inc., a broadly diversified utility, remains one of the lowest-cost electric producers in the country.
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., manufactures running, hiking, tennis, basketball, and cross-training shoes, offering…
ONEOK Inc.
Active · founded 1906
ONEOK Inc.
P.H. Glatfelter Company
Active · founded 1906
P.H.
Rayovac Corporation
Active · founded 1906
Rayovac Corporation is the third leading U.S.
Schwebel Baking Company
Active · founded 1906
Schwebel Baking Company is a large regional bakery based in Youngstown, Ohio.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Active · founded 1906
With a network of more than 870 full-line department stores and 1,300 freestanding specialty stores in the United…
Spangler Candy Company
Active · founded 1906
The candies of the Spangler Candy Company have been household names in America for decades.
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
Total Assets: $1.75 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: SFG NAIC: 524113: Direct Life Insurance…
The Clark Construction Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
The Clark Construction Group, Inc.
The Vons Companies, Incorporated
Active · founded 1906
The Vons Companies, Incorporated--wholly owned by Safeway Inc.
Willamette Industries, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1906
Willamette Industries, Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a medium-sized, diversified forest-products company.
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
Active · founded 1906
Late 1980s:Company begins making hiking and outdoor boots under both the Wolverine and the licensed Coleman brand.
Xerox Corporation
Active · founded 1906
Xerox Corporation, virtually synonymous with photocopying, now touts itself as The Document Company.
Young's Market Company, LLC
Active · founded 1906
Young's Market Company, LLC is one of the largest wholesalers and distributors of beer, wine, and distilled spirits in…
American Cyanamid
Active · founded 1907
When William Bell became president of American Cyanamid in 1922, he is reported to have said "even a fool could see…
BMC Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1907
BMC Industries, Inc.
Bell and Howell Company
Active · founded 1907
Bell and Howell Company is one of the leading suppliers of equipment and services for information-related services and…
Blue Bell Creameries L.P.
Active · founded 1907
Blue Bell Creameries L.P.
Brunswick Corporation
Active · founded 1907
Brunswick Corporation, the oldest and largest manufacturer of recreation and leisure-time products in the United…
Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1907
Ticker Symbols: CTCO CTCOB SICs: 4813 Telephone Communications, Except Radiotelephone; 4841 Cable & Other Pay…
Ducommun Incorporated
Active · founded 1907
California's oldest company, Ducommun Incorporated has gone from repairing watches for prospectors to supplying the…
Faygo Beverages Inc.
Active · founded 1907
1950s:Use of animated television spots helps boost sales.
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation
Active · founded 1907
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation is a major U.S.
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1907
1940s:McCarthy builds U.S.
McIlhenny Company
Active · founded 1907
McIlhenny Company is a family-owned and operated manufacturer of Tabasco brand pepper sauce.
National Standard Co.
Active · founded 1907
National Standard Co.
Otter Tail Power Company
Active · founded 1907
Otter Tail Power Company, an investor-owned electric utility, serves a 50,000-square-mile territory in western…
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Active · founded 1907
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Active · founded 1907
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Park-Ohio Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1907
Entering its 90th year of operation in 1997, Park-Ohio Industries Inc.
Praxair, Inc.
Active · founded 1907
With operations in 40 countries around the world, Praxair, Inc.
Reliance Electric Company
Active · founded 1907
Reliance Electric Company is a manufacturer of large mechanical couplers and electrical motors and drives used in heavy…
The Monarch Cement Company
Active · founded 1907
Based in Humboldt, Kansas, The Monarch Cement Company manufactures two products: Portland Cement, which is used in the…
Thermos Company
Active · founded 1907
Although Thermos Company may be best known for its line of vacuum-insulated bottles and lunch boxes, the Illinois-based…
Unicom Corporation
Active · founded 1907
Unicom Corporation was created in 1994 as a holding company for The Commonwealth Edison Co., Inc.
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Active · founded 1907
Known in the industry as "Big Brown," United Parcel Service, Inc.
United Press International, Inc.
Active · founded 1907
United Press International, Inc.
W.A. Whitney Company
Active · founded 1907
Mid-1950s:Ted Brolund is hired as manufacturing engineer for W.A.
YWCA of the U.S.A.
Active · founded 1907
The YWCA of the U.S.A.
Converse Inc.
Active · founded 1908
Converse Inc.
Fifth Third Bancorp
Active · founded 1908
Total Assets: $38 billion (1998) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: FITB NAIC: 52211 Commercial Banking; 52221…
Foxboro Company
Active · founded 1908
The Foxboro Company is a leading manufacturer of industrial controls.
G. D. Searle & Co.
Active · founded 1908
Skokie, Illinois-based G.D.
Houghton Mifflin Company
Active · founded 1908
1840s:Henry Oscar Houghton enters printing business.
St. Mary Land & Exploration Company
Active · founded 1908
Operating out of Denver, Colorado, St.
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1908
The Williams Companies, Inc., is the largest interstate natural gas supplier in the United States.
Wallace Computer Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1908
Wallace Computer Services, Inc.
ABM Industries Incorporated
Active · founded 1909
ABM Industries Incorporated is one of the nation's largest suppliers of janitorial and other services to the owners of…
Amerock Corporation
Active · founded 1909
1930s:The company name changes to American Cabinet Hardware Corporation.
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Active · founded 1909
Arthur D.
Atwood Mobile Products
Active · founded 1909
Based in Rockford, Illinois, Atwood Mobile Products manufactures a wide variety of products--including chassis…
Bowne & Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1909
The world's largest financial printer and one of the oldest companies in the United States, Bowne & Co., Inc.
Briggs & Stratton Corporation
Active · founded 1909
Briggs & Stratton Corporation is the world's largest producer of air-cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power…
Burns International Security Services
Active · founded 1909
Burns International Security Services, formerly a subsidiary of the Borg-Warner Security Corporation, became a division…
Burns International Services Corporation
Active · founded 1909
A provider of investigative services, security guard staff, and other related services, Burns International Services…
Crowley, Milner & Company
Active · founded 1909
Crowley, Milner & Company is the owner and operator of ten different specialty department stores throughout the eastern…
Czarnikow-Rionda Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1909
Czarnikow-Rionda Company, Inc.
Dain Rauscher Corporation
Active · founded 1909
Dain Rauscher Corporation, formerly known as Interra Financial and Inter-Regional Financial Group briefly before that,…
Dan River Inc.
Active · founded 1909
Stock Exchange: New York Ticker Symbol: DRF NAIC: 31321 Broadwoven Fabric Mills; 313311 Broadwoven Fabric Finishing…
Dominion Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1909
Dominion Resources, Inc.
Edison International
Active · founded 1909
Edison International, formerly known as SCEcorp, acts as a holding company for Southern California Edison, one of the…
Ellerbe Becket
Active · founded 1909
1940s:A steel-conserving, pine-trussed hangar is developed for Northwest Airlines.
Ennis Business Forms, Inc.
Active · founded 1909
One of the largest suppliers of business forms in the United States, Ennis Business Forms, Inc.
Inter-Regional Financial Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1909
Inter-Regional Financial Group, Inc.
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Active · founded 1909
Mid-1920s:Van Ameringen persuades makers of bar soaps and detergents to add fragrances to their products.
Lafarge Corporation
Renamed · founded 1909
Lafarge Corporation, a U.S.
Northern States Power Company
Active · founded 1909
Northern States Power Company (NSP) provides electricity and gas to customers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota,…
Tennant Company
Active · founded 1909
Tennant Company is the world's foremost manufacturer of industrial floor maintenance equipment, including sweepers,…
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Active · founded 1909
The Davey Tree Expert Company pioneered the commercialized care of large trees through company founder John Davey's…
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1909
The Stroh Brewery Company
Active · founded 1909
The Stroh family began brewing beer in a family-owned inn during the 18th century in Germany.
Wilbur Chocolate Company
Active · founded 1909
Employees 350 Sales: $10.76 million (2003) NAIC: 311330 Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate; 311340…
Applied Power Inc.
Active · founded 1910
Applied Power Inc.
Awrey Bakeries, Inc.
Active · founded 1910
1920s:Firm, known as Awrey & Sons, expands to 32 stores.
Blair Corporation
Active · founded 1910
Blair Corporation is a retailer of low- to mid-priced men's and women's clothing and home products.
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
Active · founded 1910
CITGO Petroleum Corporation, owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de…
Consumers Power Co.
Active · founded 1910
Consumers Power Co., a subsidiary of CMS Energy Corp.
Florists' Transworld Delivery, Inc.
Active · founded 1910
Florists' Transworld Delivery, Inc., better known as FTD, is the world's largest flowers-by-wire company, linking…
German American Bancorp
Active · founded 1910
Total Assets: $1.07 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: GABC NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1910
Since 1996 when a new investor group took control of the company, Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc., a leading…
International Business Machines Corporation
Active · founded 1910
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is the largest computer maker in the world.
Magma Copper Company
Active · founded 1910
Magma Copper Company is one of the largest copper producers in the United States.
Maxus Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1910
Maxus Energy Corporation is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in…
Mike-Sell's Inc.
Active · founded 1910
Mike-Sell's Inc.
Northwest Natural Gas Company
Active · founded 1910
Northwest Natural Gas Company, which does business as Northwest Natural, distributes natural gas to approximately…
PacifiCorp
Active · founded 1910
Owner of Pacific Power & Light, Utah Power & Light, and the Australian utility Powercor, PacifiCorp is one of the…
PennWell Corporation
Active · founded 1910
For most of the 20th century, PennWell Corporation's principal publication was the Oil & Gas Journal.
Penton Media, Inc.
Active · founded 1910
Considered a primary business resource by marketing leaders around the world, Penton Media, Inc.
Price Pfister, Inc.
Active · founded 1910
1910s:Garden faucet is the company's first plumbing offering.
Saucony Inc.
Active · founded 1910
Ticker Symbols: SCNYA SCNYB NAIC: 316211 Rubber and Plastics Footwear Manufac- turing; 316219 Other Footwear…
State Financial Services Corporation
Active · founded 1910
Total Assets: $86.5 million (2001) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: SFSW NAIC:522110 Commercial Banking State…
The Black & Decker Corporation
Active · founded 1910
The Black & Decker Corporation is the leading maker of power tools and accessories in the United States--and is the…
The Boy Scouts of America
Active · founded 1910
Rooted in Victorian values, The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is a 20th-century phenomenon and a powerful civic force.
The Eureka Company
Active · founded 1910
The Eureka Company is one of the oldest names in the vacuum cleaner industry and is widely acknowledged as one of its…
The Hoover Company
Active · founded 1910
A division of Maytag Corporation since 1989, The Hoover Company is the leading producer of floor care products in the…
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation
Active · founded 1910
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation (UDS), based in San Antonio, Texas, is the second largest independent oil…
Wausau-Mosinee Paper Corporation
Active · founded 1910
Wausau-Mosinee Paper Corporation is a leading producer of specialty, fine printing and writing, and towel and tissue…
Western Publishing Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1910
Western Publishing Group, Inc.
Westmoreland Coal Company
Active · founded 1910
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 1222 Bituminous Coal--Underground Westmoreland Coal Company is one of the coal…
Azcon Corporation
Active · founded 1911
Azcon Corporation, one of Chicago's most successful and oldest firms, is widely recognized as part of the top-ten…
Boart Longyear Company
Active · founded 1911
Boart Longyear Company is a major provider of diamond drill bits and related drilling parts and services for the…
Bulova Corporation
Active · founded 1911
Bulova Corporation is one of the largest and most venerable watch companies in the world.
Congoleum Corp.
Active · founded 1911
Congoleum Corp., a manufacturer of vinyl sheet and tile products is among the nation's largest manufacturers of…
Eaton Corporation
Active · founded 1911
Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer whose operations are divided into four main groups: fluid…
Elizabeth Arden Co.
Active · founded 1911
For decades Elizabeth Arden Co.
Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
Active · founded 1911
Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
Fibreboard Corporation
Active · founded 1911
A venerable company with an eclectic array of business interests, Fibreboard Corporation operates in three primary…
Finlay Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1911
Finlay Enterprises, Inc.
Furniture Brands International, Inc.
Active · founded 1911
Furniture Brands International, Inc.
General Host Corporation
Active · founded 1911
General Host Corporation owns and operates Frank's Nursery & Crafts, Inc., a chain of specialty retail stores that sell…
Hartmarx Corporation
Active · founded 1911
Hartmarx Corporation is a holding company for a number of clothing companies, including its flagship brands of men's…
Laclede Steel Company
Active · founded 1911
A leading scrap steel manufacturer, Laclede Steel Company manufactures carbon and alloy steel products, including pipe…
Mars, Inc.
Active · founded 1911
Mars, Inc.
Mars, Incorporated
Active · founded 1911
From its origins in candy and confectionary products, Mars, Incorporated has diversified to become a world leader in…
Oscar Mayer Foods Corp.
Active · founded 1911
Oscar Mayer Foods Corp.
Pan-American Life Insurance Company
Active · founded 1911
Founded in 1911, Pan-American Life Insurance Company (PALIC) is a venerable mutual insurance company headquartered in…
SPX Corporation
Active · founded 1911
With beginnings as an auto parts manufacturer, SPX Corporation has evolved over its 90-plus-year history into a…
Schultz Sav-O Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1911
Schultz Sav-O Stores, Inc.
SwedishAmerican Health System
Active · founded 1911
Located in Rockford, Illinois, SwedishAmerican Health System is a non-profit, locally governed organization serving 12…
The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp.
Active · founded 1911
Early 1940s:Arthur Beerman begins opening several neighborhood "Cotton Shops" in Dayton.
UST Inc.
Active · founded 1911
UST Inc., the top dog in the only part of the U.S.
West Bend Co.
Active · founded 1911
West Bend Co.
Ben Bridge Jeweler, Inc.
Active · founded 1912
By the end of the 1990s, Ben Bridge Jeweler operated 62 stores in 11 states, having achieved 15 percent annual revenue…
CUNO Incorporated
Active · founded 1912
CUNO Incorporated designs, manufactures, and markets a variety of general filtration, microfiltration, and…
Duriron Company Inc.
Active · founded 1912
Duriron Company Inc.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
Active · founded 1912
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
Hercules Inc.
Active · founded 1912
Hercules Inc.
Hyde Athletic Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1912
Peabody, Massachusetts-based Hyde Athletic Industries, Inc.
KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY
Active · founded 1912
Kentucky Utilities' origins date back to 1905, when a New Yorker named Harry Reid came to Versailles, Kentucky, with…
KU Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1912
KU Energy Corporation provides electric service to about 440,000 people in 77 Kentucky and 5 Virginia counties.
Kmart Corporation
Active · founded 1912
Kmart Corporation, which entered 2002 as the second largest U.S.
Kraus-Anderson, Incorporated
Active · founded 1912
Kraus-Anderson, Incorporated has been in the construction business for over a century.
Liberty Mutual Holding Company
Active · founded 1912
Total Assets: $55.87 billion (2002) NAIC: 551112 Offices of Other Holding Companies Changes in the insurance industry…
Martz Group
Active · founded 1912
The Martz Group is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-based family owned motor coach company that runs several bus lines on…
NIPSCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
Active · founded 1912
NIPSCO Industries, Inc., is an energy-based holding company whose primary subsidiary is Northern Indiana Public Service…
PSI RESOURCES
Active · founded 1912
PSI Resources, the parent company of PSI Energy, Indiana's largest utility, was founded in the heyday of electric…
Perkins Coie LLP
Active · founded 1912
Gross Billings: $157 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Perkins Coie LLP is a law partnership whose…
Puget Sound Energy Inc.
Active · founded 1912
Puget Sound Energy Inc.
Samsonite Corp.
Active · founded 1912
Samsonite is the leading manufacturer of luggage in the world and the top seller of luggage in the United States,…
Sealy Inc.
Active · founded 1912
Sealy Inc.
Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
Active · founded 1912
Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) is an electric and gas utility company serving the southwest portion…
Southwestern Electric Power Co.
Active · founded 1912
Southwestern Electric Power Co.
Standard Register Co.
Active · founded 1912
With about ten percent of the $7.3 billion domestic market, the Standard Register Co.
Steelcase, Inc.
Active · founded 1912
Known since 1984 as "The Office Environment Company," Steelcase, Inc.
Steiner Corporation (Alsco)
Active · founded 1912
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Steiner Corporation is the holding company for Alsco, the acronym for the American…
The Budd Company
Active · founded 1912
The Budd Company is the leading automotive stamping manufacturer and one of the top automotive suppliers in the United…
The Eastern Company
Active · founded 1912
Founded in 1858, the Eastern Company of Naugatuck, Connecticut, manufactures and sells industrial hardware, custom…
The Lane Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1912
The Lane Co., Inc.
Universal Studios, Inc.
Active · founded 1912
Universal Studios, Inc.
Utah Power and Light Company
Active · founded 1912
Utah Power and Light Company (UP&L) is the major provider of electrical power in Utah and the Intermountain West.
Adolph Coors Company
Active · founded 1913
Adolph Coors Company is the only family-owned brewery in the United States that was able to survive the late…
Equifax Inc.
Active · founded 1913
Equifax Inc.
Esselte
Active · founded 1913
Esselte is the world's leading office supply manufacturer with customers in 120 countries across the globe.
Fedders Corp.
Active · founded 1913
Fedders Corp.
Fleer Corporation
Active · founded 1913
The Fleer Corporation holds a special position in the history and development of two quintessentially American…
Formica Corporation
Active · founded 1913
Perhaps best known for its kitchen counter surfaces, Formica Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of…
Gristede's Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1913
Gristede's Foods, Inc., owns and operates 46 supermarkets in the New York City metropolitan area.
I.C. Isaacs & Company
Active · founded 1913
I.C.
LG&E Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1913
LG&E Energy Corporation is a diversified energy services company formed in 1990 as a holding company for the Louisville…
Lydall, Inc.
Active · founded 1913
Lydall, Inc.
Nevada Bell Telephone Company
Active · founded 1913
Nevada Bell was one of the telephone companies that changed forever due to the AT&T divestiture in 1984.
Puritan-Bennett Corporation
Active · founded 1913
The Puritan-Bennett Corporation, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, with research and manufacturing facilities in…
Richton International Corporation
Active · founded 1913
The Richton International Corporation is a diversified services company that completely reinvented itself in the early…
SIFCO Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1913
SIFCO Industries, Inc.
Swisher International Group Inc.
Active · founded 1913
The largest manufacturer and marketer of cigars in the world, Swisher International Group Inc.
The American Cancer Society
Active · founded 1913
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate cancer.
The Clorox Company
Active · founded 1913
Although best known for the household bleach that bears the firm's name, The Clorox Company is a diversified…
The Rockefeller Foundation
Active · founded 1913
One of the oldest and largest private charitable organizations in the world, The Rockefeller Foundation supports…
Viatech Continental Can Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1913
Viatech Continental Can Company, Inc.--since June 1998 a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas-based dairy and packaging…
Wilson Sporting Goods Company
Active · founded 1913
Wilson Sporting Goods Company has the largest market share in the sporting and athletic goods industry, with its…
Alaska Railroad Corporation
Active · founded 1914
The Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) operates passenger and freight trains from Seward, a major port on the Gulf of…
Brooks Sports Inc.
Active · founded 1914
Brooks Sports Inc.
Brown & Haley
Active · founded 1914
The third-largest manufacturer of boxed chocolates in the United States, Brown & Haley makes a variety of confection…
Fansteel Inc.
Active · founded 1914
Fansteel Inc.
George P. Johnson Company
Active · founded 1914
1910s:Johnson begins doing work for Detroit Auto Shows.
ICF Kaiser International, Inc.
Active · founded 1914
ICF Kaiser International, Inc.
Lane Bryant, Inc.
Active · founded 1914
Lane Bryant, Inc., is the largest plus-size retailer in the United States.
Mercantile Stores Company, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1914
Mercantile Stores Company, Inc., a traditional department store retailer, operates over 100 primarily fashion apparel…
Mine Safety Appliances Company
Active · founded 1914
Mine Safety Appliances Company (MSA) is one of the world's largest designers and manufacturers of equipment that…
Mott's Inc.
Active · founded 1914
Mott's Inc.
Phillips Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1914
Phillips Foods, Inc.
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
Active · founded 1914
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (PVH) is a leading marketer of dress shirts, sportswear, sweaters, underwear and…
Scott Fetzer Company
Active · founded 1914
The best-known of Scott Fetzer Company's businesses in the mid-1990s included World Book encyclopedias and Kirby vacuum…
Tasty Baking Company
Active · founded 1914
Based in Philadelphia, Tasty Baking Company is one of the country's oldest and largest independent baking companies.
The Dexter Corporation
Active · founded 1914
With a history that stretches back over two centuries, The Dexter Corporation is the oldest company listed on the New…
The Toro Company
Active · founded 1914
Long respected as a manufacturer of premium-priced lawnmowers, snowblowers, and irrigation systems, The Toro Company…
AR Accessories Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1915
AR Accessories Group, Inc.
Allison Gas Turbine Division
Active · founded 1915
The Allison Gas Turbine Division of the General Motors Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of aircraft…
Ameriwood Industries International Corp.
Active · founded 1915
Ameriwood Industries International Corp.
Black & Veatch LLP
Active · founded 1915
Black & Veatch LLP is a leading global engineering and construction firm.
Continental General Tire Corp.
Active · founded 1915
Continental General Tire Corp.
Drackett Professional Products
Active · founded 1915
For over 70 years, Drackett Co.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Active · founded 1915
E.I.
Emerson Radio Corp.
Active · founded 1915
Emerson Radio Corp.
Fleming Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1915
Fleming Companies, Inc.
GenCorp Inc.
Active · founded 1915
As the parent corporation for three principal segments--Aerojet, GenCorp Automotive and GenCorp Polymer…
General Tire, Inc.
Active · founded 1915
General Tire, Inc., is a world leader in the manufacture and marketing of tires of all kinds and is a major exporter of…
Girl Scouts of the USA
Active · founded 1915
Girl Scouts of the USA takes girls and young women ages 5 to 17 and attempts to prepare them for life as responsible…
Hastings Manufacturing Company
Active · founded 1915
Hastings Manufacturing Company makes piston rings, auto mechanic service tools, and, through a joint venture, engine…
Helzberg Diamonds
Active · founded 1915
Helzberg Diamonds is one of the country's largest jewelry retailers, with a chain of some 200 stores nationwide.
Idaho Power Company
Active · founded 1915
Providing power to southern Idaho for much of the twentieth century, Idaho Power Company propelled the progress of the…
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Active · founded 1915
In 1912, four Smith brothers advertised for experienced manufacturing workers to help them set up a new business…
Jacuzzi Inc.
Active · founded 1915
A wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.
Simmons Company
Active · founded 1915
Simmons Company is one of the leading U.S.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Active · founded 1915
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is a subsidiary of Fox Inc., which is owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News…
A.T. Cross Company
Active · founded 1916
The largest and oldest manufacturer of fine writing instruments in the United States, A.T.
Crain Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1916
Crain Communications Inc.
Dana Corporation
Active · founded 1916
Dana Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of vehicular and industrial products with 430 manufacturing…
Day & Zimmermann, Inc.
Active · founded 1916
Day & Zimmermann, Inc., a private, family-run company headquartered in Philadelphia, provides technical, engineering,…
Del Monte Foods Company
Active · founded 1916
Among the largest canners of fruits and vegetables in the United States, the Del Monte Foods Company is less than half…
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1916
With over 150 years of manufacturing experience, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., dominates numerous niche markets with…
Federal Paper Board Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1916
Federal Paper Board Company, Inc., is a leading producer of recycled and bleached paperboard, which is used to make…
Forest Oil Corporation
Active · founded 1916
A producer of oil and natural gas in the United States, Forest Oil Corporation is credited with developing and…
Frigidaire Home Products
Active · founded 1916
Celebrating its 80th anniversary in 1996, Frigidaire Home Products ranks third among America's manufacturers of "white…
General Motors Corporation
Active · founded 1916
General Motors Corporation (GM) is the world's largest full-line vehicle manufacturer and marketer.
Modine Manufacturing Company
Active · founded 1916
Modine Manufacturing Company operates as a leading thermal management concern that serves the light truck, heavy…
Multi-Color Corporation
Active · founded 1916
Multi-Color Corporation is a leading U.S.
Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
Active · founded 1916
With 27 dedicated terminals in five western states, more than 1,000 employees, and several strategic partnerships,…
Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1916
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 2062 Cane Sugar Refining; 5149 Groceries & Related Products Nec; 2063 Beet Sugar; 4213…
Sparton Corporation
Active · founded 1916
Sparton Corporation has a century long history of manufacturing technologically advanced equipment for the…
Standard Commercial Corporation
Active · founded 1916
Standard Commercial Corporation is involved in two main business segments--tobacco and wool.
The Grand Union Company
Active · founded 1916
The Grand Union Company is a food retailer operating 222 Grand Union supermarkets in six states, including 123 in New…
The Professional Golfers' Association of America
Active · founded 1916
The Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) of America is an organization that trains, certifies, and advocates for…
Todd Shipyards Corporation
Active · founded 1916
Once the largest independent ship building company in the United States, Todd Shipyards Corporation operates one…
Walbridge Aldinger Co.
Active · founded 1916
Walbridge Aldinger Co.
Walgreen Co.
Active · founded 1916
Walgreen Co.
Wolverine Tube Inc.
Active · founded 1916
Wolverine Tube Inc.
American Re Corporation
Active · founded 1917
American Re Corporation is a member of the Munich Re Co., the largest reinsurance company in the world.
CertainTeed Corporation
Active · founded 1917
CertainTeed Corporation is a leading U.S.
Coles Express Inc.
Active · founded 1917
Coles Express Inc.
DeKalb Genetics Corporation
Active · founded 1917
DeKalb Genetics Corporation is one of the largest and most successful international research, production, and marketing…
Durametallic
Active · founded 1917
Durametallic is a leading name in mechanical seals used on industrial pumps to prevent fluids from damaging the pumps'…
Fellowes Manufacturing Company
Active · founded 1917
Fellowes Manufacturing Company is a leading global manufacturer of home and office organizational products, including…
Forbes Inc.
Active · founded 1917
Through its namesake magazine, Forbes Inc.
Grey Global Group Inc.
Active · founded 1917
Grey Global Group Inc., formerly Grey Advertising Inc., is one of the world's largest advertising agencies with offices…
Grist Mill Company
Active · founded 1917
Minnesota-based Grist Mill Company manufactures cereal, cereal snacks, and confectionery products, such as ready-to-eat…
HDR Inc.
Active · founded 1917
HDR Inc.
Holley Performance Products Inc.
Active · founded 1917
Holley Performance Products Inc., based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is a major manufacturer of aftermarket components…
Kinney Shoe Corp.
Active · founded 1917
Operating Revenues: $3.91 billion Employees: 36,000 SICs: 3149 Footwear, except Rubber; 5661 Shoe Stores; 5669…
Lear Corporation
Active · founded 1917
Lear Corporation is the world's leading supplier of automotive interior systems.
Lutheran Brotherhood
Active · founded 1917
Lutheran Brotherhood is the second-largest fraternal benefit society in the United States.
National Hockey League
Active · founded 1917
The National Hockey League (NHL) is a nonprofit corporation, based in New York, that serves as a trade association for…
Oshkosh Truck Corporation
Active · founded 1917
Oshkosh Truck Corporation is a major manufacturer of specialized truck and transport equipment.
PNM Resources Inc.
Active · founded 1917
PNM Resources Inc.
Rohm and Haas Company
Active · founded 1917
Rohm and Haas Company is a specialty chemical company that is best known for the invention of Plexiglas, a product it…
The Glidden Company
Active · founded 1917
America's third largest paint company, after Sherwin-Williams Co.
Thomas & Betts Corporation
Active · founded 1917
Thomas & Betts Corporation (T&B) is a leading global manufacturer of electrical connectors and components.
Union Carbide Corporation
Active · founded 1917
Union Carbide Corporation is the world's largest producer of ethylene glycol, commonly used as antifreeze, and is a…
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1917
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.
Washington Federal, Inc.
Active · founded 1917
Total Assets: $4.57 billion (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6035 Federal Savings…
Wells' Dairy, Inc.
Active · founded 1917
1920s:Family begins delivering ice cream in Sioux City, Iowa.
Amfac/JMB Hawaii L.L.C.
Active · founded 1918
Chicago-based but exclusively Hawaiian in activity, Amfac/JMB Hawaii L.L.C.
Andersen
Active · founded 1918
1970s:Arthur Andersen & Co.
Chesapeake Corporation
Active · founded 1918
Once a broader-based paper and packaging company, Chesapeake Corporation repositioned itself in the late 1990s to be a…
Darigold, Inc.
Active · founded 1918
Darigold, Inc.
Donaldson Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1918
Early 1970s:Company diversifies through the acquisitions of Torit Corp., Majac, Inc., and Kittell Muffler and…
Flexsteel Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1918
Flexsteel Industries Inc.
Maine & Maritimes Corporation
Active · founded 1918
Maine & Maritimes Corporation is the holding company for the subsidiaries Maine Public Service Company (MPS) and Energy…
Parker-Hannifin Corporation
Active · founded 1918
Motion control through the use of air, liquid, and gas is the principal concern of Parker-Hannifin Corporation.
Perini Corporation
Active · founded 1918
Ranked in the top ten percent on Engineering News Record's 1992 list of the top 400 contractors, Perini Corporation…
ROHN Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1918
ROHN Industries, Inc.
Ritz Camera Centers
Active · founded 1918
Ritz Camera Centers is the nation's largest photo-specialty chain with more than 1,000 stores.
Spartan Stores Inc.
Active · founded 1918
Once a wholesale grocery cooperative, Spartan Stores Inc.
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund
Active · founded 1918
Total Assets: $281.38 billion (2001) NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers TIAA-CREF, or the Teachers Insurance…
Tokheim Corporation
Active · founded 1918
Tokheim Corporation is one of the fastest growing and most successful firms in the global petroleum equipment industry.
Twin Disc, Inc.
Active · founded 1918
Twin Disc, Inc.
Universal Corporation
Active · founded 1918
Universal Corporation, known until 1987 as Universal Leaf Tobacco Company Inc., operates as the world's largest buyer…
Broder Bros. Co.
Active · founded 1919
Broder Bros.
Comstock Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1919
Comstock Resources, Inc.
ConAgra, Inc.
Active · founded 1919
In 1919 Alva Kinney brought four grain milling companies in south central Nebraska together to take advantage of…
Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1919
No one makes more large diesel engines than Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
Ferro Corporation
Active · founded 1919
Ferro Corporation is a leading worldwide producer of coatings and performance chemicals used in the electronics,…
Flowers Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1919
Flowers Industries, Inc.
Flying Boat, Inc. (Chalk's Ocean Airways)
Active · founded 1919
Flying Boat, Inc., which does business under the trade name Chalk's Ocean Airways, is the world's top seaplane airline.
Ford Motor Company
Active · founded 1919
As the second-largest automobile company in the world, Ford Motor Company represents a $164 billion multinational…
FosterGrant, Inc.
Active · founded 1919
FosterGrant, Inc.
Grossman's Inc.
Active · founded 1919
Grossman's Inc.
Harcourt Brace and Co.
Active · founded 1919
Harcourt Brace and Co.
Harcourt General, Inc.
Renamed · founded 1919
Through its core publishing arm, Harcourt General, Inc.
Jervis B. Webb Company
Active · founded 1919
Jervis B.
KETCHUM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Active · founded 1919
Ketchum Communications Inc.
Malt-O-Meal Company
Active · founded 1919
Early 1970s:Malt-O-Meal begins boxing private-label cereals for grocery store chains.
Mayo Foundation
Active · founded 1919
The nonprofit Mayo Foundation oversees the largest and most renowned private medical center in the world, the Mayo…
NCH Corporation
Active · founded 1919
NCH Corporation is a major international marketer of maintenance products, and one of the largest companies in the…
New York Daily News
Active · founded 1919
Called "too tough to die," the New York Daily News was the largest circulation metropolitan daily newspaper in the…
Noland Company
Active · founded 1919
Noland Company is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, electrical, and…
Ohio Casualty Corp.
Active · founded 1919
Operating Revenues: $56.5 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6331 Fire, Marine, and Casualty Insurance; 6311 Life…
Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc.
Active · founded 1919
Food retailer Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc.
Proffitt's, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1919
Under the dynamic leadership of R.
R.H. Macy & Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1919
R.H.
Saks Inc.
Active · founded 1919
Saks Inc., formerly Proffitt's, Inc., is one of the largest operators of department stores in the United States.
Salant Corporation
Active · founded 1919
A leading apparel company in the United States, Salant Corporation designs, manufactures, imports, and markets men's…
Solo Serve Corporation
Active · founded 1919
Solo Serve Corporation is a Texas-based chain of off-priced or discount retail stores offering a wide array of…
Strauss Discount Auto
Active · founded 1919
Strauss Discount Auto is a privately owned regional aftermarket automobile parts chain, its headquarters located in…
The Stride Rite Corporation
Active · founded 1919
Founded in 1919 as Green Shoe Manufacturing Company, the Stride Rite Corporation has become a major designer and…
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Active · founded 1919
With over 110 years of success under its belt, Wm.
AlliedSignal Inc.
Defunct · founded 1920
AlliedSignal Inc., formed from the acquisition of Signal Companies, Inc.
Amerada Hess Corporation
Active · founded 1920
Amerada Hess Corporation operates as a leading integrated oil and gas concern involved in exploration, production,…
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Active · founded 1920
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a New York City-based nonpartisan, not-for profit corporation dedicated to…
Baldor Electric Company
Active · founded 1920
Baldor Electric Company is one of the leading producers of electric motors for industrial applications in the United…
Business Men's Assurance Company of America
Active · founded 1920
Insurance and financial services company Business Men's Assurance Company of America (BMA) is a member of the Generali…
Carey International, Inc.
Active · founded 1920
Operating Revenues: $86.37 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: CARY SICs: 4119 Local Passenger…
Cold Spring Granite Company Inc.
Active · founded 1920
Cold Spring Granite Company Inc.
Dawn Food Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1920
Dawn Food Products, Inc.
Deluxe Corporation
Active · founded 1920
A shining example of a company built upon the right idea at the right time, Deluxe Corporation is the largest supplier…
Di Giorgio Corp.
Active · founded 1920
Once a vast fruit-growing empire that owned almost 50 square miles of California and Florida farmland, the Di Giorgio…
Flint Ink Corporation
Active · founded 1920
Flint Ink Corporation is the largest American-owned manufacturer of printing inks for newspaper, magazine packaging,…
Friedman's Inc.
Active · founded 1920
Friedman's Inc.
GTE Corporation
Active · founded 1920
GTE Corporation ranked as the world's third-largest publicly owned telecommunications company in 1996.
Harza Engineering Company
Active · founded 1920
Operating Revenues: $120 million SICs: 8711 Engineering Services Located in the heart of Chicago, Harza Engineering…
Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated
Active · founded 1920
Operating Revenues: $1.17 billion SICs: 4813 Telephone Communications Except Radiotelephone Indiana Bell Telephone…
J.A. Jones, Inc.
Active · founded 1920
J.A.
Liqui-Box Corporation
Active · founded 1920
Liqui-Box Corporation pioneered the use of bag-in-box packaging in the United States in the 1960s and continued to lead…
National Football League
Active · founded 1920
The governing body for the most popular spectator sport in the United States, the National Football League (NFL) serves…
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Active · founded 1920
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas and chemicals company, conducts its business through two major…
PPL Corporation
Active · founded 1920
PPL Corporation operates as an international energy company providing electricity and natural gas to more than 1.4…
Perdue Farms Inc.
Active · founded 1920
The leading poultry producer in the northeast United States and the second largest across the nation, Perdue Farms Inc.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
Active · founded 1920
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation is a Phoenix-based holding company with consolidated assets of $8 billion and…
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Active · founded 1920
Pitney Bowes Inc.
SBC Communications Inc.
Active · founded 1920
Originally one of the seven regional holding companies formed after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph…
Scholastic Corporation
Active · founded 1920
The Scholastic Corporation is one of the leading publishers and distributors of books, magazines, and other educational…
Snap-On, Incorporated
Active · founded 1920
Snap-On, Incorporated is one of the largest and most successful manufacturers and marketers of hand tools, power tools,…
Superior Uniform Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1920
Superior Uniform Group, Inc.
Textron Lycoming Turbine Engine
Active · founded 1920
Textron Lycoming Turbine Engine is the aircraft engine manufacturing division of Textron, Inc.
The David J. Joseph Company
Active · founded 1920
With an estimated 19 percent of the domestic market, The David J.
The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co.
Active · founded 1920
With its chain of 11 Acme supermarkets, nine Acme SuperCenters (which combine general merchandise and grocery items),…
Trico Products Corporation
Active · founded 1920
Trico Products Corporation, a subsidiary of the Stant Corporation, is the world's largest manufacturer of automobile…
Warner-Lambert Co.
Active · founded 1920
The Warner-Lambert Co.
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation
Active · founded 1920
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation (WPC) operates as the seventh-largest integrated steel concern in the United States.
White Rose, Inc.
Active · founded 1920
White Rose, Inc.
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
Active · founded 1921
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
Bozell Worldwide Inc.
Active · founded 1921
Gross Billings: $3 billion (1997) SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies; 8743 Public Relations Services Bozell Worldwide Inc.
Continental Grain Company
Active · founded 1921
The second largest grain and related commodities company in the world, Continental Grain Company also represented one…
Dillon Companies Inc.
Active · founded 1921
Dillon Companies Inc.
Ethicon, Inc.
Active · founded 1921
Ethicon, Inc.
General Re Corporation
Active · founded 1921
Total Assets: $8.25 billion (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: GRN SICs: 6331 Fire, Marine & Casualty…
Healthtex, Inc.
Active · founded 1921
Healthtex, Inc., a division of the VF Corporation, is one of the leading manufacturers of children's playwear in the…
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Active · founded 1921
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Master Lock Company
Active · founded 1921
Master Lock Company produces several lines of premium security lock products.
McWane Corporation
Active · founded 1921
Birmingham-based McWane Corporation is a holding company with an extensive network of interests in the manufacture of…
Newmont Mining Corporation
Active · founded 1921
Newmont Mining Corporation, primarily through two subsidiaries, is engaged in the exploration, mining, and processing…
Oakhurst Dairy
Active · founded 1921
Oakhurst Dairy, the largest dairy in Maine and the largest independent dairy in northern New England, was founded in…
SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
Active · founded 1921
Southwestern Public Service Company's primary business is generating, transmitting, distributing, and selling electric…
The George F. Cram Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1921
Indianapolis-based The George F.
The J.M. Smucker Company
Active · founded 1921
The J.M.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Active · founded 1921
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a self-supporting public corporation that develops and operates trade…
Utz Quality Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1921
1970s:The firm begins making pretzels and popcorn at a second Hanover plant.
Waldbaum, Inc.
Active · founded 1921
Waldbaum, Inc.
Alexander & Alexander Services Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Alexander & Alexander Services Inc.
Ameren Corporation
Active · founded 1922
Ameren Corporation provides a variety of energy services to over 2.2 million customers in Missouri and Illinois with a…
Arandell Corporation
Active · founded 1922
Arandell Corporation is one of the nation's leading printers of upscale catalogs.
Ball Corporation
Active · founded 1922
Although the Ball Corporation is best known for its distinctive home canning jars, that business was just one segment…
Barnes Group Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Barnes Group Inc.
Bobs Candies, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Bobs Candies, Inc., makes and distributes candies, ranking as the largest candy cane maker in the world.
Bundy Corporation
Active · founded 1922
Bundy Corporation is a subsidiary of the London-based specialized engineering group TI Group plc and a world leader in…
Bush Brothers & Company
Active · founded 1922
Bush Brothers & Company, family owned and operated, is the nation's leading producer and marketer of baked beans.
CVS Corporation
Active · founded 1922
Although it trails arch-rival Walgreen Co.
Cabot Corporation
Active · founded 1922
Cabot Corporation is a diversified, global chemical and plastics manufacturer with industry leadership in such areas as…
Campbell Soup Company
Active · founded 1922
Campbell Soup Company is the number one maker of soups in the world, holds the top position in that category in Europe,…
Champion Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Champion Industries, Inc.
Condé Nast Publications, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Condé Nast Publications, Inc.
Coty, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Coty, Inc.
Double-Cola Co.-USA
Active · founded 1922
Double-Cola Co.-USA is a producer and marketer of soft drinks, operating primarily in the cola segment of the industry.
Edward D. Jones & Company L.P.
Active · founded 1922
Total Assets: $3.47 billion (2003) NAIC:523120 Securities Brokerage; 523920 Portfolio Management; 524210 Insurance…
Escalade, Incorporated
Active · founded 1922
The largest manufacturer of table-tennis tables and pool tables in the world, Escalade, Incorporated manufactures and…
Eskimo Pie Corporation
Active · founded 1922
Having celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1996, the Eskimo Pie Corporation boasts one of the best-known names in the…
Granite Construction Incorporated
Active · founded 1922
Granite Construction Incorporated is one of the leading heavy civil contractors in the United States, operating…
Great Plains Energy Incorporated
Active · founded 1922
Great Plains Energy Incorporated is the holding company for Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL), which serves both…
KB Toys
Active · founded 1922
KB Toys is the second-largest retailer of toys behind Toys `R' Us and the largest mall retailer of toys in the United…
La Choy Food Products Inc.
Active · founded 1922
La Choy Food Products Inc.
London Fog Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
London Fog Industries, Inc.
MacDermid Incorporated
Active · founded 1922
MacDermid Incorporated develops, acquires, manufactures, markets, and services specialty chemicals and systems for the…
Morse Shoe Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Morse Shoe Inc.
New Jersey Resources Corporation
Active · founded 1922
New Jersey Resources Corporation (NJR) is a holding company, whose primary subsidiary is New Jersey Natural Gas…
Raytheon Company
Active · founded 1922
Raytheon Company is the third largest defense contractor in the United States, trailing only the Boeing Company and…
Scott Paper Company
Defunct · founded 1922
Dissolved: 1995 Final Sales: $3.6 billion (1994) NAIC: 322291 Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing Until its…
See's Candies, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
See's Candies, Inc.
Shell Oil Company
Active · founded 1922
One of North America's leading producers of oil, gas, and petrochemicals, Shell Oil Company has distinguished itself…
Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Wisconsin-based Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc., makes lawn mowers, riding mowers, garden tractors, and a variety of…
St. Louis Music, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
St.
Starrett Corporation
Active · founded 1922
Starrett Corporation is a construction manager or general contractor of buildings, mainly in the metropolitan New York…
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Active · founded 1922
Total Assets: $71 billion (2001) NAIC: 524126 Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers; 524113 Direct Life…
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.
USAA
Active · founded 1922
Total Assets: $9.22 billion (2002) NAIC: 522120 Savings Institutions; 522210 Credit Card Issuing; 523920 Portfolio…
United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
At one time United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company
Active · founded 1922
1970s:The company purchases General Diaper Corporation, and creates Dickie Industrial Services.
Zatarain's, Inc.
Active · founded 1922
Zatarain's, Inc., is a leading producer of rice mixes.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Active · founded 1923
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) is one of the world's leading processors and distributors of agricultural products…
Burlington Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Burlington Industries, Inc.
C.R. Bard, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
C.R.
CSS Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
CSS Industries, Inc.
Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Operating Revenues: $304.03 million (2002) NAIC: 622110 Children's Hospital General Children's Hospitals and Clinics,…
Ecolab Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Ecolab Inc.
Farmer Bros. Co.
Active · founded 1923
Farmer Bros.
Fred Meyer Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Fred Meyer Stores, Inc.
Gannett Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Referring to itself as a diversified news and information company, Gannett Company, Inc.
General Instrument Corporation
Active · founded 1923
The General Instrument Corporation is the leading American provider of cable television equipment.
Golden Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
A leading snack food producer in the southeastern United States, Golden Enterprises, Inc.
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY
Active · founded 1923
The Illinois Power Company is the second largest provider of gas and electricity in Illinois.
Just Born, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Just Born, Inc.
M. A. Hanna Company
Active · founded 1923
The M.
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Total Assets: $13.76 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Boston Chicago Pacific Ticker Symbol: MMC NAIC: 52421…
Marshalls Incorporated
Active · founded 1923
Marshall's Incorporated is one of the nation's leading off-price family retailers.
NorthWestern Corporation
Active · founded 1923
One of the United States' fastest-growing companies, NorthWestern Corporation is a diversified holding company with…
Old Republic International Corporation
Active · founded 1923
Old Republic International Corporation, one of the 50 largest publicly held insurance organizations in the United…
Radio Flyer Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Radio Flyer Inc.
Russell Stover Candies Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Russell Stover Candies Inc.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Active · founded 1923
For much of the time since its founder first tinkered with helicopter design, the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has…
Textron Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Textron Inc.
The Echo Design Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Long known as a print scarf maker, New York City-based The Echo Design Group, Inc., is an emerging lifestyle brand,…
The Green Bay Packers, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
The Green Bay Packers, Inc.
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
W.W.
Washington National Corporation
Active · founded 1923
Through its two primary operating companies, Washington National Insurance Company and United Presidential Life…
Young & Rubicam, Inc.
Active · founded 1923
Gross Billings: $10.52 billion (2004) NAIC:541810 Advertising Agencies A wholly owned subsidiary of WPP Group plc since…
Zenith Electronics Corporation
Active · founded 1923
Having jettisoned its manufacturing operations in favor of outsourced production, Zenith Electronics Corporation has…
ATLANTIC ENERGY, INC.
Active · founded 1924
Atlantic Energy, Inc.
Advance Publications Inc.
Active · founded 1924
Family owned and operated, Advance Publications Inc.
Ashland Inc.
Active · founded 1924
Ashland Inc.
Columbia TriStar Motion Pictures Companies
Active · founded 1924
Columbia TriStar Motion Pictures Companies is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Crosman Corporation
Active · founded 1924
1950s:Employment tops 150 as Crosman makes air guns for Sears, Roebuck and Co., Montgomery Ward, and others.
Federal-Mogul Corporation
Active · founded 1924
Federal-Mogul Corporation manufactures precision components for cars, trucks, and construction vehicles, marketing its…
Federal-Mogul Corporation
Active · founded 1924
Federal-Mogul Corporation manufactures precision components for cars, trucks, and construction vehicles, marketing its…
Florida Public Utilities Company
Active · founded 1924
Florida Public Utilities Company (FPU) is a small but growing publicly traded energy company, providing electricity,…
Fluor Corporation
Active · founded 1924
Mid-1980s:Fluor divests all of its oil properties, some gold operations, and all its offshore drilling facilities.
Halliburton Company
Active · founded 1924
Halliburton Company is a world leader in energy services, as well as engineering and construction.
Hanover Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1924
Hanover Foods Corporation is the largest fully-integrated and independent food processor in the United States.
Imperial Sugar Company
Active · founded 1924
Imperial Sugar Company holds the number one position in refined sugar in the United States, with a market share of…
Massey Energy Company
Active · founded 1924
Richmond, Virginia-based Massey Energy Company is one of the top coal miners in the United States.
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company
Active · founded 1924
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, formed in 1997 through the merger of Morgan Stanley Group, Inc.
Oglebay Norton Company
Active · founded 1924
With a cargo capacity of about 400,000 tons and a dozen ships, Oglebay Norton Company owns the largest U.S.-flagged…
PACCAR Inc.
Active · founded 1924
As the second largest medium and heavy truck manufacturer in the world, PACCAR Inc.
Plante & Moran, LLP
Active · founded 1924
1960s:Consulting work grows to account for one-third of revenues.
Quantum Chemical Corporation
Active · founded 1924
Quantum Chemical Corporation (prior to 1988, the National Distillers and Chemical Corporation) is one of the largest…
Simon & Schuster Inc.
Active · founded 1924
Simon & Schuster Inc.
Stanley Furniture Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1924
Stanley Furniture Company, Inc.
Stouffer Corp.
Active · founded 1924
Stouffer Corp., a subsidiary of Nestlé USA, Inc., is the United States' leading manufacturer and marketer of more than…
WPL HOLDINGS, INC.
Active · founded 1924
Stock Exchange: New York WPL Holdings, Inc., is the parent company of Wisconsin Power and Light, the dominant supplier…
Weis Markets, Inc.
Active · founded 1924
Weis Markets, Inc.
White Castle System, Inc.
Active · founded 1924
Considered the first fast-food hamburger chain and known for its unique steam-grilled patties, White Castle System, Inc.
Zale Corporation
Active · founded 1924
Zale Corporation is the largest operator of retail jewelry stores in the United States.
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Operating Revenues: $3 billion SICs: 8731 Commercial Physical Research AT&T Bell Laboratories is the research and…
Abrams Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Atlanta-based Abrams Industries Inc.
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
Battelle Memorial Institute, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Battelle Memorial Institute, Inc.
Bechtel Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Operating Revenues: $11.33 billion (1997) SICs: 1542 General Contractors-Non-Residential Buildings; 1611 Highway &…
Caterpillar Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Early 1930s:Remaining production in California is shifted to Peoria, where the company's headquarters are also…
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., is a leading consumer products company that markets numerous brands of deodorizing and…
Dean Foods Company
Active · founded 1925
Through thoughtful acquisitions and careful financial management, Dean Foods Company has grown from a small regional…
Dunn-Edwards Corporation
Active · founded 1925
Dunn-Edwards Corporation is an employee-owned, Los Angeles-based manufacturer and distributor of paints and painting…
Erie Indemnity Company
Active · founded 1925
Erie Indemnity Company is the attorney-in-fact and manager of the Erie Insurance Exchange, which in turn pools…
FPL Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Early 1980s:FP&L begins new management style inspired by Japanese practices.
GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY
Active · founded 1925
Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU) is an investor-owned public electric utility serving more than 578,000 customers in…
Gaylord Entertainment Company
Active · founded 1925
Gaylord Entertainment Company is a diversified entertainment and communications company whose holdings include the…
General Dynamics Corporation
Active · founded 1925
General Dynamics' contribution to the defense industry, through the production of nuclear submarines and armored…
Genesco Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Genesco Inc.
Hampton Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Hampton Industries, Inc.
Household International, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Assets: $29.59 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York Midwest SICs: 6141 Personal Credit Institutions; 6153…
Inland Container Corporation
Active · founded 1925
Inland Container Corporation, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the United States' largest producers of…
Lebhar-Friedman, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Lebhar-Friedman, Inc.
Maidenform, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Maidenform, Inc.
Maytag Corporation
Active · founded 1925
Maytag Corporation is one of the leading appliance manufacturers in the United States.
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Revenues: $1.2 billion SICs: 8742 Management Consulting Services McKinsey & Company, Inc.
NACCO Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
NACCO Industries, Inc.
National Gypsum Company
Active · founded 1925
The National Gypsum Company, the second largest producer and supplier of gypsum wallboard and related products in the…
Patterson Dental Co.
Active · founded 1925
Patterson Dental Co.
Pella Corporation
Active · founded 1925
Pella Corporation is a leading manufacturer of windows and doors, specializing in high-end products.
Pratt & Whitney
Active · founded 1925
Pratt & Whitney is one of the largest aircraft engine manufacturers in the world.
Random House Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Random House Inc.
Roadmaster Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Roadmaster Industries Inc.
Scotty's, Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Scotty's, Inc.
Terex Corporation
Active · founded 1925
Terex Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets heavy-duty, off-highway construction, earth-moving, and…
The Pep Boys
Active · founded 1925
With about 650 company owned and operated automotive aftermarket superstores in 37 states and Puerto Rico, The Pep…
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company
Active · founded 1925
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company runs the largest grocery chain in the New England area of the United States; with…
Tom's Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1925
Tom's Foods Inc.
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Active · founded 1925
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, known as WARF, is a nonprofit foundation that patents discoveries made by…
A.H. Belo Corporation
Active · founded 1926
Originating as a small-town publisher of the Dallas Morning News and the Texas Almanac, A.H.
American Pop Corn Company
Active · founded 1926
American Pop Corn Company is the oldest processor of popcorn in the United States, as well as one of the largest.
Aquila, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Aquila, Inc.
Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc.
Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.
CENTRAL HUDSON GAS AND ELECTRICITY CORPORATION
Active · founded 1926
Revenues: $4.95 million During its long history, Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation has played a major role in…
Carolina Power & Light Company
Active · founded 1926
Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) supplies electricity to over a million customers in eastern and western North…
Chemcentral Corporation
Active · founded 1926
Chemcentral Corporation, one of North America's "big three" chemical distribution companies, retains a broad clientele…
Commonwealth Energy System
Active · founded 1926
Operating Revenues: $978.6 million Employees: 2,169 Stock Exchanges: New York Boston Pacific SICs: 4911 Electric…
Consumers Water Company
Active · founded 1926
Revenues: $401 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 4941 Water Supply; 6719 Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere…
Dillard Paper Company
Active · founded 1926
Dillard Paper Company, one of North Carolina's largest privately owned corporations, has long been a major distributor…
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
1940s:Joseph Draps opens the first Godiva shop.
Gold'n Plump Poultry
Active · founded 1926
Gold'n Plump Poultry is the largest chicken producer in the upper midwestern United States.
Graco Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Ticket Symbol: GGG NAIC: 333911 Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing; 333912 Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing;…
Graybar Electric Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
One of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States, Graybar Electric Company, Inc.
Greif Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Greif Inc., formerly Greif Bros.
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Haggar Corporation
Active · founded 1926
When it comes to casually dressy clothing for men, few companies are in the same league as Haggar Corporation.
Hain Food Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Hain Food Group, Inc.
Harris Corporation
Active · founded 1926
The origin of the Harris Corporation, a leading American electronics company, is actually to be found in the printing…
Hasbro, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Truly successful toy companies do not just make toys; they manufacture popular culture.
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
IPALCO ENTERPRISES, INC.
Active · founded 1926
Stock Exchange: New York IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., is an Indianapolis-based utility holding company whose principal…
Lance, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Lance, Inc.
Maid-Rite Corporation
Active · founded 1926
1970s:Fast food franchising takes off, but Maid-Rite remains loosely managed.
Metropolitan Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1926
Assets: $8 billion SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6036 Savings Institutions Except Federal One of the largest…
National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
A broadcasting giant, National Broadcasting Company, Inc., through the NBC Television Network, serves more than 200…
National Grid USA
Active · founded 1926
National Grid USA was formed when London-based National Grid Group plc acquired New England Electric System (NEES) in…
Northwest Airlines Corporation
Defunct · founded 1926
Northwest Airlines Corporation is the holding company for Northwest Airlines, Inc., described as "America's oldest…
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Rayonier Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Rayonier Inc.
Schmitt Music Company
Active · founded 1926
Schmitt Music Company (also known as Schmitt's) is one of the country's largest full-service music retailers.
Standard Motor Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Standard Motor Products, Inc.
Stuart C. Irby Company
Active · founded 1926
Stuart C.
Sundstrand Corporation
Active · founded 1926
Known as a premier supplier of parts for the aircraft industry since the 1940s, Sundstrand Corporation is also a…
Supervalu Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Minnesota-based Supervalu Inc.
Sweetheart Cup Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Sweetheart Cup Company, Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Texaco is one of the world's largest oil companies, with exploratory, manufacturing, and marketing operations across…
The Columbia Gas System, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
The Columbia Gas System, Inc., is one of the largest integrated natural gas systems in the United States.
The Connell Company
Active · founded 1926
Originally and perhaps best known as a major broker of rice, The Connell Company has grown to become one of the largest…
The Dial Corp.
Active · founded 1926
The Dial Corp.
The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company
Active · founded 1926
The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company (LL&E) is one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration companies…
Tyco Toys, Inc.
Active · founded 1926
Tyco Toys, Inc.
Wyeth
Defunct · founded 1926
Wyeth is a global pharmaceutical research and manufacturing company.
Bucyrus International, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Bucyrus International, Inc.
CBS Television Network
Active · founded 1927
The world's second oldest broadcasting network, CBS Television Network (formerly CBS Corporation) was acquired by…
CCH Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Best known as the publisher of the Standard Federal Tax Reporter, CCH Inc., publishes a wide array of topical law…
Calcot Ltd.
Active · founded 1927
Calcot Ltd.
Cessna Aircraft Company
Active · founded 1927
Based in Wichita, Kansas, the aviation capitol of the United States, Cessna Aircraft Company is the world's largest…
Constar International Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Constar International Inc.
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies
Active · founded 1927
Total Assets: $10 billion (1997) SICs: 6311 Life Insurance; 8741 Management Services Farmers Insurance Group of…
Foster Wheeler Corporation
Defunct · founded 1927
Foster Wheeler Corporation is an international company overseeing a wide range of engineering and construction…
General Cable Corporation
Active · founded 1927
General Cable Corporation, with its headquarters located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, is the third largest wire and…
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Active · founded 1927
Georgia-Pacific Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of paper-based consumer products, pulp, office…
Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc.
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
The largest manufacturer of automobile wheels in the world, Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
Helene Curtis Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Helene Curtis Industries, Inc.
Hershey Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1927
Hershey Foods Corporation holds the top position in the U.S.
Honeywell Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Honeywell Inc.
Keebler Foods Company
Active · founded 1927
Keebler Foods Company, majority owned by Flowers Industries, Inc., is the second largest cookie and cracker…
Kelsey-Hayes Group of Companies
Active · founded 1927
Absorbed: 1998 into LucasVarity's Light Vehicle Braking Systems SICs: 3714 Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories The…
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Based in Houston, Texas, Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Longview Fibre Company
Active · founded 1927
Longview Fibre Company owns and operates a pulp and paper mill as well as 16 container and bag plants in 11 states.
MAYFLOWER GROUP INC.
Active · founded 1927
Mayflower Group Inc.
Merck & Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1927
1940s:Merck's laboratories make a series of discoveries: vitamin B12, cortisone, streptomycin.
Northeast Utilities
Active · founded 1927
Northeast Utilities (NU) is New England's largest utility company.
O.C. Tanner Co.
Active · founded 1927
O.C.
Owens & Minor, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
The second-largest wholesale distributor of medical and surgical supplies in the United States, Owens & Minor, Inc.
Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Dissolved: December 1991 Over the course of its over six decades in operation, Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Quanex Corporation
Active · founded 1927
Quanex Corporation is a leading U.S.
Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
Riddell Sports Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Riddell Sports Inc.
Rose's Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Rose's Stores, Inc., operates a chain of more than a hundred discount stores in a region extending from Delaware to…
The Earthgrains Company
Active · founded 1927
The Earthgrains Company is the second largest bakery in the United States, supplying a variety of breads, buns, rolls,…
Ziff Communications Company
Active · founded 1927
Ziff Communications Company was a major force in American magazine publishing for more than 65 years.
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1927
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
A. Schulman, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Mid-1940s:[fs22]A.
Ace Hardware Corporation
Active · founded 1928
Ace Hardware Corporation is the second largest dealer-owned cooperative in the United States.
Allied Products Corporation
Active · founded 1928
Allied Products Corporation is a manufacturing company with a long history of producing diverse products for industrial…
BayBanks, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Total Assets: $10.2 billion Employees: 5,571 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State…
Bearings, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
With over 340 stocking branches, seven distribution centers, and 20 service shops in 40 states, Bearings, Inc.
Brookshire Grocery Company
Active · founded 1928
The Brookshire Grocery Company operates more than 100 supermarkets in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Bruce Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1928
Bruce Foods Corporation, headquartered in New Iberia, Louisiana, is one of the largest, privately-owned specialty food…
Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1928
s: 51312 Television Broadcasting; 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; 326113 Unsupported Plastics Film and…
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation
Active · founded 1928
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation (Coeur) is a global precious metals producer, specializing in the exploration,…
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Active · founded 1928
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the oldest and largest (174 acres) outdoor living history museum in the…
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
El Paso Corporation
Active · founded 1928
With over 55,000 miles of pipeline in its arsenal, El Paso Corporation--formerly known as El Paso Energy and the El…
El Paso Natural Gas Company
Active · founded 1928
El Paso Natural Gas Company owns and operates one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in North America.
FMC Corporation
Active · founded 1928
FMC Corporation is a leading producer of industrial and specialty chemicals and maintains interests in defense systems,…
First Security Corporation
Active · founded 1928
First Security Corporation, the oldest multistate bank holding company in the United States, operated 245 full-service…
General Mills, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
General Mills, Inc.
Genuine Parts Company
Active · founded 1928
Genuine Parts Company is one of the largest automobile parts suppliers in the United States, providing parts to about…
Gould Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Gould Electronics, Inc., is a designer and manufacturer of materials and components for use in the electrical and…
H. F. Ahmanson & Company
Active · founded 1928
Assets: $48.1 billion Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6035 Savings Institutions, Federally…
Harte-Hanks, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Harte-Hanks, Inc.
Huffy Corporation
Active · founded 1928
The largest manufacturer of bicycles in the world, Huffy Corporation is the parent company of four wholly owned…
JG Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
JG Industries, Inc., is the holding company for Goldblatt's Department Stores, one of Chicago's oldest discount…
Morrison Restaurants Inc.
Active · founded 1928
One of the companies responsible for bringing the cafeteria concept of dining to the Southern United States, Morrison…
Motorola, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Electronic communications pioneer Motorola, Inc.
Nalco Chemical Corporation
Active · founded 1928
With nearly one-fifth of the global market for water treatment chemicals, Nalco Chemical Company dominates that $3…
National Service Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
A much more diversified conglomerate prior to 2001, National Service Industries, Inc.
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., produces a wide range of specialty and commodity steel products.
Playskool, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Playskool, Inc.
Revere Ware Corporation
Active · founded 1928
Revere Ware Corporation manufactures one of America's best-known brands of cookware.
Reynolds Metals Company
Defunct · founded 1928
Reynolds Metals Company is the world's third largest aluminum and packaging company.
Rockwell International Corporation
Active · founded 1928
One of five companies in the United States supplying the federal government with military aircraft fighters and bombers…
Seaboard Corporation
Active · founded 1928
1960s-70s:Company builds flour mills in eastern and southeastern United States.
Stepan Company
Active · founded 1928
Stepan Company has carved out a highly specific niche market for itself by producing and supplying specialty and…
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.
Active · founded 1928
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P., a publicly traded limited partnership, is the third largest marketer of propane fuel…
The Copley Press, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Owned and operated by the namesake Copley family, The Copley Press, Inc.
The Drees Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
The Drees Company, Inc.
The Lubrizol Corporation
Active · founded 1928
The Lubrizol Corporation is one of the world's leading suppliers of performance chemicals, including specialty…
Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1928
In the 1990s, Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Transamerica Corporation
Active · founded 1928
Total Assets: $40.39 billion Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific London Amsterdam Basel Frankfurt Geneva Paris Tokyo…
Transamerica-An AEGON Company
Active · founded 1928
Total Assets: $13 billion (1999) NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers; 52413 Reinsurance Carriers; 53249 Other…
Transamerica-An AEGON Company
Active · founded 1928
Total Assets: $13 billion (1999) NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers; 52413 Reinsurance Carriers; 53249 Other…
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
W.W.
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1928
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
ACNielsen Corporation
Active · founded 1929
ACNielsen Corporation is the global leader in consumer research, offering comprehensive information that tracks sales,…
Advo, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Advo, Inc., is America's largest direct mail marketer, dispatching 16 million pieces of advertising to American homes…
Alleghany Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Alleghany Corporation operates as a diversified conglomerate with holdings related to insurance, industrial minerals,…
American Standard Companies Inc.
Active · founded 1929
American Standard Companies Inc.
Ameron International Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Ameron International Corporation is a manufacturer of highly engineered products that are sold to customers in the…
Avedis Zildjian Co.
Active · founded 1929
Avedis Zildjian Co.
Badger Paper Mills, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Badger Paper Mills, Inc.
Beneficial Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Beneficial Corporation is one of the oldest and largest consumer finance companies in the United States.
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Defunct · founded 1929
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (CVPS) is Vermont's largest utility.
Cintas Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Cintas Corporation is the leading supplier of rental uniforms in the United States, with a market share of around 25…
Columbus McKinnon Corporation
Active · founded 1929
With a history that spans more than a hundred years, Columbus McKinnon Corporation has made its reputation on the…
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Active · founded 1929
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CWC), built on two of the most esteemed names in American aviation history, has evolved…
Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Privately owned Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
Duncan Toys Company
Active · founded 1929
1930s:Duncan becomes the dominant yo-yo maker through the use of contests and demonstrators.
Dyersburg Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Dyersburg Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is a major textile manufacturer and the largest producer of knitted…
EASTERN ENTERPRISES
Active · founded 1929
Eastern Enterprises, a company with total assets of more than $1 billion, provides management and staff services to its…
Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Edison Brothers Stores, Inc., is a leading retailer, specializing in apparel, footwear, and entertainment.
Evans, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Evans, Inc.
Farmland Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Operating out of Kansas City, Missouri, Farmland Industries, Inc.
Federated Department Stores, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1929
With over 400 department stores in 33 states and a burgeoning direct-to-customer retail business, Federated Department…
First Bank System Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Total Assets: $26.4 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial…
GAF Corporation
Active · founded 1929
The GAF Corporation of the late 1990s essentially consists of its GAF Materials Corporation subsidiary, the largest…
Grumman Corporation
Active · founded 1929
The manufacturer of the U.S.
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
Hyster Company
Active · founded 1929
The Hyster Company is one of the leading forces in the North American lift truck industry.
Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.
Masco Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Masco Corporation is the world's largest faucet manufacturer as well as the leading U.S.
National Presto Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
National Presto Industries, Inc., based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is a leading manufacturer of small, electric kitchen…
National Steel Corporation
Active · founded 1929
The fourth largest steel producer in the United States, National Steel Corporation produces hot and cold rolled steel…
Nevada Power Company
Active · founded 1929
One of the fastest growing electric utilities in the United States, Nevada Power Company provided electric service to…
Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc.
Defunct · founded 1929
Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc.
Rockford Products Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Based in Rockford, Illinois, Rockford Products Corporation is a worldwide manufacturer, importer, and distributor of…
Sequa Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Sequa Corporation is a diversified industrial company that produces a broad range of aerospace products, printing and…
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
The Bon Ton Stores, Inc.
The Testor Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Based in Rockford, Illinois, The Testor Corporation manufactures a wide variety of products for plastic and metallic…
Thiokol Corporation
Defunct · founded 1929
Thiokol Corporation is the world's largest producer of solid rocket motors and other parts for the aerospace and…
Torchmark Corporation
Active · founded 1929
Torchmark Corporation is an insurance and diversified financial services holding company.
Triarc Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1929
Triarc Companies, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp
Active · founded 1929
Total Assets: $81.53 billion (1999) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: USB NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
Wachovia Bank of Georgia, N.A.
Active · founded 1929
Assets: $8 Billion (1995 est.) Employees: 730 SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks A…
Wachovia Bank of South Carolina, N.A.
Active · founded 1929
Assets: $7 billion (1995 est.) Employees: 4,113 SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial…
Welbilt Corp.
Active · founded 1929
Welbilt Corp., through its subsidiaries, is the largest manufacturer of cooking and warming equipment in North America.
Whirlpool Corporation
Active · founded 1929
From its beginning as a manufacturer of electrically powered clothes washers, Whirlpool Corporation has become the…
AMETEK, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
AMETEK, Inc.
Barnett Banks, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
In 1993 Business Week magazine called Barnett Banks, Inc., "Florida's most dynamic bank." Jacksonville-based Barnett…
Cargill Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Cargill Inc.
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Edwards Theatres Circuit, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Edwards Theatres Circuit, Inc.
Fisher-Price Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Fisher-Price Inc.
Interstate Bakeries Corporation
Active · founded 1930
Interstate Bakeries Corporation is the largest independent baker in the United States, producing breads and cakes in…
King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1930
King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc.
Loehmann's Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Loehmann's Inc.
McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.
Monfort, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Monfort, Inc., as part of its parent's ConAgra Red Meat Companies subsidiary, is one of the leading meat companies in…
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Pendleton Grain Growers Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Pendleton Grain Growers Inc.
Petrolite Corporation
Active · founded 1930
A leader and a pioneer in the oil field chemical industry, Petrolite Corporation manufactures specialty chemicals,…
Publix Super Markets Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Publix Super Markets Inc.
Roadway Express, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Roadway Express, Inc.
Rodale, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Rodale, Inc.
Southdown, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
One of the largest producers of cement and ready-mix concrete in the United States, Southdown, Inc.
Tecumseh Products Company
Active · founded 1930
Ticker Symbols: TECUA; TECUB NAIC: 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; 333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm…
Texas Instruments Inc.
Active · founded 1930
Texas Instruments Inc.
The Detroit Lions, Inc.
Active · founded 1930
1990s:The Lions reach the playoffs six times during the decade but fail to win an NFL title.
The Mead Corporation
Active · founded 1930
The Mead Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of paper (producing more than 1.7 million tons each…
The Ohio Art Company
Active · founded 1930
Headquartered in a small northwest Ohio town, The Ohio Art Company is best known for its classic drawing toy, the Etch…
United Technologies Automotive Inc.
Active · founded 1930
United Technologies Automotive is a global designer and supplier of components and systems for automotive manufacturers.
Westin Hotels and Resorts Worldwide
Active · founded 1930
Westin Hotels and Resorts Worldwide is the oldest hotel management company in North America and one of the most admired.
Baxter International Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Baxter International Inc.
Boise Cascade Corporation
Active · founded 1931
Boise Cascade Corporation has grown from a small local lumber company into a major manufacturer of wood products,…
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Active · founded 1931
Total Assets: $2.8 billion (2000) NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Brush Engineered Materials Inc.
Brush Wellman Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Brush Wellman Inc.
Hardinge Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Hardinge Inc., located in the city of Elmira, in Chemung County, New York, which is on the south-central border of…
Lucky Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Lucky Stores, Inc.
Noodle Kidoodle
Active · founded 1931
Noodle Kidoodle operates a chain of education-oriented toy stores with outlets in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois.
Serta, Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Serta, Inc.
Southwest Gas Corporation
Active · founded 1931
Southwest Gas Corporation is a natural gas utility serving one of the fastest growing regions of the United States.
Stanhome Inc.
Active · founded 1931
A pioneer in the direct-sales industry, Stanhome Inc.
The Allstate Corporation
Active · founded 1931
Total Assets: $80.91 billion (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago Ticker Symbol: ALL SICs: 6311 Life Insurance;…
Tillotson Corp.
Active · founded 1931
Tillotson Corp.
Value Line, Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Value Line, Inc.
Wall Drug Store, Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Wall Drug Store, Inc.
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Active · founded 1931
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Zondervan Corporation
Active · founded 1931
Zondervan Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers, is one of the largest Christian…
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Bashas' Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Bashas' Inc.
Beech Aircraft Corporation
Active · founded 1932
Best known for its line of Beechcraft propeller and jet airplanes, Beech Aircraft Corporation is one of several…
Blue Bird Corporation
Active · founded 1932
Blue Bird Corporation, based in Macon, Georgia, is the leading manufacturer of school buses in North America.
Bogen Communications International, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
With headquarters in New Jersey, Bogen Communications International, Inc., develops, manufactures, and markets…
Chock Full o'Nuts Corp.
Active · founded 1932
Chock Full o'Nuts Corp.
Deb Shops, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Deb Shops, Inc.
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Ethan Allen, Interiors, Inc.
Feld Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Feld Entertainment, Inc., formerly Irvin Feld & Kenneth Feld Productions, Inc., is one of the foremost live…
Gantos, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Gantos, Inc.
Harry Winston Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Harry Winston Inc.
Kerr-McGee Corporation
Defunct · founded 1932
From its beginning as a small drilling company during the Great Depression, Kerr-McGee Corporation has grown to become…
Lamb Weston, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
The largest producer of frozen potato products in the world, Lamb Weston, Inc.
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Since 1932 the Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Minyard Food Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Minyard Food Stores, Inc.
Morrison Knudsen Corporation
Defunct · founded 1932
Morrison Knudsen Corporation (MK) has long stood as one of the world's largest engineering and construction…
Newpark Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Newpark Resources, Inc.
PRESTON CORPORATION
Active · founded 1932
The Preston Corporation is a holding company for three trucking lines: Preston Trucking Company, Saia Motor Freight…
Peterson American Corporation
Active · founded 1932
Peterson American Corporation (PAC) is a leading manufacturer of springs and related products.
Petrie Stores Corporation
Active · founded 1932
Petrie Stores Corporation, a major retailer of women's apparel, operates stores under a variety of names, including…
Premcor Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Premcor Inc.
Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc.
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
S.C.
Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., a subsidiary of The Kroger Company, is a leading regional supermarket chain…
Southern Union Company
Active · founded 1932
Southern Union Company is a publicly owned international holding company for public utilities and other energy-related…
The Golub Corporation
Active · founded 1932
"Successful, innovative, and civic-minded" are terms that describe well The Golub Corporation of Schenectady, New York.
The Krystal Company
Active · founded 1932
The Krystal Company develops, operates, and franchises a chain of fast-food hamburger restaurants in the southeastern…
The Rival Company
Active · founded 1932
The Rival Company is a leading manufacturer and marketer of small household and personal care appliances, as well as…
Tri Valley Growers
Active · founded 1932
Tri Valley Growers is a leading U.S.
Unitog Co.
Active · founded 1932
Unitog Co.
Valhi, Inc.
Active · founded 1932
Valhi, Inc.
American Tourister, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
American Tourister, Inc., is one of the oldest and best-known luggage brands in the United States.
Ariens Company
Active · founded 1933
Ariens Company is a leading manufacturer of lawn mowers, garden tractors and tillers, and snow blowers.
Big Bear Stores Co.
Active · founded 1933
Big Bear Stores Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Traffic Co., is a regional grocery chain operating 65…
Broughton Foods Co.
Active · founded 1933
Broughton Foods Co.
Campbell-Mithun-Esty, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Gross Billings: $500 million (1995 est.) SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies Campbell-Mithun-Esty, Inc.
Campbell-Mithun-Esty, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Gross Billings: $500 million (1995 est.) SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies Campbell-Mithun-Esty, Inc.
Casco Northern Bank
Active · founded 1933
Total Assets: $1.2 billion SICs: 6021 National Commercial Bank Known as "The Bank of Maine," Casco Northern Bank has…
E. & J. Gallo Winery
Active · founded 1933
E.
Ellett Brothers, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
A leading national distributor of outdoor sporting goods, Ellett Brothers, Inc.
Fritz Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Fritz Companies is one of the largest firms in the integrated logistics field.
Goody Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Goody Products, Inc.
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Active · founded 1933
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of bromine and brominated chemical…
Haggen Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Haggen Inc.
Jim Beam Brands Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Jim Beam Brands Worldwide, Inc.
Latrobe Brewing Company
Active · founded 1933
Latrobe Brewing Company brews Rolling Rock beer, one of the leading brands in the United States.
Marsh Supermarkets, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Marsh Supermarkets, Inc.
Monsanto Company
Active · founded 1933
An agricultural and pharmaceutical stalwart, Monsanto Company is a leading producer of herbicides, prescription drugs,…
NBD Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Total Assets: $45 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks;…
Navy Federal Credit Union
Active · founded 1933
Total Assets: $10 billion (1999) NAIC: 52213 Credit Unions Navy Federal Credit Union has been the world's largest…
Newcor, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Newcor, Inc., with corporate headquarters located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is a manufacturing company that is…
Potter & Brumfield Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Potter & Brumfield Inc.
Revlon Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Revlon Inc.
Seaman Furniture Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Seaman Furniture Company, Inc., a high-volume retailer targeted to appeal to the price-conscious middle-income…
Southern States Cooperative Incorporated
Active · founded 1933
Southern States Cooperative Incorporated is one of the largest farmer cooperatives in the United States and operates…
St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives
Active · founded 1933
Assets: $1.76 billion SICs: 6111 Federal and Federally-Sponsored Credit Agencies The St.
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
Active · founded 1933
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (D&B) is the leading provider of business information worldwide, priding itself on its…
The Timberland Company
Active · founded 1933
Early 1980s:An Italian craze for Timberland boots turns Timberland into a fashion brand and ignites an explosion in…
Trinity Industries, Incorporated
Active · founded 1933
Trinity Industries, Incorporated, is a diversified manufacturer of heavy metal products.
U.S. News and World Report Inc.
Active · founded 1933
U.S.
Walden Book Company Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Walden Book Company Inc., a subsidiary of the Borders Group, Inc., is a leading U.S.
Western Atlas Inc.
Active · founded 1933
Providing oil field and factory automation services around the globe, Western Atlas Inc.
Wilbert, Inc.
Active · founded 1933
The Wilbert name has been a fixture in the funeral services industry since the early 1900s, though the company went…
AMR Corporation
Active · founded 1934
AMR Corporation is a holding company whose principal subsidiary is American Airlines, Inc., which was founded in 1934.
Associated Grocers, Incorporated
Active · founded 1934
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Associated Grocers, Incorporated, is a retailer-owned cooperative that…
Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
A leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of laboratory instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc., sells a broad…
Central Newspapers, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
Central Newspapers, Inc.
Cleco Corporation
Active · founded 1934
Cleco Corporation, which employs over 1,400 people, is a major provider of electricity and related services to…
Continental Airlines, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
Continental Airlines, Inc.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Donnkenny, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
Donnkenny, Inc., a holding company, designs, manufactures, imports, and markets a broad line of moderately priced…
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
Federal Prison Industries, Inc., which is known by the trade name UNICOR, is a federal government-owned corporation…
Golden State Vintners, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
Located in northern California, Golden State Vintners, Inc.
Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
King Ranch, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
King Ranch, Inc.
L.L. Bean, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
L.L.
Madden's on Gull Lake
Active · founded 1934
Minnesota-based Madden's on Gull Lake is a premier family and golf resort that has served guests for over 60 years and…
Meijer Incorporated
Active · founded 1934
Meijer Incorporated, according to Forbes magazine,"is one of the 15 largest growing private companies" in the United…
Muzak, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
A fixture of the American soundscape, Muzak, Inc.
National Wine & Spirits, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
With corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, National Wine & Spirits, Inc.
Ryder System, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
The largest provider of transportation services in the world, Ryder System, Inc.
The Boeing Company
Active · founded 1934
The Boeing Company is the largest aerospace company in the world, thanks to its 1997 merger with McDonnell Douglas…
The Gorman-Rupp Company
Active · founded 1934
1940s:The company develops a solids handling trash pump with a removable endplate.
Towers Perrin
Defunct · founded 1934
Towers Perrin is one of the world's largest management consultant firms, serving about 10,000 clients, among them some…
UAL Corporation
Active · founded 1934
UAL Corporation is the holding company for United Airlines, Inc., the world's largest airline, which flies 240,000…
United Technologies Corporation
Active · founded 1934
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) is one of the largest conglomerates in the United States and a major military…
Vista Bakery, Inc.
Active · founded 1934
Vista Bakery, Inc.
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1935
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
American Furniture Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1935
Recognized as one of the largest retail home furnishing companies in the southwest United States, American Furniture…
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1935
Arrow Electronics, Inc., is the world's largest distributor of electronic components and computer products and a…
CAE USA Inc.
Active · founded 1935
CAE USA Inc., formerly known as Reflectone, is one of the few remaining producers of full-fledged flight simulators for…
CUNA Mutual Group
Active · founded 1935
Total Assets: $2.28 billion (2002) NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers; 524114 Direct Health and Medical…
Duracell International Inc.
Active · founded 1935
Duracell International Inc., owned by The Gillette Company, is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of…
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Active · founded 1935
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation is one of the top names in ice cream in the northeastern United States.
Giant Food Inc.
Active · founded 1935
From its Depression-era beginnings as Giant Food Shopping Center Inc., Giant Food Inc.
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
Active · founded 1935
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1935
Billings: $5.4 billion worldwide (1996) SICs: 7311 Advertising Agency No other advertising agency in the world has…
Movie Star Inc.
Active · founded 1935
The company incorporated in 1935 as Industrial Undergarment Corp.
Nordson Corporation
Active · founded 1935
Nordson Corporation is a leading manufacturer of precision dispensing equipment that apply liquid and powder coatings,…
Raley's Inc.
Active · founded 1935
Raley's Inc.
Webber Oil Company
Active · founded 1935
Webber Oil Company, based in Bangor, Maine, is a major wholesaler of home heating fuels and gasoline in Maine and New…
Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Based in Decatur, Alabama, Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc.
Allied Signal Engines
Active · founded 1936
Allied Signal Engines evolved from the Garrett Corporation, one of the nation's leading manufacturers of aircraft power…
American Water Works Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
American Water Works Company, Inc.
Archway Cookies, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Archway Cookies, Inc.
Caltex Petroleum Corporation
Active · founded 1936
Caltex Petroleum Corporation is the world's largest and most successful joint venture in business history.
Cargill, Incorporated
Active · founded 1936
Cargill, Incorporated is the largest private corporation in the United States.
Clare Rose Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Privately owned Clare Rose Inc.
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Consumers Union
Active · founded 1936
Consumers Union is the nonprofit organization that publishes the monthly magazine Consumer Reports, dedicated to…
Dobson Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1936
Dobson Communications Corporation is the ninth largest provider of wireless services in the United States, serving 1.6…
Donnelly Corporation
Active · founded 1936
Donnelly Corporation is a supplier of automotive components, ranking as the largest manufacturer of automotive mirrors…
Engraph, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Engraph, Inc., an innovative packaging company that converts paper, paperboard, and plastics into packaging material,…
GEICO Corporation
Active · founded 1936
The GEICO Corporation is a holding company for a number of insurance companies, primarily the Government Employees…
Gold Kist Inc.
Active · founded 1936
The second largest poultry processor in the United States, Gold Kist Inc.
Graham Corporation
Active · founded 1936
Graham Corporation is a Batavia, New York-based, publicly traded, maker of vacuum and heat transfer equipment, with…
Grolier Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Grolier Inc.
Jack Schwartz Shoes, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Although Jack Schwartz Shoes, Inc.
Kal Kan Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Kal Kan Foods, Inc.
Mikasa, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
A fast-growing retailer and wholesaler, Mikasa, Inc.
Outboard Marine Corporation
Active · founded 1936
Outboard Marine Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of outboard motors and second largest…
Recoton Corp.
Active · founded 1936
Recoton Corp.
Roseburg Forest Products Company
Active · founded 1936
Roseburg Forest Products Company is one of the largest private lumber companies in the United States.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Active · founded 1936
Operating Revenues: $73 million (2003 est.) NAIC: 541310 Architectural Services; 541330 Engineering Services; 541990…
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
St. Joe Paper Company
Active · founded 1936
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 2631 Paperboard Mills; 2061 Cane Sugar Except Refining The St.
Tambrands Inc.
Active · founded 1936
Tambrands Inc.
Tejon Ranch Company
Active · founded 1936
The Tejon Ranch Company, at the southern end of California's Central Valley, is the largest and one of the oldest…
The Ford Foundation
Active · founded 1936
Total Assets: $11 billion (1999 est.) NAIC: 813211 Grantmaking Foundations 1950s:International funding begins.
The Lamaur Corporation
Active · founded 1936
The Lamaur Corporation, headquartered in Minneapolis, is a producer and marketer of personal hair care products,…
The St. Joe Company
Active · founded 1936
The St.
Vornado Realty Trust
Active · founded 1936
Vornado Realty Trust is a real-estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, leases, develops, and manages real-estate…
CAROLINA FREIGHT CORPORATION
Active · founded 1937
Carolina Freight Corporation is the holding company for several general freight trucking operations.
Carma Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
1940s:Fuel and ingredient shortages the hinder production of Carmex during World War II.
Handleman Company
Active · founded 1937
Handleman Company is one of the largest U.S.
Hensel Phelps Construction Company
Active · founded 1937
Hensel Phelps Construction Company operates as one of the largest private construction companies in the United States.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
Late 1950s:There are 29 Krispy Kreme shops in 12 states.
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Active · founded 1937
Total Assets: $8.6 billion (2004) NAIC: 813211 Grantmaking Foundations Operating out of Indianapolis, Indiana, Lilly…
National Record Mart, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1937
With origins in the late 1930s, National Record Mart, Inc.
Polaroid Corporation
Active · founded 1937
Polaroid Corporation, founded on Edwin H.
Richfood Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
Richfood Holdings, Inc.
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Active · founded 1937
Shriners Hospitals for Children is a nonprofit subsidiary of The Shrine fraternal organization, which in turn is…
Smith International, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
1920s:Smith's company, now known as H.C.
Townsends, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
Townsends, Inc., is a private, family-owned, Wilmington, Delaware-based poultry company that processes nearly 625…
Tultex Corporation
Active · founded 1937
The Tultex Corporation is a leading marketer of fleeced sportswear and licensed sports apparel.
US Airways Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
US Airways Group, Inc.
Ukrop's Super Market's, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
Ukrop's Super Market's, Inc.
Vance Publishing Corporation
Active · founded 1937
Vance Publishing Corporation has been producing specialized trade magazines since 1937.
W.B Doner & Co.
Active · founded 1937
1960s:Memorable slogans include "They plump whey you cook 'em" for Hygrade.
Waddell & Reed, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
Total Assets: $5.93 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York (pending) SICs: 6311 Life Insurance; 6331 Fire, Marine &…
Washington Football, Inc.
Active · founded 1937
Washington Football, Inc.
Westerbeke Corporation
Active · founded 1937
For the most part, Westerbeke continued to focus on internal growth in the 1990s, as it had throughout its history.
Allegheny Ludlum Corporation
Active · founded 1938
Allegheny Ludlum Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of specialty steel and other specialty metals in the…
Avondale Industries
Active · founded 1938
The primary business of Avondale Industries is the construction, repair, conversion, and 'jumboization' of ships,…
Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc., is a leading producer and exporter of evaporative cooler and heat transfer equipment.
Carlson Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Carlson Companies, Inc.
Columbia Sportswear Company
Active · founded 1938
The largest outerwear manufacturer in the world, Columbia Sportswear Company designs, manufactures, and markets outdoor…
Edelbrock Corporation
Active · founded 1938
Edelbrock Corporation manufactures and markets specialty performance automotive and motorcycle parts.
Engelhard Corporation
Active · founded 1938
Engelhard Corporation is a leading supplier of catalysts used in the petroleum, chemical, and food industries.
Fannie Mae
Active · founded 1938
Total Assets: $675.07 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: FNM NAIC: 522298 All Other Non-Depository…
Hawkins Chemical, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Hawkins Chemical, Inc.
Helmsley Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Beleaguered as it has been since Leona Helmsley's 1989 indictment and eventual conviction and imprisonment on charges…
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
One of the 15 largest supermarket chains in the United States, Hy-Vee, Inc.
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Litton Industries, is a leading supplier and servicer of marine vessels to the…
Ingram Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Ingram Industries, Inc.
Kennametal Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Kennametal Inc.
Koret of California, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Koret of California, Inc., has been making moderately priced apparel for women since 1938.
Littelfuse, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
2,845 Sales: $275.2 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: LFUS SICs: 3613 Switchgear & Switchboard…
March of Dimes
Active · founded 1938
The March of Dimes is one of the most successful and well-known nonprofit foundations in the United States.
Molex Incorporated
Active · founded 1938
Late 1940s:Krehbiel's son, John H.
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Schneider National, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Schneider National, Inc.
The Walt Disney Company
Active · founded 1938
A colossal force in the entertainment industry, The Walt Disney Company (Disney) is best known for bringing decades of…
Thermo King Corporation
Active · founded 1938
Thermo King Corporation, a technological leader in mobile temperature control, revolutionized the eating habits of the…
Bou-Matic
Active · founded 1939
Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Bou-Matic is a leading dairy equipment manufacturer that serves both domestic and…
Bridgeport Machines, Inc.
Active · founded 1939
Bridgeport Machines, Inc., is the leading manufacturer of manual milling machines, surface grinders, and…
COMFORCE Corporation
Active · founded 1939
COMFORCE Corporation is a leading provider of specialty staffing, consulting, and outsourcing solutions focused on the…
Covanta Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1939
Covanta Energy Corporation develops and operates waste-to-energy (WTE) power projects and also owns and operates…
Foster Poultry Farms
Active · founded 1939
Long the leading poultry producer in California, Foster Poultry Farms has expanded its operations into Washington and…
Jacobson Stores Inc.
Active · founded 1939
Jacobson Stores Inc.
Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1939
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 2721 Periodicals The Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc., is the largest American publisher…
Mercury Marine Group
Active · founded 1939
Mercury Marine Group is a leading global manufacturer of marine propulsion systems.
NASD
Active · founded 1939
NASD (formerly known as the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.) is the leading private-sector provider of…
Neuberger Berman Inc.
Renamed · founded 1939
Total Assets: $4.1 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: NEU NAIC: 523120 Securities Brokerage;…
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Active · founded 1939
Northrop Grumman Corporation is the number three defense firm in the United States, behind The Boeing Company and…
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company
Active · founded 1939
The Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company is one of the leading metals processing and distribution companies in the United…
Rose Acre Farms, Inc.
Active · founded 1939
The year 2002 saw the firm introduce an improved milk replacement product for dry animal feed that used the inedible…
Sara Lee Corporation
Active · founded 1939
Sara Lee Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of brand-name consumer packaged goods within three…
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Active · founded 1939
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation is the world's leading producer of analytical instruments used in military operations,…
W. H. Brady Co.
Active · founded 1939
W.
Western Company of North America
Active · founded 1939
The Western Company of North America is one of the most prominent and innovative companies in the oil and gas services…
World's Finest Chocolate Inc.
Active · founded 1939
1950s:World's Finest Chocolate Ltd.
Worthington Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1939
Worthington Foods, Inc., has grown from a tiny manufacturer of specialty foods into a leader of the U.S.
Aeroquip Corporation
Active · founded 1940
With operations on five continents, Aeroquip Corporation ranks among the world's largest producers of industrial hoses,…
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Active · founded 1940
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Arden Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1940
The Arden Group, Inc.
Bates Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1940
Gross Billings: $7.7 billion (1998) NAIC: 54181 Advertising Agencies; 54183 Media Buying Agencies; 54189 Other Services…
Bekins Company
Active · founded 1940
The Bekins Company is a leader in the moving and storage industry.
Century Theatres, Inc.
Active · founded 1940
Century Theatres, Inc.
Grede Foundries, Inc.
Active · founded 1940
Grede Foundries, Inc.
Rohr Incorporated
Active · founded 1940
Rohr Incorporated is the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft engine parts, including nacelles, cowlings, pylons,…
Sauder Woodworking Company
Active · founded 1940
1990s:Company invests heavily in new production facilities.
Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Active · founded 1941
1940s:Exchange Service goes to war; catalog ordering is introduced.
Black Hills Corporation
Active · founded 1941
A public utility holding company, Black Hills Corporation is involved in three principal businesses: electric utility…
Coach, Inc.
Active · founded 1941
Late 1970s/Early 1980s:[fsps*7]Company begins a mail-order business and opens its first specialty stores.
GE Aircraft Engines
Active · founded 1941
The GE Aircraft Engines unit of the General Electric Company is the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft propulsion…
Jay Jacobs, Inc.
Active · founded 1941
Jay Jacobs, Inc.
Kaydon Corporation
Active · founded 1941
With more than a decade of nearly unbroken sales and earnings growth, Kaydon Corporation has been quietly building an…
La-Z-Boy Incoporated
Active · founded 1941
La-Z-Boy Incorporated is the largest independent manufacturer of upholstered furniture in the United States and third…
P&C Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1941
P&C Foods Inc.
Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc.
Active · founded 1941
Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc.
Quaker Fabric Corp.
Active · founded 1941
Quaker Fabric Corp.
Sunburst Hospitality Corporation
Active · founded 1941
Sunburst Hospitality Corporation is one of the top ten publicly owned real estate companies involved in building and…
Timex Corporation
Active · founded 1941
Timex Corporation has manufactured the largest-selling watch brand in the United States since the 1960s.
Turtle Wax, Inc.
Active · founded 1941
Turtle Wax, Inc.
United Service Organizations
Active · founded 1941
The United Service Organizations (USO) is a nonprofit corporation that operates various support services for people…
York Research Corporation
Active · founded 1941
York Research Corporation develops, constructs, owns, and operates electric power and thermal generation (cogeneration)…
Aerojet-General Corp.
Active · founded 1942
Aerojet-General Corp.
Amphenol Corporation
Active · founded 1942
Amphenol Corporation manufactures interconnect products--cable and connectors.
Big V Supermarkets, Inc.
Active · founded 1942
Operator of a leading supermarket chain in the northeastern United States, Big V Supermarkets, Inc.
Bohemia, Inc.
Active · founded 1942
Until its assets were acquired by Willamette Industries Inc., Bohemia, Inc.
CITY PUBLIC SERVICE
Active · founded 1942
City Public Service is San Antonio's municipally owned natural gas and electric utility, one of approximately 2,000…
CPI Corp.
Active · founded 1942
CPI Corp.
Consolidated Natural Gas Company
Active · founded 1942
Operating Revenues: $3.79 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 4924 Natural Gas Distribution; 4922 Natural…
Dover Publications Inc.
Active · founded 1942
Dover Publications Inc.
Foote, Cone & Belding Worldwide
Active · founded 1942
With a history dating back to 1873, Foote, Cone & Belding Worldwide is one of the oldest providers of advertising and…
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1942
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., is the world's largest African American-owned publishing company.
Koch Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1942
Koch Industries, Inc., a diversified petrochemical company, is the second-largest privately held firm in the United…
OEC Medical Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1942
OEC Medical Systems, Inc.
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.
Active · founded 1942
When Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.
Uncle Ben's Inc.
Active · founded 1942
A subsidiary of Mars, Inc., Uncle Ben's Inc.
Wood-Mode, Inc.
Active · founded 1942
Wood-Mode, Inc.
Bremer Financial Corp.
Active · founded 1943
Total Assets: $5 billion (2001 est.) NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding Companies Bremer Financial Corp., a bank…
Cascade Corporation
Active · founded 1943
Cascade Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Fairview, Oregon, that manufactures forklift attachments,…
Cole's Quality Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1943
1940s-50s:Cole expands his product line and opens several more retail outlets.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Active · founded 1943
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., has published one of the world's finest encyclopedias for more than two centuries.
Ply Gem Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1943
Ply Gem Industries Inc.
Salton, Inc.
Active · founded 1943
Salton, Inc.
Taylor Publishing Company
Active · founded 1943
1970s-80s:Taylor broadens range of publications, begins distribution of other publishers.
Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation
Active · founded 1943
Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation is the controlling body for a group of companies that operate and/or franchise a…
American Greetings Corporation
Active · founded 1944
Founded in 1906 as a small Cleveland jobber's shop, American Greetings Corporation, which advertises itself as "the…
Ampex Corporation
Active · founded 1944
Ampex Corporation is among the world leaders in the fields of magnetic recording, digital image processing, and…
Blessings Corp.
Active · founded 1944
Blessings Corp.
HON INDUSTRIES Inc.
Active · founded 1944
HON INDUSTRIES Inc.
Koppers Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1944
Although Koppers Industries, Inc.
Mesaba Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1944
Mesaba Holdings, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Mesaba Aviation, Inc.
NSF International
Active · founded 1944
NSF International is a world leader in the testing and certification of products that affect the safety of water, food,…
Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.
Active · founded 1944
Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.
Quality Chekd Dairies, Inc.
Active · founded 1944
Based in Naperville, Illinois, Quality Chekd Dairies, Inc.
Tech-Sym Corporation
Active · founded 1944
When Tech-Sym Corporation was purchased by Veritas Capital Fund L.P.'s Integrated Defense Technologies (IDT) unit in…
The Parsons Corporation
Active · founded 1944
The Parsons Corporation is a leading international planning, engineering, and construction firm with operations in 46…
Topco Associates LLC
Active · founded 1944
After the agreement was finalized, Topco would have 54 members.
Value Merchants Inc.
Active · founded 1944
Value Merchants Inc.'s Everything's A Dollar subsidiary operated more than 250 discount stores throughout the nation…
ANR Pipeline Co.
Active · founded 1945
ANR Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of the Coastal Corporation, operates one of the largest interstate natural gas…
Albertson's, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
1950s:Company expands into Washington, Utah, Oregon, and Montana.
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Bozzuto's, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Bozzuto's, Inc.
Clougherty Packing Company
Active · founded 1945
Clougherty Packing Company is the West Coast's leading pork packer, making products sold under the Farmer John brand…
Crown Equipment Corporation
Active · founded 1945
Crown Equipment Corporation is one of the world's top ten manufacturers of industrial lift trucks and ranks as…
Dale Carnegie Training, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Based on Dale Carnegie's classic self-help book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, family-owned and -run Dale…
Do it Best Corporation
Active · founded 1945
Founded in 1945 as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc.
Group Health Cooperative
Active · founded 1945
Group Health Cooperative (GHC) is a health maintenance organization (HMO) serving nearly 600,000 enrollees in…
Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
1960s:The company is renamed Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc.
Horace Mann Educators Corporation
Active · founded 1945
Total Assets: $3.86 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges:New York SICs:6331 Fire, Marine, & Casualty Insurance; 6311 Life…
Indiana Energy, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Indiana Energy, Inc.
Johnsonville Sausage L.L.C.
Active · founded 1945
Johnsonville Sausage L.L.C.
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
1950s:Company enters retailing at its Baltimore factory then at a Washington, D.C., store.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Total Assets: $17 billion (2001) NAIC: 524114 Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers; 621999 All Other…
Kaman Corp.
Active · founded 1945
Kaman Corp.
Lifetime Hoan Corporation
Active · founded 1945
Lifetime Hoan Corporation designs, markets, and distributes household cutlery, kitchenware, cutting boards, and…
Poof-Slinky, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
1950s:Slinky Train, Dog, and other variations are introduced.
R.C. Bigelow, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
R.C.
Revell-Monogram Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Revell-Monogram Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hallmark Cards Inc.'s Binney & Smith unit, is the largest plastic…
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Schreiber Foods, Inc., is the largest privately held cheese company in the world.
Slim-Fast Foods Company
Active · founded 1945
Slim-Fast Foods Company sells its popular meal replacement shakes, drink powders, snack bars, and meals throughout the…
Stone Manufacturing Company
Active · founded 1945
Stone Manufacturing Company is one of the leading producers of men and women's clothing in the United States, and owns…
Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc., is the leading manufacturer of built-in refrigerators, which can be fronted with cabinetry…
Texas Utilities Company
Active · founded 1945
Texas Utilities Company is a holding company with six wholly owned subsidiaries, the largest of which is Texas…
The Minute Maid Company
Active · founded 1945
The Minute Maid Company claims to be the world's leading marketer of juices and juice drinks.
Woodcraft Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1945
Woodcraft Industries Inc., founded in 1945, is one of the country's premier manufacturers of hardwood volume and…
Air Express International Corporation
Active · founded 1946
A diverse transportation and logistics concern, Connecticut-based Air Express International Corporation (AEI) faced the…
Airborne Freight Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Airborne Freight Corporation is the third largest express delivery company in the United States.
Alfa Corporation
Active · founded 1946
The disclosure certainly did no serious harm to Alfa's reputation.
Aloha Airlines, Incorporated
Active · founded 1946
Aloha Airlines, Incorporated occupies a special place in the sun.
Arthur Murray International, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Arthur Murray International, Inc.
Aspen Skiing Company
Active · founded 1946
Founded in 1946, Aspen Skiing Company is headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, a small town in the Roaring Fork Valley of…
Avis Rent A Car, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Avis Rent A Car, Inc.
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Based in the small town of Lockport, Louisiana, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.
CRSS INC.
Active · founded 1946
CRSS began as a two-partner architectural firm in Austin in 1946, and over the following decades grew into one of the…
Carvel Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Carvel Corporation is a wholesaler and retailer of frozen desserts, as well as a franchisor of frozen dessert outlets.
Cato Corporation
Active · founded 1946
The Cato Corporation owns a chain of approximately 678 women's apparel stores in 22 U.S.
Daniel Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Daniel Industries, Inc.
DynCorp
Defunct · founded 1946
DynCorp, one of the largest employee-owned firms in the United States, has not been a very high-profile company, yet…
Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc., commonly known as Emery Worldwide, is an integrated air freight carrier that provides…
FMR Corp.
Active · founded 1946
Total Assets: $765.2 billion (1998) NAIC: 52392 Portfolio Management (pt); 52393 Invest-ment Advice; 52312 Securities…
Fidelity Investments Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Total Assets: $373.6 billion SICs: 6282 Investment Advice Fidelity Investments Inc.
Frontier Airlines, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Frontier Airlines, Inc.
G. Leblanc Corporation
Active · founded 1946
The G.
Galyan's Trading Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Galyan's Trading Company, Inc.
Gart Sports Company
Active · founded 1946
Appropriately headquartered in the recreation haven of Colorado, Gart Sports Company is the second largest sporting…
GlobalSantaFe Corporation
Active · founded 1946
GlobalSantaFe Corporation (GSF) is the world's second largest offshore drilling contractor.
Gordon Food Service Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Gordon Food Service Inc.
Gray Communications Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Established in 1946 by James H.
Guilford Mills Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Guilford Mills Inc.
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Hilton Hotels Corporation is a leading hospitality company that owns, manages, and franchises over 2,000 hotels across…
Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc.
House of Fabrics, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
House of Fabrics, Inc.
Iams Company
Active · founded 1946
Iams Company is a manufacturer of premium dog and cat foods which are distributed only through veterinarians, animal…
J.H. Findorff and Son, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
J.H.
Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., one of the largest, privately owned grocery chains in the nation, operates in…
Kelly Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Kelly Services, Inc.
Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1946
Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.
Kenmore Air Harbor Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Kenmore Air Harbor Inc.
Leprino Foods Company
Active · founded 1946
Leprino Foods Company, owned by the Leprino family, is the largest producer of mozzarella cheese in the United States.
Lithia Motors, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Lithia Motors, Inc.
Long John Silver's
Active · founded 1946
World War II Years Lederer is forced to close ten of his 13 White Tavern Shoppes because of shortages.
Longs Drug Stores Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Longs Drug Stores Corporation is one of the top ten drugstore chains in the United States, with more than 370 stores in…
M.A. Bruder & Sons, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
M.A.
Maxco Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Maxco Inc., is a mini-conglomerate of four active subsidiaries and two divisions that has invested in three primary…
McDermott International, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
McDermott International, Inc.
Merillat Industries, LLC
Active · founded 1946
Merillat Industries, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Masco Corporation, is the largest manufacturer of cabinetry for…
Mestek, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Mestek, Inc., is a leading manufacturer of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems for industrial,…
Methode Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Methode Electronics, Inc.
Michael Baker Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Operating Revenues: $403.2 million (2001) Stock Exchanges: American Ticker Symbol: BKR NAIC: 213112 Support Activities…
Michigan Sporting Goods Distributors, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Michigan Sporting Goods Distributors, Inc.
Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation is one of the Houston-Galveston area's leading real estate developers and one…
National Amusements Inc.
Defunct · founded 1946
One of the ten largest U.S.-based movie theater chains, National Amusements Inc.
Navy Exchange Service Command
Active · founded 1946
The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) operates various types of retail outlets for the benefits of Naval…
Oakwood Homes Corporation
Active · founded 1946
With about six percent of the highly fragmented $9.4 billion (retail) market, Oakwood Homes Corporation is America's…
Oil-Dri Corporation of America
Active · founded 1946
Oil-Dri Corporation of America makes and markets leading sorbent products for use by individual, industrial,…
OmniSource Corporation
Active · founded 1946
OmniSource Corporation is one of the largest scrap metal processors in the nation, with more than 20 trading offices,…
Oshman's Sporting Goods, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Creator of a unique retail format in the sporting goods industry, Oshman's Sporting Goods, Inc.
Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.
Pall Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Pall Corporation is the largest manufacturer of filtration, separation, and purification products in the world.
Paul Mueller Company
Active · founded 1946
Based in Springfield, Missouri, Paul Mueller Company is a global manufacturer of stainless steel tanks and equipment…
Premier Industrial Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Premier Industrial Corporation is one of the United States' largest broad-line electronics distributors.
SRI International, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
SRI International, Inc.
Safe Flight Instrument Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Safe Flight Instrument Corporation produces a wide array of devices to make flying safer and more manageable.
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., operates one of the largest scrap metal recycling businesses in the United States,…
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation
Active · founded 1946
1970s:The company closes approximately 30 Charter House motor lodges in the United States.
Stryker Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Stryker Corporation develops and manufactures specialty surgical and medical products for health care markets around…
Sundt Corp.
Active · founded 1946
A major general contractor in the United States and abroad, Tucson-based Sundt Corp.
Tektronix, Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Tektronix, Inc., founded in 1946, is the world's leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes--instruments used to measure and…
The Antioch Company
Active · founded 1946
The Antioch Company is one of the largest manufacturers of book-related products, producing and distributing diaries,…
The Dreyfus Corporation
Active · founded 1946
A subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation, The Dreyfus Corporation is a leading mutual fund company, managing some…
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Active · founded 1946
Founded in 1946 by Estée Lauder and her husband Joseph, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
The Tranzonic Companies
Active · founded 1946
The Tranzonic Companies manufactures personal care products, wiping and cleaning goods, safety products, and washroom…
The Tranzonic Cos.
Active · founded 1946
The Tranzonic Cos.
Tonka Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Tonka Corporation has a long history as America's premier manufacturer of toy trucks.
Tupperware Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Tupperware Corporation, whose well-known Tupperware parties have spread to more than 100 countries, is one of the…
WMS Industries, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1946
WMS Industries, Inc.
World Bank Group
Active · founded 1946
Total Assets: $23 billion (1999) NAIC: 522293 International Trade Financing; 52211 Commercial Banking The World Bank…
AARP
Active · founded 1947
AARP (The American Association of Retired Persons) is a not-for-profit association with 33 million members, a…
Aceto Corp.
Active · founded 1947
Aceto Corp.
Andrew Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Andrew Corporation is an international supplier of communications equipment, systems, and services.
Aon Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Chicago-based Aon Corporation is one of the largest insurance brokerage and consulting companies in the world.
Aris Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
During a checkered career the company known in the mid-1990s as Aris Industries, Inc.
Arrow Air Holdings Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Arrow Air Holdings Corporation owns Arrow Air, Inc., which is the fourth largest cargo airline in the United States and…
Bel Fuse, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Originally an automobile fuse maker, Bel Fuse, Inc.
Big Y Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Big Y Foods, Inc., headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, owns and operates a retail supermarket chain in…
Boyne USA Resorts
Active · founded 1947
Boyne USA Resorts is one of the leading operators of ski and golf resorts in North America.
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, based in Dover, Delaware, is a small, diversified utility company involved in four…
Cohu, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Cohu, Inc.
Cumberland Packing Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Cumberland Packing Corporation is a relatively small, family-run business, yet it has been a major player in the…
Current, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Current, Inc.
Dal-Tile International Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Dal-Tile International Inc.
EG & G Incorporated
Active · founded 1947
EG & G Incorporated is a diversified technology company that develops and provides products for public and private…
Educational Testing Service
Active · founded 1947
Educational Testing Service (ETS) is the world's largest administrator of standardized tests and a leader in…
Emge Packing Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1947
The Emge Packing Co., Inc.
Farah Incorporated
Active · founded 1947
Farah Incorporated is a leading manufacturer and marketer of medium-priced men's and boys' apparel, with a particular…
Fred's, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Fred's, Inc.
Frisch's Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Frisch's Restaurants, Inc., an Ohio corporation engaged in the food service and lodging business, is probably best…
General Binding Corporation
Active · founded 1947
General Binding Corp.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Active · founded 1947
Ticker Symbols: HWP (2001); HPQ (2002) NAIC: 334111 Electronic Computer Manufacturing; 334112 Computer Storage Device…
Holly Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Holly Corporation is an independent oil refiner based in Dallas, Texas.
Hughes Supply, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 5063 Electrical Apparatus and Equipment; 5074 Plumbing and Hydronic Heating Supplies;…
International Rectifier Corporation
Defunct · founded 1947
International Rectifier Corporation (IR) is the oldest independent power semiconductor manufacturer in the world.
International Shipholding Corporation, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Tracing its history to the formation of the Central Gulf Steamship Corp in 1947, International Shipholding Corporation,…
J. Crew Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
J.
Keystone International, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Keystone International, Inc., is the largest manufacturer and marketer of specialty valves and related products in the…
Kit Manufacturing Co.
Active · founded 1947
Kit Manufacturing Co.
Milliman USA
Active · founded 1947
Milliman USA is one of the largest independent consulting and actuarial firms in the United States.
National Car Rental System, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
National Car Rental System, Inc.
Overnite Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Overnite Corporation is a leading interstate trucking company serving all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and…
Palmer & Cay, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
With co-headquarters located in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, Palmer & Cay, Inc.
Pressman Toy Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Family owned and operated, Pressman Toy Corporation is America's third largest games manufacturer.
RPM, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
RPM, Inc.
Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
Active · founded 1947
Richardson Electronics, Ltd., is one of the fastest growing, highly specialized international distributors of power…
Sorrento, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Based in Buffalo, New York, Sorrento, Inc.
Technitrol, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
A fast-growing supplier to the data communications, telecommunications, housing, and automobile industries, Technitrol,…
Tenneco Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Tenneco Inc.
The Andersons, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
The Andersons, Inc.
The Atlantic Group
Active · founded 1947
The Atlantic Group consistently ranks among the most successful recording companies in the United States.
The Dow Chemical Company
Defunct · founded 1947
To say that The Dow Chemical Company is a very large chemical company is an understatement.
The ServiceMaster Company
Active · founded 1947
The ServiceMaster Company serves some 10 million households and businesses annually through 5,400 company-owned,…
The Southern Company
Active · founded 1947
The Southern Company is a utility holding company whose principal subsidiaries provide power in Alabama, Georgia,…
The Talbots, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
The Talbots, Inc.
The Topps Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
The Topps Company, Inc.
Tropicana Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Tropicana Products, Inc.
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Founded in 1935, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Inc.
Whittaker Corporation
Active · founded 1947
Whittaker Corporation, once a $2 billion conglomerate, operates as the parent company of Whittaker Controls Inc.
Wynn's International, Inc.
Active · founded 1947
Wynn's International, Inc.
APi Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
APi Group, Inc., is a private holding company for about 27 subsidiaries that provide various construction, specialty…
Allergan, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Allergan, Inc.
Atlas Van Lines, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
The fifth-largest moving company in the United States, Atlas Van Lines, Inc., derives the majority of its revenue from…
Burke Mills, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Burke Mills, Inc., is an American manufacturer, processor, and dyer of yarns primarily for use in the home furnishings…
Gerber Scientific, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Gerber Scientific, Inc.
Harold's Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Harold's Stores, Inc.
Haworth Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Haworth Inc.
Hexcel Corporation
Active · founded 1948
Hexcel Corporation is the worldwide leader in the manufacture of advanced structural composites.
Honda Motor Company Limited
Active · founded 1948
Honda Motor Company Limited is perhaps best known as an automaker--it is the third largest automaker in Japan--but the…
Ipsen International Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Based in Cherry Valley, Illinois, Ipsen International Inc.
Johnston Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Although it got its start selling auto replacement parts, Johnston Industries, Inc.
Lechmere Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Lechmere Inc.
Loral Space & Communications Ltd.
Active · founded 1948
Loral Space & Communications Ltd., or Loral SpaceCom, is a leading satellite communications company that both assembles…
Manpower, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
The second largest employment services company in the world, Manpower, Inc.
Mattel, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
The world's largest toy company, Mattel, Inc.
Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc.
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
Active · founded 1948
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, known as NASCAR, is the official sanctioning body for the sport of…
North Pacific Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
North Pacific Group, Inc.
Park Corp.
Active · founded 1948
Founded by Raymond P.
Pierce Leahy Corporation
Active · founded 1948
Pierce Leahy Corporation, which calls itself "North America's Filing Cabinet," is a full-service provider of records…
Robert Half International Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Robert Half International Inc.
Rollins, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Rollins, Inc.
Schneiderman's Furniture Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Schneiderman's Furniture Inc.
Schwan's Sales Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
A highly successful dairy and frozen food company, Schwan's Sales Enterprises, Inc.
Spec's Music, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
One of the largest retailers of prerecorded music and related products in Florida and Puerto Rico, Spec's Music, Inc.
Stuart Entertainment Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Stuart Entertainment Inc.
The Buckle, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Based in the north-central United States, The Buckle, Inc.
Trammell Crow Company
Active · founded 1948
Trammell Crow Company is one of the world's largest real estate management companies.
Varian, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Varian, Inc.
Vermeer Manufacturing Company
Active · founded 1948
Revenue: $430 million (1996 est.) Employees: 2,300 SICs: 3523 Farm Machinery and Equipment; 3531 Construction…
Vita Plus Corporation
Active · founded 1948
Computerized formulas, which Vita Plus provided to individual farmers, continued to play a central role in the…
Wham-O, Inc.
Active · founded 1948
Wham-O, Inc.
Winchell's Donut Houses Operating Company, L.P.
Active · founded 1948
1970s:The chain expands to more than 1,000 stores, including some abroad.
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
A leader in glass fabrication and installation, Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
The undisputed number one paymaster to the nation, Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Baker & McKenzie
Active · founded 1949
Baker & McKenzie is the world's largest law firm, with 49 offices in 31 countries.
Blount International, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Blount International, Inc.
C. H. Heist Corporation
Active · founded 1949
C.
Cianbro Corporation
Active · founded 1949
Operating Revenues: $150 million Employees: 1,500 SICs: 1622 Bridge Tunnel Elevated Highway Construction; 1611 Highway…
Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Circuit City Stores, Inc., is the nation's second largest retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, and…
Combe Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Combe Inc.
Duron Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Duron Inc.
Ellen Tracy, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Ellen Tracy, Inc., which originally made blouses, is now a leading maker of bridge apparel--clothing that falls in…
Entergy Corporation
Active · founded 1949
Entergy Corporation is a holding company for utilities that supply electrical energy to over 2.5 million customers in…
Environmental Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Originating as a retail landscape nursery in southern California, Environmental Industries, Inc.
First Virginia Banks, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Total Assets: $7.9 billion Stock Exchanges: New York Philadelphia SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State…
Frank J. Zamboni & Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Frank J.
Harbert Corporation
Active · founded 1949
After a long and successful history primarily in the construction and mining fields, Harbert Corporation has evolved…
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Harry N.
Hazelden Foundation
Active · founded 1949
A pioneer in its field, Hazelden Foundation is widely considered the most influential chemical dependency treatment…
Leupold & Stevens, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Leupold & Stevens, Inc., a fourth generation family-owned company, is one of the oldest and best-known manufacturers of…
Maxwell Shoe Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Maxwell Shoe Company, Inc.
Mervyn's California
Active · founded 1949
Mervyn's California, owned by retail giant Target Corporation, operates 267 department stores in 14 states.
Mirage Resorts, Incorporated
Active · founded 1949
Mirage Resorts, Incorporated is one of the largest developers and operators of casinos in the world, with a focus on…
Norm Thompson Outfitters, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Norm Thompson Outfitters, Inc.
Owens Corning Corporation
Active · founded 1949
Owens Corning Corporation is the undisputed world leader in fiberglass products for industry and insulation for homes,…
Petersen Publishing Company
Active · founded 1949
A rising force in the publishing industry, Petersen Publishing Company publishes a host of monthly, bimonthly,…
Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
Seneca Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1949
A familiar name to consumers throughout the United States, Seneca Foods Corporation processes vegetables and fruits,…
Skyline Chili, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Skyline Chili, Inc.
Stevedoring Services of America Inc.
Active · founded 1949
One of the largest stevedoring companies in the world, Stevedoring Services of America Inc.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
Sun Television & Appliances Inc.
Active · founded 1949
Sun Television & Appliances Inc., Ohio's leading consumer electronics and appliance discounter, expanded its operations…
The Arbitron Company
Active · founded 1949
The Arbitron Company is a market research firm that gathers information about broadcast media and consumer spending for…
A & W Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
A&W Brands, Inc.
Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc., located in Old Bridge, New Jersey, manufacturers a comprehensive line of electronic…
CDI Corporation
Active · founded 1950
CDI Corporation provides temporary technical, engineering, and support staffing services for companies that wish to…
Callon Petroleum Company
Active · founded 1950
Callon Petroleum Company has been searching the Gulf Coast for oil since 1950.
Centex Corporation
Active · founded 1950
Centex Corporation is one of the most successful diversified building companies in the United States, with products and…
Flanders Corporation
Active · founded 1950
Flanders Corporation designs and manufactures air filters that are used in residences, commercial office buildings, and…
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1950
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
Freedom Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
1970s:The Santa Ana Register changes its name to the Orange Country Register.
Grow Group Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Grow Group Inc.
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP
Active · founded 1950
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP has grown from a small partnership into one of the largest law firms in Colorado's Rocky…
Kimball International, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Once a leading piano manufacturer, Kimball International, Inc.
Kitchell Corporation
Active · founded 1950
Revenues: $170 million SICs: 1542 General Contractors--Nonresidential Buildings; 1541 General Contractors Industrial…
Microdot Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Microdot traces its history to a small fastener manufacturer based in southern California called the Felts Corporation.
Murphy Oil Corporation
Active · founded 1950
Murphy Oil Corporation is one of the smallest of the U.S.-based integrated oil companies.
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Since its formation in 1950, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., has provided natural gas and propane to customers…
Pittway Corporation
Active · founded 1950
Pittway Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of professional fire and burglar…
ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Active · founded 1950
A relatively small, independent public utility company, RG&E serves approximately 300,000 customers in a nine county…
School Specialty, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
School Specialty, Inc., is a publicly traded, direct marketing education company based in Greenville, Wisconsin.
Southwire Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Southwire Company, Inc., is the largest manufacturer of copper and aluminum rod, wire, and cable in the United States.
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
T.
Titanium Metals Corporation
Active · founded 1950
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET) is the world's largest fully integrated producer of high quality titanium metal…
URS Corporation
Defunct · founded 1950
Ranked number one on ENR's list of the top U.S.
UniFirst Corporation
Active · founded 1950
UniFirst Corporation is a national leader in the fast-growing industrial and commercial garment industry.
Virco Manufacturing Corporation
Active · founded 1950
Virco Manufacturing Corporation is the country's largest producer of furniture for the classroom, with a market share…
Vitro Corp.
Active · founded 1950
Vitro Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tracor Inc.
Walbro Corporation
Active · founded 1950
Walbro Corporation, a manufacturer and designer of fuel systems for automotive and outdoor power equipment, is…
Washington Scientific Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Washington Scientific Industries, Inc.
Wright Medical Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1950
Wright Medical Group, Inc.
Caldor Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Caldor Inc.
Cubic Corporation
Active · founded 1951
A leader in its two diverse businesses, Cubic Corporation is the parent company of two major business segments: Cubic…
Denbury Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Denbury Resources, Inc.
Elano Corporation
Active · founded 1951
Elano Corporation is one of the most successful manufacturers of castings, pipings, tubings, and various other…
FlightSafety International, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
FlightSafety International, Inc.
Fretter, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Fretter, Inc.
Hach Co.
Active · founded 1951
Hach Co.
Iron Mountain, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Iron Mountain, Inc., is the largest records and information management company in the world.
Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.
Active · founded 1951
With its home office in Dallas, Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
1960s:The shops are renamed Jo-Ann Fabrics as the company expands outside of Cleveland.
Liberty Travel, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Liberty Travel, Inc.
Lillian Vernon Corporation
Active · founded 1951
The Lillian Vernon Corporation is a mail-order catalog company specializing in household, gardening, and decorative…
McJunkin Corporation
Active · founded 1951
Located in Charleston, West Virginia, McJunkin Corporation is a major distributor of carbon steel; stainless steel and…
Moog Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Moog Inc.
ODL, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
ODL, Inc.
Ore-Ida Foods Incorporated
Active · founded 1951
Best known for its Tater Tots, Ore-Ida Foods Incorporated is the leading retail brand of frozen potato products in the…
Pemco Aviation Group Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Pemco Aviation Group Inc.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Active · founded 1951
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) is a national nonprofit organization based in Princeton, New Jersey,…
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Sierra Pacific Industries
Active · founded 1951
The largest timber company in California, Sierra Pacific Industries harvests and mills timber in northern California.
Texas Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1951
Texas Industries, Inc.
The Circle K Company
Active · founded 1951
The Circle K Company, which became a division of Tosco Corporation in 1996, is the third-largest convenience store…
The Nature Conservancy
Active · founded 1951
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is the star performer among environmental groups, in size, growth, effectiveness, and…
WGBH Educational Foundation
Active · founded 1951
WGBH Educational Foundation is an umbrella organization overseeing a number of public broadcasting properties.
Bell Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
Bell Industries, Inc.
Bridgford Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1952
Bridgford Foods Corporation manufactures and distributes frozen, refrigerated, and snack food products for both retail…
Chemi-Trol Chemical Co.
Active · founded 1952
Headquartered in a small, northwest Ohio community of 2,500 people, Chemi-Trol Chemical Co.
CompuDyne Corporation
Active · founded 1952
CompuDyne Corporation is the leading U.S.
Dominion Homes, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
Headquartered in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Dominion Homes, Inc.
Edelman
Active · founded 1952
Edelman, formerly known as Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, is counted among the world's leading public relations…
Haskel International, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
To enhance shareholder value, management decided in the fall of 1998 to engage investment banker Schroder & Co.
Home Products International, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
Home Products International, Inc.
Hughes Markets, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
A respected operator in the southern California supermarket industry, Hughes Markets, Inc.
IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
Lowe's Companies, Inc., is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the United States (trailing Home Depot…
National Envelope Corporation
Defunct · founded 1952
National Envelope Corporation is the largest privately held envelope manufacturing company in the United States,…
New England Business Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
As small offices across North America become increasingly automated because of the advances in computer software and…
Paul Harris Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
Paul Harris Stores, Inc.
Seigle's Home and Building Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1952
Seigle's Home and Building Centers, Inc.--with six retail showrooms, four lumberyards, three manufacturing plants, and…
Tapemark Company Inc.
Active · founded 1952
Tapemark Company Inc.
The Stephan Company
Active · founded 1952
The Stephan Company, operating out of Fort Lauerdale, Florida, is a small manufacturer and distributor of haircare and…
The Todd-AO Corporation
Active · founded 1952
The Todd-AO Corporation is famous for providing a wide range of post production services to the motion picture,…
UnionBanCal Corporation
Active · founded 1952
Total Assets: $35.2 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: UB NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking San…
Zero Corporation
Active · founded 1952
Zero Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of enclosure, cooling, and other systems, primarily for the…
BBN Corp.
Active · founded 1953
BBN Corp.
C-COR.net Corp.
Active · founded 1953
Based in State College, Pennsylvania, C-COR.net Corp.
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation
Active · founded 1953
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation is a gas distribution company that serves more than 100,000 customers in nearly 90…
Champion Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
One of the fastest growing companies in the manufactured housing industry, Champion Enterprises, Inc.
Cosmair, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Cosmair, Inc.
Cybex International, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Cybex International, Inc.
Decorator Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Decorator Industries Inc.
Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Dissolved: 1997 Final Sales: $1.1 billion (1996) NAIC:31321 Broadwoven Fabric Mills; 314129 Other Household Textile…
First Albany Companies Inc.
Active · founded 1953
First Albany Companies Inc., acting through its subsidiaries, conducts a full-service investment banking and brokerage…
Fluke Corporation
Active · founded 1953
Fluke Corporation is a leading designer, developer, manufacturer, and seller of commercial electronic test and…
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
International Speedway Corporation
Active · founded 1953
International Speedway Corporation is one of the largest and most prestigious promoters of car and motorcycle racing in…
Koss Corporation
Active · founded 1953
Koss Corporation is the leading U.S.
LaBarge Inc.
Active · founded 1953
LaBarge Inc.
LeaRonal, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
LeaRonal, Inc.
Litton Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
The U.S.
Loctite Corporation
Active · founded 1953
The manufacturer of Super Glue, Loctite Corporation sells more than 1,000 types of high-technology sealants, adhesives,…
Mac Frugal's Bargains - Closeouts Inc.
Active · founded 1953
When many manufacturers need to unload products--discontinued items, production overruns, canceled orders, inventory…
NICOR INC.
Active · founded 1953
NICOR Inc.
Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.
PHH Arval
Active · founded 1953
PHH Arval, formerly PHH Vehicle Management Services, operates as the second-largest fleet management company in the…
Pez Candy, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Pez Candy, Inc.
Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Publishers Clearing House
Active · founded 1953
Publishers Clearing House (PCH) is one of the largest magazine subscription agencies in the United States.
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., is one of the few publicly traded venture capital firms in the United States.
Schawk, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Schawk, Inc.
School-Tech, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
School-Tech, Inc.
The Marmon Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
The Marmon Group, Inc., one of the largest privately owned organizations in the United States, is in essence a holding…
Thomas Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Thomas Industries Inc.
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.
United States Filter Corporation
Active · founded 1953
United States Filter Corporation (USF) is the world's largest and fastest-growing water and wastewater treatment…
WD-40 Company
Active · founded 1953
Since the 1950s, the San Diego-based WD-40 Company has dominated the U.S.
Wyle Electronics
Active · founded 1953
Wyle Electronics is one of the leading U.S.
Zapata Corporation
Active · founded 1953
Slated to become one of the ten largest Internet companies in the world, Zapata Corporation is involved in Internet and…
American Biltrite Inc.
Active · founded 1954
A leader in its field, American Biltrite Inc.
Apache Corporation
Active · founded 1954
Apache Corporation is one of the leading independent crude oil and natural gas producers in the United States.
Blackfoot Telecommunications Group
Active · founded 1954
Blackfoot Telecommunications Group, a customer-owned cooperative, serves over 20,000 consumers in eight counties in…
Burger King Corporation
Active · founded 1954
Burger King Corporation is the second largest fast-food chain in the United States, trailing only McDonald's.
DeMoulas / Market Basket Inc.
Active · founded 1954
DeMoulas / Market Basket Inc.
Donruss Playoff L.P.
Active · founded 1954
1960s:The company begins producing trading cards based on television programs.
Essef Corporation
Active · founded 1954
A market leader and industry innovator, Essef Corporation designs and manufactures components to move, store, and treat…
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
Active · founded 1954
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
Goody's Family Clothing, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
Goody's Family Clothing, Inc., is a value-priced chain with over 335 locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,…
Millipore Corporation
Defunct · founded 1954
Millipore Corporation, a multinational high-technology company, is a world leader in membrane separations technology…
Motor Cargo Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
1960s:First interstate shipping is started&mdashø Wells, Nevada.
O'Sullivan Industries Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
O'Sullivan Industries Holdings, Inc.
PR Newswire
Active · founded 1954
PR Newswire is among the world leaders in the electronic delivery of information directly from companies, institutions,…
Parker Drilling Company
Active · founded 1954
Parker Drilling Company is a leading provider of contract drilling and drilling-related services--including land,…
Pillowtex Corporation
Active · founded 1954
With nearly half a billion dollars in sales in 1996, Dallas-based Pillowtex Corporation is a leading manufacturer and…
Polaris Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1954
Polaris Industries Inc.
Promus Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
Promus is one of the United States' leading hotel and casino companies, although it is known to the public mainly…
Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America, Inc.
Quality Food Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
The largest independent supermarket chain in the Seattle/Puget Sound area of Washington State, Quality Food Centers,…
Regis Corporation
Active · founded 1954
Regis Corporation is the world's largest owner and operator of mall-based hair and retail salons.
Shelby Williams Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
Shelby Williams Industries, Inc., is a leading supplier of furnishings for the contract furniture market.
Southwest Water Company
Active · founded 1954
Southwest Water Company owns and operates water and wastewater treatment systems, manages and operates water and…
TAB Products Co.
Active · founded 1954
TAB Products Co.
The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
Active · founded 1954
Operating Revenues: $9 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 711120 Dance Companies The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago is one of the…
The Rouse Company
Active · founded 1954
One of the largest publicly held real estate development and management firms in the United States, The Rouse Company…
U.S. Home Corporation
Active · founded 1954
U.S.
Universal Compression, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
2001Weatherford Global Compression Services and others are acquired.
Westaff Inc.
Active · founded 1954
Westaff Inc., based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is the oldest temporary employment company on the West Coast.
Winegard Company
Active · founded 1954
1980s:John Winegard retires and is succeeded by his son, Randy Winegard.
AAR Corp.
Active · founded 1955
A leading aftermarket support company to the aviation industry, AAR Corp.
Alberto-Culver Company
Defunct · founded 1955
Ticker Symbols: ACVA; ACV NAIC: 325620 Toilet Preparation Manufacturing; 311942 Spice and Extract Manufacturing; 446120…
Alexander's, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Alexander's, Inc.
Andronico's Market
Active · founded 1955
Andronico's Market is a chain of supermarkets in Northern California.
Avnet Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Avnet Inc.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation is an El Segundo, California-based regional chain of approximately 275 value-oriented…
Central Garden & Pet Company
Active · founded 1955
From its position as the largest distributor of lawn and garden and pet supplies in the United States in the late…
ChartHouse International Learning Corporation
Active · founded 1955
ChartHouse International Learning Corporation's series of Fish!
Chesebrough-Pond's USA, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Chesebrough-Pond's USA, Inc.
Columbia House Company
Active · founded 1955
Columbia House Company is the leading club-based, direct-to-consumer marketer of music and movies in North America,…
Dover Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Dover Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturing holding company composed of about 50 subsidiaries with…
Fab Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Fab Industries, Inc.
Fruit of the Loom, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Fruit of the Loom, Inc., a global manufacturer and marketer of family apparel, is America's biggest seller of men's…
Furon Company
Active · founded 1955
Furon Company is the world's leader in the design and manufacture of specialized polymer components and parts for a…
General Atomics
Active · founded 1955
General Atomics is involved in a number of high-tech ventures, including fusion research and gas-cooled nuclear…
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Total Assets: $800 million (1999) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: GBCI NAIC: 52211 Commercial Banking; 551111…
Great Western Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Total Assets: $38.4 billion Stock Exchanges: New York London Pacific SICS: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6036 Savings…
H & R Block, Incorporated
Active · founded 1955
The name of H & R Block, Incorporated has become synonymous with the business of preparing income tax returns, and…
HOK Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
HOK's projects during the 1990s solidified the firm's reputation as a prominent architectural and engineering firm…
Harveys Casino Resorts
Active · founded 1955
Founded in 1944, Harveys Casino Resorts is an established owner, operator, and developer of high quality hotel/casinos…
Hensley & Company
Active · founded 1955
Hensley & Company is one of the largest beer distributors in the United States.
KFC Corporation
Active · founded 1955
KFC Corporation is the largest fast-food chicken operator, developer, and franchiser in the world.
Keithley Instruments Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 1996, Keithley Instruments Inc.
MAXXAM Inc.
Active · founded 1955
MAXXAM Inc.
MNS, Ltd.
Active · founded 1955
MNS, Ltd.
McDonald's Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Since its incorporation in 1955, McDonald's Corporation has not only become the world's largest quick-service…
Medical Management International, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Medical Management International, Inc., which prefers to be known by the name under which it does business, Banfield,…
Myers Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
By many accounts, Myers Industries, Inc.
Nucor Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Nucor Corporation is the second-largest steel manufacturer in the United States.
Oregon Dental Service Health Plan, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
With offices in Portland, Milwaukie, and La Grande, Oregon, Oregon Dental Service Health Plan, Inc.
Oregon Metallurgical Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Oregon Metallurgical Company, known as Oremet, is one of only two companies in the United States that produce titanium…
PACIFIC TELECOM, INC.
Active · founded 1955
Stock Exchange: OTC Pacific Telecom is a telecommunications company that provides local telephone service in 11 states…
Physio-Control International Corp.
Active · founded 1955
Physio-Control International Corp.
Pueblo Xtra International, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Based in Pompano Beach, Florida, Pueblo Xtra International, Inc.
Pulaski Furniture Corporation
Active · founded 1955
The Pulaski Furniture Corporation manufactures mid-priced dining room and bedroom furniture, curio cabinets, occasional…
Racal-Datacom Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Racal-Datacom Inc.
Regal-Beloit Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Regal-Beloit Corporation is the fifth-largest firm in the U.S.
Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation, operating out of Roanoke, Virginia, converts scrap metal into a variety of merchant…
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Sanderson Farms, Inc., produces, processes, markets, and distributes fresh and frozen chicken and other prepared food…
Sheldahl Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Sheldahl Inc.
Standex International Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Standex International Corporation operates as a global multi-industry conglomerate that manufactures over 48,000…
TTX Company
Active · founded 1955
TTX Company, which is privately owned by the six leading railroads in the United States and Canada, manages a fleet of…
The Coastal Corporation
Active · founded 1955
The Coastal Corporation, based in Houston with operations in several energy markets, is a Fortune 500 energy company…
The Hillhaven Corporation
Active · founded 1955
One of the largest diversified health care providers in the United States, The Hillhaven Corporation owned, leased, and…
Tosco Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Tosco Corporation is one of the largest independent refiners of petroleum products in the United States.
Town & Country Corporation
Active · founded 1955
Town & Country Corporation is a noted designer, manufacturer, and marketer of fine jewelry.
Tracor Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Tracor Inc.
Universal Forest Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
1980s:Company makes concerted move to target the do-it-yourself market.
Village Super Market, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Village Super Market, Inc., ranks among the top 100 grocery store companies in the United States.
WANG LABORATORIES, INC.
Active · founded 1955
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
Waffle House Inc.
Active · founded 1955
According to a 2000 Nation's Restaurant News article, Joe Rogers, Jr., claimed that Waffle House had "successfully…
Walter Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Walter Industries, Inc., is a holding company that owns home building, natural resources development, and industrial…
Washington Natural Gas Company
Active · founded 1955
Washington Natural Gas Company, the largest natural gas utility in the State of Washington, is one of the fastest…
William L. Bonnell Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Based in Newnan, Georgia, William L.
Worthington Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1955
Worthington Industries, Inc., is the leading intermediate processor of flat rolled steel in North America, processing…
Zions Bancorporation
Active · founded 1955
Total Assets: $24.3 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: ZION NAIC: 52211 Commercial Banking Through…
84 Lumber Company
Active · founded 1956
84 Lumber Company is a family-run company that has grown from being a no-frills provider of lumber and building…
AMP Incorporated
Active · founded 1956
AMP Incorporated is the world leader in electrical and electronic connection devices and interconnection systems,…
Anam Group
Active · founded 1956
With an estimated one-third of the global semiconductor assembly market, the Anam Group ranks among South Korea's…
Banner Aerospace, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Banner Aerospace, Inc.
Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Boyd Bros.
Burr-Brown Corporation
Active · founded 1956
Burr-Brown Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells a broad line of microelectronic components, especially…
Camelot Music, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Camelot Music, Inc.
Community Coffee Co. L.L.C.
Active · founded 1956
Community Coffee Co.
Embers America Restaurants
Active · founded 1956
Embers America Restaurants, which began as a single-unit neighborhood restaurant in the mid-1950s, has transformed…
FINA, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
FINA, Inc.
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Mid-1980s:[fsps*2.5]Company shifts focus from generics to licensed brand-name drugs.
Harsco Corporation
Active · founded 1956
Harsco Corporation was formed in 1956 as the result of a merger between Harrisburg Steel Corporation, Heckett…
Highsmith Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Situated on a rural campus in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, Highsmith Inc.
J.R. Simplot Company
Active · founded 1956
The J.R.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Operating Revenues: $79.6 million (2004) NAIC: 711310 Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events, with…
Mercury Air Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Mercury Air Group, Inc.
Precision Castparts Corp.
Active · founded 1956
A leading manufacturer of large, complex structural investment castings for the aerospace industry, Precision Castparts…
Printpack, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Printpack, Inc., is one of the largest manufacturers of flexible packaging products in the United States.
Quill Corporation
Active · founded 1956
Quill Corporation is the largest and most successful direct marketer of office products in the United States.
Raven Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Raven Industries, Inc.
Rosemount Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Rosemount Inc., which began as a space-age engineering company, designs and produces measurement instrumentation for…
S-K-I Limited
Active · founded 1956
Revenues: $114 million (1995) Stock Exchange: NASDAQ SICs: 6719 Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified; 7011…
Schlumberger Limited
Active · founded 1956
As oil is explored for and developed all around the world, so is Schlumberger Limited providing a range of oilfield…
Shaklee Corporation
Active · founded 1956
Shaklee Corporation, a subsidiary of Yamanouchi Consumer Inc., is a major producer and distributor of nutritional…
Shoppers Food Warehouse Corporation
Active · founded 1956
A subsidiary of Supervalu Inc., Shoppers Food Warehouse Corporation operates a chain of 57 warehouse-style…
Spencer Stuart and Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Spencer Stuart & Associates, Inc.
Sterling Electronics Corp.
Active · founded 1956
Sterling Electronics Corp.
The LTV Corporation
Defunct · founded 1956
The LTV Corporation is the third largest steel producer in the United States.
The Progressive Corporation
Active · founded 1956
By practically any measure, The Progressive Corporation ranks among the United States' most successful property and…
Thermo Electron Corporation
Active · founded 1956
Thermo Electron Corporation is a leading innovator in the practical application of heat science and energy conversion…
United Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
United Foods, Inc., is a major processor and marketer of frozen vegetables in the United States.
Universal International, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
A regional discount retailer, Universal International, Inc., operates a chain of nearly 60 Only Deals stores in the…
Vulcan Materials Company
Active · founded 1956
Vulcan Materials Company, with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, is the largest producer of construction aggregates…
Watsco Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Watsco Inc.
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Operating Revenues: $772.09 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: WERN SICs: 4213 Trucking Except…
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Active · founded 1956
Williams-Sonoma, Inc., has become virtually synonymous with home furnishings through its mail-order catalogs and retail…
Bandag, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Bandag, Inc.
Betz Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Betz Laboratories, Inc.
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Capel Incorporated
Active · founded 1957
Capel Incorporated is the oldest and one of the largest manufacturers of rugs in the United States.
Circon Corporation
Active · founded 1957
Circon Corporation is the largest producer of laparoscopic scopes, medical video systems, and endoscopic suction…
ClubCorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
ClubCorp, Inc.
Coborn's, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Coborn's, Inc.
Control Data Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Control Data Systems, Inc., (CDSI) provides computer systems integration services to businesses and governments around…
Crown Crafts, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Crown Crafts, Inc.
Cumberland Farms, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Founded in 1938 as a one-cow dairy farm, Cumberland Farms, Inc.
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Active · founded 1957
1957 Employees: 113,800 Sales: $13.9 billion Stock Exchanges: Midwest New York Pacific Zürich Geneva Basel Frankfurt…
El Chico Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
One of the largest Mexican dinner house chains in the United States, El Chico Restaurants, Inc.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company
Active · founded 1957
Early 1970s:A branch manager in Orlando begins offering customers a free ride to the rental office, beginning the…
Falcon Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Falcon Products, Inc., is a fast-growing international manufacturer of commercial furniture products with significant…
First Mississippi Corporation
Active · founded 1957
First Mississippi Corporation is the largest company chartered in Mississippi and the only company from that state to…
Food Lion LLC
Active · founded 1957
1999: A new management team seeks to revitalize Food Lion.
Frank's Nursery & Crafts, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Frank's Nursery & Crafts, Inc.
Garan, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Garan, Inc., is engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of men's, women's, and children's apparel under the…
HEICO Corporation
Active · founded 1957
Ticker Symbols: HEI; HEI.A NAIC: 336412 Aircraft Engine & Engine Parts Manufacturing; 336413 Other Aircraft Parts &…
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Inc., founded by the animation team of Joseph Barbera and William Hanna in 1957, rose to…
Hills Stores Company
Active · founded 1957
A pioneer in the discount store industry, Hills Stores Company is the eighth-largest general merchandise discount…
Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc.
Hyatt Corporation
Active · founded 1957
Hyatt Corporation is one of the leading hotel companies in North America.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
KB Home
Active · founded 1957
KB Home is the largest home builder in the United States, in terms of units built.
McKee Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1957
Family-owned and operated, McKee Foods Corporation is the David to such Goliaths as Nabisco Brands, Lance, and…
Medtronic, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Medtronic, Inc.
Midwest Grain Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Based in Atchison, Kansas, Midwest Grain Products, Inc.
National Educational Music Co. Ltd.
Active · founded 1957
Located in Mountainside, New Jersey, National Educational Music Co.
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.
R.B. Pamplin Corp.
Active · founded 1957
R.B.
Raychem Corporation
Active · founded 1957
Raychem Corporation is one of the world's largest producers of industrial electronics components, serving such…
Roche Bioscience
Active · founded 1957
Roche Bioscience was formed in 1995 following the acquisition of Syntex Corp.
Roy F. Weston, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Roy F.
Seaway Food Town, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Revenues: $559.24 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5410 Grocery Stores; 5910 Drug Stores and Proprietary…
Sleepy's Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Sleepy's Inc.
Super Food Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Although its operations were limited to six midwestern states, Super Food Services Inc.
The Cosmetic Center, Inc.
Active · founded 1957
The Cosmetic Center, Inc.
Volt Information Sciences Inc.
Active · founded 1957
Volt Information Sciences Inc.
Watkins-Johnson Company
Active · founded 1957
A leading high-technology competitor, Watkins-Johnson Company is a producer of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment…
A.B. Watley Group Inc.
Active · founded 1958
A.B.
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
American Locker Group Incorporated
Active · founded 1958
Through its wholly owned subsidiary American Locker Security Systems, Inc., American Locker Group Incorporated ranks as…
BIC Corporation
Active · founded 1958
BIC Corporation is the country's leading manufacturer of disposable ballpoint pens and cigarette lighters.
Barnett Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Barnett Inc.
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Brown & Brown, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
With offices in 24 states, Brown & Brown, Inc.
CAESARS WORLD, INC.
Active · founded 1958
The 1966 opening of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, was all that founder Jay Sarno had hoped it would be.
CalComp Inc.
Active · founded 1958
CalComp Inc.
Concord Fabrics, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Concord Fabrics, Inc.
Cost Plus, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
One of the leading direct-import retailers in the United States, Cost Plus, Inc.
Duplex Products Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Duplex Products Inc.
Enesco Corporation
Active · founded 1958
A designer, manufacturer, and wholesaler of giftwares and collectibles for over 35 years, Enesco Corporation has become…
Ernie Ball, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Ernie Ball, Inc.
Foodarama Supermarkets, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Foodarama Supermarkets, Inc.
General Bearing Corporation
Active · founded 1958
General Bearing Corporation manufactures, sources, assembles, and distributes a variety of bearing components and…
Hahn Automotive Warehouse, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Hahn Automotive Warehouse, Inc.
Heery International, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2002, Heery International, Inc., is an architectural and engineering firm offering…
Hvide Marine Incorporated
Active · founded 1958
Hvide Marine Incorporated is among the leading domestic and international marine support and transportation services…
IHOP Corporation
Active · founded 1958
IHOP Corporation operates and franchises the International House of Pancakes restaurant concept in the United States…
Klement's Sausage Company
Active · founded 1958
1980s:Klement's Racing Sausages become popular at Milwaukee Brewers games.
Lawter International Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Lawter International Inc.
Linens 'n Things, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1958
Linens 'n Things, Inc.
Lowrance Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Since the late 1950s Lowrance Electronics, Inc.
MITRE Corporation
Active · founded 1958
MITRE Corporation is a federally funded nonprofit organization that performs systems engineering and integration work…
New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1958
New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc.
Pilot Corporation
Active · founded 1958
Pilot Corporation is one of the largest independent retailers of over-the-road diesel fuel, as well as one of the top…
Pubco Corporation
Active · founded 1958
Pubco Corporation is a diversified company with an unusual mix of interests.
Resorts International, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Resorts International, Inc., operates a hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and a vacation destination on…
Rite Aid Corporation
Active · founded 1958
Rite Aid Corporation, which ranks as the third largest retail drugstore chain in the United States, operates about…
Society Corporation
Active · founded 1958
Assets: $24,978.3 million Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks;…
Spacelabs Medical, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Spacelabs Medical, Inc., wholly owned by OSI Systems, Inc., is a leading global provider of patient monitoring systems…
The Anschutz Corporation
Active · founded 1958
The Anschutz Corporation and its affiliates, including Anschutz Company and Anschutz Investment Company, are the…
The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
The Cooper Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
The Cooper Companies, Inc.
The Jim Henson Company
Active · founded 1958
The Jim Henson Company is a leading producer of films, stage shows, television specials, and series for family…
The Upjohn Company
Active · founded 1958
Upjohn is one of the largest ethical drug manufacturers in the United States.
The Wackenhut Corporation
Active · founded 1958
Headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, The Wackenhut Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Group 4 Falck…
Treadco, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Treadco, Inc.
Wachovia Corporation
Active · founded 1958
Total Assets: $330 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: WB NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
Weber-Stephen Products Co.
Active · founded 1958
Family-owned Weber-Stephen Products Co.
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
X-Rite, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
X-Rite, Inc.
ARAMARK Corporation
Active · founded 1959
ARAMARK Corporation is a diversified service company whose operations include the ARAMARK Food and Support Services…
Alticor Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Alticor Inc.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Defunct · founded 1959
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company in the…
Art Van Furniture, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Art Van Furniture, Inc.
Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc., operates some of the largest supermarket chains in the southeastern United States.
Bush Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Bush Industries, Inc.
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION
Active · founded 1959
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is one of the largest software developers and computer systems integrators in the…
Conair Corporation
Active · founded 1959
Conair Corporation is one of the world's largest privately held health and beauty and small appliance companies.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Operating Revenues: $2.76 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6211 Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation…
Echlin Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Echlin Inc., founded by the Echlin brothers in 1924, is a leading manufacturer of automotive replacement parts,…
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Family Dollar Stores, Inc., is a chain of discount stores that offer inexpensive merchandise for family and home needs…
Fender Musical Instruments Company
Active · founded 1959
In 1996, Fender Musical Instruments Company was the leading maker of solidbody electric guitars with an estimated 50…
Flanigan's Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Flanigan operated his business under three names during the 1990s.
Furr's Restaurant Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Furr's Restaurant Group, Inc., based in the Dallas, Texas, suburb of Richardson, owns and operates 92 family-style…
GP Strategies Corporation
Active · founded 1959
GP Strategies Corporation, formerly National Patent Development Corporation (NPD), is primarily a holding company, a…
Griffon Corporation
Active · founded 1959
Griffon Corporation is a diversified manufacturing company with operations in four business segments: garage doors,…
Harding Lawson Associates Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
A rising force in the engineering consulting industry, Harding Lawson Associates Group, Inc.
Hechinger Company
Active · founded 1959
One of the leading retailers in the do-it-yourself industry, Hechinger Company is also one of the industry pioneers.
Herman Miller, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Herman Miller, Inc., is one of the leading manufacturers of office furniture and furniture systems, second only to…
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
New Jersey-based Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
International Controls Corporation
Active · founded 1959
International Controls Corporation (ICC), is the holding company of Checker Motors Corp.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ SICs: 2068 Salted & Roasted Nuts & Seeds; 2099 Food Preparations Not Elsewhere Classified; 2064…
K2 Inc.
Active · founded 1959
A thriving recreational and industrial products company, K2 Inc.
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.
Luby's Cafeteria's, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Luby's Cafeterias, Inc.
Mackay Envelope Corporation
Active · founded 1959
Mackay Envelope Corporation manufactures approximately five billion envelopes a year at two manufacturing facilities in…
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Total Assets: $163.75 billion Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago Pacific London Paris Tokyo SICs: 6211 Security Brokers…
Motown Records Company L.P.
Active · founded 1959
The New Republic has called it "the most successful Black-owned business in American history." Many first think of the…
National Semiconductor Corporation
Defunct · founded 1959
National Semiconductor Corporation is a leading U.S.
Packaging Corporation of America
Active · founded 1959
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), once a subsidiary of Tenneco Inc., operates as the sixth largest manufacturer…
Philips Electronics North America Corp.
Active · founded 1959
Philips Electronics North America Corp.
Pizza Hut Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Pizza Hut Inc.
Pleasant Holidays LLC
Active · founded 1959
Pleasant Holidays LLC is a Westlake Village, California, company that offers wholesale tour packages to Hawaii,…
R.C. Willey Home Furnishings
Active · founded 1959
R.C.
Skyline Corporation
Active · founded 1959
Skyline Corporation designs and produces manufactured housing and recreational vehicles (RVs).
Sonic Corp.
Active · founded 1959
Sonic Corp.
Thorn Apple Valley, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
Thorn Apple Valley, Inc.
VICORP Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1959
VICORP Restaurants, Inc., is a U.S.
Ziebart International Corporation
Active · founded 1959
Ziebart International Corporation, which offers a wide range of services and products for cars and trucks, is perhaps…
Alico, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Alico, Inc., based in LaBelle, Florida, is primarily an agribusiness company involved in the production of citrus…
Audiovox Corporation
Defunct · founded 1960
Audiovox Corporation is an international leader in the marketing of cellular telephones, consumer electronics, auto…
Ault Incorporated
Active · founded 1960
Ault Incorporated, the leading independent external power conversion manufacturer in North America, develops and sells…
Budget Rent a Car Corporation
Active · founded 1960
Revenues: $2.2 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 7514 Passenger Car Rental In the early 1990s the Budget Rent a…
Bumble Bee Seafoods L.L.C.
Active · founded 1960
Bumble Bee Seafoods L.L.C.
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Through its four divisions, Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc., publishes music in print, owns and administers…
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Active · founded 1960
America's fourth largest tire manufacturer, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company ranks among the world's top ten tiremakers and…
Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.
Active · founded 1960
The Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd.
Dart Group Corporation
Active · founded 1960
Dart Group Corporation, a pioneer in discount marketing and in the concept of "superstores," is a holding company for…
Del Webb Corporation
Active · founded 1960
Once known for its hotels and casinos, Del Webb Corporation is one of the largest residential developers in the United…
Evergreen International Aviation, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
The "airline's airline," Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.
Fair, Isaac and Company
Active · founded 1960
If you have applied for a new credit card, small business loan, car financing, an insurance policy, or a home mortgage,…
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1960
Operating Revenues: $906.57 million (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: FCEA NAIC: 531110 Lessors of…
French Fragrances, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
French Fragrances, Inc.
Gander Mountain, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Gander Mountain, Inc.
Harris Teeter Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Harris Teeter Inc.
Hickory Farms, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Once the nation's largest specialty food retailer, Hickory Farms Inc.
IBP, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1960
As a company called Iowa Beef Packers, IBP, Inc.
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Late 1970s:[fsps*2.5]Ribavirin is developed by ICN.
International Management Group
Active · founded 1960
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, International Management Group is the world's largest and most influential sports…
Jeld-Wen, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Founded in 1960 with 15 employees, Jeld-Wen, Inc.
Leaseway Transportation Corp.
Active · founded 1960
Leaseway Transportation Corp.
MTS Inc.
Active · founded 1960
MTS Inc., the little-known corporate name of the much more widely recognized Tower Records, is the second largest music…
Melvin Simon and Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Melvin Simon and Associates Inc.
Oxford Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Oxford Industries, Inc., one of America's leading apparel manufacturers, has spent most of its history plotting a…
RadioShack Corporation
Active · founded 1960
RadioShack Corporation--known as Tandy Corporation from its founding in 1960 until mid-2000--is one of the largest…
Rapala-Normark Group, Ltd.
Active · founded 1960
Rapala-Normark Group, Ltd., through its subsidiary Normark Corporation, markets high quality fishing, hunting, and…
Ron Tonkin Chevrolet Company
Active · founded 1960
Ron Tonkin Chevrolet Company has 16 locations in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
Sealed Air Corporation
Active · founded 1960
Sealed Air Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers of food, protective, and specialty packaging…
Semtech Corporation
Active · founded 1960
Semtech Corporation, headquartered in Newbury Park, California, develops and manufactures analog and mixed-signal…
Showboat, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Showboat, Inc.
Simon Property Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Simon Property Group, Inc.
Smith-Midland Corporation
Active · founded 1960
Smith-Midland Corporation is a Midland, Virginia-based company that specializes in the development, manufacture,…
Sola International Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Sola International Inc.
Spartech Corporation
Active · founded 1960
Spartech Corporation is everywhere.
Sport Chalet, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
A leading operator of full service, specialty sporting goods superstores, Sport Chalet, Inc.
TJ International, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
TJ International, Inc., through its Trus Joist MacMillan subsidiary, is the world's leading manufacturer of engineered…
Talley Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Talley Industries Inc.
Teradyne, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Teradyne, Inc.
The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Operating Revenues: $204.9 million (2001) NAIC: 513120 Television Broadcasting; 513220 Cable and Other Program…
United National Group, Ltd.
Active · founded 1960
Total Assets: $2.84 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: UNGL NAIC: 524126 Direct Property and…
Vallen Corporation
Active · founded 1960
A subsidiary of Hagemeyer N.V.
Viking Office Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Viking Office Products, Inc., is a leading mail order seller of office supplies to small- and medium-sized businesses.
7-Eleven, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
7-Eleven, Inc.--known as The Southland Corporation until April 1999--is the world's largest operator, franchisor, and…
AMREP Corporation
Active · founded 1961
AMREP Corporation is the largest builder of housing in the state of New Mexico, and the 80th largest builder in the…
Alba-Waldensian, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Located in Valdese, North Carolina, Alba-Waldensian, Inc.
Allen Organ Company
Active · founded 1961
Company Perspective: When a congregation expresses its faith through music, there is only one instrument equal to…
Big Rivers Electric Corporation
Active · founded 1961
Total Assets: $1.18 billion SICs: 4911 Electric Services Big Rivers Electric Corporation is a cooperative engaged in…
Birds Eye Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Birds Eye Foods, Inc., formerly Agrilink Foods, Inc., is the country's top producer of frozen vegetables.
Bobit Publishing Company
Active · founded 1961
Bobit Publishing Company is a privately-held publisher of more than 20 business-to-business periodicals.
Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc., is a privately owned, family-run company based in the small town of Rocky Mount, North…
Bradlees Discount Department Store Company
Active · founded 1961
The Bradlees Discount Department Store Company is a leading discount retailer in the Northeast.
Buck Knives Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Buck Knives Inc.
Certegy, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Certegy, Inc.
Cobra Electronics Corporation
Active · founded 1961
Cobra Electronics Corporation designs and markets consumer electronics products like cordless telephones, telephone…
Cousins Properties Incorporated
Active · founded 1961
Cousins Properties Incorporated is a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Atlanta, Georgia, involved in the…
Daffy's Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Daffy's Inc.
Del Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Del Laboratories, Inc.
Don Massey Cadillac, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Don Massey Cadillac, Inc.
Duane Reade Holding Corp.
Active · founded 1961
Privately owned Duane Reade Holding Corp.
Eckerd Corporation
Active · founded 1961
Eckerd Corporation operates a chain of about 2,900 drug stores located in 20 states in the Northeast, Southeast, and…
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Active · founded 1961
Based in midtown Manhattan, Edcuational Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) is the corporate parent of Channel…
FHP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Active · founded 1961
FHP International Corporation is a vertically integrated health care provider that operates in five western states and…
Frequency Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Based in Mitchel Field, New York, Frequency Electronics, Inc.
Frito-Lay Company
Active · founded 1961
Frito-Lay Company is the world leader in the salty snack category, controlling more than 35 percent of the world market…
Frost & Sullivan, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Frost & Sullivan, Inc.
Harmon Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Harmon Industries, Inc.
Howard Johnson International, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Howard Johnson International, Inc., franchises approximately 465 hotels in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Malta,…
Humana Inc.
Active · founded 1961
One of the largest publicly traded managed healthcare companies in the United States, Humana Inc.
Inserra Supermarkets
Active · founded 1961
Inserra Supermarkets operates approximately two dozen grocery stores, licensed under the ShopRite name, in New Jersey…
Jaco Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Jaco Electronics, Inc.
LIN Broadcasting Corp.
Active · founded 1961
Net Revenues: $774.23 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 4812 Radiotelephone Communications; 4833 Television…
Lancaster Colony Corporation
Active · founded 1961
Lancaster Colony Corporation's subsidiaries manufacture a wide variety of products, including automotive floor mats,…
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Active · founded 1961
Formed in 1995 via the union of the nation's second- and third-ranking defense contractors, Lockheed Corporation and…
Logicon Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Logicon Inc.
Movado Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Movado Group, Inc.
Mylan Laboratories Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Mylan Laboratories Inc.
New Plan Realty Trust
Active · founded 1961
The largest equity real estate investment trust in the United States, New Plan Realty Trust owns income-producing…
Norrell Corporation
Active · founded 1961
Though it is best known as a temporary agency, Norrell Corporation offers a wide variety of services.
Norstan, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Norstan, Inc.
P & F Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
P & F Industries, Inc.
Patrick Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Patrick Industries, Inc.
Pay 'N Pak Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Before its 1992 dissolution, do-it-yourself retailer Pay 'N Pak Stores, Inc.
Pearle Vision, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Pearle Vision Inc., a subsidiary of British food conglomerate Grand Metropolitan plc, is one of the largest optical…
Pizza Inn, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
With its corporate headquarters located near Dallas, Pizza Inn, Inc.
SCI Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
SCI Systems, Inc., is one of the world's largest electronics subcontractors.
ShopKo Stores Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Shopko Stores Inc.
The Allied Defense Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
The Allied Defense Group, Inc.
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Gross Billings: $2.53 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies; 8741 Management…
Univision Communications Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Univision Communications Inc.
Vail Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Operating Revenues: $370 million SICs: 7999 Amusement and Recreation, Not Elsewhere Classified; 6531 Real Estate Agents…
Aaron Rents, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Aaron Rents, Inc.
Allou Health & Beauty Care, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Allou Health & Beauty Care, Inc.
Ames Department Stores, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1962
Ames Department Stores, Inc.
Big O Tires, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Big O Tires, Inc.
Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., a pioneer in the development of the consulting industry, is recognized as an international…
CACI International Inc.
Active · founded 1962
CACI International Inc.
Carmichael Lynch Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Gross Billings: $200 million (1997 est.) NAIC: 54181 Advertising Agencies Carmichael Lynch Inc., lauded for its…
Drew Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Drew Industries Inc.
Earl Scheib, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Earl Scheib, Inc.
Education Management Corporation
Active · founded 1962
The Education Management Corporation (EDMC) owns and operates 22 post-secondary schools nationwide, providing career…
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
Active · founded 1962
Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) is a recognized leader in the management of information technology.
Euromarket Designs Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Euromarket Designs Inc.
Florida Crystals Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Florida Crystals Inc.
Frankel & Co.
Active · founded 1962
Frankel & Co.
Frederick's of Hollywood, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Frederick's of Hollywood, Inc.
International Dairy Queen, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
International Dairy Queen, Inc.
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Jefferies Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Operating Revenues: $764.5 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: JEF SICs: 6211 Security Brokers &…
Kampgrounds of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Kampgrounds of America, Inc.
Mercury General Corporation
Active · founded 1962
The largest agency writer of private passenger automobile insurance in California, Mercury General Corporation sells…
Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc.
Active · founded 1962
The New York Mets, legally known as the Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc., have known sporadic success in their four…
Michaels Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Michaels Stores, Inc.
Motel 6
Active · founded 1962
Famous for its "We'll leave the light on for you" tagline, Motel 6 operates as the largest economy motel chain in North…
Neutrogena Corporation
Active · founded 1962
An independent company until its 1994 acquisition by Johnson & Johnson, Neutrogena Corporation manufactures and markets…
Pantone Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Pantone, Inc., with its corporate headquarters in Carlstadt, New Jersey, is a private company that over the last four…
PepsiAmericas, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1962
PepsiAmericas, Inc.
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Service Corporation International
Active · founded 1962
Service Corporation International (SCI) is the largest owner and operator of funeral homes and cemeteries in the world.
Signet Banking Corporation
Active · founded 1962
Total Assets: $10.8 billion Employees: 4,697 Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago Boston SICs: 6712 Bank Holding…
Taco Bell Corp.
Active · founded 1962
Taco Bell Corp.
The Dress Barn, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
The Dress Barn, Inc.
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
The TJX Companies, Inc.
The Wet Seal, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
A nationwide specialty retailer of moderately priced apparel for women, The Wet Seal, Inc.
Triton Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1962
Triton Energy Corporation is one of the largest U.S.
Tuscarora Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Tuscarora Inc.
Uwajimaya, Inc.
Active · founded 1962
In 2002, as Uwajimaya's 75th anniversary approached, the company marked the passing of an era.
Whitney Holding Corporation
Active · founded 1962
Total Assets: $4.2 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial…
Ag-Chem Equipment Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Ag-Chem Equipment Company, Inc.
Archstone-Smith Trust
Active · founded 1963
Archstone-Smith Trust, with headquarters in Englewood, Colorado, is the third largest apartment real estate investment…
Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
In its four decades of existence, Bernard C.
Comsat Corporation
Active · founded 1963
The first commercial satellite operator, Comsat Corporation has ownership in two global satellite systems, Intelsat and…
Donatos Pizzeria Corporation
Active · founded 1963
Donatos Pizzeria Corporation is a subsidiary of McDonald's Corporation, part of the fast-food giant's specialty food…
Doskocil Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Doskocil Companies, Inc.
Figgie International Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Figgie International Inc.
Golden West Financial Corporation
Defunct · founded 1963
Total Assets: $55.7 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: GDW NAIC: 551111 Bank Holding…
Ingles Markets, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Ingles Markets, Inc.
Kentucky Electric Steel, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Kentucky Electric Steel, Inc.
Lands' End, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Lands' End, Inc.
Leslie's Poolmart, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
The world's largest specialty retailer of swimming pool supplies, Leslie's Poolmart, Inc.
Litehouse Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Litehouse Inc.
Mary Kay, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
One of the largest cosmetics companies in the United States, Mary Kay, Inc.
Overhill Corporation
Active · founded 1963
Overhill Corporation is a Dallas-area holding company in the process of focusing on its core food business, which…
Pamida Holdings Corporation
Active · founded 1963
Owner of a leading discount general merchandise chain, Pamida Holdings Corporation operates 181 stores in 15…
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Active · founded 1963
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is the fourth largest chicken processor in the United States and the second largest in…
Pioneer-Standard Electronics Inc.
Active · founded 1963
In 1996 Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc.
Russ Berrie and Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Russ Berrie & Company, Inc.
Safety-Kleen Corp.
Active · founded 1963
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 4953 Refuse Systems Safety-Kleen Corp.
St. John Knits, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
A swiftly rising competitor in the apparel industry, St.
Summit Family Restaurants Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Summit Family Restaurants Inc., formerly known as JB's Restaurants Inc., is one of the nation's top 100 restaurant…
The Branch Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
The Branch Group, Inc., is a Roanoke, Virginia-based regional building construction company offering general…
The Limited, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
The Limited, Inc.
The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation
Active · founded 1963
The world's largest provider of mechanical computer-aided engineering (MCAE), The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation…
Weight Watchers International Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Weight Watchers International Inc.
Western Beef, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
Western Beef, Inc.
Windmere Corporation
Active · founded 1963
Windmere Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of personal care and seasonal products, such as hair…
Wisconsin Dairies
Active · founded 1963
Wisconsin Dairies (WD) is one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the United States, a Fortune 500 company that…
World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1963
World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., known to millions of fans worldwide as the WWF, promotes and produces…
ABC Appliance, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
ABC Appliance, Inc., a leading retail supplier of radio, television, and consumer electronics, operates establishments…
Agway, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Agway, Inc., is one of the largest agricultural cooperatives in the United States.
Analogic Corporation
Active · founded 1964
Analogic Corporation is a leading custom designer, manufacturer, and seller of sophisticated precision instruments for…
Associated Estates Realty Corporation
Active · founded 1964
For the first 30 years, Associated Estates Realty Corporation was a family-owned business that built, managed, and…
Benihana, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Benihana, Inc.
Beverly Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Beverly Enterprises is the largest nursing home chain in the United States.
Bonneville International Corporation
Active · founded 1964
Bonneville International Corporation operates Salt Lake City's KSL-TV and also KCSG-TV in St.
Books-A-Million, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Books-A-Million, Inc., is the fourth-largest book retailer in the United States, with combined annual sales of $172.3…
COBE Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
COBE Laboratories, Inc.
Chick-fil-A Inc.
Active · founded 1964
With some 722 units in 35 states, Chick-fil-A Inc.
Datascope Corporation
Active · founded 1964
Datascope Corporation is a leading maker of medical devices for cardiac patients.
Dillard's Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and located throughout suburbs and secondary markets in 24 states in the South,…
E-Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
E-Systems, Inc.
EPIQ Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
EPIQ Systems, Inc.
ERLY Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Owner of one of the largest rice companies in the world, ERLY Industries Inc.
Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
Active · founded 1964
Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
Executive Jet, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Executive Jet, Inc.
FoodBrands America, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
A market leader in the foodservice industry, FoodBrands America, Inc.
Guitar Center, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Guitar Center, Inc., is the leading retailer of musical instruments in the United States, selling guitars, amplifiers,…
International Data Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Over the course of some 30 years, Patrick J.
Invivo Corporation
Active · founded 1964
Invivo Corporation touts itself as the leading producer of vital signs monitoring devices used during magnetic…
King World Productions, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1964
King World Productions, Inc.
Krause Publications, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Krause Publications, Inc.
LeCroy Corporation
Active · founded 1964
LeCroy Corporation is a world leader in the development, manufacture, and distribution of mid- to high-end digital…
Learjet Inc.
Defunct · founded 1964
An innovator in aircraft technology, Learjet Inc.
Lund Food Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Lund Food Holdings, Inc.
Marie Callender's Restaurant & Bakery, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Marie Callender's Restaurant & Bakery, Inc.
Marion Merrell Dow, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Marion Merrell Dow is the product of a 1989 merger between Marion Laboratories, once a prosperous pharmaceutical…
McLane Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
McLane Company, Inc., is one of the largest wholesale distribution companies in the United States.
National Picture & Frame Company
Active · founded 1964
National Picture & Frame Company is a major designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide variety of low-priced…
National R.V. Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
National R.V.
Paris Corporation
Active · founded 1964
Paris Corporation is a holding company with, in 1997, two operating companies of its main subsidiary manufacturing…
Ronco, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Best-known for its fast-paced, late-night commercials and pioneering informercials, Ronco Inc.
Sally Beauty Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Sally began to court a slightly different group of customers beginning in the mid-1990s, when it developed a new…
Smith Barney Inc.
Active · founded 1964
From its unprepossessing beginnings in Philadelphia more than a century ago, Smith Barney has grown into a financial…
Terra Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Terra Industries, Inc., is one of the nation's largest producers and marketers of nitrogen fertilizer, crop protection…
Tesoro Petroleum Corporation
Defunct · founded 1964
Tesoro Petroleum Corporation is an independent energy company principally involved in refining, distributing, and…
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Active · founded 1964
Total Assets: $9.8 billion (2001) NAIC: 813211 Grantmaking Foundations The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is one…
The Franklin Mint
Active · founded 1964
The Franklin Mint is a subsidiary of Roll International Corporation, owned by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, and based in…
The Macerich Company
Active · founded 1964
The Macerich Company is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) involved in the…
The Washington Companies
Active · founded 1964
The Washington Companies is an association of distinct business entities owned by Dennis R.
The Yates Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
With its headquarters in Philadelphia, Mississippi, The Yates Companies, Inc.
Todhunter International, Inc.
Active · founded 1964
Todhunter International, Inc.
United States Surgical Corporation
Active · founded 1964
United States Surgical Corporation (USSC) is a leading producer of tools for use in surgery, including staplers,…
Wolohan Lumber Co.
Active · founded 1964
A leading retailer in the lumber and building supply industry, Wolohan Lumber Co.
A-Mark Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1965
A-Mark Financial Corporation operates in the realm of precious metals, offering gold, silver, platinum, and palladium…
ASC, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
1970s:Sunroof kits and simulated convertible tops are introduced by the rapidly growing firm.
Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation
Active · founded 1965
Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation is a leading regional airline in the United States.
American Express Company
Active · founded 1965
Total Assets: $148.51 billion (1999) Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago Pacific London Paris Ticker Symbol: AXP NAIC:…
American Stores Company
Defunct · founded 1965
Built largely through the drive and ambition of one family, American Stores Company has developed into one of the…
Analog Devices, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Analog Devices, Inc.
Cabela's Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Cabela's Inc.
Doctor's Associates Inc.
Active · founded 1965
With more than 22,000 worldwide locations, Subway-owned and operated by privately held Doctor's Associates Inc.--is…
Domino's, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Privately held Domino's, Inc.
Electro Rent Corporation
Active · founded 1965
With its headquarters in Van Nuys, California, Electro Rent Corporation rents and leases state-of-the art electronic…
ElkCorp
Active · founded 1965
Formerly known as Elcor Corporation, Dallas-based ElkCorp chose its current name to more closely identify the company…
Gold's Gym International, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Gold's Gym International, Inc.
Herley Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Herley Industries, Inc.
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
Active · founded 1965
Late 1970s:Company refocuses on the disk drive market.
JOULÉ Inc.
Active · founded 1965
JOULÉ Inc.
Keane, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
As a consulting firm offering customized software services, Keane, Inc.
Levitz Furniture Inc.
Active · founded 1965
A pioneer of the warehouse-showroom concept, in which both facilities are within a single building, Levitz Furniture…
Lincoln Property Company
Active · founded 1965
Lincoln Property Company is one of the top developers of both office buildings and residential apartment complexes,…
Lund International Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Lund International Holdings, Inc.
Marquette Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Founded in 1965, Marquette Electronics, Inc., has grown in harmony with the rise of computer technology to become a…
Metrocall, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: MCLL NAIC: 513321 Paging; 513322 Cellular and Other Wireless…
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Active · founded 1965
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public-benefit corporation chartered by the state of New York,…
Peavey Electronics Corporation
Active · founded 1965
The Peavey Electronics Corporation, founded in 1965 by Hartley Peavey, is a major manufacturer of guitars, amplifiers,…
PepsiCo, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
PepsiCo, Inc.
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
The second largest pet food and supplies retailer, Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.
RemedyTemp, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
RemedyTemp, Inc.
Rich Products Corporation
Active · founded 1965
Rich Products Corporation entered the 21st century as one of the leading frozen food manufacturers in the United States.
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Active · founded 1965
Ruth's Chris Steak House is an international chain of upscale restaurants.
Ryan Beck & Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Ryan Beck & Co., Inc.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Thomas Cook Travel Inc.
Active · founded 1965
Dissolved: 1994 Employees: 4,000 (1993) Sales: $1.9 billion (1993) Prior to its acquisition by the American Express…
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Active · founded 1965
As a subsidiary of media giant Time Warner Inc., Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
United Video Satellite Group
Active · founded 1965
Look up in the sky--or on your television, your web browser, or your company's intranet--and there is a good chance one…
A-dec, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Located on the A-dec Technical Park campus in Newberg, Oregon, A-dec, Inc.
American Technical Ceramics Corp.
Active · founded 1966
American Technical Ceramics Corp.
Analysts International Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Analysts International Corporation (AiC) describes itself as 'a premier information technology services company serving…
Analytic Sciences Corporation
Active · founded 1966
The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC) is a leading provider of applied information technology services.
Applause Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Applause Inc.
Arkansas Best Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Parent company of one of the leading truckers in the United States, Arkansas Best Corporation (ABC) ships general…
B. Dalton Bookseller Inc.
Active · founded 1966
B.
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Minnesota-based Best Buy Co., Inc.
CTG, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Computer Task Group Inc.
Coherent, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Coherent, Inc.
Comshare Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Comshare Inc.
EMCOR Group Inc.
Active · founded 1966
EMCOR Group Inc.
Fay's Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Fay's Inc.
Foodmaker, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Foodmaker, Inc., is the operator and franchisor of Jack in the Box restaurants, the fifth-largest fast-food hamburger…
Hadco Corporation
Active · founded 1966
For over two decades, Hadco Corporation has been a leader in the development and manufacture of electronic packaging…
Intermec Technologies Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Based in Everett, Washington, Intermec Technologies Corporation is a leading global supplier of supply chain…
JWP Inc.
Active · founded 1966
JWP Inc.
Jabil Circuit, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Jabil Circuit, Inc.
K-Swiss, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Founded in 1966, K-Swiss, Inc.
Kaman Music Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Kaman Music Corporation manufactures Ovation, Adamas, and Hamer guitars and is also the largest independent distributor…
Kimco Realty Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Kimco Realty Corporation is one of the largest owners and operators of neighborhood and community shopping centers in…
Lindal Cedar Homes, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
The largest and oldest manufacturer of premanufactured cedar houses in the world, Lindal Cedar Homes, Inc.
MasterCard International, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Billings: $200 billion SICs: 6153 Payment Cards, Travelers Cheques, and Travel MasterCard is one of the major credit…
Medline Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Based in Mundelein, Illinois, Medline Industries, Inc.
Navistar International Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Navistar International Corporation is America's largest manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty diesel trucks.
Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Founded in Berkeley, California, in the mid-1960s, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.
Pentair, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Pentair, Inc.
Randall's Food Markets, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Randall's Food Markets, Inc.
Robert Mondavi Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Robert Mondavi Corporation, with its family of Robert Mondavi wineries, is one of the United States' premier winemakers…
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Tetra Tech, Inc.
The Basketball Club of Seattle, LLC
Active · founded 1966
Professional basketball in Seattle, Washington, had its beginnings on December 20, 1966, when the city was awarded a…
Tyler Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Once a Fortune 500 company with more than $1 billion in sales, Tyler Corporation operates as an information services…
Univar Corporation
Active · founded 1966
Univar Corporation is a leading, international distributor of a broad range of industrial chemicals, which it…
Vans, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Vans, Inc.
WELLS RICH GREENE BDDP
Active · founded 1966
Wells Rich Greene BDDP is the world's eighth-largest advertising agency.
Wall Street Deli, Inc.
Active · founded 1966
Wall Street Deli, Inc.
A.G. Edwards, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
A.G.
Ambassadors International, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Ambassadors International, Inc., is a leading provider nationwide of strategy, software, and services for meetings and…
American Business Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
American Business Products, Inc.
American General Finance Corp.
Active · founded 1967
Total Assets: $7.6 billion SICs: 6141 Personal Credit Institutions Among the largest consumer-credit companies in the…
American International Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Total Assets: $492.98 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York London Tokyo Paris Swiss Ticker Symbol: AIG NAIC: 523120…
Anaren Microwave, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Anaren Microwave, Inc.
Aydin Corp.
Active · founded 1967
A world class provider of products and systems for the acquisition and distribution of information over electronic…
Berry Plastics Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Berry Plastics Corporation is one of the leading U.S.
Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc.
Big Lots, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Big Lots, Inc., the nation's largest closeout retailer, sells everything from consumables, seasonal products and…
Boole & Babbage, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Boole & Babbage, Inc.
CNA Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Total Assets: $62.5 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Midwest Pacific Ticker Symbol: CNA NAIC: 524126 Direct…
Calvin Klein, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Calvin Klein, Inc., designs, licenses, and, in some cases, produces clothing, accessories, fragrances, and home…
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Casey's General Stores, Inc.
Ceradyne, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Ceradyne, Inc.
Esterline Technologies Corp.
Active · founded 1967
A diversified manufacturing company divided into three business groups--Automation, Aerospace and Defense, and…
First Alert, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
For more than 25 years, First Alert, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, has been a leading worldwide manufacturer and…
General Housewares Corporation
Active · founded 1967
General Housewares Corporation is a leading manufacturer and marketer of cookware, cutlery, kitchen tools, wood…
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Active · founded 1967
Miami-based Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international law firm with approximately 1,100 lawyers in 24 offices located…
Instinet Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Instinet Corporation operates the largest of a number of privately owned electronic communications networks (ECNs) that…
Itel Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Itel Corporation is a diversified transportation and logistics company.
Jayco Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Jayco, Inc.
Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Located in Phoenix, Arizona, Karsten Manufacturing Corporation is famous for its Ping golf clubs.
Katy Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Katy Industries, Inc.
Kemper Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Total Assets: $13.15 billion (1994) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6311 Life Insurance; 6719 Offices of Holding…
Lancer Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Lancer Corporation manufactures and designs soft-drink beverage dispensers and related food service equipment such as…
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Active · founded 1967
The largest defense contractor in the United States, McDonnell Douglas Corporation is also the world's largest builder…
Mr. Gasket Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Throughout its more than 30 years in business, Mr.
National Organization for Women, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
The National Organization For Women, Inc., better known by its acronym NOW, is a Washington, D.C.-based organization…
New Line Cinema, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
New Line Cinema, Inc.
Nortek, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Nortek, Inc., founded in 1967 by Ralph R.
PCA International, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
PCA International, Inc.
Perry Ellis International, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Originally founded by the acclaimed fashion designer Perry Ellis to manage the licensing of his name, Perry Ellis…
Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Ruiz Food Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Privately owned, Ruiz Food Products, Inc.
Shaw Industries
Active · founded 1967
Since 1987, Shaw Industries--based in Dalton, Georgia, which is also known as "The Carpet Capital of the World"--has…
Shaw Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Shaw Industries, Inc.
Shorewood Packaging Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Shorewood Packaging Corporation and its subsidiaries print and manufacture high-quality paperboard packaging for the…
Southwest Airlines Co.
Active · founded 1967
Southwest Airlines Co.
Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Telxon Corporation
Active · founded 1967
Telxon Corporation is a world leader in the design, manufacture, integration, and marketing of portable and wireless…
The Hertz Corporation
Active · founded 1967
The Hertz Corporation is the world's largest car rental company, handling more than 30 million rentals worldwide with…
The Pantry, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
With 1,215 convenience stores, The Pantry, Inc.
The Ryland Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
s: 23321 Single Family Housing Construction; 52231 Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers A leading homebuilder in the…
Trader Joe's Company
Active · founded 1967
Trader Joe's Company operates a chain of unique grocery stores that have been described as equal parts discount…
Valmont Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Valmont Industries, Inc.
Vicon Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Vicon Industries, Inc.
Vitalink Pharmacy Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Vitalink Pharmacy Services, Inc., provides institutional pharmacy services to nursing facilities and other institutions.
W.R. Berkley Corp.
Active · founded 1967
Total Assets: $3.58 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6331 Fire, Marine, and Casualty Insurance; 6411 Insurance…
Wenner Media, Inc.
Active · founded 1967
Wenner Media, Inc.
ACE Cash Express, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
ACE Cash Express, Inc.
ALZA Corporation
Active · founded 1968
As one of the world's leading producers of drug delivery systems, ALZA Corporation develops and manufactures a variety…
AMC Entertainment Inc.
Active · founded 1968
AMC Entertainment Inc., through its American Multi-Cinema, Inc.
Aerosonic Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Aerosonic Corporation is a producer of aircraft instruments and precision machined components.
Affiliated Foods Inc.
Defunct · founded 1968
Affiliated Foods Inc., headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, is a grocers' cooperative provisioning over 700 independent,…
Astronics Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing; 335122 Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting…
Bauerly Companies
Active · founded 1968
Bauerly Companies, headquartered in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, stands out as one of the largest producers of aggregate,…
Bill Blass Ltd.
Active · founded 1968
Bill Blass Ltd.
Bindley Western Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Twenty-five years after starting his operation in borrowed basement space, Bill Bindley has built Bindley Western…
Central Parking Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Central Parking Corporation is the leading parking services company in the United States, operating nearly 1,500…
Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc.
Chemfab Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Chemfab Corporation is an international leader in the design, manufacture, fabrication, and marketing of flexible…
Chemical Banking Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Total Assets: $187.85 billion Stock Exchanges: New York London SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State Commercial…
Chiat/Day Inc. Advertising
Active · founded 1968
Gross Billings: $932 million SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies Daring, controversial, and visionary from its inception,…
Clayton Homes Incorporated
Active · founded 1968
Clayton Homes Incorporated is a leading retailer of manufactured homes in the United States.
Computer Data Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Computer Data Systems, Inc.
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
DRS Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
DRS Technologies, Inc.
Daktronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Daktronics, Inc.
Data General Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Data General Corporation is a manufacturer of multi-user computer systems: minicomputers, workstations, and servers.
Datapoint Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Datapoint Corporation has a proud history as one of the most innovative American computer companies, and today, despite…
Deposit Guaranty Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Total Assets: $6.03 billion (1995) Employees: 2,613 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021…
Eddie Bauer, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Eddie Bauer, Inc.
Electromagnetic Sciences Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Electromagnetic Sciences Inc.
Entercom Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1968
As Entercom prepared for the future, it remained committed to expansion through acquisition.
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation is an industry leader in computer graphics, especially in providing realistic…
Fastenal Company
Active · founded 1968
Fastenal Company sells nuts, bolts, and other industrial and construction supplies.
FinishMaster, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
FinishMaster, Inc.
Flying J Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Flying J Inc.
Fourth Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Total Assets: $7.65 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6021 National Commercial Banks; 6712 Bank Holding Companies;…
General DataComm Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
General DataComm Industries is a leading provider of multimedia networks and telecommunications equipment used by…
Ground Round, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
A pioneer in casual dining restaurant chains, Ground Round, Inc.
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects LLC
Active · founded 1968
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects LLC is one of the largest architectural firms in the United States.
HMI Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Known until early 1995 as Health-Mor Inc., HMI Industries has diversified from its core in high-end vacuum cleaners to…
Hastings Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Operator of a fast-growing chain of multimedia superstores, Hastings Entertainment, Inc.
Helen of Troy Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Named for the most beautiful woman in classical mythology, Helen of Troy Corporation commands an industry-leading 35…
Holland & Knight LLP
Active · founded 1968
With 31 domestic and international offices, Holland & Knight LLP is among the 20 largest law firms in the world.
ITT Educational Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
ITT Educational Services, Inc.
Intel Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Intel Corporation is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, with major facilities in the United States,…
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Once known primarily as a telecommunications company, the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT) has…
J.D. Power and Associates
Active · founded 1968
By the early 1990s, the name J.D.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Active · founded 1968
Total Assets: $705 billion (2001 est.) Stock Exchanges: New York London Ticker Symbol: JPM NAIC: 522110 Commercial…
K-tel International, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
An international marketing and distribution company, K-tel International, Inc.
La Quinta Inns, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
With more than 220 inns in 29 states, La Quinta Inns, Inc.
Leucadia National Corporation
Active · founded 1968
A holding company, Leucadia National Corporation owns businesses ranging from insurance to telecommunications.
Lewis Galoob Toys Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Lewis Galoob Toys Inc.
Lincoln Snacks Company
Active · founded 1968
Lincoln Snacks Company is one of the leading manufacturers and marketers of caramelized pre-popped popcorn in the…
Manor Care, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Manor Care, Inc.
McClain Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
McClain Industries, Inc.
Mead Data Central, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Mead Data Central, Inc.
Melamine Chemicals, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Melamine Chemicals, Inc.
Mercer International Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Mercer International Inc.
Merrill Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Merrill Corporation delivers diverse document management and communications services to the worldwide financial, legal,…
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc.
Monaco Coach Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Monaco Coach Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of premium motor coaches and towable recreational vehicles.
Motorcar Parts & Accessories, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Motorcar Parts & Accessories, Inc.
Mr. Coffee, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Best known for its pioneering and market-leading automatic drip coffeemakers, Mr.
Multimedia, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
One of the most profitable media communications companies in the United States, Multimedia, Inc.
NIKE, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Founded as an importer of Japanese shoes, NIKE, Inc.
OMI Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Although OMI returned to profitability, recording net earnings of $3.4 million in 1996 and $19.8 million in 1997,…
PVC Container Corporation
Active · founded 1968
PVC Container Corporation manufactures plastic bottles and containers from a variety of resins, including polyvinyl…
Pancho's Mexican Buffet, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Pancho's Mexican Buffet, Inc., based in Fort Worth, Texas, owns and operates 47 restaurants, principally in Texas, but…
Polo/Ralph Lauren Corporation
Active · founded 1968
The Polo/Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) has become one of the best-known fashion design and licensing houses in the…
Pyramid Companies
Active · founded 1968
Pyramid Companies is the leading developer of shopping malls in the northeastern United States, concentrating on…
QSC Audio Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
QSC Audio Products, Inc.
RDO Equipment Company
Active · founded 1968
Founded by agriculture mogul Ronald D.
SPSS Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Based in Chicago, SPSS Inc.
Sensormatic Electronics Corp.
Active · founded 1968
Sensormatic Electronics Corp.
Shoney's, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Shoney's, Inc., is one of the restaurant industry's most respected companies.
Sir Speedy, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Sir Speedy, Inc.
Spectrum Control, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Based near Erie, Pennsylvania, Spectrum Control, Inc.
Stein Mart Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Stein Mart Inc.
Sybron International Corp.
Active · founded 1968
Sybron International Corp.
Systems & Computer Technology Corp.
Active · founded 1968
Systems & Computer Technology Corp.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, formerly National Medical Enterprises, ranks as the second largest hospital chain in the…
The Boston Consulting Group
Active · founded 1968
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), based in Boston, Massachusetts, is one the most influential business strategy…
The First American Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Originally devoted solely to the title insurance business, The First American Corporation, as a result of…
Tubby's, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Tubby's, Inc.
Twinlab Corporation
Active · founded 1968
1980s:Twin Labs enters the vitamin market.
Ultimate Electronics, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1968
Ultimate Electronics, Inc.
WMX Technologies Inc.
Active · founded 1968
WMX Technologies Inc., a holding company, is a leading international provider of environmental and related services.
Wawa Inc.
Active · founded 1968
With 515 outlets in 1996, Wawa Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company
Active · founded 1968
Total Assets: $263 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago Ticker Symbol: WFC NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking;…
WinCo Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1968
WinCo Foods Inc.
Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
Workman Publishing Company, Inc., is a leading independent publisher of non-fiction books, games, and calendars.
AMERCO
Active · founded 1969
AMERCO is a holding company whose primary subsidiary is Phoenix-based U-Haul International, Inc., North America's…
Acxiom Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Acxiom Corporation--Acxiom is a registered trademark--is a leading provider of information management services and…
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc., (ATL) is one of the leading diagnostic ultrasound imaging companies in the…
Alamo Group Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Taking its name from the famous Texas landmark, Alamo Group Inc.
American Vanguard Corporation
Active · founded 1969
American Vanguard Corporation is a southern California holding company, the primary business of which is conducted…
Armor Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Prior to 1997 Armor Holdings, Inc.
Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
Baltek Corporation
Active · founded 1969
1980s:Company's products are being sold around the globe.
Bergen Brunswig Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Bergen Brunswig Corporation is the nation's largest supplier of pharmaceuticals to the managed care market and the…
CML Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
The CML Group, Inc.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Charming Shoppes, Inc., is a leading retailer, specializing in women's apparel.
Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
Church's Chicken
Active · founded 1969
A division of AFC Enterprises, Inc., Church's Chicken owns and franchises more than 1,500 fast food chicken restaurants…
Comcast Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Comcast Corporation is a leading cable, telecommunications, and entertainment firm.
Community Psychiatric Centers
Active · founded 1969
Community Psychiatric Centers was one of the largest chains of investor-owned psychiatric hospitals in the United…
Comprehensive Care Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Comprehensive Care Corporation (CompCare) specializes in managed care and drug detoxification programs.
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.
Dayton Hudson Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Dayton Hudson Corporation operates the well-known Target discount stores, Mervyn's moderately priced retail stores, and…
Devon Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1969
With its headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, publicly traded Devon Energy Corporation is the largest independent…
Discount Drug Mart, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Discount Drug Mart, Inc.
Doubletree Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Doubletree Corporation owns, manages, and franchises hotels in the United States and abroad.
Dow Jones Telerate, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Dow Jones Telerate, Inc., is a leading purveyor of information concerning the financial industry to customers around…
Dycom Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Dycom Industries, Inc.
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
Envirodyne Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Envirodyne Industries, Inc.
Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI)
Active · founded 1969
Headquartered in Redlands, California, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.
Essence Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Essence Communications, Inc.
Fairfield Communities, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Fairfield Communities, Inc.
First Empire State Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Assets: $10.36 billion Stock Exchanges: American SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks A…
Franklin Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Assets: $87 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6282 Investment Advice; 6719 Holding Companies,…
Giant Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Early 1980s:Competition from the oil majors forces Acridge to close all his stations in the Phoenix metro area and to…
Golden State Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1969
1950s:Golden State begins supplying several McDonald's franchises.
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., is the largest manufacturer of caskets and hospital beds in the world, and also supplies…
IDX Systems Corporation
Active · founded 1969
IDX Systems Corporation is a leading healthcare information technology company that offers software, hardware, and…
Intergraph Corporation
Defunct · founded 1969
Intergraph Corporation develops and sells software, hardware, and services for technical professionals, particularly…
JLG Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
JLG Industries, Inc.
John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
John Q.
Key Tronic Corporation
Active · founded 1969
The world's largest independent producer of computer keyboards, Key Tronic Corporation manufactures a broad range of…
Kirby Corporation
Active · founded 1969
As the largest inland barge operator in the United States, Kirby Corporation and subsidiary Kirby Inland Marine LP…
Korn/Ferry International
Active · founded 1969
Korn/Ferry International is the number one executive recruitment firm in the world, with more than 70 offices in 40…
KraftMaid Cabinetry, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
KraftMaid Cabinetry, Inc., is the leading manufacturer of "semi-custom" cabinets in the United States, which are built…
Lennar Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Florida's largest home builder and one of the largest residential builders in the country, Lennar Corporation began as…
Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
Active · founded 1969
Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
Loews Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Loews Corporation is a holding company with diversified interests in insurance, tobacco, offshore drilling, hotels, and…
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
One of Hawaii's oldest and largest corporations, Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc.
Medical Information Technology Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Headquartered in Westwood, Massachusetts, Medical Information Technology Inc.
Mentor Corporation
Active · founded 1969
A fast-growing company, Mentor Corporation produces breast implants, tissue implants, facial implants, and penile…
Moore Medical Corp.
Active · founded 1969
A leading distributor of health-care products, Moore Medical Corp.
Murdock Madaus Schwabe
Active · founded 1969
Murdock Madaus Schwabe is an international leader in the herbal or natural products industry.
Murphy Family Farms Inc.
Active · founded 1969
The largest swine production company in the United States, Murphy Family Farms Inc.
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Revenues: $4.18 billion (2003) NAIC: 622110 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals; 622310 Specialty General Medical…
Noble Affiliates, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
One of the leading independent energy companies in the United States, Noble Affiliates, Inc.
Oceaneering International, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Oceaneering International, Inc.
Odetics Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Odetics Inc.
Offshore Logistics, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Offshore Logistics, Inc., with headquarters in Lafayette, Louisiana, provides a variety of services to the petroleum…
Old Spaghetti Factory International Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Old Spaghetti Factory International Inc.
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Operating Revenues: $420.1 million Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific SICs: 4412 Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of…
Penske Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Ranked among America's 50 largest private companies, Penske Corporation is a transportation services firm with major…
Piper Jaffray Companies Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Total Assets: $923.74 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6211, Security Brokers & Dealers Through three…
Prime Hospitality Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Prime Hospitality Corporation is a major owner, operator, and franchiser of hotels.
Quixote Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Quixote Corporation operates as a holding company for leading manufacturers in two specialized technology areas.
Raymond James Financial Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Total Assets: $7.62 billion (2004) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: RJF NAIC: 523110 Investment Banking; 551112…
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
Restaurants Unlimited, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
One of the fastest-growing restaurant companies in the United States, Restaurants Unlimited, Inc.
Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Active · founded 1969
Storage Technology Corporation (StorageTek) is a world leader in the design and manufacture of information storage and…
SYSCO Corporation
Active · founded 1969
SYSCO Corporation (an acronym for Systems and Services Company) is the largest marketer and distributor of foodservice…
Scheels All Sports Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Hunters, cyclists, golfers, runners and nearly all other sports and outdoor enthusiasts can find the gear they need at…
Science Applications International Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Science Applications International Corporation is a leading U.S.
Siebert Financial Corp.
Active · founded 1969
Siebert Financial Corp.
Siegel & Gale
Active · founded 1969
New York City-based Siegel & Gale is a subsidiary of Omnicom Group Inc., the world's largest advertising conglomerate.
Superior Industries International, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Founded initially to make radiator bug screens, Superior Industries International, Inc., has grown to be the largest…
TRC Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
TRC Companies, Inc.
Taco John's International, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Taco John's International, Inc.
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., or TDS, is one of the most highly praised telecommunications enterprises in the…
The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.
Active · founded 1969
The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.
The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
The Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.
The Gap, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Founded as a single store by Donald G.
Unifi, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Unifi, Inc.
Union Pacific Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Union Pacific Corporation (UP) is a holding company whose principal operating subsidiary is Union Pacific Railroad…
United Industries Corporation
Active · founded 1969
United Industries Corporation is a St.
Varlen Corporation
Active · founded 1969
The Varlen Corporation is a continuously evolving diversified manufacturing company.
Verbatim Corporation
Active · founded 1969
One of the world's leading image and data storage media technology developers, Verbatim Corporation was one of the…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Active · founded 1969
The mysterious series of lines and numbers called bar coding has provided a thumbprint of products since the 1970s,…
AEP Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
AEP Industries, Inc.
Altron Incorporated
Active · founded 1970
Altron Incorporated is a leading contract manufacturer of advanced electronic interconnect products, including surface…
Amdahl Corporation
Active · founded 1970
Amdahl Corporation is a leading manufacturer of large-scale data-processing systems.
American Golf Corporation
Active · founded 1970
1980s:Company secures management contracts for five municipal golf courses in New York City.
American Management Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
American Management Systems, Inc.
American Software Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Atlanta-based American Software Inc.
Andrews McMeel Universal
Active · founded 1970
Andrews McMeel Universal is a diversified publishing and media company that includes under its umbrella one of the…
Baby Superstore, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Baby Superstore, Inc., operates a chain of 60 stores in 16 southeastern and midwestern states.
Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
A fast-growing generic drug company, Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., develops, manufactures, and markets generic and…
Block Drug Company, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1970
Block Drug Company, Inc.
Boston Properties, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
The media empire of Mortimer B.
Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
The second-largest waste disposal company in the world, Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
CBRL Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
CBRL Group, Inc., was formed in 1998 as a holding company for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants, a chain of…
Candela Corporation
Active · founded 1970
Candela Corporation, located in Wayland, Massachusetts, designs, manufactures, and markets laser systems for use in a…
Colonial Properties Trust
Active · founded 1970
Colonial Properties Trust is a Birmingham, Alabama-based real estate investment trust (REIT) that takes a balanced…
Concord EFS, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Concord EFS, Inc., based in Memphis, Tennessee, provides a full range of electronic payment and deposit services, from…
Crystal Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Crystal Brands, Inc., manufactures and merchandises sportswear, costume jewelry, and accessories under some of the…
Custom Chrome, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Custom Chrome, Inc.
Ecology and Environment, Inc.
Renamed · founded 1970
One of the earliest companies dedicated to the problem of environmental conservation and enhancement, Ecology and…
Esprit de Corp.
Active · founded 1970
Esprit de Corp.
Farmland Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Farmland Foods is the largest subsidiary and the third-largest business segment of Farmland Industries, Inc., which in…
Freddie Mac
Active · founded 1970
Total Assets: $721.73 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific Ticker Symbol: FRE NAIC: 522298 All Other…
Fresh Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
North Carolina-based Fresh Foods, Inc., formerly known as WSMP, Inc., is a holding company for a variety of food…
GoodMark Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
The world's largest producer of meat snacks, GoodMark Foods, Inc.
Graphic Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1970
One of the ten highest-volume commercial printing operations in the United States, Graphic Industries was founded in…
Greatbatch Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Greatbatch Inc.
Hoenig Group Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Hoenig Group Inc., through its brokerage subsidiaries, provides global securities brokerage, marketing and distribution…
Horton Homes, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Horton Homes, Inc.
Hospital Central Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Working through a group of separately incorporated affiliates, Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Hospital Central Services,…
Jones Intercable, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1970
Jones Intercable, Inc.
KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Total Assets: $456.9 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 8351 Child Day Care Services KinderCare Learning Centers,…
Kinko's Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Kinko's Inc.
LDB Corporation
Active · founded 1970
LDB Corporation, operating out of Kerrville, Texas, is a privately held company that operates through its Mr.
Little Tikes Company
Active · founded 1970
The distinctive, brightly colored plastic toys produced by the Little Tikes Company are a staple for kids around the…
Mark IV Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Mark IV Industries, Inc.
Mercantile Bankshares Corp.
Active · founded 1970
Total Assets: $5.5 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State Commercial Banks; 6021…
Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1968 as a trendy boutique selling only blue jeans, Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc.
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
Active · founded 1970
The Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club oversees the operations of the Milwaukee Brewers, a Major League baseball team…
Morris Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1970
Morris Communications Corporation (MCC) is a mid-sized media company with holdings in diverse media.
National Public Radio, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Operating Revenues: $143.8 million (2000) NAIC:513112 Radio Stations National Public Radio, Inc.
New Times, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
New Times, Inc.
Nicklaus Companies
Active · founded 1970
Nicklaus Companies is a conglomerate of golf-related businesses run and owned by golfer Jack Nicklaus and his family.
PaineWebber Group Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Total Assets: $52.51 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific SICs: 6159 Miscellaneous Business Credit…
Parlex Corporation
Active · founded 1970
Parlex Corporation is a world leader in the flexible circuitry and laminated cable assemblies used throughout the…
Pilot Air Freight Corp.
Active · founded 1970
Pilot Air Freight Corp.
Pogo Producing Company
Active · founded 1970
Pogo Producing Company is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas both domestically and…
Portland Trail Blazers
Active · founded 1970
It seemed fitting that the board of governors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) saw a future for their sport…
Prince Sports Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Prince Sports Group, Inc.
Red Apple Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Under the names Gristede's, Sloan's, and Red Apple, Red Apple Group, Inc., wholly owned by John A.
Roto-Rooter, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Early 1940s:National print advertising of the Roto-Rooter brand begins.
S&K Famous Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
S&K Famous Brands, Inc.
Service Merchandise Company, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1970
Service Merchandise Company, Inc.
Sportmart, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
The Sportmart, Inc.
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
With over 300 funeral homes and more than 120 cemeteries, Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Company
Active · founded 1970
Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Company is a holding company whose major subsidiary is The Pfaltzgraff Co., an historic…
TBWA ADVERTISING, INC.
Active · founded 1970
TBWA is an independent, privately-owned advertising agency with offices in 16 cities around the world.
The Judge Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
The Judge Group, Inc.
Tom's of Maine, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Tom's of Maine, Inc.
Tops Appliance City, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Starting with a tiny store in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Leslie S.
Trident Seafoods Corporation
Active · founded 1970
Trident Seafoods Corporation is a vertically integrated harvester, processor, and marketer of seafood, operating…
Venture Stores Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Venture Stores Inc.
Visa International
Active · founded 1970
Visa International has grown from a credit card company into the largest full-service consumer payment system in the…
Viskase Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Viskase Companies, Inc.
Waste Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1970
Waste Holdings, Inc., called Waste Industries, Inc.
Western Digital Corp.
Active · founded 1970
Western Digital Corp.
Wherehouse Entertainment Incorporated
Active · founded 1970
Wherehouse Entertainment Incorporated oversees one of the country's largest chains of retail outlets engaged in selling…
AEI Music Network Inc.
Active · founded 1971
AEI Music Network Inc.
ATC Healthcare Inc.
Active · founded 1971
ATC Healthcare Inc.
Acadian Ambulance & Air Med Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Acadian Ambulance & Air Med Services, Inc.
Akorn, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Akorn, Inc.
American Homestar Corporation
Active · founded 1971
American Homestar Corporation, one of the leading producers of site-assembled manufactured housing in the United…
Avco Financial Services Inc.
Active · founded 1971
A subsidiary of Textron Inc., Avco Financial Services Inc.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
Borders Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Borders Group, Inc.
CMP Media Inc.
Active · founded 1971
When CMP Media Inc.
Cannondale Corporation
Active · founded 1971
Cannondale Corporation is a world-class leader in the design and manufacture of high-end, high-performance aluminum…
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Named for Ohio's crimson state bird, Cardinal Health, Inc., ranks among America's top wholesale drug distributors, with…
Chugach Alaska Corporation
Active · founded 1971
Chugach Alaska Corporation (CAC) is one of the most successful of the 12 Alaska Native Regional Corporations that were…
Collins Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Collins Industries, Inc.
Comdisco, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Revenues: $2.2 billion Employees: 2,087 Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 5045 Computers and Computer Peripheral…
FedEx Corporation
Active · founded 1971
FedEx Corporation specializes in overnight delivery of high-priority packages, documents, and heavy freight.
First Commerce Corporation
Active · founded 1971
With $6.7 billion in assets in 1993, First Commerce Corporation was the largest multibank holding company in Louisiana.
First Data Corporation
Defunct · founded 1971
In 1995 two of the world's largest financial data processing businesses--First Financial Management Corporation and…
First of America Bank Corporation
Active · founded 1971
First of America Bank Corporation is one of the Midwest's largest bank holding companies and is ranked among the top 35…
Fisher Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
The owner of an unusual combination of businesses, Fisher Companies Inc.
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
William Harrah parlayed a Reno bingo parlor into a company, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., consisting of Nevada casinos,…
Hub Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Hub Group, Inc.
II-VI Incorporated
Active · founded 1971
II-VI Incorporated develops and manufactures optical and optoelectronic devices used in laser and sensor systems.
IVC Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
IVC Industries, Inc.
Invacare Corporation
Active · founded 1971
Invacare Corporation is a world leading maker and distributor of non-acute healthcare products for people requiring…
J & J Snack Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1971
J & J Snack Foods Corporation is a manufacturer and exporter of snack foods, beverages, and frozen specialties.
J&R Electronics Inc.
Active · founded 1971
J&R Electronics Inc.
J. Alexander's Corporation
Active · founded 1971
J.
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Active · founded 1971
The 16th largest motion picture producer in the United States, ranked by revenues, Lucasfilm Ltd.
Marisa Christina, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Marisa Christina, Inc.
Material Sciences Corporation
Active · founded 1971
Material Sciences Corporation (MSC) is a publicly traded company based in Elk Grove, Illinois.
Mecklermedia Corporation
Defunct · founded 1971
Mecklermedia Corporation is a small but important player in the world of the Internet, with a relatively long history…
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.
Morris Travel Services L.L.C.
Active · founded 1971
Morris Travel Services L.L.C.
NBTY, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
NBTY, Inc.
National Auto Credit, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
National Auto Credit, Inc.
New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation
Active · founded 1971
Operating Revenues: $1 billion (2000) NAIC: 713290 Other Gambling Industries The New York City Off-Track Betting…
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Operating Revenues: $735.5 million (1999) NAIC: 52321 Securities and Commodity Exchanges Founded in 1792 amid the…
NutriSystem, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
NutriSystem, Inc., formerly an operator of weight-loss centers, offers its services on the Internet, providing diet…
Old Kent Financial Corp.
Active · founded 1971
Total Assets: $10.1 billion Stock Index: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State Commercial Banks; 6021…
Oryx Energy Company
Active · founded 1971
Oryx Energy Company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is one of the world's largest independent oil and natural gas…
Post Properties, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Post Properties, Inc.
Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Quad/Graphics, Inc.
RCM Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
RCM Technologies, Inc.
Recycled Paper Greetings, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Recycled Paper Greetings, Inc.
Roberds Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Characterized as "one of the most successful retailers of appliances in the Dayton area" by the Dayton Daily News,…
Sealaska Corporation
Active · founded 1971
A Native-owned corporation with more than 16,500 shareholders, Sealaska Corporation is the largest private landholder…
Six Flags, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Six Flags, Inc.
Standard Microsystems Corporation
Active · founded 1971
Since being incorporated in 1971, Standard Microsystems Corporation has evolved from a semiconductor supplier to a…
Starter Corp.
Active · founded 1971
Starter Corp.
Steel Technologies Inc.
Active · founded 1971
With its headquarters located in Louisville, Kentucky, Steel Technologies Inc.
Sunglass Hut International, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Sunglass Hut International, Inc.
The Ziegler Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Total Assets: $121.1 million (2003) Stock Exchanges: Pink Sheets Ticker Symbol: ZCOI NAIC: 523110 Investment Banking…
Tom Brown, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Tom Brown, Inc., is one of the leading independent oil and gas firms in the United States.
VECO International, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
VECO International, Inc.
Viacom Inc.
Defunct · founded 1971
One of the largest media companies in the world, Viacom Inc.
Waxman Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
Waxman Industries, Inc., a company based in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, has grown from a small family concern to one of…
Wyant Corporation
Active · founded 1971
Wyant Corporation, a New York corporation based in New Jersey, manufactures and distributes disposable wipers and…
ASK Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
The ASK Group, Inc.
AVX Corporation
Active · founded 1972
AVX Corporation is a global manufacturer of passive electronic components.
Adelphia Communications Corporation
Defunct · founded 1972
With more than 5.8 million subscribers in 37 U.S.
American Business Information, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
American Business Information, Inc.
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) was established following the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement…
Armor All Products Corp.
Active · founded 1972
Armor All Products Corp.
Atari Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Dissolved: 1998 NAIC: 511210 Software Publishers Before its merger with disk drive maker JTS Corporation in 1996, the…
Bear Creek Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Bear Creek Corporation is one of the nation's leading direct-mail marketers with facilities in Oregon's Rogue River…
Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Indeed, success continued into the late 1990s due in part to the company's diversification efforts and its aggressive…
Campo Electronics, Appliances & Computers, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Campo Electronics, Appliances & Computers, Inc.
Carnival Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Begun with one ship that ran aground on its maiden voyage, Carnival Corporation has since grown into the most…
Cattleman's, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
From beef briskets and chuck steaks to hamburger and ribs, Detroit-based Cattleman's, Inc.
Celestial Seasonings, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
The largest manufacturer and marketer of herb teas in the United States, Celestial Seasonings, Inc.
Central Sprinkler Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Central Sprinkler Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary Central Sprinkler Company, is one of the largest…
Computervision Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Computervision Corporation is a leading supplier of software for use in computer-aided design and computer-aided…
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Constellation Brands, Inc., is the only alcoholic beverage company in the United States involved in all three…
Credit Acceptance Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Credit Acceptance Corporation is a pioneer provider of a range of credit financing services to automobile dealers…
Cruise America Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Cruise America Inc.
Culp, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Culp, Inc.
Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc.
Discount Auto Parts, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Discount Auto Parts, Inc.
Elamex, S.A. de C.V.
Active · founded 1972
Elamex, S.A.
Elsinore Corporation
Active · founded 1972
The Elsinore Corporation owns and operates the Four Queens Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas.
Fieldale Farms Corporation
Active · founded 1972
In 1995, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that Fieldale Farms Corporation was the sixth largest privately…
Fred Weber, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Based in the St.
Glamis Gold, Ltd.
Active · founded 1972
Glamis Gold, Ltd.
Golden Corral Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Having started with one small steakhouse, Golden Corral Corporation has grown into one of the nation's strongest family…
Ha-Lo Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
The largest marketer and distributor of promotional products in the United States, Ha-Lo Industries, Inc.
Hibernia Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Hibernia Corporation, headquartered in New Orleans, is a holding company initially formed to serve as the parent…
Home Box Office Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Home Box Office Inc.
Hudson Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Hudson Foods, Inc., is one of the largest producers of poultry and prepared meats in the United States.
Infinity Broadcasting Corporation
Defunct · founded 1972
Gross Billings: $3.6 billion (2001) NAIC: 513111 Radio Networks; 513112 Radio Stations Infinity Broadcasting…
InterDigital Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1972
InterDigital Communications Corporation has been a pioneer in wireless telecommunications technology for more than 30…
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Active · founded 1972
Total Assets: $37 million (2001 est.) NAIC: 52391 Miscellaneous Intermediation Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers is a…
Lacks Enterprises Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Lacks Enterprises Inc.
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Active · founded 1972
A leading manufacturer and marketer of building and lumber products, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (L-P) revolutionized…
M. Shanken Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
M.
Matthews International Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Matthews International Corporation is one of the most prominent designers and manufacturers of custom-made…
Max & Erma's Restaurants Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Max & Erma's Restaurants Inc.
Meade Instruments Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Meade Instruments Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of telescopes for serious amateurs and academic…
Menard, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Menard, Inc.
Michigan National Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Total Assets: $10 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks;…
Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
A leading alternative health care company, Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Noble Roman's Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Operating a chain of casual dining restaurants in the Midwest, Noble Roman's Inc.
Penn National Gaming, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Penn National Gaming, Inc.
Polk Audio, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Polk Audio, Inc.
PolyGram N.V.
Defunct · founded 1972
Netherlands-based PolyGram N.V.
Red Roof Inns, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Red Roof Inns, Inc., controlled by the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, was the third largest budget lodging chain in…
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Active · founded 1972
Net Assets: $8.04 billion (1999) NAIC: 813211 Grantmaking Foundations The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is one of the…
Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
SLM Holding Corp.
Active · founded 1972
Assets: $47 billion Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: SLM SICs: 6111 Federal & Federally-Sponsored Credit SLM…
Scheid Vineyards Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Scheid Vineyards Inc.
Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc.
Simon Transportation Services Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Simon Transportation Services Inc.
SkyWest, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
SkyWest, Inc.
Smithway Motor Xpress Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Smithway Motor Xpress Corporation is a truckload motor carrier that operates throughout the United States and Canada.
Snapple Beverage Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Stock Exchange: New York SICs: 2086 Bottled and Canned Soft Drinks and Carbonated Waters The Snapple Beverage…
Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc., owns, operates, and franchises full-service, family-style Italian restaurants.
Synovus Financial Corp.
Active · founded 1972
Total Assets: $18.51 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: SNV NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
TVI, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
TVI, Inc.
The Marcus Corporation
Active · founded 1972
As American business success stories go, The Marcus Corporation's is a classic.
The PMI Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Based in San Francisco, The PMI Group, Inc., operating through several wholly owned or partially owned subsidiaries, is…
The Stash Tea Company
Active · founded 1972
The Stash Tea Company (also know as the Universal Tea Co., Inc.) ranks among the top five specialty tea companies in…
Trans World Entertainment Corporation
Active · founded 1972
Trans World Entertainment Corporation is one of the country's largest specialty music retailers.
Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1972
Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc.
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
Westamerica Bancorporation
Active · founded 1972
Total Assets: $2.49 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial…
AFLAC Incorporated
Active · founded 1973
Total Assets: $37.04 billion (1999) Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific Tokyo Ticker Symbol: AFL NAIC: 524113 Direct Life…
Academy Sports & Outdoors
Active · founded 1973
Privately owned by the Gochman family, Academy Sports & Outdoors operates the fourth largest chain of retail sporting…
American Crystal Sugar Company
Active · founded 1973
American Crystal Sugar Company is a 2,800-member agricultural cooperative based in the Red River Valley region of…
Amtran, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1973
Amtran, Inc.
Brookstone, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Brookstone, Inc.
Chaparral Steel Co.
Active · founded 1973
Named after the roadrunner that darts over the rolling hills of central Texas, Chaparral Steel Co.
Chautauqua Airlines, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1973
Chautauqua Airlines, Inc.
Cherokee Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Cherokee Inc.
Compuware Corporation
Active · founded 1973
Compuware Corporation is one of the largest software developers in the world, serving some 3,000 corporate clients by…
County Seat Stores Inc.
Active · founded 1973
County Seat is one of the nation's largest mall-based specialty retailers of casualwear for teens and young adults.
Cuisinart Corporation
Active · founded 1973
Cuisinart Corporation is a well-known manufacturer of small kitchen appliances.
Dixon Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
A veteran in the outdoor power equipment industry, Dixon Industries, Inc.
FSI International, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
FSI International, Inc., a leading producer of automated equipment used in the manufacture of integrated circuits, has…
Global Industries, Ltd.
Active · founded 1973
Global Industries, Ltd., headquartered in Carlyss, Louisiana, is a major constructor of offshore oil and gas drilling…
Godfather's Pizza Incorporated
Active · founded 1973
Godfather's Pizza Incorporated (Godfather's) is the nation's fourth largest pizza chain, with more than 500 corporate…
Interface, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Originally a manufacturer and distributor of carpet tile, Interface, Inc., has developed into an international presence…
International Lease Finance Corporation
Active · founded 1973
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) is considered the world's second largest lessor of aircraft after…
Kent Electronics Corporation
Active · founded 1973
Kent Electronics Corporation is a distributor and contract manufacturer of specialized electronic components.
Krause's Furniture, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Krause's Furniture, Inc.
Lost Arrow Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Lost Arrow Inc.
Mexican Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Mexican Restaurants, Inc.
News America Publishing Inc.
Active · founded 1973
News America Publishing Inc.
Nitches, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Nitches, Inc.
Norwood Promotional Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Norwood Promotional Products, Inc.
Owosso Corporation
Active · founded 1973
Owosso Corporation, through its subsidiaries, produces engineered component products, including motors, timers, heat…
Panda Management Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Panda Management Company, Inc.
Piercing Pagoda, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
A fast-growing jewelry retailer, Piercing Pagoda, Inc.
RE/MAX International, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
During the 1990s, RE/MAX expanded aggressively, as the company completed its first 25 years of existence.
RTM Restaurant Group
Active · founded 1973
Atlanta, Georgia-based RTM Restaurant Group is the largest operator of Arby's restaurants, with more than 780…
Republic New York Corporation
Active · founded 1973
Total Assets: $39.49 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial…
Robinson Helicopter Company
Active · founded 1973
Robinson Helicopter Company is the leading manufacturer of light piston-engine helicopters.
Rock-Tenn Company
Defunct · founded 1973
Rock-Tenn Company is one of the largest U.S.
SONAT, INC.
Active · founded 1973
Sonat, Inc., is a global company based in Alabama whose principal areas of activity are natural gas transmission and…
SOS Staffing Services
Active · founded 1973
SOS Staffing Services is one of the nation's largest firms providing temporary employees for clerical, light…
Seagull Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1973
Seagull Energy Corporation is an energy company with operations in the southwestern United States, Alaska, and Canada.
Speizman Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Speizman Industries, Inc.
Star Banc Corporation
Active · founded 1973
Total Assets: $7.64 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021 National Commercial Banks;…
Tarragon Realty Investors, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Tarragon Realty Investors, Inc.
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Revenues: $231.7 million (1999) NAIC: 54171 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life…
The Corcoran Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
The Corcoran Group, Inc.
The Rottlund Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Through its subsidiaries, The Rottlund Company, Inc.
The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
The Yankee Candle Company Inc.
Town Sports International, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
Town Sports International, Inc.
Unique Casual Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1973
A restaurant operator undergoing extensive change, Unique Casual Restaurants, Inc.
Advanta Corporation
Active · founded 1974
Ticker Symbols: ADVNB; ADVNA NAIC: 52221 Credit Card Issuing (pt); 52222 Sales Financing (pt); 52231 Mortgage and…
Alamo Rent A Car, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Alamo Rent A Car, Inc.
American Gramaphone LLC
Active · founded 1974
American Gramaphone LLC is one of the most successful independent music labels in the United States.
Arbor Drugs Inc.
Active · founded 1974
With 160 stores across Michigan, Arbor Drugs is the second largest drugstore chain in Michigan and the fifteenth…
Bay State Gas Company
Active · founded 1974
Bay State Gas Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of NiSource, Inc., acquired in a 1999 merger that created the tenth…
CARQUEST Corporation
Active · founded 1974
CARQUEST Corporation is an alliance of warehouse distributors (WDs) and "jobber-stores" that sell automotive…
Campbell Scientific, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Campbell Scientific, Inc., headquartered in Logan, Utah, designs and manufactures dataloggers, data acquisition…
Ciber, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
A leading, middle-tier information technology company, Ciber, Inc.
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
A fast-growing, diversified media company, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., operates nearly 200 radio stations and…
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
Active · founded 1974
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
Gemini Sound Products Corporation
Active · founded 1974
Gemini Sound Products Corporation, based in Edison, New Jersey, is a family-owned business specializing in the…
Gentex Corporation
Active · founded 1974
Gentex Corporation is a recognized world leader in the manufacture of auto-dimming mirrors for the automobile industry.
HCI Direct, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
HCI Direct, Inc.
Knight Ridder, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1974
Knight Ridder, Inc.
Landmark Theatre Corporation
Active · founded 1974
Landmark Theatre Corporation operates the largest chain of movie theaters in the United States that exhibit specialty…
Learning Tree International Inc.
Active · founded 1974
The brisk advancements in information technology have many corporations worldwide scrambling to catch up with…
Lifeline Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Lifeline Systems, Inc.
Mag Instrument, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Mag Instrument, Inc.
Mandalay Resort Group
Active · founded 1974
Mandalay Resort Group is one of the leading hotel-casino companies in the United States, and is the largest such…
Minntech Corporation
Active · founded 1974
Minntech Corporation, a leading producer and developer of dialysis solutions and sterilization systems, primarily…
NPC International, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
NPC International, Inc.
OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION
Active · founded 1974
Oglethorpe Power Corporation is a cooperative venture of some 39 of Georgia's 42 member-owned electric membership…
Printronix, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Irvine, California-based Printronix, Inc.
Ratner Companies
Active · founded 1974
Ratner Companies is the Falls Church, Virginia-based parent company of six hair salon subsidiaries.
Res-Care, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Res-Care, Inc.
Shearer's Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Shearer's Foods, Inc., is northeast Ohio's leading maker of potato chips and tortilla chips.
Sound Advice, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Sound Advice, Inc., headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida, owns and operates a chain of stores that retail high-quality…
Specialized Bicycle Components Inc.
Active · founded 1974
Specialized Bicycle Components Inc.
TANDEM COMPUTERS, INC.
Active · founded 1974
Tandem Computers, Inc., specializes in multiple processor computer systems used by banks, commodities exchanges,…
Taylor Guitars
Active · founded 1974
Taylor Guitars is a leading maker of acoustic guitars for the mid-price and high-end market.
Tech Data Corporation
Active · founded 1974
Tech Data Corporation is one of the largest distributors of personal computer products in the United States.
The Charles Schwab Corporation
Active · founded 1974
Operating Revenues: $2.30 billion (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Boston Cincinnati Midwest Pacific…
The Clothestime, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
The Clothestime, Inc.
The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.
The Quick & Reilly Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
The Quick & Reilly Group, Inc.
The Summit Bancorporation
Active · founded 1974
Total Assets: $5.5 billion Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs:: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State Commercial Banks The…
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Tuesday Morning Corporation
Active · founded 1974
In spite of its name, Tuesday Morning Corporation does not always open its stores on Tuesday mornings.
ZiLOG, Inc.
Active · founded 1974
ZiLOG, Inc., designs, develops, and manufactures 8-bit micrologic semiconductor devices, also known as embedded control…
Ackerley Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Ackerley Communications, Inc.
Alpharma Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Alpharma Inc.
Ameritrade Holding Corporation
Active · founded 1975
Ameritrade Holding Corporation is a discount broker-dealer that operates through four subsidiaries: Ameritrade,…
Bernard Chaus, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Bernard Chaus, Inc.
Brinker International, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Brinker International, Inc.
Cache Incorporated
Active · founded 1975
Cache Incorporated is a publicly traded company that owns and operates a highly successful national chain of upscale…
Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.
Chi-Chi's Inc.
Defunct · founded 1975
Chi-Chi's Inc., owned by Prandium Inc., is a chain of 130 Mexican full-service restaurants that can be found in…
Cygne Designs, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Cygne Designs, Inc.
Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Active · founded 1975
Deckers Outdoor Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets high performance footwear and apparel that is used for…
ENSCO International Incorporated
Active · founded 1975
ENSCO International Incorporated, based in Dallas, Texas, is one of the world's leading offshore drilling contractors,…
GE Capital Aviation Services
Active · founded 1975
Although it claims to have written its first aircraft lease in 1965, GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) did not…
Grant Prideco, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Grant Prideco, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of piping…
Hildebrandt International
Active · founded 1975
Formed by a 1999 merger between Hildebrandt Inc.
Information Builders, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Information Builders, Inc.
Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
J. D'Addario & Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
J.
Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
Kasper A.S.L., Ltd.
Active · founded 1975
Kasper A.S.L., Ltd., the world's largest women's suit manufacturer, designs, markets, sources, manufactures, and…
LOT$OFF Corporation
Active · founded 1975
LOT$OFF Corporation, formerly 50-Off Stores, Inc., operates approximately 40 discount stores throughout the United…
Lawson Software
Active · founded 1975
Throughout its 25-year history, Lawson Software has remained focused on providing businesses with software applications…
Lechters, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Lechters, Inc.
Mazel Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Mazel Stores, Inc.
Mel Farr Automotive Group
Active · founded 1975
When it comes to auto dealerships in and around the Motor City, the name Mel Farr is ubiquitous.
NordicTrack
Active · founded 1975
A wholly owned subsidiary of CML Group, NordicTrack is one of the world's leading fitness equipment manufacturers.
Oakley, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Oakley, Inc.
PHP Healthcare Corporation
Active · founded 1975
PHP Healthcare Corporation and its subsidiaries develop, consolidate, and manage the delivery of healthcare and related…
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
Defunct · founded 1975
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is a developer, manufacturer, and distributor of a wide range of biochemicals, organic…
Simula, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Simula, Inc.
Spartan Motors Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Michigan-based Spartan Motors Inc.
Supercuts Inc.
Active · founded 1975
One of the largest barbershop chains in the United States, Supercuts Inc.
Tandycrafts, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Tandycrafts, Inc.
Taylor Corporation
Active · founded 1975
Taylor Corporation, a leading North American commercial printer, claims to hold 90 percent of the formal wedding…
Tellabs, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Tellabs, Inc.
The Richards Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Gross Billings: $600 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 541810 Advertising Agencies The Richards Group, Inc., is a Dallas-based…
Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
A fast-growing company in an expanding market, Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.
Vinton Studios
Active · founded 1975
Vinton Studios is one of the largest producers of animated commercials in the world and one of the only producers of…
Wendy's International, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
Wendy's International, Inc.
Westwood One, Inc.
Active · founded 1975
The second largest producer and distributor of radio programs in the United States, Westwood One, Inc.
Auto Value Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Auto Value Associates, Inc.
Caere Corporation
Active · founded 1976
Caere Corporation is a worldwide leader in the design, production, and distribution of optical character…
Candle Corporation
Active · founded 1976
As one of the world's largest independent software and services companies, El Segundo, California-based Candle…
Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.
Computer Associates International, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Computer Associates International, Inc.
Computerland Corp.
Active · founded 1976
ComputerLand Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Merisel, Inc.
Cyrk Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Cyrk Inc.
DSC Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1976
DSC Communications Corporation is a leading designer, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of digital switching,…
DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc.
Enzo Biochem, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
The first biotechnology company to go public, Enzo Biochem, Inc., located in Farmingdale, New York, consists of three…
Europe Through the Back Door Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Europe Through the Back Door Inc.
Florida Gaming Corporation
Active · founded 1976
Florida Gaming Corporation bills itself as the world's largest jai-alai operator in the world.
Future Now, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Future Now, Inc.
Gabelli Asset Management Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Gabelli Asset Management Inc.
Genentech, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Genentech, Inc.
Hines Horticulture, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Hines Horticulture, Inc.
Items International Airwalk Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Items International Airwalk Inc.
JPI
Active · founded 1976
JPI is the largest U.S.
Jennifer Convertibles, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Jennifer Convertibles, Inc.
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Jetro Cash & Carry Enterprises Inc.
KLA-Tencor Corporation
Active · founded 1976
KLA-Tencor Corporation is the global leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of yield management and process…
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI)
Active · founded 1976
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Larry Flynt Publishing Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Larry Flynt Publishing Inc.
Lazy Days RV Center, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Based in Seffner, Florida, ten miles north of Tampa Bay, Lazy Days RV Center, Inc.
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Lucille Farms, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Lucille Farms, Inc.
Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation
Active · founded 1976
With it corporate headquarters located in Irvine, California, and its processing facility in Hilo, Hawaii, Mauna Loa…
MicroAge, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
MicroAge, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the nation's largest resellers of computer equipment and systems.
National Instruments Corporation
Active · founded 1976
National Instruments Corporation is a leading developer of computer-based instrumentation hardware and software…
New Street Capital Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Since its incorporation in 1976, Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated (reorganized as New Street Capital Inc.), once a…
Nichols Research Corporation
Active · founded 1976
Nichols Research Corporation has diversified beyond its core business of providing technology services to the defense…
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
Publishers Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Publishers Group, Inc.
Purolator Products Company
Active · founded 1976
Purolator Products Company is the largest manufacturer of automotive filters in the United States.
Quiksilver, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
A celebrated name among surfers across the globe, Quiksilver, Inc.
Romacorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Romacorp, Inc.
SAS Institute Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Privately held SAS Institute Inc.
SCB Computer Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
SCB Computer Technology, Inc.
Schuff Steel Company
Active · founded 1976
Schuff Steel Company is one of the largest construction companies in the southwestern United States.
Seattle FilmWorks, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Seattle FilmWorks, Inc.
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
St.
Station Casinos Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Station Casinos Inc.
The Baseball Club of Seattle, LP
Active · founded 1976
The Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, has become one of the most profitable franchises in Major League Baseball.
The Doctors' Company
Active · founded 1976
Total Assets: $266.9 million (2001) NAIC: 524128 Other Direct Insurance (Except Life, Health, and…
The Finish Line, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
The Finish Line, Inc., is an athletic specialty retailer, carrying men's, women's, and children's brand name footwear,…
The Good Guys, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
The Good Guys, Inc.
Trek Bicycle Corporation
Active · founded 1976
Trek Bicycle Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of bicycles sold by specialty retailers.
U.S. HEALTHCARE, INC.
Active · founded 1976
U.S.
U.S. Robotics Corporation
Active · founded 1976
U.S.
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Zoltek Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Zoltek Companies Inc.
Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Total Assets: $112.16 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6022 State Commercial Banks Abigail Adams National…
Apple Computer, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Apple Computer, Inc.
Avery Dennison Corporation
Active · founded 1977
Avery Dennison Corporation was formed in the fall of 1990 by the merger of two Fortune 500 companies, Avery…
B.J. Alan Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1977
B.J.
BHC Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
BHC Communications, Inc.
Barton Protective Services Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Headquartered in Atlanta, Barton Protective Services Inc.
Blimpie International, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Blimpie International, Inc.
Blyth Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Blyth Industries, Inc.
Bugle Boy Industries, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1977
Bugle Boy Industries, Inc.
Burton Snowboards Inc.
Active · founded 1977
One of the first snowboard companies in the world, Burton Snowboards Inc.
Chisholm-Mingo Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Chisholm-Mingo Group, Inc.
Colorado MEDtech, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Colorado MEDtech, Inc.
Comair Holdings, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1977
Wholly owned by Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Comdial Corporation
Defunct · founded 1977
As of 1997, Comdial Corporation was the second largest U.S.
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Total Assets: $6.43 billion (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: CFR SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6021…
DH Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
DH Technology, Inc.
Dean & DeLuca, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
For the ultimate American gastronome, there is just one place: Dean & DeLuca, Inc.
DriveTime Automotive Group Inc.
Active · founded 1977
DriveTime Automotive Group Inc.
Drug Emporium, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Drug Emporium, Inc., is a chain of 235 deep-discount drug stores that has been credited with taking the concept…
Empi, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Empi, Inc., one of the United States' largest medical device companies in rehabilitative therapy, develops, markets,…
FoxMeyer Health Corporation
Active · founded 1977
The second-largest wholesale drug distributor in the United States, FoxMeyer Health Corporation functions through two…
Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc.
Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Without rival for years, themed restaurant phenomenon Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc.
Health Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Health Communications, Inc.
Health Management Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Health Management Associates, Inc.
Health Risk Management, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Health Risk Management, Inc.
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
Information Access Company
Active · founded 1977
Information Access Company (IAC) is among the worldwide leaders in providing periodical indexes and the articles…
Information Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Information Resources, Inc.
International Family Entertainment Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Founded in the late 1970s by televangelist and one-time presidential hopeful Pat Robertson, International Family…
Itron, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Itron, Inc., provides products and services to utility companies, helping its customers to collect, manage, and analyze…
Jack Henry and Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Jack Henry and Associates, Inc.
Just For Feet, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Just For Feet, Inc.
Kronos, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Kronos, Inc.
Michael Anthony Jewelers, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Michael Anthony Jewelers, Inc.
Micros Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Micros Systems, Inc.
Musicland Stores Corporation
Active · founded 1977
The leading specialty retailer in the United States of prerecorded music, movies, and audio and video accessories,…
NERCO, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
NERCO, Inc., is a Fortune 500 company that produces and markets low-sulfur coal, oil, and natural gas.
Natural Ovens Bakery, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Natural Ovens Bakery, Inc.
Nine West Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Nine West Group, Inc.
Oracle Corporation
Active · founded 1977
Oracle Corporation is the number one supplier of information management software, and the second largest independent…
Outlook Group Corporation
Active · founded 1977
Outlook Group Corporation is a leading printing and packaging company with special expertise in flexographic printing…
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.
Rhino Entertainment Company
Active · founded 1977
Rhino Entertainment Company produces novelty records, archival reissues, definitive musical anthologies, and various…
Ryan's Restaurant Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Ryan's Restaurant Group, Inc., operates more than 300 restaurants in the southern and midwestern United States.
Sbarro, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Sbarro, Inc., owns, operates, and franchises an international chain of family-oriented Italian restaurants under the…
Solectron Corporation
Defunct · founded 1977
Solectron Corporation operates as the world's largest electronics manufacturing services company.
Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Operations at Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
The Sportsman's Guide, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
The Sportsman's Guide, Inc.
The Staubach Company
Active · founded 1977
The Staubach Company is one of the leading providers of corporate real estate services in the United States.
Tops Markets LLC
Active · founded 1977
According to the Buffalo News, Odland "hit the ground running with a number of initiatives that have given the company…
United HealthCare Corporation
Active · founded 1977
United HealthCare Corporation is a national leader in health care management programs, serving about two million health…
United Natural Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
United Natural Foods, Inc.
VHA Inc.
Active · founded 1977
VHA Inc.
Variflex, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Variflex, Inc.
Vitamin Shoppe Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Another part of the firm's strategy was saturation of the metropolitan markets it entered, which it had done in New…
YOCREAM International, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
YOCREAM International, Inc., with corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Portland, Oregon, makes,…
Zoom Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Zoom Technologies, Inc.
Allwaste, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Allwaste, Inc.
Aveda Corporation
Active · founded 1978
Aveda Corporation develops and manufactures hair, skin, makeup, perfumes, and lifestyle products from the essential…
Ballard Medical Products
Active · founded 1978
Ballard Medical Products designs, produces, and distributes disposable medical items used in critical care and surgical…
Banana Republic Inc.
Active · founded 1978
A subsidiary of The Gap, Inc.
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc.
CSX Corporation
Active · founded 1978
CSX Corporation is a leading transportation-based holding company that operates one of the United States's leading rail…
Candie's, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Candie's, Inc., designs and markets a complete line of footwear, apparel, and accessories to young women.
Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc.
Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Chemical Waste Management, Inc., (CWM) is America's largest provider of hazardous waste removal services.
Cobra Golf Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Cobra Golf Inc.
CompDent Corporation
Active · founded 1978
CompDent Corporation is a fully integrated dental management company that provides full-service dental benefits.
D.R. Horton, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
D.R.
Daisytek International Corporation
Active · founded 1978
Daisytek International Corporation is the largest wholesale distributor of non-paper computer and office automation…
Datek Online Holdings Corp.
Defunct · founded 1978
Datek Online Holdings Corp.
Delta and Pine Land Company
Active · founded 1978
The Delta and Pine Land Company (D & PL) is a leader in cottonseed production, best known for the Deltapine, Paymaster,…
ESPN, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
ESPN, Inc.
FLIR Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
FLIR Systems, Inc.
Fingerhut Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
With an active customer base of 31 million people, Fingerhut Companies, Inc.
Forever Living Products International Inc.
Active · founded 1978
With more than $1 billion in annual sales, Forever Living Products International Inc.
Foundation Health Corporation
Active · founded 1978
Foundation Health Corporation is a leading U.S.
Gainsco, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Total Assets: $297 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6331 Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance; 6719 Offices…
GenRad, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
GenRad, Inc.
Gillett Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Once one of the largest communications conglomerates in the United States, Gillett Holdings, Inc.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Active · founded 1978
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a medium-sized company located in Savannah, Georgia, is a world leader in the design,…
Heartland Express, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Heartland Express, Inc.
Holiday RV Superstores, Incorporated
Active · founded 1978
Holiday RV Superstores, Incorporated is a multistore retail chain of dealerships for sales and service of recreational…
Hypercom Corporation
Defunct · founded 1978
A leader in its field, Hypercom Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets electronic payment hardware and…
International Total Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
International Total Services, Inc.
Jordache Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Jordache Enterprises, Inc.
L.A. T Sportswear, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
L.A.
Levy Restaurants L.P.
Active · founded 1978
A fast-growing foodservice operator based in Chicago, Levy Restaurants L.P.
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.
MPW Industrial Services Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
MPW Industrial Services Group, Inc.
Maverick Tube Corporation
Active · founded 1978
Maverick Tube Corporation is the largest North American producer of welded steel tubular products used by the oil…
Micron Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Micron Technology, Inc., is a holding company for subsidiaries engaged in the design and production of computers,…
Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc.
Nabors Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Nabors Industries, Inc., is the largest land drilling contractor in the United States and one of the largest…
ORION PICTURES CORPORATION
Active · founded 1978
Orion Pictures Corporation is a small motion picture producer with a large reputation.
Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., formerly Pharmaceutical Resources, Inc., develops, manufactures, and distributes a…
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Operating out of Snyder, Texas, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
R&B, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
R&B, Inc.
Shoe Carnival Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Shoe Carnival Inc.
Swales & Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Swales & Associates, Inc., doing business as Swales Aerospace, is an aerospace engineering firm based in Maryland.
Taco Cabana, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Taco Cabana, Inc., operates and franchises 123 restaurants that serve Mexican and Tex-Mex food in Texas, Oklahoma, and…
The Cheesecake Factory Inc.
Active · founded 1978
The Cheesecake Factory Inc.
The Home Depot, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
The Home Depot, Inc.
The Learning Company Inc.
Active · founded 1978
The Learning Company Inc.
The Sharper Image Corporation
Active · founded 1978
The Sharper Image Corporation is a specialty retailer that sells apparel and gift items through catalogs, retail…
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
Renamed · founded 1978
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
Trimble Navigation Limited
Active · founded 1978
Trimble Navigation Limited develops satellite-based position data products using the Global Positioning System (GPS), a…
UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
Active · founded 1978
Universal Health Services is a mid-sized, publicly traded hospital management firm.
Utah Medical Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Utah Medical Products, Inc.
World Publications, LLC
Active · founded 1978
World Publications, LLC is a leading publisher of water sports and leisure-oriented magazines, and also operates web…
3Com Corporation
Defunct · founded 1979
3Com Corporation is the world's number two provider of computer networking products, systems, and services, trailing…
AHL Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
AHL Services, Inc.
Activision, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Headquartered in Santa Monica, with five domestic and ten international offices, Activision, Inc.
Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc., is one of the largest restaurant companies in the United States, operating 3,300…
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Defunct · founded 1979
Originally established to provide integrated circuits (ICs) to the military, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC)…
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1979
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.
AutoZone, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
The leading U.S.
BET Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
BET Holdings, Inc., with its centerpiece Black Entertainment Television cable television network, is well on its way to…
Berlex Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Berlex Laboratories, Inc.
Boston Acoustics, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Operating within the fiercely contested market for stereo speakers, Boston Acoustics, Inc.
Boston Scientific Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Boston Scientific Corporation is a pioneer in providing medical devices for less invasive surgical procedures.
Caremark Rx, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Caremark Rx, Inc.
Centocor Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Operating Revenues: $67.2 million SICs: 2835 Diagnostic Substances; 2836 Biological Products except Diagnostic Centocor…
CompHealth Inc.
Active · founded 1979
CompHealth was the nation's first and is the nation's largest firm providing temporary staffing of medical doctors and…
Conseco, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Total Assets: $98.4 billion (1999) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: CNC NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance…
El Camino Resources International, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
El Camino Resources International Inc., through its primary operating company, El Camino Resources, Ltd., is a leading…
Energen Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Energen Corporation is a diversified holding company in natural gas distribution,…
Epic Systems Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Epic Systems Corporation is one of the healthcare industry's leading information…
Expeditors International of Washington Inc.
Active · founded 1979
A fast-growing shipping services company, Expeditors International of Washington Inc.
Feed The Children, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Feed The Children, Inc., is an international relief agency founded and run by televangelist Larry Jones of Oklahoma…
Fountain Powerboats Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Fountain Powerboats Industries, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Fountain Powerboats, Inc., is one of the…
GT Bicycles
Active · founded 1979
GT Bicycles is the nation's leading supplier of dirt-track racing, or bicycle motocross "BMX," bicycles and one of the…
Garden Ridge Corporation
Active · founded 1979
1979 — First store opens in San Antonio, TX.
Gartner Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Gartner Group, Inc., is the leading U.S.
Great American Management and Investment, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
A cursory look at Great American Management and Investment, Inc.
Guest Supply, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Travellers may not recognize the name, but chances are Guest Supply, Inc.
Gymboree Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Mid-1990s:CEO Nancy Pedot and CFO James P.
Herbalife International, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Herbalife International, Inc.
Intrado Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Intrado Inc.
Jacor Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Total Assets: $530.6 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 4830 Radio & Television Broadcasting; 6719 Holding…
Jazzercise, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Jazzercise, Inc.
Kenetech Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Kenetech Corporation is a leading developer and provider of environmentally preferred electric power&mdash′incipally…
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
In 1999, Kennedy-Wilson added to its property management business.
KnowledgeWare Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Dissolved: 1994 Final Sales: $132.5 million (1994) NAIC: 51121 Software Publishers Acquired and absorbed by Sterling…
L.A. Gear, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Near the end of a tumultuous decade, L.A.
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc.
Metro Information Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Metro Information Services, Inc.
Miramax Film Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Operating Revenues: $50 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 512110 Motion Picture and Video Production Miramax Film Corporation…
National TechTeam, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
National TechTeam, Inc.
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
A fast-growing specialty retailer, Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.
Paychex, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Paychex, Inc.
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
Plexus Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Plexus Corporation refers to itself as a 'product realization service,' that is, it helps corporations design and…
Q.E.P. Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Q.E.P.
Reebok International Ltd.
Active · founded 1979
Reebok International Ltd.
Scientific Games Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Scientific Games Corporation, formerly known as Autotote, operates as the global leader in lottery and pari-mutuel…
Seagate Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Seagate Technology, Inc.
Second Harvest
Active · founded 1979
Second Harvest is the largest not-for-profit domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States.
Semitool, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Semitool, Inc.
Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Sierra On-Line, Inc., a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Publishing (formerly known as Havas Interactive), operates as…
Swift Energy Company
Active · founded 1979
Swift Energy Company is a Houston-based independent oil and natural gas company with a dual geographical focus: the…
Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
From tutoring school children lagging in the three Rs to building a collection of universities in Europe, Sylvan…
Taylor Made Golf Co.
Active · founded 1979
The second largest manufacturer of golf clubs in the United States, Taylor Made Golf Co.
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1979
Founded in 1979 as a Unix consulting company, The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
The Sports Club Company
Active · founded 1979
Based in Los Angeles, The Sports Club Company owns and operates fitness and health clubs across the United States.
Timberline Software Corporation
Active · founded 1979
Revenues: $24.82 million (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 7372 Prepackaged Software Timberline Software Corporation…
Travel Ports of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Travel Ports of America, Inc., operates around-the-clock, full-service travel plazas that provide customers with motor…
Travis Boats & Motors, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Travis Boats & Motors, Inc.
Ultra Petroleum Corporation
Active · founded 1979
With its headquarters in Houston, Texas, Ultra Petroleum Corporation is an independent oil and gas company focusing on…
VLSI Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
VLSI Technology, Inc.
Valley Media Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Valley Media Inc.
Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc.
Whitman Education Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Whitman Education Group, Inc.
WordPerfect Corporation
Active · founded 1979
WordPerfect Corporation is the manufacturer of the world's all-time best selling, prepackaged word processing software.
Zenith Data Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Zenith Data Systems, Inc.
AST Research Inc.
Active · founded 1980
AST Research Inc., is the third-largest American manufacturer of personal computers based on the industry standard…
Adventist Health
Active · founded 1980
Adventist Health is a non-profit healthcare system affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and part of an…
Advocat Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Based in Franklin, Tennessee, Advocat Inc.
Air Methods Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Air Methods Corporation is one of the world's leading airborne healthcare companies, providing air medical emergency…
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc.
American Woodmark Corporation
Active · founded 1980
American Woodmark Corporation is one of the five largest cabinet manufacturers in the United States, specializing in…
Amgen, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Amgen, Inc.
BMC Software, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
BMC Software, Inc.
Cerner Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Cerner Corporation is a leading supplier of information systems for the health care industry.
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Active · founded 1980
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Command Security Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Command Security Corporation provides a variety of security services in several states (New York, New Jersey,…
CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
One of the world's leading online information services, CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.
Day Runner, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Day Runner, Inc., is America's leading developer and manufacturer of paper-based personal organizers.
Diamond of California
Active · founded 1980
Diamond of California is one of California's largest grower cooperatives and the leading supplier of in-shell and…
Emmis Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Emmis Communications Corporation is a diversified media company with interests in radio, television, and publishing.
Flow International Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Flow International Corporation, an industry pioneer, designs and manufactures cutting and cleaning systems that use…
Geffen Records Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Geffen Records Inc.
Genetics Institute, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Genetics Institute, Inc., (GI) is a biotechnology firm engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of…
Grubb & Ellis Company
Active · founded 1980
Grubb & Ellis Company is one of the largest commercial real estate brokers in the United States, with approximately 90…
Harman International Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Harman International Industries, Inc.
Il Fornaio (America) Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Il Fornaio (America) Corporation owns and operates 17 full-service, upscale Italian restaurants and five wholesale…
Informix Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Informix Corporation is a leading developer of relational database software for computers using the UNIX operating…
IntelliCorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Once a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI), Mountain View, California-based IntelliCorp, Inc.
International Game Technology
Active · founded 1980
International Game Technology (IGT) is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of video slot machines, blackjack,…
Iomega Corporation
Active · founded 1980
One of the fastest-growing companies in the United States during the late 1990s, Iomega Corporation manufactures…
J. & W. Seligman & Co. Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Total Assets: $17 billion (2003 est.) NAIC:52392 Portfolio Management Bearer of an illustrious name and a distinguished…
Jackpot Enterprises Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Jackpot Enterprises Inc.
John Paul Mitchell Systems
Active · founded 1980
A recognized leader in the beauty industry, John Paul Mitchell Systems markets more than 35 different haircare products…
LSI Logic Corporation
Active · founded 1980
A leading competitor in the customized semiconductor market, LSI Logic Corporation represents a defining force in a…
Lam Research Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Lam Research Corporation is a leading supplier of manufacturing equipment to the global semiconductor industry.
Leeann Chin, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Leeann Chin, Inc.
MAPICS, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
MAPICS, Inc.
Mail Boxes Etc.
Active · founded 1980
Mail Boxes Etc.
Management and Training Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Management and Training Corporation (MTC) provides an at-risk population with job training programs that include…
Matt Prentice Restaurant Group
Active · founded 1980
The Matt Prentice Restaurant Group runs more than a dozen eateries in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan, and…
Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
Merisel, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Merisel, Inc., is the world's largest publicly held distributor of computer hardware and software products.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Active · founded 1980
Operating Revenues: $50.22 million (2001) NAIC: 813319 Other Social Advocacy Organizations; 813940 Political…
NVR Inc.
Active · founded 1980
NVR Inc., is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States, with operations in 11 states, primarily in the East,…
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) is a holding company that owns and operates one of the nation's biggest railroad…
Novell, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1980
Novell, Inc., is one of the largest computer networking firms in the world, offering operating software, network…
Old America Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
One of a handful of retailers who redefined the arts and crafts industry during the 1980s and 1990s, Old America…
Outdoor Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
The largest outdoor advertiser in North America, Outdoor Systems, Inc.
Petrossian Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Petrossian Inc.
Policy Management Systems Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Policy Management Systems Corporation (PMSC) provides computer software and information services that help…
Public Storage, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Public Storage, Inc.
Quantum Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Quantum Corporation is a leading supplier of digital linear tape (DLT) technology used to backup data.
Radio One, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Radio One, Inc.
Range Resources Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Range Resources Corporation is a Fort Worth, Texas, oil and gas company, primarily focused on the drilling of…
Restoration Hardware, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Restoration Hardware, Inc.
Riklis Family Corp.
Active · founded 1980
Riklis Family Corp.
SCP Pool Corporation
Active · founded 1980
SCP Pool Corporation, headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, is the world's largest independent distributer of swimming…
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Active · founded 1980
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is one of the top ten beer makers in the United States and the country's largest…
Spectrum Organic Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Spectrum Organic Products, Inc., comprises three major business segments: natural and organic foods under the Spectrum…
SpeeDee Oil Change and Tune-Up
Active · founded 1980
SpeeDee Oil Change and Tune-Up started out as a single quick-oil-change shop in the New Orleans, Louisiana,…
Spirit Airlines, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Travel Agent magazine calls Spirit Airlines, Inc.
Stratus Computer, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Stratus Computer, Inc.
Sun-Diamond Growers of California
Active · founded 1980
Sun-Diamond Growers of California is one of the largest specialty commodity producers in the world.
The Bing Group
Active · founded 1980
The Detroit-based Bing Group shapes steel, stamps parts, assembles components, and performs other tasks through a…
The Miner Group International
Active · founded 1980
Calling The Miner Group International a printing business really fails to capture the essence of this company.
The Pampered Chef, Ltd.
Active · founded 1980
Classified among Inc.
Thor Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Thor Industries, Inc., is the nation's second largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and the largest builder of…
Tom Doherty Associates Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Tom Doherty Associates Inc.
Ultrak Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Ultrak Inc.
Valero Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1980
Valero Energy Corporation is the leading independent oil refiner in the United States.
Vector Group Ltd.
Active · founded 1980
Known through 1999 as the Brooke Group Ltd., Vector Group Ltd.
Westell Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Westell Technologies, Inc.
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Zila, Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Zila, Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona, is a manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical, biomedical, dental, and…
AES Corporation
Active · founded 1981
AES Corporation is one of the largest independent producers of electrical power in the world, with an ownership stake…
Acuson Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Acuson Corporation is one of the top manufacturers of ultrasound imaging equipment for medical diagnosis.
Adaptec, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Adaptec, Inc.
America West Holdings Corporation
Defunct · founded 1981
Of the more than 150 U.S.
America's Car-Mart, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
America's Car-Mart, Inc., operates a chain of more than 70 used-car dealerships.
American Healthways, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
American Healthways, Inc.
American Power Conversion Corporation
Defunct · founded 1981
American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) designs and manufactures power protection and management solutions for…
Analytical Surveys, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Analytical Surveys, Inc.
Apollo Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Apollo Group, Inc.
Au Bon Pain Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1981
A relatively small player in the overall retail food service industry, Au Bon Pain Co., Inc.
Bairnco Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Bairnco Corporation is a multinational company with subsidiaries operating in two business segments: engineered…
BeautiControl Cosmetics, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
BeautiControl Cosmetics, Inc.
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Benchmark Electronics, Inc., based in Angleton, Texas, provides electronic manufacturing services to original equipment…
Big B, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Ranking as the tenth largest drug store chain in the United States, Big B, Inc.
Biomet, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Biomet, Inc.
Boron, LePore & Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Boron, LePore & Associates, Inc., now doing business as BLP Group Companies (BLP), is a Wayne, New Jersey, medical…
Brazos Sportswear, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
With the capacity to decorate more than 20 million garments per year, Brazos Sportswear, Inc.
Bristol Hotel Company
Active · founded 1981
One of the largest owners and operators of full-service hotels in North America, Bristol Hotel Company operates in 19…
Broderbund Software
Active · founded 1981
Broderbund Software, which became a division of Mattel, Inc.
CIGNA Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Total Assets: $95.09 billion (2000) Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific Philadelphia Ticker Symbol: CI NAIC: 524113…
Cannon Express, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Cannon Express, Inc.
Chiron Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Chiron Corporation is a leading biotechnology company focusing on cancer, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular…
Choice Hotels International Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Operating Revenues: $138 million SICs: 6794 Patent Owners & Lessors Choice Hotels International Inc., a subsidiary of…
Crown Books Corporation
Defunct · founded 1981
One of the four largest retail bookstore chains in the United States, Crown Books Corporation operates almost 200…
ENCAD, Incorporated
Active · founded 1981
ENCAD, Incorporated is an innovator and market leader in the field of wide-format computer inkjet printers.
Eaton Vance Corporation
Active · founded 1981
The origins of Eaton Vance Corporation date to the activities of Charles F.
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Eternal Word Television Network, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Operating Revenues: $25 million (2002 est.) NAIC: 513120 Television Broadcasting Eternal Word Television Network, Inc.
Genzyme Corporation
Defunct · founded 1981
Ticker Symbols: GENZ (Genzyme General); GZMO (Genzyme Molecular Oncology); GZSP (Genzyme Surgical Products); GZTR…
Gilman & Ciocia, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Gilman & Ciocia, Inc.
Green Mountain Coffee, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Green Mountain Coffee, Inc.
Guess, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Once known primarily for its denim jeans, Guess Inc.
Hollywood Park, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Hollywood Park, Inc.
Holnam Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Holnam, Inc.
Horsehead Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Horsehead Industries, Inc.
Hungry Howie's Pizza and Subs, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Hungry Howie's Pizza and Subs, Inc.
Hyperion Software Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Hyperion Software Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of financial software.
Immunex Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Immunex Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufacturers, and markets therapeutic products for…
Jones Medical Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Founded in 1981, Jones Medical Industries, Inc.
Kettle Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Kettle Foods Inc.
LADD Furniture, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
LADD Furniture, Inc., one of the largest residential furniture manufacturers in the United States, designs,…
Legg Mason, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Legg Mason, Inc.
Linear Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Linear Technology, Inc.
MCSi, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: MCSI NAIC: 421420 Office Equipment Wholesalers; 421430 Computer and Computer…
Magma Power Company
Active · founded 1981
One of California's largest geothermal power companies, Magma Power Company explores for, develops, and sells or leases…
Maxxim Medical Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Maxxim Medical Inc.
Measurement Specialties, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
With its headquarters located in Fairfield, New Jersey, Measurement Specialties, Inc.
Memry Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Memry Corporation ranks as the largest independent manufacturer of Nitinol components to the medical device industry…
Mentor Graphics Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ SICs: 7372 Prepackaged Software; 7373 Computer Integrated Systems Design Mentor Graphics…
Microsoft Corporation
Active · founded 1981
With annual revenues of more than $32 billion, Microsoft Corporation is more than the largest software company in the…
Mothers Work, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Mothers Work, Inc.
Moto Photo, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Moto Photo, Inc.
National Discount Brokers Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Operating Revenues: $164.4 million (fiscal 1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: NDB NAIC: 52312 Securities…
Omnicare, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Omnicare, Inc.
Outdoor Research, Incorporated
Active · founded 1981
Outdoor Research, Incorporated designs and manufactures gear for use in the outdoors, marketing products such as gloves…
Paging Network Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Paging Network Inc., known as PageNet, is the largest provider of wireless digital messaging services in the United…
Primark Corp.
Active · founded 1981
Primark Corp.
Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises, Inc. (PRIDE)
Active · founded 1981
Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises, Inc., or PRIDE Enterprises, with headquarters in St.
Progress Software Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Progress Software Corporation is a global supplier of application-development and database software products and…
Quality Dining, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Quality Dining, Inc.
Quark, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Quark, Inc.
Rare Hospitality International Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Revenues: $218.7 million Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5812 Eating Places With over 100 company-owned and franchised…
Read-Rite Corp.
Active · founded 1981
Read-Rite Corp.
Rent-Way, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
A leading operator of rental purchase stores in the United States, Rent-Way, Inc.
Rentrak Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Rentrak Corporation is the world's largest distributor of pre-recorded videocassettes on a pay-per-transaction basis.
Republic Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Until H.
Roper Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
A leader in the fluid handling, industrial controls, and analytical instrumentation industries, Roper Industries, Inc.
Salomon Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Total Assets: $172.73 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6211 Security Brokers & Dealers; 5171 Petroleum Bulk…
Sun Sportswear, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
The largest producer of silkscreened apparel in the United States, Sun Sportswear, Inc., designs, sources, prints,…
System Software Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
System Software Associates, Inc.
TCBY Enterprises Inc.
Active · founded 1981
TCBY Enterprises Inc.
TECHNE Corporation
Active · founded 1981
TECHNE Corporation is a holding company whose main operating subsidiary is R&D Systems, located in Minneapolis,…
TECO ENERGY, INC.
Active · founded 1981
TECO Energy, Inc., is a holding company whose main operating subsidiary, Tampa Electric Company, is an electric utility…
TRM Copy Centers Corporation
Active · founded 1981
TRM Copy Centers Corporation is the top supplier of self-service photocopying worldwide.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
For more than 20 years, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
The Greenbrier Companies
Active · founded 1981
The Greenbrier Companies is the largest manufacturer of railroad freight cars in North America through its Gunderson,…
The Terlato Wine Group
Active · founded 1981
The Terlato Wine Group, operating out of the Chicago suburb of Lake Bluff, Illinois, is a privately-owned holding…
The Titan Corporation
Active · founded 1981
Historically, The Titan Corporation was a defense department contractor involved in areas such as wireless…
The Weather Channel Companies
Active · founded 1981
Through cable TV, radio, and Internet operations, The Weather Channel Companies provide around-the-clock weather…
The Wine Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
The Wine Group, Inc.
Thomsen Greenhouses and Garden Center, Incorporated
Active · founded 1981
Thomsen Greenhouses and Garden Center, Incorporated (Thomsen's), with more than 62,000 square feet of indoor growing…
Tofutti Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
1990s:Cream cheese, sour cream, cookies, and egg replacement products are added.
U.S. Satellite Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1981
U.S.
Uni-Marts, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Uni-Marts, Inc., is the ninth-largest convenience store chain in the United States in sales and among the top 100 U.S.
United Stationers Inc.
Active · founded 1981
United Stationers Inc.
Vari-Lite International, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Vari-Lite International, Inc.
VeriFone, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
VeriFone, Inc.
Wyse Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1981
Wyse Technology, Inc.
99¢ Only Stores
Active · founded 1982
Operator of a fast-growing chain of stores, 99¢ Only Stores buys merchandise from suppliers getting rid of excess,…
AAF-McQuay Incorporated
Active · founded 1982
A leading manufacturer of air conditioning and air filtration equipment, AAF-McQuay Incorporated comprises two separate…
ABC Supply Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1982
ABC Supply Co., Inc., the largest roofing and siding wholesaler in the United States, is the brainchild of Ken…
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
AT&T Wireless, Inc.
Acme United Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Acme United Corporation is a publicly traded manufacturing company based in Fairfield, Connecticut, that is devoted to…
Advanced Marketing Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Advanced Marketing Services, Inc.
Aetna Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Total Assets: $40.95 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: AET NAIC: 524114 Direct Health and Medical…
Amdocs Ltd.
Active · founded 1982
Amdocs Ltd.
Amedysis, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Amedisys, Inc., with its main office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, operates 60 home-care nursing locations in nine…
Autodesk, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Autodesk, Inc.
BTG, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
BTG, Inc.
Blockbuster Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Blockbuster Inc.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Active · founded 1982
Operating Revenues: $134 million SICs: 6794 Patent Owners and Lessors; 6324 Hospital and Medical Service Plans The Blue…
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., runs a chain of more than 200 chicken wing restaurants, which are located around the United…
Bush Boake Allen Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Bush Boake Allen Inc.
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
CEC Entertainment, Inc., formerly ShowBiz Pizza Time, Inc., is the holding company for the popular child-oriented Chuck…
Callaway Golf Company
Active · founded 1982
Callaway Golf Company is the premier manufacturer of golf clubs in the United States.
Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1982
Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
Compaq Computer Corporation
Defunct · founded 1982
Compaq Computer Corporation is the world's largest supplier of personal computers and, as a result of its acquisition…
CompuAdd Computer Corporation
Active · founded 1982
One of the world's leading direct marketers of computers and peripheral equipment, CompuAdd Computer Corporation…
Concord Camera Corporation
Active · founded 1982
With low-cost manufacturing facilities operating in the People's Republic of China, Concord Camera Corporation…
Copart Inc.
Active · founded 1982
With 50 locations across the nation, Copart Inc.
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation designs, manufactures, and distributes a range of integrated circuits for the…
Dave & Buster's, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Dave & Buster's, Inc.
E*Trade Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1982
E*Trade Financial Corporation operates as a diversified financial services holding company.
Electronic Arts Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Electronic Arts Inc.
Environmental Power Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Environmental Power Corporation is a New Hampshire-based company that develops, owns, and operates electrical…
FileNet Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Since the mid-1980s, FileNet Corporation has been helping paperwork-heavy enterprises efficiently track and store…
First Nationwide Bank
Active · founded 1982
Assets: $15 billion SICs: 6035 Federal Savings Institutions; 6712 Bank Holding Companies With more than 150 branches in…
HSN
Active · founded 1982
HSN, formerly known as Home Shopping Network, Inc., is the second-largest shop-at-home television network in the United…
Hanmi Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Total Assets: $1.78 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: HAFC NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
Imagine Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Imagine Foods, Inc.
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
With operations throughout the United States, Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.
Interep National Radio Sales Inc.
Active · founded 1982
1960s:Ralph Guild becomes McGavren's partner, and the firm is renamed McGavren Guild Radio.
International Airline Support Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
International Airline Support Group, Inc.
Jackson Hewitt, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Jackson Hewitt, Inc.
Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd.
Active · founded 1982
One of the few remaining family-owned wineries in the nation, Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd.
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
La Madeleine French Bakery & Café
Active · founded 1982
La Madeleine French Bakery & Café, headquartered in Dallas, where it was founded by Patrick Esquerre in 1982, operates…
Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Lakeland Industries, Inc.
MBNA Corporation
Defunct · founded 1982
Delaware-based MBNA Corporation is a bank holding company.
Maxtor Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Maxtor Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers of computer disk drives.
Montana Coffee Traders, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
In its commitment to community and environment, MCT set up programs that contributed part of its sales to various…
Mycogen Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Mycogen Corporation is an agricultural biotechnology company focusing on the development of genetically engineered,…
Newman's Own, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Since its founding in 1982 by veteran actor Paul Newman and writer A.E.
PC Connection, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
PC Connection, Inc.
Phar-Mor Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Phar-Mor Inc.
Quintiles Transnational Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Quintiles Transnational Corporation is a comprehensive provider of contract research, marketing, and sales to the…
Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Roche Biomedical Laboratories (RBL), a subsidiary of Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., is one of the largest networks of clinical…
Rollerblade, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Rollerblade, Inc., originator of the sport of inline skating, is a leading manufacturer in the ever-evolving inline…
Ross Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
One of the leading off-price retailers in the United States, Ross Stores, Inc., operates a chain of roughly 300 Ross…
SGI
Defunct · founded 1982
Known for 17 years as Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI is one of the leading manufacturers of graphics computer systems,…
SRC Holdings Corporation
Active · founded 1982
SRC Holdings Corporation owns SRC Remanufacturing and more than 20 other businesses.
Seitel, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Seitel, Inc.
Specialty Products & Insulation Co.
Active · founded 1982
Following Irex's January 1998 announcement that it would spin off its distribution subsidiary, SPI filed paperwork with…
Sport Supply Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
The largest direct mail distributor of sports-related equipment in the United States, Sport Supply Group, Inc.
Sun Country Airlines
Active · founded 1982
Sun Country Airlines, operated solely as a vacation charter service for most of its history, became a scheduled carrier…
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1982
Archrival of Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SyQuest Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
In an industry where obsolescence is often only months away and a single misstep can sink a company, SyQuest…
Symantec Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Symantec Corporation is the leading software company providing utility programs for personal computers and is also a…
The Singing Machine Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Sale: $95.6 million (2002) Stock Exchanges:American Ticker Symbol: SMD NAIC: 334310 Audio and Video Equipment…
Ticketmaster Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Ticketmaster Group, Inc.
Totem Resources Corporation
Active · founded 1982
Totem Resources Corporation is the holding company of Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc.
Tower Air, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1982
Tower Air, Inc.
Tractor Supply Company
Active · founded 1982
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Tractor Supply Company (TSC) is the largest U.S.
UICI
Active · founded 1982
UICI is a diversified company that offers insurance and financial services to niche consumer and institutional markets.
USA Interactive, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
The history of USA Interactive, Inc., formerly USA Networks, Inc., involves some of the media's biggest names,…
Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1982
Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc.
Weirton Steel Corporation
Active · founded 1982
The fortunes of Weirton, West Virginia, a quintessential company town, have fallen and risen with those of Weirton…
Zingerman's Community of Businesses
Active · founded 1982
Zingerman's Community of Businesses encompasses a delicatessen, a full-service restaurant, a catering service, a…
APL Limited
Active · founded 1983
APL Limited, formerly called the American President Companies Ltd., operates container shipping services by container…
ASV, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
ASV, Inc., is a designer and manufacturer of track-driven vehicles renowned for their ability to traverse a variety of…
Adobe Systems Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Adobe Systems Inc.
American Residential Mortgage Corporation
Active · founded 1983
American Residential Mortgage Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Residential Holding Corporation, is…
Ameritech Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Ameritech Corporation is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States.
Applebee's International, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Applebee's International, Inc.
Arctco, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
One of the pioneers in its industry, Arctco, Inc.
Arctic Cat Inc.
Active · founded 1983
One of the pioneers as well as leaders in its field, Arctic Cat Inc.
Ark Restaurants Corp.
Active · founded 1983
Ark Restaurants Corp.
Associated Natural Gas Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Associated Natural Gas Corporation (ANG) is one of the largest independent natural gas companies in the United States.
Banyan Systems Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Banyan Systems Inc.
Bell Atlantic Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Operating Revenues: $30.2 billion Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol:BEL SICs: 3651 Household Audio & Video…
BellSouth Corporation
Active · founded 1983
BellSouth Corporation is one of the world's largest communications companies, serving close to 34 million customers in…
Birmingham Steel Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Birmingham Steel Corporation is the second-largest publicly held minimill in the United States.
Borland International, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Borland International, Inc., is the world's third-largest personal computer software company.
Bruegger's Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Bruegger's Corporation, the first major bagel chain in the United States, operates a chain of approximately 250 stores…
Buffets, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Buffets, Inc.
CCA Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
CCA Industries, Inc.
Catalina Marketing Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Catalina Marketing Corporation, the parent company of the Catalina Marketing Network, was founded in 1983 by five…
Cheyenne Software, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Cheyennes Software, Inc.
Chico's FAS, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Chico's FAS, Inc.
Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
One of the largest independent producers of energy in the United States, Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
Corporate Software Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Corporate Software Inc., a public company that planned to go private in 1994, is a leading provider of software and…
Corrections Corporation of America
Active · founded 1983
Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 1998, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is the leader of the private prison…
DEP Corporation
Active · founded 1983
DEP Corporation is a California-based company that develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets hair, oral, and…
Decora Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Decora Industries, Inc.
Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
Drs. Foster & Smith, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Based in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Drs.
El Pollo Loco, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
El Pollo Loco, Inc.
Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
Equity Marketing, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Equity Marketing, Inc.
Everex Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Everex Systems Inc.
Franklin Covey Company
Active · founded 1983
Franklin Covey Company, formerly known as the Franklin Quest Co., is a leading provider of time management training…
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
GTSI Corp.
Active · founded 1983
GTSI Corp.
Gadzooks, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Gadzooks, Inc.
Hanna Andersson Corp.
Active · founded 1983
Hanna Andersson Corp.
Hoss's Steak and Sea House Inc.
Active · founded 1983
With its headquarters located in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Hoss's Steak and Sea House Inc.
Huntsman Chemical Corporation
Active · founded 1983
The Huntsman Chemical Corporation is the largest manufacturer of polystyrene in the United States.
IDB Communications Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
The fourth largest U.S.-based international long-distance carrier and the largest U.S.-based international private line…
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.
Active · founded 1983
J.B.
Jenny Craig, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Through its chain of weight management centers, Jenny Craig, Inc.
Knowledge Learning Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Knowledge Learning Corporation is a fast-growing subsidiary of Knowledge Universe, an educational company founded by…
Komag, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Komag, Inc., is the world's leading manufacturer of magnetic thin-film disks for computer hard drives.
LCI International, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
LCI International, Inc.
LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Early 1920s:The Funk family buys out Hirshheimer.
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.
Active · founded 1983
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
Life Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Life Technologies, Inc.
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation
Active · founded 1983
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation is a leading entertainment company providing network-based video games,…
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., is a leading developer, manufacturer, and seller of linear as well as mixed (linear…
Mayor's Jewelers, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Mayor's Jewelers, Inc.
McMenamins Pubs and Breweries
Active · founded 1983
McMenamins Pubs and Breweries owns and operates more than 50 establishments in Oregon and the state of Washington and…
Medco Containment Services Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Medco Containment Services Inc.
Mendocino Brewing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Mallya's interest in MBC stemmed from his ambitions as a businessman.
Meridian Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Total Assets: $14.1 billion Employees: 7,000 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State…
Mesa Air Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Five million passengers a year fly Mesa Air Group, Inc., although they may not know it by name: the company operates…
Midway Airlines Corporation
Defunct · founded 1983
Midway Airlines Corporation puts an old name on one of the youngest all-jet fleets in the United States.
Mountain States Mortgage Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Mountain States Mortgage Centers is a large mortgage banking firm that originates and services residential mortgage…
National Sanitary Supply Co.
Active · founded 1983
National Sanitary Supply Co.
Navarre Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Navarre Corporation is one of the largest independent distributors of compact discs, cassettes, and computer software…
Navigant International, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Navigant International, Inc.
New York Health Care, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
New York Health Care, Inc.
Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Economic conditions were so poor, in fact, that by the spring of 1991 Norcal found it difficult to meet its financial…
Penford Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Penford Corporation develops, produces, and markets specialty natural-based ingredients for industrial and food…
Physician Sales & Service, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Within just a few years, Physician Sales & Service, Inc., has grown into the first national physician supply company in…
Planar Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Planar Systems, Inc.
Pure World, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Pure World, Inc., is a Bedminster, New Jersey-based company that operates through subsidiary Pure World Botanicals, Inc.
Ramsay Youth Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Based in Coral Gables, Florida, Ramsay Youth Services, Inc.
Roberts Pharmaceutical Corporation
Active · founded 1983
A small yet fast-growing pharmaceutical company, Roberts Pharmaceutical Corporation licenses or buys drugs that are…
Salick Health Care, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Salick Health Care, Inc.
Santa Fe Gaming Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Through its chairman and CEO, Paul W.
Saturn Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Saturn Corporation grew out of a project begun in 1982 within General Motors Corp.
Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Revenues: $11.18 billion Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific SICs: 6211 Security Brokers, Dealers and Floatation…
Shuffle Master Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Shuffle Master Inc.
SilverPlatter Information Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Although not well known to consumers, SilverPlatter Information Inc.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging…
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
The Florida-based Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
Stonyfield Farm, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Stonyfield Farm, Inc., a privately held company based in Londonderry, New Hampshire, is the nation's largest and…
Sudbury Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Sudbury Inc.
Sunrise Medical Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Sunrise Medical Inc.
Suprema Specialties, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Suprema Specialties, Inc.
Syms Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Syms Corporation operates a chain of off-price apparel stores under the Syms name, selling men's clothing and…
TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
Temple-Inland Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Temple-Inland Inc.
The Keith Companies Inc.
Active · founded 1983
The Keith Companies Inc.
The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Total Assets: $69.88 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: PNC NAIC: 551111 Offices of Bank Holding…
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
Active · founded 1983
c.
The Sunrider Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Operating in over 27 nations in 1998, The Sunrider Corporation is one of the world's largest herbal products firms.
Total System Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Total System Services, Inc.
U.S. Can Corporation
Active · founded 1983
U.S.
U.S. Cellular Corporation
Active · founded 1983
U.S.
Van's Aircraft, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Van's Aircraft, Inc.
Varsity Spirit Corp.
Active · founded 1983
Varsity Spirit Corp.
Vencor, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Vencor, Inc.
WTD Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
WTD Industries, Inc.
Warrantech Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Warrantech Corporation operates as a third-party administrator of extended warranty services, providing its services to…
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc., brings the trademark cuisine of one of America's most celebrated chefs to an audience…
World Duty Free Americas, Inc.
Active · founded 1983
World Duty Free Americas, Inc.
A & E Television Networks
Active · founded 1984
A & E Television Networks began modestly in 1984 with one cable channel, The Arts & Entertainment Network, which…
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
A.C.
Abatix Corp.
Active · founded 1984
Dallas, Texas-based Abatix Corp.
AirTouch Communications
Active · founded 1984
AirTouch Communications, one of the world's leading wireless telecommunications organizations, serves the needs of over…
Aldus Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Aldus Corporation revolutionized the use of personal computers when it introduced its PageMaker program in 1985,…
Altera Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Founded in 1983, Altera Corporation is a leading maker of high-density programmable logic devices (PLDs), based on…
Amerihost Properties, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Amerihost Properties, Inc.--known for its fast-growing flagship chain AmeriHost Inns--owns and operates more than 90…
Ansoft Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Ansoft Corporation is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software, used…
Artisan Entertainment Inc.
Defunct · founded 1984
Artisan Entertainment Inc.
Atmel Corporation
Active · founded 1984
One of the fastest growing semiconductor companies in the United States, Atmel Corporation designs, develops, and…
Attachmate Corporation
Defunct · founded 1984
Attachmate Corporation is one of the largest privately held software companies in the world, operating as a developer…
Baldwin Technology Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
With more than $244 million in sales in fiscal 1997, Baldwin Technology Company, Inc., is the leading manufacturer of…
BarclaysAmerican Mortgage Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Total Assets: $500 million SICs: 6162 Mortgage Bankers BarclaysAmerican Mortgage Corporation is one of the largest home…
Bertucci's Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Bertucci's Corporation, a casual-dining chain, owns a collection of full-service Italian restaurants that operate under…
BrandPartners Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
With its headquarters in New York City, BrandPartners Group, Inc.
Brite Voice Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Serving the fastest-growing market in the world--the telecommunications and information services industry, Brite Voice…
CDW Computer Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
CDW Computer Centers, Inc.
Cadmus Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Cadmus Communications Corporation was named after the Greek mythological figure who founded Thebes and introduced the…
California Steel Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
California Steel Industries, Inc.
Calpine Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Calpine Corporation is a leading independent power company with 90 percent of its capacity derived from gas-fired power…
Cash America International, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Cash America International, Inc.
Chronimed Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Chronimed Inc.
Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Coldwater Creek Inc.
Active · founded 1984
On its way to achieving incredible rates of growth in the 1990s, Coldwater Creek Inc.
CompUSA, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1984
CompUSA, Inc.
Comverse Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Comverse Technology, Inc.
Corrpro Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Corrpro Companies, Inc.
Culver Franchising System, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Culver's Franchising System, Inc.
Dallas Semiconductor Corp.
Active · founded 1984
Dallas Semiconductor Corp.
Dallas Semiconductor Corporation
Defunct · founded 1984
Dallas Semiconductor Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a wide variety of semiconductors and…
Dell Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Long the world's largest direct-sale computer vendor, Dell Inc.
Deltec, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
A subsidiary of the British firm Smiths Group plc, Deltec, Inc.
Department 56, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Department 56, Inc.
Designer Holdings Ltd.
Active · founded 1984
Designer Holdings Ltd.
Donna Karan International Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Donna Karan International Inc.
Dynegy Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Dynegy Inc.
EGL, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
EGL, Inc.
ESS Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
ESS Technology, Inc.
Eateries, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Eateries, Inc.
Fidelity National Financial Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Total Assets: $5.24 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: FNF NAIC: 524127 Direct Title Insurance…
Film Roman, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Film Roman, Inc., is one of the largest independent animation studios in the United States.
Firearms Training Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Firearms Training Systems, Inc., better known by the acronym FATS, provides weapons training for law enforcement…
Fiserv, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Fiserv, Inc.
Florida East Coast Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
In 2000, Amtrak reached an agreement to use FECR's coastal tracks to begin a passenger service.
Fossil, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Owner of one of the most popular brand names in the United States, Fossil, Inc., designs, markets, and distributes…
Global Outdoors, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Global Outdoors, Inc.--known as Global Resources, Inc.
Habersham Bancorp
Active · founded 1984
Assets: $328.1 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: HABC SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State…
Hancock Holding Company
Active · founded 1984
Total Assets: $3 billion Stock Exchanges:NASDAQ SICs: 6022 State Commercial Banks Hancock Holding Company was…
HealthSouth Corporation
Active · founded 1984
HealthSouth Corporation is the leading provider of medical rehabilitation health care and outpatient surgery services…
Hooters of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Hooters of America, Inc.
INTELLIGENT ELECTRONICS, INC.
Active · founded 1984
Intelligent Electronics was founded in 1982 by Richard D.
ImClone Systems Inc.
Active · founded 1984
ImClone Systems Inc., a biotech company based in New York City, is best known for a highly publicized stock scandal…
Intermet Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Intermet Corporation is one of the largest independent foundry companies in the world, involved in producing ferrous…
Intuit Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Intuit Inc.
Kensey Nash Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Kensey Nash Corporation is a medical technology company skilled in developing puncture closure devices for…
Laserscope
Active · founded 1984
Laserscope is a San Jose, California-based company that makes medical laser systems for a variety of uses.
Lifetime Entertainment Services
Active · founded 1984
Lifetime Entertainment Services is a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company and The Hearst Corporation.
MAI Systems Corporation
Active · founded 1984
MAI Systems Corporation sells a wide range of computer equipment and related services to businesses throughout North…
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.
Active · founded 1984
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.
MagneTek, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
MagneTek, Inc., manufactures and markets electrical equipment products including lighting products, motors and…
Midwest Express Holdings, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1984
Midwest Express Holdings, Inc.
Morningstar Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Based in Chicago, Morningstar Inc.
N.F. Smith & Associates LP
Active · founded 1984
Based in Houston, N.F.
Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.
Novellus Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Based in San Jose, California, Novellus Systems, Inc.
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
O'Charley's Inc.
Active · founded 1984
O'Charley's Inc.
One Price Clothing Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Headquartered in South Carolina, One Price Clothing Stores, Inc., is a retailer of women's and children's clothing and…
Option Care Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Bannockburn, Illinois-based Option Care Inc.
Oxford Health Plans, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Operating in five northeastern states, Oxford Health Plans, Inc.
Pacer Technology
Active · founded 1984
Pacer Technology is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-performance glues, adhesives, and epoxies sold to…
PanAmSat Corporation
Defunct · founded 1984
PanAmSat Corporation is a leading provider of satellite operations, serving markets in all parts of the globe.
Pentech International, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Pentech International, Inc.
PictureTel Corp.
Defunct · founded 1984
PictureTel Corp.
Policy Studies, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Policy Studies, Inc.
Port Imperial Ferry Corporation
Active · founded 1984
The largest ferry operation in North America, Port Imperial Ferry Corporation serves the New York City metropolitan…
Providian Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Total Assets: $37.66 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Pacific Ticker Symbol: PVN NAIC: 522210 Credit Card…
Pyramid Breweries Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Pyramid Breweries, Inc.
Questar Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Questar Corporation is an integrated natural gas company whose major subsidiaries search for, produce, and market oil…
REX Stores Corp.
Active · founded 1984
REX Stores Corp.
Rag Shops, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Rag Shops, Inc.
Rally's
Active · founded 1984
A unit of Checker's Drive-In Restaurants Inc., Rally's is a chain of limited-menu, fast-food establishments featuring…
Rewards Network Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Rewards Network Inc.
SCANA Corporation
Active · founded 1984
SCANA Corporation is a diversified holding company headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina.
Safety 1st, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
First known for its "Baby on Board" signs, Safety 1st, Inc.
Sensory Science Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Sensory Science Corporation designs, develops, and markets electronic video and audio products, concentrating on…
Sepracor Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Sepracor Inc.
Sierra Health Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Overseeing the largest and oldest health maintenance organization (HMO) in Nevada, Sierra Health Services, Inc.
Spacehab, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Spacehab, Inc.
Specialty Equipment Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Specialty Equipment Companies, Inc., is a leading designer and manufacturer of cooking, refrigeration, and sanitation…
Stratagene Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: STGN NAIC: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; 511210 Software…
Stussy, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Stussy, Inc., is an Irvine, California-based apparel company that has managed to stay on the cutting edge of urban…
Sybase, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Sybase, Inc.
Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
What Telcordia did not anticipate was the meltdown of the entire telecommunications industry at the start of the new…
The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
As America's leading microbrewer, The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
The Leslie Fay Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
The Leslie Fay Company, Inc.
The Turner Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Founded in 1902 by Henry C.
The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1984
The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc.
Transport Corporation of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Transport America, legally named Transport Corporation of America, Inc., is a trucking firm headquartered in Eagan,…
Tutogen Medical, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Based in West Paterson, New Jersey, Tutogen Medical, Inc., is a publicly traded company that makes bio-implants and…
Unitil Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Unitil Corporation is a public utility holding company system.
Viking Range Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Viking Range Corporation manufactures and markets a wide range of professional kitchen appliances for home use.
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
Active · founded 1984
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation is an integrated circuit, or chip, manufacturer with a difference: its ICs are made…
WLR Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
WLR Foods, Inc., is a fully integrated producer, processor, distributor, and marketer of poultry products that conducts…
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Wild Oats Markets, Inc., is the second largest natural foods grocery chain in the United States.
World Fuel Services Corporation
Active · founded 1984
World Fuel Services Corporation (WFSC) is a leading downstream marketer of aviation and marine fuel products.
Xilinx, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Xilinx, Inc.
AGCO Corporation
Active · founded 1985
1920s:Company enters the farm tractors market.
Adtran Inc.
Active · founded 1985
In 1970, a 29-year-old electronics entrepreneur named Mark Smith founded Universal Data Systems (UDS) in Huntsville,…
Ag Services of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Business continued to be strong in the early 2000s, with revenues surging to $294.6 million in 2000 and $345.7 million…
American Classic Voyages Company
Active · founded 1985
American Classic Voyages Company is parent company to two pleasure cruise companies, the Delta Queen Steamboat Company,…
AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Active · founded 1985
AmerisourceBergen Corporation is one of the largest pharmaceutical services companies in the United States.
Aspect Telecommunications Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Aspect Telecommunications Corporation is a global provider of telephone call distribution and information management…
Bain & Company
Active · founded 1985
Boston-based Bain & Company is one of the world's leading corporate consulting companies, the pioneer in the concept…
Battle Mountain Gold Company
Active · founded 1985
One of the largest gold miners in the United States, Battle Mountain Gold Company mines and processes gold, silver, and…
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., the holding company that owns Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc., was created on October 29,…
Berry Petroleum Company
Active · founded 1985
Berry Petroleum Company is a small independent oil producer whose reserves are mostly located in the California…
Billing Concepts, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Billing Concepts, Inc.
Boston Market Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Boston Market Corporation--formerly Boston Chicken Inc.--grew rapidly after its start in 1985.
CHIPS and Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Founded in 1985, CHIPS and Technologies, Inc., supplies advanced semiconductor devices to the worldwide personal…
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the largest cable systems operators in the United States, providing service…
California Pizza Kitchen Inc.
Active · founded 1985
California Pizza Kitchen Inc.
Chart House Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Chart House Enterprises, Inc.
Chiasso Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Chiasso Inc.
Cinnabon Inc.
Active · founded 1985
One of the fastest-growing companies in the United States, Cinnabon Inc.
Community Health Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Community Health Systems, Inc.
Complete Business Solutions, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Founded in 1985 as a contract programming firm, Complete Business Solutions, Inc.
Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
DVI, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
DVI, Inc.
Digi International Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Digi International Inc.
Duke Realty Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Duke Realty Corporation is an Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in the…
Easton Sports, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Easton Sports, Inc., is a privately owned Van Nuys, California-based manufacturer of sports equipment.
Embrex, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Embrex, Inc., is a publicly traded agricultural biotechnology company based in Durham, North Carolina, and dedicated to…
Enrich International, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1985
Enrich International, Inc.
Exabyte Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Exabyte Corporation designs, develops, produces and sells tape subsystems for data storage applications.
Excel Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Excel Technology, Inc.
First Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Total Assets: $2.3 billion (est.
First USA, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Total Assets: $5.49 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6022 State Commercial…
Georgia Gulf Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Georgia Gulf Corporation is a major manufacturer of two highly integrated product lines, chlorovinyls and aromatic…
Geotek Communications Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Geotek Communications Inc.
Health Systems International, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Health Systems International, Inc.
HomeBase, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
HomeBase, Inc.
Hughes Electronics Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Hughes Electronics Corporation is one of the world's leading satellite and wireless communications companies.
Huntington Learning Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Privately owned Huntington Learning Centers, Inc.
IMCO Recycling, Incorporated
Active · founded 1985
IMCO Recycling, Incorporated is the world's largest recycler of both aluminum and zinc.
IVAX Corporation
Active · founded 1985
IVAX Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes branded and brand-equivalent (generic) drugs and…
IXC Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
IXC Communications, Inc., is among five "new-age carriers" (a group including Frontier Corporation, Level 3…
Inter Parfums Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Inter Parfums, Inc., formerly known as Jean Philippe Fragrances, is a New York City-based manufacturer and distributor…
Jason Incorporated
Active · founded 1985
Jason Incorporated is a miniconglomerate, active in three distinct business segments--motor vehicle products, power…
Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc.
Kitty Hawk, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Kitty Hawk, Inc.
Labor Ready, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
The fastest growing temporary staffing company in the world, Labor Ready, Inc.
Lamonts Apparel, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Lamonts Apparel, Inc.
Lason, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Lason, Inc.'s core business is the provision of information management services, including document and data capture,…
Lyondell Chemical Company
Active · founded 1985
Lyondell Chemical Company is one of the largest U.S.-based chemical manufacturers.
MGIC Investment Corp.
Active · founded 1985
Total Assets: $4.56 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: MTG NAIC: 524130 Reinsurance Carriers,…
Martek Biosciences Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Martek Biosciences Corporation develops and sells products derived from the microalgae it grows.
Meadowcraft, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Meadowcraft, Inc.
MediaNews Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
MediaNews Group, Inc., is the seventh largest newspaper company in the United States.
Meditrust
Active · founded 1985
The largest health care real estate investment trust company in the United States, Meditrust maintained investments in…
Melaleuca Inc.
Active · founded 1985
s: 325411 Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing Melaleuca, Inc.
Meritage Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Meritage Corporation, formerly Monterey Homes Corporation, is a leading homebuilder in the United States, designing,…
Metatec International, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Metatec International, Inc.
Movie Gallery, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Movie Gallery, Inc., is the nation's third-largest video store operator.
NAVTEQ Corporation
Active · founded 1985
NAVTEQ Corporation (Navteq) is a Chicago-based company that provides the digital map information used by Internet…
National Beverage Corp.
Active · founded 1985
A leading second-tier beverage company, National Beverage Corp.
Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
NeighborCare, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
NeighborCare, Inc.
NutraSweet Company
Active · founded 1985
NutraSweet, the world's largest manufacturer of the sweetening product known as aspartame, originated as a single…
OTR Express, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
OTR Express, Inc.
Ocular Sciences, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Ocular Sciences, Inc.
Odwalla, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1985
Youthful, hip, and fresh, Odwalla, Inc.
Parametric Technology Corp.
Active · founded 1985
Less than ten years after introducing its first products, Parametric Technology Corp.
PlayCore, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Symbol: PCO SICs: 3949 Sporting & Athletic Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified PlayCore, Inc.
Portal Software, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Since it was first established in 1985 as an Internet service provider, Portal Software, Inc.
Primedex Health Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Primedex Health Systems, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, is engaged in the delivery and administration of managed…
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Active · founded 1985
QUALCOMM Incorporated (Qualcomm) is a wireless communications company dedicated to the creation of innovative mobile…
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.
SLI, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
For the past 29 years, SLI, Inc.
Safeskin Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Safeskin Corporation is the leading manufacturer of latex gloves for the U.S.
Sherwood Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Sherwood Brands, Inc.
Smith Corona Corp.
Active · founded 1985
Smith Corona is a world-famous designer, manufacturer, and marketer of portable and compact electronic typewriters,…
Staples, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Staples, Inc.
Starbucks Corporation
Active · founded 1985
Starbucks Corporation is the leading roaster, retailer, and marketer of specialty coffee in North America.
Storage USA, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
A self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, Storage USA, Inc.
Sun Communities Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Sun Communities Inc.
SunTrust Banks Inc.
Defunct · founded 1985
A holding company formed by Trust Company of Georgia in 1985, SunTrust Banks Inc.
SynOptics Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
SynOptics Communications, Inc.
Tee Vee Toons, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1985
Tee Vee Toons, Inc., better known as TVT Records, is the leading independent record company in the United States.
The Middleby Corporation
Active · founded 1985
The Middleby Corporation is a major designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide range of commercial and…
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1985
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
Village Voice Media, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Village Voice Media, Inc.
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Defunct · founded 1985
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Watts Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Watts Industries, Inc., is one of the country's leading designers, manufacturers, and sellers of valves that regulate…
Westcon Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Majority owned by South Africa-based Datatec Ltd., Westcon Group, Inc.
Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
By this time, Wheelabrator Technologies was poised for further growth and was often cited by analysts as a promising…
Williams Communications Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1985
Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Williams Communications Group, Inc., a subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc.,…
Acclaim Entertainment Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Acclaim Entertainment Inc.
Administaff, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Administaff, Inc.
Airgas, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Airgas, Inc.
Allen Systems Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
ASG completed one major deal in 2001, acquiring SNMP Frameworks, which led to the development of a Web-based network…
Alpine Lace Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Alpine Lace Brands, Inc., is a leading manufacturer of reduced-fat and fat-free deli cheeses and meats.
American Girl, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
American Girl, Inc.
American Italian Pasta Company
Active · founded 1986
The second largest pasta producer in North America, American Italian Pasta Company (APIC) produces more than 80 dry…
Applied Bioscience International, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Applied Bioscience International, Inc.
Arch Wireless, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
With a new name and a new corporate identity, Arch Wireless, Inc.
Avado Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Known until 1998 as Apple South, Avado Brands, Inc.
Bloomberg L.P.
Active · founded 1986
Bloomberg L.P.
Boston Celtics Limited Partnership
Active · founded 1986
Operator of the Boston Celtics basketball team, Boston Celtics Limited Partnership represents the financial,…
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
Active · founded 1986
Buckeye Partners, L.P., based in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, is a master limited partnership trading on the New York Stock…
CONNER PERIPHERALS, INC.
Active · founded 1986
Conner Peripherals, Inc., the second-largest manufacturer of hard disk drives after Seagate Technology, has grown…
Calloway's Nursery, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Calloway's Nursery, Inc.
Carlisle Companies Incorporated
Active · founded 1986
Revenue: $528 million Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 3069 Fabricated Rubber, Not Elsewhere Classified; Carlisle…
Carolina First Corporation
Active · founded 1986
As North Carolina's larger banks began to acquire South Carolina banks in the mid-1980s, Carolina First Corporation was…
Celadon Group Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Celadon Group Inc.
Celgene Corporation
Active · founded 1986
Celgene Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and marketing therapies to treat leprosy,…
Century Communications Corp.
Active · founded 1986
Century Communications Corp.
Checkers Drive-Up Restaurants Inc.
Active · founded 1986
With its distinctive black and white checkerboard squares surrounded by bright red and chrome, Checkers Drive-Up…
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
The largest bottling group owned by The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Commercial Financial Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Commercial Financial Services, Inc.
Continental Medical Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Continental Medical Systems, Inc.
Cooker Restaurant Corporation
Active · founded 1986
Cooker Restaurant Corporation is a 37-unit casual dining restaurant chain, with locations in Florida, Michigan, Ohio,…
Corporate Express, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Corporate Express, Inc., wholly owned by the Dutch firm Buhrmann N.V.
Coventry Health Care, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1986
Coventry was now able to grow aggressively via acquisitions; it was especially keen on buying and turning around…
DPL INC.
Active · founded 1986
Stock Exchange: New York DPL Inc.
Direct Focus, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Direct Focus, Inc.
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
E-Z Serve Corporation
Active · founded 1986
As the seventh largest convenience store operator in the United States, E-Z Serve Corporation owns and operates 737…
Eileen Fisher Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Eileen Fisher Inc.
Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Energizer Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Eveready Battery Company, Inc., is one of the world's foremost…
FTP Software, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
FTP Software, Inc.
First Brands Corporation
Active · founded 1986
First Brands is a leading consumer products company with operations based on a number of major brands: STP oil, Glad…
First Team Sports, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
First Team Sports, Inc.
Fresh Choice, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Now entering its second decade, California-based Fresh Choice, Inc.
Gateway, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Following its March 2004 acquisition of eMachines, Inc., Gateway, Inc.
Gaylord Container Corporation
Active · founded 1986
Gaylord Container Corporation is a major national manufacturer and distributor of corrugated containers,…
Geerlings & Wade, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
For choosy wine connoisseurs and novices alike, Geerlings & Wade, Inc.
General Growth Properties, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1986
General Growth Properties, Inc.
Genmar Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Genmar Holdings, Inc.
Granite State Bankshares, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Total Assets: $867.67 million (1999) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: GSBI NAIC: 52211 Commercial Banking Granite…
Harpo Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Based in Chicago, and with additional offices in Los Angeles, Harpo Inc.
Headway Corporate Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
New York-based Headway Corporate Resources, Inc., provides resource and staffing services primarily to the financial…
Holberg Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Holberg Industries, Inc., a holding company, was one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.
ILX Resorts Incorporated
Active · founded 1986
While some still equate the word "timeshare" with fraud or scams, the concept of owning a small piece of a resort or…
In Focus Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
In Focus Systems, Inc.
Iwerks Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Iwerks Entertainment, Inc.
JLM Couture, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
JLM Couture, Inc., is a New York City-based publicly trade company devoted to the business of designing, manufacturing,…
Johnny Rockets Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Johnny Rockets Group, Inc.'s restaurants offer American nostalgia with a menu of basic American food, served in a…
Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Lifeway Foods, Inc.
MGM Grand Inc.
Active · founded 1986
A leading hotel and casino operator, MGM Grand Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Though it has undergone several name changes and owners, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.'s legacy is as classic as one of its…
National Media Corporation
Active · founded 1986
National Media Corporation is the world's largest publicly held direct response (infomercial) television company and a…
NovaCare, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
NovaCare, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Office Depot, Inc.
Omnicom Group Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Gross Billings: $2.64 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies; 6719 Holding Companies,…
Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation
Active · founded 1986
A leading home improvement retailer in California, Orchard Supply Stores Corporation operates a chain of hardware…
PETsMART, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
The largest operator of pet food, pet supplies, and pet services superstores in the United States, PETsMART, Inc.,…
Packard Bell Electronics, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Packard Bell Electronics, Inc.
Pete's Brewing Company
Active · founded 1986
The second largest microbrewer in the United States, Pete's Brewing Company sells a line of full-bodied, specialty…
Pixar Animation Studios
Active · founded 1986
Pixar Animation Studios burst onto the big screen with the release of Toy Story, the first ever feature-length animated…
Play by Play Toys & Novelties, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
A noted toy manufacturer, Play by Play Toys & Novelties, Inc.
Pluma, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Pluma, Inc.
Provell Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Provell Inc., formerly Damark International Inc., develops, markets, and manages membership and customer relationship…
Pumpkin Masters, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Colorado-based Pumpkin Masters, Inc.
QVC Inc.
Active · founded 1986
QVC Inc.
Radius Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Radius Inc.
Raytech Corporation
Active · founded 1986
Based in Shelton, Connecticut, Raytech Corporation and its subsidiaries manufacture and distribute engineered products…
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Rica Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Rica Foods, Inc.
Riviana Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Riviana Foods Inc.
SBS Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
SBS Technologies, Inc.
STAAR Surgical Company
Active · founded 1986
STAAR Surgical Company (Staar) develops and markets medical devices for use in refractive, cataract, and glaucoma…
Saga Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
In the Nordic language, "saga" means an ongoing adventure.
Santa Barbara Restaurant Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Santa Barbara Restaurant Group, Inc.
Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
Active · founded 1986
With its headquarters located in Lincolnshire, Illinois, Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
Schott Corporation
Active · founded 1986
Schott Corporation, with its headquarters in Yonkers, New York, is the holding company for the North American…
Sega of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Sega of America, Inc.
Southern Financial Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Total Assets: $1 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: SFFB NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking Southern…
Sprint Corporation
Active · founded 1986
Sprint Corporation is the private holding company for two publicly traded firms, Sprint FON and Sprint PCS.
Sterling Chemicals, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Sterling Chemicals, Inc.
StrataCom, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
StrataCom, Inc.
Synopsys, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Synopsys, Inc.
Syratech Corp.
Active · founded 1986
Founded in 1986, Syratech Corp.
T-Netix, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
T-Netix, Inc.
The Aristotle Corporation
Active · founded 1986
Originally formed as a bank holding company, The Aristotle Corporation is now involved in the manufacturing and…
The Gambrinus Company
Active · founded 1986
Based in San Antonio, Texas, The Gambrinus Company imports, brews, and distributes beers on a regional and national…
The Score Board, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
The largest distributor of sports memorabilia in the United States, The Score Board, Inc.
Thermo Instrument Systems Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Thermo Instrument Systems Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Thermo Electron, is an international leader in…
Toll Brothers Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Toll Brothers Inc.
Tollgrade Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Tollgrade Communications, Inc.
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Total Assets: $3.2 billion Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6331 Fire, Marine, and Casualty Insurance; 6719 Holding…
TriMas Corp.
Active · founded 1986
TriMas Corp., through its diversified subsidiaries, is a leading manufacturer of fasteners, towing systems, specialty…
Unit Corporation
Active · founded 1986
Unit Corporation is a publicly traded Tulsa, Oklahoma, energy company with two complementary business segments.
Universal Electronics Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Universal Electronics Inc.
VCA Antech, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
VCA Antech, Inc.
ViaSat, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
ViaSat, Inc.
Windswept Environmental Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Windswept Environmental Group, Inc., operating out of Bay Shore, New York, is a holding company whose subsidiaries…
Young Broadcasting Inc.
Active · founded 1986
Young Broadcasting Inc.
1-800-FLOWERS, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
1-800-FLOWERS, Inc., headquartered in Westbury, New York, is one of the world's largest florists.
5 & Diner Franchise Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Mesa, Arizona-based 5 & Diner Franchise Corporation operates some 20 freestanding 1950s style, family-friendly diners…
AAON, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
AAON, Inc.
ABC Rail Products Corporation
Active · founded 1987
A leader in the engineering, manufacturing, and marketing of original and replacement products for the freight…
ARCO Chemical Company
Active · founded 1987
The ARCO Chemical Company manufactures intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of consumer and industrial products.
Abiomed, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Abiomed, Inc.
Adams Golf, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Adams Golf, Inc.
Advanstar Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
1970s-80s:Edgell grows magazine division to more than 100 publications.
Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
American Rice, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
One of the largest rice millers in the United States, American Rice, Inc.
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Aqua Alliance Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Formerly known as Air & Water Technologies Corporation, Aqua Alliance Inc.
Ashworth, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Ashworth, Inc.
Avid Technology Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Avid Technology Inc.
B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
In just a decade, B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Back Yard Burgers, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Back Yard Burgers, Inc.
Baker Hughes Incorporated
Active · founded 1987
Baker Hughes Incorporated is the product of the 1987 merger of two oilfield-services companies with surprisingly…
Bell Microproducts Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Bell Microproducts Inc.
Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Not to be confused with its former parent (Borg-Warner Corporation) or ex-sibling (Borg-Warner Security Corporation),…
CMS Energy Corporation
Active · founded 1987
CMS Energy Corporation is a diversified energy company with businesses engaged in electric and gas utility operations.
CSK Auto Corporation
Active · founded 1987
CSK Auto Corporation is a holding company for CSK Auto, Inc., a subsidiary that manages all of the corporation's…
Car Toys, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Car Toys, Inc.
Cascade General, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Cascade General, Inc.
Catherines Stores Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Catherines Stores Corporation is a leading specialty retailer of women's large-size clothing and accessories.
Cedar Fair, L.P.
Active · founded 1987
Cedar Fair, L.P.
Century Business Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Century Business Services, Inc., with its headquarters located in Cleveland, Ohio, offers a range of outsource business…
Cephalon, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Cephalon, Inc.
Chiles Offshore Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Chiles Offshore Corporation is an international provider of offshore contract drilling and well workover services for…
Click Wine Group
Active · founded 1987
Click Wine Group markets and distributes a portfolio of wines primarily comprised of Australian brands.
Computer Learning Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Computer Learning Centers, Inc.
Cytyc Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Cytyc Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative products that focus primarily on women's…
D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc.
D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc.
Dendrite International, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Dendrite International, Inc., and its subsidiaries are leading providers of a broad array of services and software…
Detroit Diesel Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Detroit Diesel Corporation manufactures diesel and alternative fuel engines for use in trucks, buses, coaches,…
Drypers Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Drypers Corporation is the third-largest manufacturer of disposable diapers and related products in the United States.
Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc., develops, produces, and distributes plant-based dairy and dairy alternative products…
Geneva Steel
Active · founded 1987
Geneva Steel is the only integrated steel mill operating west of the Mississippi River.
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
HCA - The Healthcare Company
Active · founded 1987
Stock Exchange: New York Ticker Symbol: HCA NAIC: 62211 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals HCA - The Healthcare…
Harry's Farmers Market Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Harry's Farmers Market Inc.
Headwaters Incorporated
Active · founded 1987
Through its subsidiaries, Headwaters Incorporated is a leader in both the pre-combustion treatment and the…
Hoechst Celanese Corporation
Active · founded 1987
A subsidiary of the enormous German chemical company Hoechst A.G., Hoechst Celanese Corporation manufactured and sold a…
JB Oxford Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
JB Oxford Holdings, Inc.
Jalate Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Jalate Inc.
Jones Soda Co.
Active · founded 1987
Jones Soda Co.
Kemet Corp.
Active · founded 1987
Kemet Corporation is a leading global supplier of capacitors, which store, filter, and regulate electrical energy and…
Key Safety Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Key Safety Systems, Inc.
Koo Koo Roo, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Ticker Symbols: KKRO SICs: 5812 Eating Places Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Koo Koo Roo, Inc., oversees a…
LabOne, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
LabOne, Inc.
Landauer, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Since 1954, Laudauer, Inc.
Levenger Company
Active · founded 1987
A fast-growing, family-owned business, Levenger Company markets a unique array of goods via catalog, Internet, and…
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Active · founded 1987
Operating out of San Diego, California, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated discovers, develops, and markets new drugs,…
Lintas: Worldwide
Active · founded 1987
Gross Billings: $5.12 billion SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies One of the largest advertising agencies in the world,…
MFS Communications Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
A leading provider of communication services for businesses and government agencies in the United States, MFS…
Mace Security International, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Mace Security International, Inc.
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation
Active · founded 1987
In fiscal 2000 Medicis moved to a new 50,000-square-foot headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Megafoods Stores Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Megafoods Stores Inc.
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Michael Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Michael Foods, Inc., through its Egg Products Division, is the largest producer, processor, and distributor of extended…
Mity Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Mity Enterprises, Inc.
Mossimo, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
A dynamic force in the apparel industry during the 1990s, Mossimo, Inc.
National Oilwell, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
National Oilwell, Inc.
Nextel Communications, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1987
Founded originally to develop mobile telephone service on existing radio bands, Nextel Communications, Inc.
Northland Cranberries, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Northland Cranberries, Inc.
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Nu-kote Holding, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Based in Dallas, Texas, Nu-kote Holding, Inc.
Oak Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Born in Xian, China, at the height of World War II, Oak Technology, Inc.
Outback Steakhouse, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Outback Steakhouse, Inc., runs a chain of casual restaurants with and Australian theme based in the South and the…
PDI, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1987
PDI, Inc., formerly Professional Detailing, Inc., was the first company to offer product detailing services to the…
PLATINUM Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
PLATINUM Technology, Inc., is one of America's fastest growing software development companies.
PeopleSoft Inc.
Defunct · founded 1987
PeopleSoft Inc.
Performance Food Group Company
Active · founded 1987
Performance Food Group Company (PFG) distributes food and food-related products to institutional customers, such as…
Presstek, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Headquartered in Hudson, New Hampshire, Presstek, Inc.
SRAM Corporation
Active · founded 1987
SRAM Corporation is a leading producer of bicycle components.
STERIS Corporation
Active · founded 1987
STERIS Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets infection prevention, contamination prevention, microbial…
Sarnoff Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Sarnoff Corporation is one of the leading developers of new technology in the United States.
Schieffelin & Somerset Co.
Active · founded 1987
Operating out of New York City, Schieffelin & Somerset Co.
Select Comfort Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Select Comfort Corporation, the industry leader in air bed technology, designs, manufactures, and markets a line of…
Stewart's Beverages
Active · founded 1987
Stewart's Beverages is best known for its premium soft drinks that evoke a nostalgic experience through such…
Strouds, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Strouds, Inc., 'The Linen Experts,' is a specialty retailer that offers a wide selection of home textiles for bed,…
Sun Distributors L.P.
Active · founded 1987
Sun Distributors L.P.
The Bombay Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
The Bombay Company, Inc.
The Gitano Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
The Gitano Group, Inc., is one of the United States' largest apparel merchandisers.
The Heat Group
Active · founded 1987
Originally formed to bring a National Basketball Association franchise to Miami, Florida, The Heat Group has evolved…
The J. Jill Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
The J.
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
The name Neiman Marcus is practically synonymous with upscale retailing in the United States.
The Shaw Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
The Shaw Group, Inc.
The Sports Authority, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
The Sports Authority, Inc.
Thermadyne Holding Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Thermadyne Holding Corporation is one of the world's largest suppliers of welding, cutting, and welding safety products.
UUNET
Defunct · founded 1987
Founded in 1987, UUNET is recognized not only as the first commercial Internet service provider (ISP), but it is also…
Ultra Pac, Inc.
Active · founded 1987
Ultra Pac, Inc.
VISX, Incorporated
Active · founded 1987
VISX, Incorporated is the leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of laser vision correction systems.
ViewSonic Corporation
Active · founded 1987
ViewSonic Corporation is a leading provider of cathode ray tube (CRT) and liquid crystal display (LCD) computer…
Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation
Active · founded 1987
Wisconsin Central Ltd., the core railroad of the holding company Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation, was the…
ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1988
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
American Coin Merchandising, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
American Coin Merchandising, Inc., which does business as SugarLoaf Creations, Inc., is the only publicly traded…
AnnTaylor Stores Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, AnnTaylor Inc., AnnTaylor Stores Corporation is a retailer of women's apparel,…
Bayou Steel Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Bayou Steel Corporation operates a steel 'minimill' at its 287-acre site located next to the Mississippi River 35 miles…
Benton Oil and Gas Company
Active · founded 1988
Benton Oil and Gas Company is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties,…
Black Box Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Black Box Corporation is a leading direct marketer of computer communications and networking equipment.
Burlington Resources Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Burlington Resources Inc., the nation's largest independent natural gas exploration and production company, functioned…
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc.
Cabletron Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Cabletron Systems, Inc.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
With revenues of $1.43 billion in 2001, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Cambridge SoundWorks, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Located outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Cambridge SoundWorks, Inc.
Centennial Communications Corporation
Defunct · founded 1988
In the United States, Centennial Communications Corporation owns and operates cellular systems in two regional clusters…
Cold Stone Creamery
Active · founded 1988
Cold Stone Creamery operates on an independently owned franchise system of ice creameries headquartered in Scottsdale,…
Collins & Aikman Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Founded as a supplier of window shades in the mid-nineteenth century, Collins & Aikman Corporation has survived a…
Deschutes Brewery, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Deschutes Brewery, Inc.
Dippin' Dots, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Dippin' Dots, Inc.
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1988
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.
EXCEL Communications Inc.
Defunct · founded 1988
EXCEL Communications Inc.
Egghead.com, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Egghead.com, Inc.
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Executone Information Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Executone Information Systems, Inc.
Eye Care Centers of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Eye Care Centers of America, Inc.
Featherlite Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Featherlite Inc.
First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
Funco, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Funco, Inc.
Gaiam, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Gaiam, Inc.
Galey & Lord, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Galey & Lord, Inc., develops, manufactures, and markets fabrics for the apparel and home furnishings industries,…
Grow Biz International, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Grow Biz International, Inc.
Guthy-Renker Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Guthy-Renker Corporation is one of the world's largest direct-response television marketing companies, selling products…
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Ticker Symbols: HGR NAIC: 62149 Other Outpatient Care Centers; 33911 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing;…
Happy Kids Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Happy Kids Inc.
Heska Corporation
Active · founded 1988
The Heska Corporation is involved in biotechnical research for the development of vaccines and related diagnostic…
Hollywood Entertainment Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Hollywood Entertainment Corp., which operates over 1,000 stores in 43 states under the name Hollywood Video, is the…
IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc.
IMPATH Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Based in New York City, IMPATH Inc.
Insight Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Insight Enterprises, Inc.
JPS Textile Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
JPS Textile Group, Inc.
Jillian's Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Jillian's Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Juno Lighting, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Juno Lighting, Inc.
Kohl's Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Kohl's Corporation is one of the largest discount department store chains in the United States, with more than 230…
Las Vegas Sands, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
The Las Vegas Sands Hotel was a Vegas institution for 44 years.
MCN CORPORATION
Active · founded 1988
MCN Corporation is the holding company for two Michigan utilities, Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon) and…
Mackie Designs Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Mackie Designs Inc.
MedImmune, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
MedImmune, Inc.
Midway Games, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Midway Games, Inc., is one of the world's leading producers of video games.
Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corp.
Active · founded 1988
A pioneer in wireless communications, Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corp.
Newfield Exploration Company
Active · founded 1988
Newfield Exploration Company, based in Houston, Texas, is one of the most successful independent crude oil and natural…
North Atlantic Trading Company Inc.
Active · founded 1988
North Atlantic Trading Company Inc.
OfficeMax Inc.
Active · founded 1988
OfficeMax, Inc.
Onion, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Onion, Inc.
Organic Valley (Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool)
Active · founded 1988
Organic Valley, formally known as the Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool, or CROPP, is the nation's largest cooperative…
Perot Systems Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Perot Systems Corporation, based in Dallas and chaired by Texas billionaire H.
PhyCor, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
PhyCor, Inc.
Playtex Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Playtex Products, Inc.
Premium Standard Farms, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
The third largest hog farmer in the United States, Premium Standard Farms, Inc.
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
Qwest Communications International, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1988
From its origins as a fiber-optic network-building subsidiary of Southern Pacific Transportation Co., Qwest…
Relìv International, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Relìv International, Inc.
Riser Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Riser Foods, Inc., a holding company, controls northeast Ohio's largest grocery chain.
Rust International Inc.
Active · founded 1988
With operations in North and South America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, Rust International Inc.
Shawmut National Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Shawmut National Corporation is one of New England's largest banking companies, offering financial products and…
Sports & Recreation, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Operator of the tenth-largest sporting goods chain in the United States, Sports & Recreation, Inc., is a specialty…
Stage Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Houston-based Stage Stores, Inc.
Suiza Foods Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Suiza Foods Corporation has seemingly come out of nowhere to become one of the leading fresh milk and dairy food…
Tarrant Apparel Group
Active · founded 1988
Los Angeles-based Tarrant Apparel Group designs and manufactures private label women's jeans and other moderately…
The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc.
The General Chemical Group Inc.
Active · founded 1988
The General Chemical Group is a leading producer of industrial chemicals, namely soda ash, both natural and synthetic,…
The Kushner-Locke Company
Active · founded 1988
The Kushner-Locke Company is an independent entertainment company based in Los Angeles.
The Source Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
The Source Enterprises, Inc.
Toy Biz, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Toy Biz, Inc.
Tredegar Corporation
Active · founded 1988
Tredegar Corporation, based in Richmond, Virginia, is primarily involved, through subsidiaries, in two unrelated…
Verity Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Based in Sunnyvale, California, Verity Inc.
WFS Financial Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Total Assets: $1.05 billion (2004) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: WFSI NAIC: 522291 Consumer Lending; 522110…
Zones, Inc.
Active · founded 1988
Zones, Inc.
ABC Family Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
1960s:Pat Robertson begins acquiring television properties, marking the beginning of the Christian Broadcasting Network…
ADESA, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
ADESA, Inc.
Annie's Homegrown, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Annie's Homegrown sponsored many programs in keeping with its various commitments to social causes.
Ascend Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Ascend Communications, Inc.
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
Auntie Anne's, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Through its chain of 600 mostly franchised locations, Auntie Anne's, Inc.
Aztar Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Aztar Corporation, a spinoff from the late 1980s restructuring of Ramada Inc., is a mid-tier U.S.
BWAY Corporation
Active · founded 1989
BWAY Corporation is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries are leading manufacturers of steel containers for…
Berlitz International, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Berlitz International Inc.
Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
Active · founded 1989
Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
Brightpoint, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Brightpoint, Inc.
CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Active · founded 1989
Revenues: $979 million Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago and North Western Holdings Corporation is the holding company…
Caribiner International, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Caribiner International, Inc.
Corbis Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Corbis Corporation provides digital images to professional and nonprofessional customers through a handful of Web…
Correctional Services Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) provides a full range of juvenile and adult correctional services.
Cost-U-Less, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Cost-U-Less, Inc., owns and operates warehouse-style retail stores in remote island locations on Pacific islands, in…
DeCrane Aircraft Holdings Inc.
Active · founded 1989
DeCrane Aircraft Holdings Inc.
DeepTech International Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Revenues: $55.43 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 4922 Natural Gas Transmission; 1382 Oil & Gas Field…
Destec Energy, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
A subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, Destec Energy, Inc.
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
E! Entertainment Television Inc.
Active · founded 1989
E!
Eagle Hardware & Garden, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
A leading competitor in the home improvement industry, Eagle Hardware & Garden, Inc.
Ernst & Young
Active · founded 1989
Ernst & Young is the fourth largest public accounting firm in the world.
FiberMark, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
FiberMark, Inc.
Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Based in the borough of the Bronx in New York City, Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, Inc., operates a chain of…
Hawk Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Despite challenging economic conditions, Hawk continued to record improved levels of revenues in 2000, up 7.8 percent…
Holophane Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Holophane Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered lighting fixtures for industrial,…
Holson Burnes Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Holson Burnes Group, Inc., is the largest designer, manufacturer, and distributor of photo albums in the United States,…
Hot Topic, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Hot Topic, Inc., a retail chain operating almost 200 stores in malls nationwide, occupies a unique space within the…
Ingram Micro Inc.
Active · founded 1989
As the largest global wholesale distributor of computer and electronics products, Ingram Micro Inc.
Invitrogen Corporation
Defunct · founded 1989
Invitrogen Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets more than 10,000 products for customers involved in life…
John Frieda Professional Hair Care Inc.
Active · founded 1989
John Frieda Professional Hair Care Inc.
Knight Transportation, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Knight Transportation, Inc., is a trucking company focused on short-to-medium lengths of transporting freight.
Kraft Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Kraft Foods Inc.
Legent Corporation
Active · founded 1989
One of the largest software companies in the world, Legent Corporation develops and markets software to facilitate the…
Matrix Service Company
Active · founded 1989
Matrix Service Company offers construction services, and repair and maintenance services related to aboveground storage…
McAlister's Corporation
Active · founded 1989
McAlister's Corporation, based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, operates fast-casual restaurants under the McAlister's Deli,…
Mercury Interactive Corporation
Defunct · founded 1989
As Mercury's 15th anniversary approached, Landan continued to explore new business opportunities for the Sunnyvale,…
Monterey Pasta Company
Active · founded 1989
The Monterey Pasta Company is a leading producer of prepared gourmet foods.
Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd.
Active · founded 1989
Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd.
Network Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Network Associates, Inc.
Peapod, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Peapod, Inc.
Pediatric Services of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Pediatric Services of America, Inc.
Primedia Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Primedia Inc.
RFC Franchising LLC
Active · founded 1989
RFC Franchising LLC operates the Ritter's Frozen Custard chain of premium ice cream shops.
Republic Engineered Steels, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Republic Engineered Steels, Inc.
Riverwood International Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Riverwood International Corporation is a global paperboard, packaging, and packaging machinery firm that produces…
RockShox, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
RockShox, Inc.
Rouge Steel Company
Active · founded 1989
The Rouge Steel Company began as an integral part of Henry Ford's sprawling River Rouge automobile plant, built during…
Sabratek Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Sabratek Corporation designs and manufactures therapeutic and diagnostic medical systems and products for the…
Scotsman Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Scotsman Industries, Inc.
SkyMall, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
SkyMall, Inc.
Stanadyne Automotive Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Stanadyne Automotive Corporation is a leading manufacturer of fuel injectors and pumps for diesel engines and hydraulic…
Stater Bros. Holdings Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Based in Colton, California, Stater Bros.
Stericycle Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Stericycle Inc.
Stratasys, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Stratasys, Inc.
Sun Healthcare Group Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sun Healthcare Group Inc.
Sunbeam-Oster Co., Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Sunbeam and Oster are consumer brand names recognizable from coast to coast, and by all generations of Americans.
Sylvan, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Sylvan, Inc.
Talk America Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Talk America Holdings, Inc., sells local and long-distance telephone services in 25 states, primarily in Georgia,…
The Maxim Group
Active · founded 1989
Headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia, The Maxim Group is North America's largest--and only--publicly traded retail floor…
The Peak Technologies Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Revenues: $114.1 million (1994) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5065 Electronic Parts & Equipment, Not Elsewhere…
The Quigley Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Operating out of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, The Quigley Corporation makes over-the-counter homeopathic remedies.
Trendwest Resorts, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Trendwest Resorts, Inc.
U.S. Foodservice
Active · founded 1989
U.S.
United Retail Group Inc.
Active · founded 1989
With locations in 36 states, United Retail Group Inc.
Veritas Software Corporation
Active · founded 1989
Veritas Software Corporation is a leading supplier and developer of data availability software in areas such as storage…
Vivra, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Vivra, Inc.
Western Gas Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1989
Western Gas Resources, Inc.
Alliance Entertainment Corp.
Active · founded 1990
The largest full-service distributor of music and music-related products in the United States, Alliance Entertainment…
Alliant Techsystems Inc.
Defunct · founded 1990
In 1990 Honeywell Inc.
American Media, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
American Media, Inc.
Berkshire Realty Holdings, L.P.
Active · founded 1990
Berkshire Realty Holdings, L.P.
Buttrey Food & Drug Stores Co.
Active · founded 1990
The largest operator of food and drug stores in Montana, Buttrey Food & Drug Stores Co.
COBE Cardiovascular, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
COBE Cardiovascular, Inc.
Carr-Gottstein Foods Co.
Active · founded 1990
The leading food and drug retailer in Alaska, Carr-Gottstein Foods Co.
Catellus Development Corporation
Active · founded 1990
The largest private landowner in California, Catellus Development Corporation is a diversified real estate operating…
Cutter & Buck Inc.
Active · founded 1990
A fast-growing apparel company, Cutter & Buck Inc.
David's Bridal, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
David's Bridal, Inc.
Dun & Bradstreet Software Services Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Dun & Bradstreet Software Services Inc.
Electric Lightwave, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Since it was established in 1990, Electric Lightwave, Inc.
FORE Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
FORE Systems, Inc.
Fatburger Corporation
Active · founded 1990
Fatburger Corporation, based in Santa Monica, California, operates and franchises more than 50 hamburger restaurants…
Fazoli's Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Fazoli's Systems, Inc.
GranCare, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
GranCare, Inc., is a leading U.S.
Hanover Compressor Company
Active · founded 1990
At first, the price of Hanover's stock dropped merely because of the company's association with Enron, but in February…
Hansen Natural Corporation
Active · founded 1990
A descendant of a venerable California juice maker, Hansen Natural Corporation went from bankruptcy case to NASDAQ…
Hollywood Casino Corporation
Active · founded 1990
Hollywood Casino Corporation (HCC) develops, owns, and operates themed casino entertainment facilities under the…
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
The fastest growing computer book publisher of the 1990s, IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
IDT Corporation
Active · founded 1990
IDT Corporation is a leading provider of long-distance telephone access, Internet access, and global Internet telephony…
Interscope Music Group
Active · founded 1990
Interscope Music Group, with its Interscope Records label, is one of the most successful and controversial record…
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., only a decade old in 2000, had by then already grown into one of the ten largest,…
Jamba Juice Company
Active · founded 1990
Based in San Francisco, Jamba Juice Company has more than 350 company and licensed stores spread across 23 states and…
Journal Register Company
Active · founded 1990
The Journal Register Company (JRC) owns and operates 24 daily newspapers and 185 nondaily publications in seven…
K & G Men's Center, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
K & G Men's Center, Inc.
Luigino's, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Luigino's, Inc., a privately held company based in Duluth, Minnesota, is one of North America's leading manufacturers…
MIDWEST RESOURCES INC.
Active · founded 1990
Midwest Resources Inc., the largest supplier of gas and electricity in Iowa, is a utility holding company that formed…
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Nantucket Allserve, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
A start-up company of the 1990s, Nantucket Allserve, Inc.
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Defunct · founded 1990
Orbital Sciences Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is an unrivaled, leading-edge space technology company…
Party City Corporation
Active · founded 1990
Party City Corporation is the top U.S.
Remedy Corporation
Active · founded 1990
Launched toward the end of 1990, Remedy Corporation was a pioneer in developing automated software solutions for…
Reno Air Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Probably the most distinguished of the several dozen low-fare start-up airlines that began flying regional U.S.
Robertson-Ceco Corporation
Active · founded 1990
Robertson-Ceco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is a leading manufacturer of pre-engineered metal buildings,…
Rooms To Go Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Rooms To Go Inc., a low- to mid-priced furniture store chain, has rapidly expanded to more than 60 stores since opening…
Rush Communications
Active · founded 1990
Rush Communications is the most successful African American-owned media company in the United States, operating…
Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.
Steven Madden, Ltd.
Active · founded 1990
Steven Madden, Ltd.
Successories, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Successories, Inc.
THQ, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
THQ, Inc.
Tilia Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Tilia Inc.
Toymax International, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Toymax International, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries and divisions, makes children's toys, leisure…
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
U.S.
U.S. Vision, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
U.S.
United Auto Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
United Auto Group, Inc., is a leading acquirer, consolidator, and operator of franchised automobile and light-truck…
ValueVision International, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
ValueVision International, Inc.
Veeco Instruments Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Veeco Instruments Inc.
Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd.
Active · founded 1990
Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd.
Williams Scotsman, Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Williams Scotsman, Inc.
Wizards of the Coast Inc.
Active · founded 1990
Wizards of the Coast Inc.
XTO Energy Inc.
Active · founded 1990
XTO Energy Inc., formerly known as Cross Timbers Oil Company, is a large independent Fort Worth, Texas, oil company…
All American Communications Inc.
Defunct · founded 1991
All American Communications Inc.
Argosy Gaming Company
Defunct · founded 1991
A market leader in a fast-growing industry, Argosy Gaming Company operates five riverboat gambling casinos on the…
Atchison Casting Corporation
Active · founded 1991
Atchison Casting Corporation produces iron, steel, and nonferrous castings and forgings for customers involved in more…
Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1991
Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd.
Active · founded 1991
Operating out of the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Illinois, Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd.
Bluefly, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Bluefly started off 2001 facing negative publicity, as Barron's Online ranked the firm as number two on its "Burn…
Broadcom Corporation
Active · founded 1991
Broadcom Corporation is one of several companies contributing to the infrastructure that will bring high-speed Internet…
Burt's Bees, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Burt's Bees, Inc., sells environmentally friendly skin care products in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
CNH Global N.V.
Active · founded 1991
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CONSOL Energy Inc.
Active · founded 1991
During this same period, CONSOL expanded its coal holdings.
Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Founded in 1991, Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc.
Carriage Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Carriages Services, Inc.
CitFed Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Total Assets: $2.1 billion (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6035 Savings Institutions Federal Charter CitFed…
Citadel Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1991
Citadel Communications Corporation ranks among the top six owners of U.S.
Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
Cytec Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1991
A leading chemicals company, Cytec Industries Inc.
Enquirer/Star Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Operating Revenues: $275.38 million Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 2721 Periodicals The Enquirer/Star Group, Inc.
Equus Computer Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Equus Computer Systems, Inc., is one of the largest of the "tier two" computer system builders in the United States.
Fili Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Fili Enterprises, Inc., operates a chain of more than 50 fast-casual Greek restaurants called Daphne's Greek Café.
Gage Marketing Group
Active · founded 1991
Gage Marketing Group, a widely diversified marketing business, has provided services to roughly 75 percent of the…
Glacier Water Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Located in Vista, California, Glacier Water Services, Inc.
Grand Casinos, Inc.
Renamed · founded 1991
Grand Casinos, Inc., one of the largest gaming companies in the United States, develops, constructs, and manages…
Hospitality Worldwide Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Hospitality Worldwide Services, Inc.
IDEO Inc.
Active · founded 1991
IDEO Inc.
InaCom Corporation
Active · founded 1991
The third-largest and most profitable computer distributor in the United States, InaCom Corporation was formed in 1991,…
Incyte Genomics, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Founded in 1991 and based in Palo Alto, California, Incyte Genomics, Inc.
Johnstown America Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
A rising manufacturing force, Johnstown America Industries, Inc.
Lancair International, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Lancair International, Inc.
Landstar System, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Landstar System, Inc.
Lexmark International, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Lexmark International, Inc.
Logan's Roadhouse, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Logan's Roadhouse, Inc.
MBC Holding Company
Active · founded 1991
1920s:Companies produce non-alcoholic beer during Prohibition.
MWH Preservation Limited Partnership
Active · founded 1991
The Mount Washington Hotel, the oldest frame building in New Hampshire, was built in 1902.
Masland Corporation
Active · founded 1991
A leading North American designer and manufacturer of car-interior components, Masland Corporation operates ten…
McLeodUSA Incorporated
Active · founded 1991
McLeodUSA Incorporated is a major provider of integrated telecommunications services to businesses and residential…
Miller Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Miller Industries, Inc.
Multimedia Games, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Multimedia Games, Inc.
NFO Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
NFO Worldwide, Inc.
New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc., is one of the largest regional specialty brewers in the United States, producing…
OM Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Created through the 1991 merger of America's Mooney Chemicals, Inc., Finland's Kokkola Chemicals Oy, and France's…
Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., an international cosmetic laser company, is one of the most promising firms in the…
Paxson Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1991
Paxson Communications Corporation was founded in 1991 by Lowell 'Bud' Paxson, the man who cofounded the Home Shopping…
Planet Hollywood International, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Planet Hollywood International, Inc.
Platinum Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Gross Sales: $48.89 million (1999) Stock Exchanges: OTC Ticker Symbol: PTET NAIC: 334612 Prerecorded Compact Disc…
Powerhouse Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Powerhouse Technologies, Inc.
ProLogis
Active · founded 1991
ProLogis is the world leader in leasing and managing distribution centers.
Protection One, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Protection One, Inc.
Sonic Innovations Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Sonic Innovations Inc.
Specialty Coatings Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Specialty Coatings Group Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Superior Energy Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Superior Energy Services, Inc.
The Anderson-DuBose Company
Active · founded 1991
The Anderson-DuBose Company is a distributor for more than 270 McDonald's restaurants in northeastern Ohio, western…
Thousand Trails, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Thousand Trails, Inc.
Trailer Bridge, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Jacksonville, Florida-headquartered Trailer Bridge, Inc., describes itself as "an integrated trucking and marine…
Ultralife Batteries, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Ultralife Batteries, Inc.--a global specialist for diverse battery applications--is a leading developer, manufacturer,…
Value City Department Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Value City Department Stores, Inc.
Wabash National Corp.
Active · founded 1991
Wabash National Corporation--one of the largest manufacturers of semi-trailers in the world--designs, manufactures, and…
Weiner's Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Houston-based Weiner's Stores, Inc.
Westport Resources Corporation
Active · founded 1991
Westport Resources Corporation is one of the 20 largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in…
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.
Youth Services International, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Youth Services International, Inc.
AFC Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
AFC Enterprises, Inc., through its ownership of the Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits and Churchs Chicken chains, holds the…
Action Performance Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Action Performance Companies, Inc.
Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Operating out of Petaluma, California, publicly traded Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc.
Affinity Group Holding Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Affinity Group Holding Company is the parent company of several businesses, including Affinity Group, Inc.
American Medical Response, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
American Medical Response, Inc.
American Pad & Paper Company
Active · founded 1992
American Pad & Paper Company manufactures and markets paper-based office products, excluding copier paper.
Andrx Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Andrx Corporation, operating out of Davie, Florida, is a pharmaceutical company that uses timed-release drug delivery…
Atlas Air, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Atlas Air, Inc.
Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group
Active · founded 1992
Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group is owned by Sean Combs, an entertainment and media dynamo whose many business…
Baker & Taylor, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
A solid and respected leader in its field, Baker & Taylor, Inc., operates as the holding company for two companies…
Balance Bar Company
Active · founded 1992
Balance Bar Company is a leader in the nutritional foods and natural products industry.
Big Dog Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Big Dog Holdings, Inc.
Brothers Gourmet Coffees, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Brothers Gourmet Coffees, Inc., ranks first among U.S.
CIENA Corporation
Active · founded 1992
CIENA Corporation is a leading maker of advanced optical networking components for telecommunications.
CNET Networks, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Founded in 1992 as an online source of technology-related news and information, CNET Networks, Inc.
CapStar Hotel Company
Active · founded 1992
CapStar Hotel Company owns and manages hotels in the upscale end of the lodging market, including such familiar names…
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
CarrAmerica Realty Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Operating Revenues: $527.72 million (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: CRE NAIC: 525930 Real Estate…
Chart Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Chart Industries, Inc.
ChildrenFirst, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
ChildrenFirst, Inc.
Concepts Direct, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Concepts Direct, Inc.
Curves International, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Curves International, Inc.
Dames & Moore, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
A pioneer in civil engineering, Dames & Moore, Inc.
Data Broadcasting Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Data Broadcasting Corporation provides financial information services to private investors, financial institutions, and…
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (DDR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Beachwood, Ohio.
Eon Labs, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Eon Labs, Inc.
Everlast Worldwide Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Everlast, a brand name all but synonymous with the sport of boxing, has been reborn after being acquired in the year…
Henry Schein, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
1950s:Schein adds a mail-order operation.
Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation
Active · founded 1992
1960s:Heftel family owns and operates a radio station, KSSK-AM, in Hawaii.
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
K'Nex Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
K'Nex Industries, Inc.
Kiwi International Airlines Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Kiwi International Airlines Inc.
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc.
MPS Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
MPS Group, Inc.
Macromedia, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1992
Anyone who uses the Internet knows Macromedia, Inc.'s products well, if not necessarily by name.
Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise Inc.
Micro Warehouse, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Micro Warehouse, Inc.
Minerals Technologies Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Minerals Technologies Inc.
Network Appliance, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Network Appliance, Inc.
On Assignment, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
On Assignment, Inc.
Orange Glo International
Active · founded 1992
Orange Glo International manufactures and markets a variety of household cleaning products designed with natural,…
Palm, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Since its inception, Palm, Inc.
Pomeroy Computer Resources, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Pomeroy Computer Resources, Inc.
President Casinos, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
President Casinos, Inc.
Professional Bull Riders Inc.
Active · founded 1992
With its headquarters located in Colorado Springs , Colorado, Professional Bull Riders Inc.
Rental Service Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Rental Service Corporation (RSC) is one of the largest equipment rental firms in the United States.
Ride, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
One of the largest snowboard companies in the United States, Ride, Inc.
ScanSource, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
ScanSource, Inc.
Skechers U.S.A. Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Founded in 1992, Skechers U.S.A.
Spherion Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Spherion Corporation, formerly Interim Services Inc., is a temporary staffing and consulting firm serving more than…
Standard Pacific Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Standard Pacific Corporation is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States, operating in California, Texas,…
Stillwater Mining Company
Active · founded 1992
Stillwater Mining Company operates the world's only viable platinum and palladium mines outside Russia and South Africa.
TearDrop Golf Company
Active · founded 1992
TearDrop Golf Company designs and manufactures a variety of golf clubs and equipment, including putters, irons, woods,…
Tempur-Pedic Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Tempur-Pedic Inc.
Tha Row Records
Active · founded 1992
Tha Row Records specializes in rap music.
The WesterN SizzliN Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Foti stayed on as CEO of the combined company, which received a major financial boost in June 2000 when it reached a…
Thermo Fibertek, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Thermo Fibertek, Inc.
Tully's Coffee Corporation
Active · founded 1992
Founded in 1992, Tully's Coffee Corporation is the third largest company-owned specialty coffee retailer in the United…
USANA, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Although still a young company, USANA, Inc.
Valassis Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
1970s:Company grows with success of inserts, moves operations to Livonia, Michigan.
Viewpoint International, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
Viewpoint International, Inc., a subsidiary of Oxford Industries, Inc., is best known for the Tommy Bahama brand.
WellPoint Health Networks Inc.
Active · founded 1992
WellPoint Health Networks Inc.
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1992
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.
YES! Entertainment Corporation
Active · founded 1992
YES!
AirTran Holdings, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1993
AirTran Holdings, Inc.
Alltrista Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Alltrista Corporation was previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation, which spun it off in 1993.
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
NIAC: 448190 Other Clothing Stores; 448150 Clothing Accessories Stores American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1993
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
Anchor Gaming
Active · founded 1993
Anchor Gaming is an industry-leading diversified gaming company with experience as an operator and developer of gaming…
AptarGroup, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
AptarGroup, Inc.
ArQule, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
ArQule, Inc., is a biotechnology company involved in the research and development of small molecule therapeutics.
Atlanta Bread Company International, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Atlanta Bread Company International, Inc., operates and franchises a chain of bakery-cafés, relying almost entirely on…
Big Idea Productions, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Big Idea Productions, Inc.
CarMax, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
CarMax, Inc.
Century Casinos, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Century Casinos, Inc.
Chancellor Media Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Consolidation of radio station ownership accelerated dramatically following the passage of the Telecommunications Act…
Charter Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
At the end of 1999 Charter Communications, Inc.
Chateau Communities, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
An owner, manager, and developer of manufactured home communities in the United States, Chateau Communities, Inc.
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
Coleman Natural Products, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Coleman Natural Products, Inc., is the leading U.S.
Connetics Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Connetics Corporation develops and markets therapeutics for the dermatology market, selling two products, Luxiq and…
Conso International Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Conso International Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of decorative trimmings for the home furnishings…
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
Active · founded 1993
Established in 1993 through the merger of Cyprus Minerals Company and Amax Inc., Cyprus Amax Minerals Company is the…
DC Shoes, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Australian surfwear manufacturer Billabong International Ltd.
EchoStar Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1993
EchoStar Communications Corporation is perhaps best known for its direct broadcast satellite (DBS) system, DISH…
Empire Resorts, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Maintaining its headquarters at the Monticello Raceway in New York State's Catskills region, Empire Resorts, Inc.,…
Equity Residential
Active · founded 1993
Equity Residential is part of the farflung business empire of Chicago billionaire Samuel Zell, known as the "Grave…
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
Foamex International Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Foamex International Inc.
GT Interactive Software
Active · founded 1993
GT Interactive Software is a major publisher and distributor of entertainment software for PC and Macintosh computers,…
Gables Residential Trust
Active · founded 1993
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Gables Residential Trust is an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT).
Gardner Denver, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1993
Gardner Denver, Inc.
Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream Company
Active · founded 1993
In 1993 Good Humor and Breyers Ice Cream, two companies famous for their ice cream and frozen novelty dessert products,…
Gryphon Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Gryphon Holdings, Inc.
Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc.
Hollywood Media Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Hollywood Media Corporation is a diversified company offering news, information, and ticketing services related to the…
Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corporation
Defunct · founded 1993
Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corporation is one of the largest privately held gaming companies in the United States.
Inso Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Inso Corporation is a high technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, with three major product areas:…
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Landry's Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Landry's Restaurants, Inc.
Libbey Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Libbey Inc.
Mannatech Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Mannatech Inc.
Manufactured Home Communities, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Manufactured Home Communities, Inc.
Marriott International, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Marriott International, Inc.--formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two separate companies--is the…
Meteor Industries Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Meteor Industries Inc.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1993
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mobile Mini, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Mobile Mini, Inc.
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.
NVIDIA Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Founded in 1993, NVIDIA Corporation is a leading designer of graphics processors.
Niagara Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Niagara Corporation was, in the late 1990s, the largest independent producer of cold-drawn steel bars in the United…
Norton McNaughton, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Norton McNaughton, Inc.
Nutraceutical International Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Nutraceutical International Inc.
Nutrition for Life International Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Based in Houston, Texas, Nutrition for Life International Inc.
Onyx Acceptance Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Operating Revenues: $92.9 million (2002) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: ONYX NAIC: 522291 Consumer Lending The…
PW Eagle, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
PW Eagle, Inc.
Papa John's International, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Papa John's International, Inc.
Pathmark Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
The largest retailer in the Northeast operating under a single trade name, Pathmark Stores, Inc.
Paul-Son Gaming Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Paul-Son Gaming Corporation is a Las Vegas-based company that manufactures a wide variety of casino table game…
Polar Air Cargo Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Polar announced a code share agreement with Qantas in April 2002.
PriceCostco, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
The merger of The Price Company and Costco Wholesale Corporation in 1993 created the nation's second largest membership…
RailTex, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
RailTex, Inc.
Regency Centers Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Regency Centers Corporation is a Jacksonville, Florida-based real estate investment trust (REIT), one of the largest…
Rural/Metro Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Rural/Metro Corporation is one of the leading providers of health and safety services in the United States.
Security Capital Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Total Assets: $3.44 billion (1996) Employees: 1,094 Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6036…
Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc.
Siebel Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Siebel Systems, Inc.
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
TIG Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Total Assets: $6.86 billion (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: TIG SICs: 6331 Fire, Marine & Casualty…
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Taser International, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Taser International, Inc.
TenFold Corporation
Active · founded 1993
TenFold Corporation is a major provider of vertical software applications for corporations in the insurance, health…
Texas Pacific Group Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Texas Pacific Group Inc.
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
The Geon Company
Active · founded 1993
The Geon Company is the world's largest producer of vinyl compounds and a leading North American producer of polyvinyl…
Tower Automotive, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
A leading supplier of automotive components to U.S.
Traffix, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Traffix, Inc.
Triumph Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Triumph Group, Inc., was formed out of the Alco Diversified Services division of Alco Standard Corporation.
U.S. Delivery Systems, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
An integral part of the fastest-growing office-supplies company in the United States, U.S.
Velocity Express Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Velocity Express Corporation is one of the largest providers of same-day delivery and distribution/logistics services…
West Marine, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
West Marine, Inc., is the leading distributor of marine supplies to recreational boaters, and the largest and most…
Yellow Corporation
Active · founded 1993
Yellow Corporation is a transportation holding company with subsidiaries that specialize in regional, national, and…
AMERIGROUP Corporation
Active · founded 1994
With its headquarters in Virginia Beach, Virginia, AMERIGROUP Corporation (Amerigroup) is a managed healthcare company…
Albemarle Corporation
Active · founded 1994
During the late 1990s, there were several significant acquisitions completed and one daring bid at expansion that…
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
American Skiing Company
Active · founded 1994
Bethel, Maine-based American Skiing Company (ASC) is a holding company that operates through various subsidiaries in…
Apartment Investment and Management Company
Active · founded 1994
Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO) is the largest U.S.
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Active · founded 1994
Total Assets: $21.8 billion (2000) NAIC: 813211 Grantmaking Foundations The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the…
Blue Rhino Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Blue Rhino Corporation runs America's largest propane tank cylinder exchange…
Buca, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Buca, Inc.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation is one of the great success stories in the history of American railroad.
Career Education Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Career Education Corporation (CEC) operates a string of for-profit professional schools and colleges on about 40…
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Active · founded 1994
With more than 3,000 offices in more than 140 countries, Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) is the second-largest travel…
Celebrate Express, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Celebrate Express, Inc., sells children's party supplies, costumes, and clothing over the Internet and via mail-order…
Centuri Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Centuri Corporation is known for Estes model rockets and Cox model aircraft.
Cenveo Inc.
Active · founded 1994
1920s:Company changes its name to Rockmount Envelope Co.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Cognizant posted revenues of $178 million in 2001 and $229 million in 2002.
DiamondCluster International, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
DiamondCluster International, Inc.
Digital River, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Digital River, Inc.
EarthLink, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
EarthLink, Inc.
Family Christian Stores, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Family Christian Stores, Inc., based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the nation's largest retailer of Christian-themed…
Family Golf Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Only six years after its founding in 1992, Family Golf Centers, Inc.
Famous Dave's of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Famous Dave's of America, Inc.
Guidant Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Guidant Corporation is a leading designer and developer of cardiovascular medical products, marketing a variety of…
Ho-Chunk Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Ho-Chunk Inc.
Karl Kani Infinity, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Karl Kani Infinity, Inc.
LEXIS-NEXIS Group
Active · founded 1994
The LEXIS-NEXIS Group, a business division of Reed Elsevier plc, is a major electronic publisher and information…
Liberty Property Trust
Active · founded 1994
Liberty Property Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb.
Merix Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Merix Corporation is a leading manufacturer of advanced printed circuit boards that are used in sophisticated…
Netscape Communications Corporation
Defunct · founded 1994
Netscape Communications Corporation, based in Mountain View, California, is one of the leading providers of open…
New Dana Perfumes Company
Active · founded 1994
New Dana Perfumes Company sells perfumes and cosmetics, principally through mass market retailers such as Sears and…
Old Navy, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Old Navy, Inc., a subsidiary of The Gap, Inc., operates a chain of approximately 850 clothing stores, marketing itself…
Onyx Software Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Onyx Software Corporation has pioneered the development of customer relationship management (CRM) software in the…
Oregon Chai, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Oregon Chai, Inc.
Orthodontic Centers of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Orthodontic Centers of America, Inc.
PMT Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
PMT Services, Inc.
Premier Parks, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
With its 1998 acquisition of Six Flags, Premier Parks, Inc.
Rainforest Cafe, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Rainforest Cafe, Inc.
Raytheon Aircraft Holdings Inc.
Defunct · founded 1994
Raytheon Aircraft Holdings Inc.
RealNetworks, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
RealNetworks, Inc.
Reckson Associates Realty Corp.
Active · founded 1994
Reckson Associates Realty Corp.
Response Oncology, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Response Oncology, Inc.
Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc.
Safety Components International, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Safety Components International, Inc.
Serologicals Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Serologicals Corporation is a Norcross, Georgia, company that, on a global basis, provides biological products and…
Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
The Motley Fool, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
The Motley Fool, Inc.
The North Face, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
The North Face, Inc.
Thrifty PayLess, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Thrifty PayLess, Inc., is the second-largest drug store chain in America.
True North Communications Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Gross Billings: $11.5 billion (1997 est.) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 6719 Holding Companies Not Elsewhere…
U.S. Office Products Company
Active · founded 1994
Starting from scratch in 1994, U.S.
United Defense Industries, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1994
United Defense Industries, Inc., designs, develops, and produces combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile…
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
Total Assets: $21.63 billion (1995) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 6712 Bank Holding Companies; 6036 Savings…
Western Wireless Corporation
Active · founded 1994
Western Wireless Corporation is a leading operator of wireless cellular telephone systems, marketing its service under…
WinsLoew Furniture, Inc.
Active · founded 1994
WinsLoew Furniture, Inc.
Allmerica Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1995
Total Assets: $26.57 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: AFC NAIC: 524126 Direct Property and…
American Tower Corporation
Active · founded 1995
Boston, Massachusetts-based American Tower Corporation (ATC) is the leading independent owner, operator, and developer…
Autobytel Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Autobytel Inc., an Irvine, California company, bills itself as the world's largest Internet automotive marketing…
BEA Systems, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1995
BEA Systems, Inc.
Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc.
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp.
Active · founded 1995
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp.
Benchmark Capital
Active · founded 1995
Venture capital firm Benchmark Capital stresses a team approach, and the team has shared in some spectacular results.
Briazz, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Briazz, Inc., operates 45 cafés and kiosks selling high-end, pre-packaged sandwiches and salads in Seattle, San…
Bunge Ltd.
Active · founded 1995
With its corporate headquarters located in White Plains, New York, Bunge Ltd.
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.
Capital One Financial Corporation
Active · founded 1995
Total Assets: $28.18 billion (2001) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: COF NAIC: 522210 Credit Card Issuing;…
Century Aluminum Company
Active · founded 1995
Century Aluminum Company is a holding company based in Monterey, California, but its primary operation is a facility…
Childtime Learning Centers, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Childtime Learning Centers, Inc.
Coach USA, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Although it has cornered a meager 2 percent share of the North American motorcoach business, Coach USA, Inc., can claim…
Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Corinthian Colleges Inc.
Creative Artists Agency LLC
Active · founded 1995
As the entertainments industry's leading literary and talent agency from the mid-1970s through the mid 1990s, Creative…
Crown Vantage Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Crown Vantage Inc., a relatively new company in the U.S.
Dearborn Mid-West Conveyor Company
Active · founded 1995
1960s:Dearborn Fabricating focuses on building conveyor systems for the auto industry.
Einstein/Noah Bagel Corporation
Active · founded 1995
Einstein/Noah Bagel Corporation is the number one chain of retail bagel stores, with more than 433 Einstein Brothers…
Extended Stay America, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Established in 1995, Extended Stay America, Inc.
First Aviation Services Inc.
Active · founded 1995
First Aviation Services Inc.
Garden Fresh Restaurant Corporation
Active · founded 1995
Garden Fresh Restaurant Corporation is one of the fastest growing restaurant chains in southern California.
Getty Images, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Getty Images, Inc.
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
IBERIABANK Corporation
Active · founded 1995
IBERIABANK Corporation has 25 branches in the New Iberia/Lafayette area of south central Louisiana, ten in northeast…
International Shipbreaking Ltd. L.L.C.
Active · founded 1995
International Shipbreaking Ltd.
Intimate Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Intimate Brands, Inc.
JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
Knight Trading Group, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1995
Based in Jersey City, New Jersey, Knight Trading Group, Inc.
Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
Lucent Technologies Inc.
Defunct · founded 1995
Lucent Technologies Inc.
Lunar Corporation
Active · founded 1995
Lunar Corporation is one of the leading designers and manufacturers of bone densitometers, a highly sophisticated,…
Matria Healthcare, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
As the leading provider of high-risk, home health care obstetrical services in the United States, Matria Healthcare,…
Mediacom Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1995
Mediacom Communications Corporation is a cable television multiple system operator (MSO), the eighth largest in the…
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
Active · founded 1995
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority operates the Mohegan Sun casino for the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut.
National Heritage Academies, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
In the summer of 2002, the firm secured another $25 million in credit as it prepared to open four new schools in…
Neff Corp.
Active · founded 1995
Neff Corp., a leading U.S.
Noodles & Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Noodles & Company, Inc.
Oaktree Capital Management, LLC
Active · founded 1995
Total Assets: $26.86 billion (2004) NAIC: 523920 Portfolio Management; 523930 Investment Advice; 523999 Miscellaneous…
Papa Murphy's International, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Operating out of Vancouver, Washington, Papa Murphy's International, Inc.
Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc.
Active · founded 1995
An international manufacturer of pharmaceuticals formed through the 1995 merger of the Pharmacia A.B.
Razorfish, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Created out of an apartment in the East Village of New York City in 1995, Razorfish, Inc.
Red Hat, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Red Hat, Inc.
Renal Care Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Renal Care Group, Inc., provides dialysis services to individuals with chronic kidney failure.
Rush Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Based in New Braunfels, Texas, Rush Enterprises, Inc., is a full-service retailer of heavy and medium-duty trucks and…
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
Seminis, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Seminis, Inc.
Sovran Self Storage, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1995
Based in Buffalo, New York, Sovran Self Storage, Inc.
The Major Automotive Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
The Major Automotive Companies, Inc.
Thermo BioAnalysis Corp.
Active · founded 1995
Ticker: TBA SICs: 3823 Industrial Measuring Instruments; 3826 Laboratory Analytical Instruments; 7373 Computer…
TransMontaigne Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Denver-based TransMontaigne Inc.
TransPro, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
TransPro, Inc.
Tumbleweed, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Tumbleweed, Inc.
U S West, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
The "new" U S West, Inc.
VeriSign, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
VeriSign, Inc.
WebMD Corporation
Active · founded 1995
WebMD Corporation, based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, is best known for its consumer-focused healthcare information web…
Yahoo! Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Yahoo!
Young Innovations, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Young Innovations, Inc., based in Earth City, Missouri, was organized and incorporated in 1995 as the parent company…
AMICAS, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
AMICAS, Inc.
Alloy, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Alloy, Inc.
American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.
Amscan Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Based in Elmsford, New York, Amscan Holdings, Inc.
Anteon Corporation
Active · founded 1996
Anteon Corporation provides information technology solutions and engineering services to government clients.
Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corporation
Active · founded 1996
Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corporation is America's largest, and only, publicly traded installer of in-ground residential…
Ariba, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Ariba, Inc.
Ask Jeeves, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Ask Jeeves, Inc.
Aurora Foods Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Aurora Foods Inc.
Autologic Information International, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Autologic Information International, Inc.
Aviation Sales Company
Active · founded 1996
Based in Miramar, Florida, Aviation Sales Company (ASC) is the product of a 1993 spin-off of the aviation services unit…
B & G Foods, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Established in 1996 by a coalition of New York investment firms, B & G Foods, Inc.
Belco Oil & Gas Corp.
Active · founded 1996
Belco Oil & Gas Corp.
Beringer Blass Wine Estates Ltd.
Active · founded 1996
Owner of the oldest continuously operating winery in Napa Valley, California, Beringer Blass Wine Estates Ltd.
Boca Resorts, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Boca Resorts Inc.
Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc.
Covance Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Covance Inc.
Cybermedia, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Cybermedia, Inc.
Cygnus Business Media, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
As of mid-2003, Cygnus Business Media, Inc.
DenAmerica Corporation
Active · founded 1996
DenAmerica Corporation operates 200 full-service family restaurants, most of them branded, in about 25 states.
E.piphany, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
E.piphany, Inc.
Encompass Services Corporation
Active · founded 1996
Encompass Services Corporation, known as Group Maintenance America Corp.
Entravision Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1996
Entravision Communications Corporation is a diversified media company utilizing a combination of television, radio,…
Equity Office Properties Trust
Active · founded 1996
Equity Office Properties Trust (EOP) is the largest real estate investment trust (REIT) and largest office building…
Eschelon Telecom, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Eschelon Telecom, Inc., is a rapidly growing provider of integrated voice, data, and Internet services.
Expedia, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Expedia, Inc.
Experian Information Solutions Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Experian Information Solutions Inc.
F5 Networks, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
F5 Networks, Inc., develops software-based technology that helps companies manage their Internet traffic.
Farm Family Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Total Assets: $1.1 billion (1999) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: FFH NAIC: 524126 Direct Property and…
Footstar, Incorporated
Active · founded 1996
Footstar, Incorporated is a holding company whose two subsidiaries, Footaction and Meldisco, are leading shoe retailers…
Fox Family Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
A leading broadcaster to a global audience, Fox Family Worldwide, Inc.
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc.
Highmark Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Highmark Inc.
Imation Corporation
Active · founded 1996
In the closing months of 1995, Minnesota's 3M Corporation, one of the bluest of America's blue-chip companies,…
Information Holdings Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Information Holdings Inc.
Inktomi Corporation
Active · founded 1996
Inktomi Corporation may not be known to as many Internet users as the popular search engine portals Yahoo!
Kana Software, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Kana Software, Inc.
Knowledge Universe, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Knowledge Universe, Inc.
Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Meridian Gold, Incorporated
Active · founded 1996
Meridian Gold, Incorporated mines for gold and silver.
Metris Companies Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Metris Companies Inc., a financial products and services provider, has risen quickly in the industry by targeting the…
National Equipment Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Based in Evanston, Illinois, National Equipment Services, Inc.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Active · founded 1996
Operating Revenues: $1.85 billion (2002) NAIC: 622110 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals NewYork-Presbyterian…
Obie Media Corporation
Active · founded 1996
Obie Media Corporation specializes in the sale, design, production, and installation of "out-of-home" advertising,…
P. F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
P.F.
Patina Oil & Gas Corporation
Active · founded 1996
A company looking to grow through acquisitions, Patina Oil & Gas Corporation is an independent energy company engaged…
Prodigy Communications Corporation
Active · founded 1996
Prodigy Communications Corporation provides its subscribers with Internet access and related value-added services, such…
Roadhouse Grill, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Roadhouse Grill, Inc.
SABRE Group Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
SABRE Group Holdings, Inc.
Select Medical Corporation
Active · founded 1996
Based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Select Medical Corporation specializes in two niches of the hospital and…
Spinnaker Exploration Company
Active · founded 1996
Spinnaker Exploration Company is a Houston, Texas-based natural gas and oil exploration company operating in the Gulf…
The Island ECN, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
The Island ECN, Inc.
The York Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
The York Group, Inc.
Travelocity.com, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Travelocity.com, Inc.
Viasystems Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Viasystems Group, Inc.
Wilsons The Leather Experts Inc.
Active · founded 1996
With more than 600 stores in the United States and Canada and an 18 percent market share, Wilsons The Leather Experts…
180s, L.L.C.
Active · founded 1997
180s, L.L.C., is known for its distinctive, highly engineered ear warmers, called Arctic 180s, which wrap around the…
800-JR Cigar, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
800-JR Cigar, Inc.
AMB Property Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Operating out of San Francisco, AMB Property Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) concentrating on…
Amazon.com, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Considered a pioneer in online retailing, Amazon.com, Inc.
American Lawyer Media Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
American Lawyer Media Holdings, Inc., a holding company formed in 1997, is a leading publisher for the legal profession.
Amkor Technology, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Amkor Technology, Inc.
Apex Digital, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Apex Digital, Inc.
BEI Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
BEI Technologies, Inc.
Broadwing Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Broadwing Corporation operates two divisions that serve different segments of the telecommunications industry.
Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Located in upscale, family-oriented shopping malls, Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.
Building Materials Holding Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Building Materials Holding Corporation (BMHC) is a holding company that oversees the operation of its two principal…
ChoicePoint Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Spun off from Equifax Inc.
Clif Bar Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Based in Berkeley, California, Clif Bar Inc.
Colfax Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Colfax Corporation is a privately held Richmond, Virginia-based manufacturing company with two operating groups.
Concentra Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Addison, Texas-based Concentra Inc.
Continuum Health Partners, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Operating Revenues: $1.92 billion (2002) NAIC: 622110 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals; 622310 Specialty General…
Cumulus Media Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Since it was established in 1997, Cumulus Media Inc.
EToys, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
eToys Inc.
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.
Equistar Chemicals, LP
Active · founded 1997
A subsidiary of Lyondell Chemical Company, Equistar Chemicals, LP is a Houston-based manufacturer of petrochemicals and…
Flowserve Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Flowserve Corporation is a global leader in the design, manufacture, marketing, and maintenance of fluid-handling…
Fort James Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Fort James Corporation is one of the largest makers of tissues, napkins, and other paper products in the world.
GSI Commerce, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
GSI Commerce, Inc.
General Maritime Corporation
Active · founded 1997
General Maritime kept its expenses low.
Gevity HR, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Gevity HR, Inc.
GulfMark Offshore, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
GulfMark Offshore, Inc.
Hanson Building Materials America Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Hanson Building Materials America Inc.
Hayes Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Hayes Corporation is a leading manufacturer in the personal computer (PC) modem industry.
Horizon Organic Holding Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Horizon Organic Holding Corporation operates a dairy that provides fluid milk and more than 60 dairy products produced…
Indus International Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Indus International Inc.
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated
Active · founded 1997
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) is a global real estate services and investment management company with offices…
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1997
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc., through its L-3 Communications Corp.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, L.L.C.
Active · founded 1997
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, L.L.C.
Miller Publishing Group, LLC
Active · founded 1997
Miller Publishing Group, LLC owns Tennis magazine and nearly four dozen city-specific monthly travel guides published…
NRT Incorporated
Active · founded 1997
Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, NRT Incorporated is the world's leading residential real estate brokerage firm,…
Natrol, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Natrol, Inc.
Netflix, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Netflix, Inc.
Pacer International, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Pacer International, Inc.
Pioneer Natural Resources Company
Active · founded 1997
Pioneer Natural Resources Company is a gas and oil exploration, development, and production company, with onshore and…
Pixelworks, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Pixelworks, Inc.
PriceSmart, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
PriceSmart, Inc.
Quovadx Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: QVDX NAIC: 511210 Software Publishers Quovadx Inc., a global software and…
RCN Corporation
Active · founded 1997
RCN Corporation is a Princeton, New Jersey-based company known as an "overbuilder" in the cable television industry.
SFX Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
SFX Entertainment, Inc.
Solutia Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Solutia Inc.
Staten Island Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Staten Island Bancorp, Inc.
The Providence Service Corporation
Active · founded 1997
The Providence Service Corporation provides and manages government-sponsored social services, offering community-based…
Total Entertainment Restaurant Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Total Entertainment Restaurant Corporation is a Wichita, Kansas-based company consisting of three restaurant chains:…
Treasure Chest Advertising Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Treasure Chest Advertising Company, Inc.
United Rentals, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
United Rentals, Inc.
United Road Services, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
United Road Services, Inc.
ValueClick, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
ValueClick, Inc.
Vanguard Health Systems Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Vanguard Health Systems Inc.
Veridian Corporation
Active · founded 1997
Veridian Corporation supplies IT services to the federal government.
Waste Connections, Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Waste Connections, Inc.
WestCoast Hospitality Corporation
Active · founded 1997
WestCoast Hospitality Corporation is a public company located in Spokane, Washington, primarily devoted to the hotel…
Yum! Brands Inc.
Active · founded 1997
Yum!
24/7 Real Media, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Formed in early 1998 as 24/7 Media Inc., the company, renamed 24/7 Real Media, Inc., specializes in providing services…
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
With its headquarters located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Altiris, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1998
Based in Lindon, Utah, Altiris, Inc.
AutoNation, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
AutoNation, Inc.
Bank One Corporation
Active · founded 1998
Chicago-based Bank One Corporation formed in 1998 through the merger of Banc One Corporation, headquartered in…
Blue Martini Software, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Blue Martini Software, Inc.'s principal business is to provide software solutions that streamline and enhance the…
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.
CHS Inc.
Active · founded 1998
CHS Inc.
Clearwire, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1998
Clearwire, Inc.
Conrad Industries, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Conrad Industries, Inc.
Cranium, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Three-time winner of the Toy Industry Association's game of the year award, Cranium, Inc.
Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation
Active · founded 1998
Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation is the world's largest and most diversified manufacturer of automobile components.
Electronics Boutique Holdings Corporation
Defunct · founded 1998
Electronics Boutique Holdings Corporation is the holding company for a chain of video-game stores operating under the…
Gerald Stevens, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Gerald Stevens, Inc.
Global Power Equipment Group Inc.
Active · founded 1998
With its corporate headquarters located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Global Power Equipment Group Inc.
Google, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Chances are, if you've ever searched for anything on the Internet, you've discovered Google.com.
Handspring Inc.
Defunct · founded 1998
Handspring Inc.
Hudson River Bancorp, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
s: 522120 Savings Institutions; 551112 Offices of Other Holding Companies Hudson River Bancorp, Inc.
IMS Health, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
IMS Health, Inc.
Integrated Defense Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Integrated Defense Technologies, Inc.
Janus Capital Group Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Total Assets: $3.32 billion (2002) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: JNS NAIC: 523920 Portfolio Management;…
KeySpan Energy Co.
Active · founded 1998
KeySpan Energy Co.
Kforce Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Kforce Inc.
LKQ Corporation
Active · founded 1998
LKQ Corporation is the largest supplier of used auto parts in the United States.
Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1998
Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
Leap Wireless International, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Leap Wireless International, Inc.
Level 3 Communications, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
1980s:Construction giant Peter Kiewit Sons' diversifies into telecommunications, creating the business foundation for…
MCI WorldCom, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1998
MCI WorldCom, Inc.
MarineMax, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
MarineMax, Inc.
MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.
NYMAGIC, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
With headquarters in New York City, NYMAGIC, Inc.
National Financial Partners Corp.
Active · founded 1998
Total Assets: $671.6 million (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: NFP NAIC: 523930 Investment…
Nooter Corporation
Active · founded 1998
Nooter Corporation is a St.
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company
Active · founded 1998
The Pennzoil-Quaker State Company is a leading worldwide automotive consumer products company formed in 1998, through…
Priceline.com Incorporated
Active · founded 1998
Former Internet high-flyer Priceline.com Incorporated has surprised the skeptics by surviving the collapse of the tech…
Sean John Clothing, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Owned by Sean "P.
Sempra Energy
Active · founded 1998
Sempra Energy is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company which was formed by the 1998 merger of Pacific…
SonoSite, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
SonoSite, Inc.
Sycamore Networks, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Sycamore Networks, Inc.
Trex Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
Trex Company, Inc.
W.P. Carey & Co. LLC
Active · founded 1998
W.P.
Weatherford International, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
1940s:Weatherford Spring Company is founded in Weatherford, Texas.
Workflow Management, Inc.
Active · founded 1998
1970s:Now known as Standard Forms, the company buys its own printing equipment and builds a new headquarters.
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Alpine Confections, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Alpine Confections, Inc.
Cogent Communications Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
For companies involved in transmitting high-speed Internet-based data, the so-called "last mile" is considered the most…
Collectors Universe, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Collectors Universe, Inc.
Conexant Systems, Inc.
Defunct · founded 1999
As a unit of Rockwell International, the predecessor of Conexant Systems, Inc.
Cosi, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Cosi, Inc.
Crompton Corporation
Active · founded 1999
Crompton Corporation is a specialty chemical manufacturer whose main operations involve the creation of additives,…
Edison Schools Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Edison Schools Inc.
Ilitch Holdings Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Ranked 284 on the Forbes list of largest private companies, Ilitch Holdings Inc.
JDS Uniphase Corporation
Defunct · founded 1999
Ticker Symbols: JDSU; JDU (Toronto) NAIC: 334413 Semiconductors and Related Device Manufacturing; 334417 Electronic…
LaBranche & Co. Inc.
Active · founded 1999
LaBranche & Co.
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
New World Pasta Company
Defunct · founded 1999
New World Pasta Company is the leading manufacturer of dried pasta in the United States.
OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
Active · founded 1999
For 1999, in the midst of the spinoff from GenCorp, OMNOVA recorded solid improvements over the previous year.
Opsware Inc.
Active · founded 1999
For approximately two and one-half years, from early 2000 through mid-2002, Opsware Inc., formerly Loudcloud, provided…
PayPal Inc.
Active · founded 1999
PayPal Inc., a subsidiary of online auctioneer eBay, Inc., provides users with a means of exchanging funds via the…
Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc.
Systemax, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Systemax, Inc.
Teledyne Technologies Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Teledyne Technologies Inc.
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
Too, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Too, Inc.
Water Pik Technologies, Inc.
Active · founded 1999
Water Pik Technologies, Inc.
William Lyon Homes
Active · founded 1999
The merged companies, operating under the name William Lyon Homes, rebounded in 1999 and entered the 21st century…
YankeeNets LLC
Active · founded 1999
YankeeNets LLC, a holding company, is the parent of the New York Yankees American League baseball team, the New Jersey…
Agere Systems Inc.
Defunct · founded 2000
Agere Systems Inc.
Avocent Corporation
Active · founded 2000
Avocent Corporation, based in Huntsville, Alabama, is the world's largest KVM (keyboard, video, and mouse) switch…
Chancellor Beacon Academies, Inc.
Active · founded 2000
Formed when Chancellor Academies and Beacon Education Management LLC merged in 2001, Chancellor Beacon Academies, Inc.,…
Global Berry Farms LLC
Active · founded 2000
Global Berry Farms LLC is a Naples, Florida-based joint venture of three major berry producers: MBG Marketing;…
Merisant Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 2000
Merisant Worldwide, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, is a privately-held company that markets more than 20 brands of…
Napster, Inc.
Active · founded 2000
The one-time renegade provider of music file-sharing software, Napster, Inc.
Netezza Corporation
Active · founded 2000
Netezza Corporation is a private company based in Framington, Massachusetts, that makes enterprise-class data warehouse…
Orbitz, Inc.
Active · founded 2000
Orbitz, Inc.
Segway LLC
Active · founded 2000
Segway LLC was created to market an upright, self-balancing people-mover called the Segway Human Transporter (HT).
The Carriage House Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 2000
Based in Fredonia, New York, The Carriage House Companies, Inc.
Ziff Davis Media Inc.
Active · founded 2000
Ziff Davis Media Inc.
AOL Time Warner Inc.
Defunct · founded 2001
Global media powerhouse AOL Time Warner Inc.
Ascential Software Corporation
Active · founded 2001
Although Ascential Software Corporation is a relatively new company that was established in 2001, it has its roots in…
Calavo Growers, Inc.
Active · founded 2001
Calavo Growers, Inc.
ConocoPhillips
Active · founded 2001
ConocoPhillips is the third largest U.S.
GameStop Corp.
Active · founded 2001
GameStop Corp.
Liberty Media Corporation
Active · founded 2001
Liberty Media Corporation is a holding company with a variety of subsidiaries and investments operating in the media,…
Reading International Inc.
Active · founded 2001
Reading International Inc., is focused on the ownership and development of real estate assets, concentrating its…
United Online, Inc.
Active · founded 2001
United Online, Inc.
VIASYS Healthcare, Inc.
Active · founded 2001
1990s:Thermo Electron Corporation embarks on acquisition spree, purchasing a number of biomedical companies.
Asbury Automotive Group Inc.
Active · founded 2002
Asbury's own online marketing strategy emphasized individual web sites for its dealers, rather than a unified national…
Bill Barrett Corporation
Active · founded 2002
Bill Barrett Corporation is a publicly traded, independent oil and gas exploration and development company,…
Dex Media, Inc.
Active · founded 2002
Dex Media, Inc.
Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.
Active · founded 2002
Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.
Regal Entertainment Group
Active · founded 2002
Regal Entertainment Group is the largest movie theater chain in the world.
WellChoice, Inc.
Active · founded 2002
WellChoice, Inc.
Biogen Idec Inc.
Active · founded 2003
Biogen Idec Inc., formed through the 2003 merger of Biogen Inc.
Marchex, Inc.
Active · founded 2003
Marchex, Inc.
Raving Brands, Inc.
Active · founded 2003
Raving Brands, Inc., is an Atlanta-based private company with a portfolio of five fun and irreverent franchise…
Hospira, Inc.
Active · founded 2004
Mid-1970s:Abbott Laboratories enters the electronic flow control market with the introduction of its first electronic…
META
Active · founded 2004
Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, Inc., is one of the world’s leading technology and social networking…
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