COMPANYHISTORIES

Companies Founded During the Great Depression, 1929–1939

Started against the odds during the deepest economic contraction of the 20th century.

466companies1929–1939founding years447still active17no longer operating
§ 01

These companies over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedACNielsen CorporationFoundedEvans, Inc.FoundedThe Testor Corporation
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
FoundedKing Kullen Grocery Co., Inc.
1930
FoundedBaxter International Inc.FoundedWall Drug Store, Inc.
1931
EconomyThe Empire State Building rises in just over a year.
FoundedOak Industries Inc.
1932
FoundedAviacionny Nauchno-Tehnicheskii Komplex im. A.N. Tupoleve (Tupolev Aviation and Scientific Technical Complex)FoundedNBD Bancorp, Inc.
1933
EconomyThe first drive-in movie theater opens in New Jersey.
FoundedAMR CorporationFoundedL.L. Bean, Inc.
1934
FoundedCUNA Mutual GroupFoundedTDK Corporation
1935
FoundedKal Kan Foods, Inc.
1936
FoundedDixons Group plcFoundedTownsends, Inc.
1937
EconomyThe Golden Gate Bridge opens as the world's longest suspension span.
FoundedIngalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
1938
FoundedCovanta Energy Corporation
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1946
TechnologyENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
1955
EconomyMcDonald's franchising begins, remaking fast food.
EconomyDisneyland opens and invents the modern theme park.
1956
TechnologyThe first transatlantic telephone cable opens.
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
EconomyThe first Walmart opens, built on everyday low prices.
1969
TechnologyARPANET, the internet's precursor, goes live.
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
TechnologyThe first US in-vitro fertilization baby is born.
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
TechnologyLinux and open source challenge proprietary software.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
1994
TechnologyE-commerce begins to disrupt retail.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
1997
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
1999
TechnologyNapster ignites the digital disruption of recorded music.
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
TechnologyGPS opens to civilian use, turning location into a utility.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

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.
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) →
Active · founded 1929 · Germany
The Berliner Vekehrsbetriebe (BVG) operates Berlin's public transportation system, the largest in Germany.
Cable and Wireless plc →
Active · founded 1929 · United Kingdom
As a provider of telecommunications services in more than 50 countries around the globe, Cable and Wireless plc is a…
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…
Cisneros Group of Companies →
Active · founded 1929 · Venezuela
With more than 70 companies located in 39 countries, Cisneros Group of Companies is a privately held business based in…
Colas S.A. →
Active · founded 1929 · France
France's Colas S.A.
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…
Compañia Española de Petróleos S.A. (Cepsa) →
Active · founded 1929 · Spain
Compañia Española de Petróleos S.A.
Consolidated Freightways Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Consolidated Freightways Corporation ranks third among North America's leading long-haul, less-than-truckload (LTL)…
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…
DOMTAR INC. →
Active · founded 1929 · Canada
Stock Index: Montreal Toronto Vancouver New York Domtar is one of Canada's leading suppliers of pulp and paper products.
Dunavant Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1929
Privately owned Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
Duncan Toys Company →
Active · founded 1929
Duncan Toys Company is the number one manufacturer of yo-yos in the world.
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…
Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd. →
Active · founded 1929 · South Africa
Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd.
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
First Bank System Inc.
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.
LOT Polish Airlines (Polskie Linie Lotnicze S.A.) →
Active · founded 1929 · Poland
Polskie Linie Lotnicze S.A., or LOT Polish Airlines, was the first airline in Eastern Europe to ditch its fleet of old…
Lan Chile S.A. →
Active · founded 1929 · Chile
Four million passengers a year fly Lan Chile S.A., or LanChile as it has been styling itself since the mid-1990s.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. →
Active · founded 1929
One of the world's largest law firms, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P., maintains 15 offices across the United…
MOORE CORPORATION LIMITED →
Active · founded 1929 · Canada
Stock Index: Toronto Montreal New York Moore Corporation Limited was built upon the design and manufacture of a simple…
MasTec, Inc. →
Active · founded 1929
The largest Hispanic-owned company in Florida, MasTec, Inc.
Masco Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Masco Corporation is the world's largest faucet manufacturer as well as the leading U.S.
Miquel y Costas Miquel S.A. →
Active · founded 1929 · Spain
Miquel y Costas Miquel S.A.(MCM) is a manufacturer of specialty papers and one of only four cigarette paper…
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…
Serco Group plc →
Active · founded 1929 · United Kingdom
Serco Group plc provides facilities management and other engineering services for a variety of governmental and…
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA →
Active · founded 1929 · Sweden
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (SCA for short) is one of Europe's leading forestry companies, specializing in…
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1929
The Bon Ton Stores, Inc.
The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. →
Active · founded 1929
The Bureau of National Affairs, 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.
Tractebel S.A. →
Active · founded 1929 · Belgium
Tractebel S.A.
Triarc Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1929
Triarc Companies, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp →
Active · founded 1929
U.S.
Unilever →
Active · founded 1929 · The Netherlands
If the adage 'two heads are better than one' applies to business, then certainly Unilever is a prime example.
Wachovia Bank of Georgia, N.A. →
Active · founded 1929
A leader in Southern banking, Wachovia Bank of Georgia, N.A.
Wachovia Bank of South Carolina, N.A. →
Active · founded 1929
Wachovia Bank of South Carolina, N.A.
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…
Yamato Transport Co. Ltd. →
Active · founded 1929 · Japan
Early 1980s:Yamato partners with UPS to provide worldwide delivery services.
AMETEK, Inc. →
Active · founded 1930
AMETEK, Inc.
BELGACOM →
Active · founded 1930 · Belgium
Belgacom, as Belgium's Régie des Télégraphes et Téléphones (RTT) has been officially known since 1991, exists primarily…
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.
Christofle SA →
Active · founded 1930 · France
Christofle SA commands respect worldwide for its luxury table service products, including the company's traditional…
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1930 · Japan
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
Cole National Corporation →
Active · founded 1930
Over the course of its more than 50 years in business, Cole National Corporation (CNC) has dabbled in specialty retail…
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.
Grupo Industrial Saltillo, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1930 · Mexico
Grupo Industrial Saltillo, S.A.
Interstate Bakeries Corporation →
Active · founded 1930
Interstate Bakeries Corporation is the largest independent baker in the United States, producing breads and cakes in…
Isetan Company Limited →
Active · founded 1930 · Japan
Isetan Company Limited is one of Japan's leading department store companies, particularly noted for its merchandising…
KAJIMA CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1930 · Japan
Market Value: ¥1.186 trillion (US$6.177 billion) Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya The Kajima Corporation is one of the…
King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1930
King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc.
Kubota Corporation →
Active · founded 1930 · Japan
Kubota Corporation prides itself on being flexible and adjusting as necessary to compete under changing economic…
Lafuma S.A. →
Active · founded 1930 · France
Lafuma S.A.
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.
RMC Group p.l.c. →
Renamed · founded 1930 · United Kingdom
RMC Group p.l.c.
Ricola Ltd. →
Active · founded 1930 · Switzerland
Ricola Ltd.
Roadway Express, Inc. →
Active · founded 1930
Roadway Express, Inc.
Rodale, Inc. →
Active · founded 1930
Rodale, Inc.
STEINBERG INCORPORATED →
Active · founded 1930 · Canada
Stock Index: Montreal Toronto In 1917, Ida Steinberg opened a small grocery store in Montreal, determined to "give…
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
Tecumseh Products Company manufactures compressors for refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, gasoline engines…
Texas Instruments Inc. →
Active · founded 1930
Texas Instruments Inc.
The Detroit Lions, Inc. →
Active · founded 1930
The Detroit Lions, Inc.
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.
Vallourec SA →
Active · founded 1930 · France
France's Vallourec SA is one of the world's leading producers of seamless tubes, stainless steel tubes, and drill…
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.
Asia Pacific Breweries Limited →
Active · founded 1931 · Singapore
Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam were among Asia Pacific's first targets, but the company's major interest developed in…
Bata Ltd. →
Active · founded 1931 · Canada
Bata Ltd.
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,…
Bridgestone Corporation →
Active · founded 1931 · Japan
Bridgestone Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of tires, and the company is number three in the North…
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. →
Active · founded 1931
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.
DeVry Incorporated →
Active · founded 1931
DeVry Incorporated operates one of the largest and most successful for-profit group of business and technical schools…
Groupe Lapeyre S.A. →
Active · founded 1931 · France
Groupe Lapeyre S.A.
Grupo TACA →
Active · founded 1931 · El Salvador
Grupo TACA (Transportes Aéreas Centro-Americanos) is the third largest air carrier in Latin America.
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.
MITSUBISHI OIL CO., LTD. →
Active · founded 1931 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Mitsubishi Oil Co., Ltd.
Molinos Río de la Plata S.A. →
Active · founded 1931 · Argentina
Now a century old, Molinos Río de la Plata S.A.
Noodle Kidoodle →
Active · founded 1931
Noodle Kidoodle operates a chain of education-oriented toy stores with outlets in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois.
Porsche AG →
Active · founded 1931 · Germany
Porsche AG is legendary for its innovative and beautiful automobile designs.
Scottish & Newcastle plc →
Active · founded 1931 · United Kingdom
Scottish & Newcastle plc is the United Kingdom's largest brewer.
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.
Spear, Leeds & Kellogg →
Active · founded 1931
A subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Spear, Leeds & Kellogg (SLK) is a Jersey City-based company that offers…
Stanhome Inc. →
Active · founded 1931
A pioneer in the direct-sales industry, Stanhome Inc.
THE HAMMERSON PROPERTY INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PLC →
Active · founded 1931 · United Kingdom
Stock Index: London Toronto Sydney Frankfurt The Hammerson Property Investment and Development Corporation plc,…
THE UNITED STATES SHOE CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1931 · United States
Stock Index: New York Pacific The United States Shoe Corporation not only manufactures, imports and sells 25 of the…
The Allstate Corporation →
Active · founded 1931
The Allstate Corporation is the holding company for Allstate Insurance Company, the second largest property and…
Tillotson Corp. →
Active · founded 1931
Tillotson Corp.
Value Line, Inc. →
Active · founded 1931
Value Line, Inc.
Viridian Group plc →
Active · founded 1931 · United Kingdom
Viridian Group plc is the holding company that controls Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE), which provides electricity…
Wall Drug Store, Inc. →
Active · founded 1931
Wall Drug Store, Inc.
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. →
Active · founded 1931
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP →
Active · founded 1931
Gross Billings: $505.5 million (2002) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Perhaps best known for its bankruptcy practice,…
Zondervan Corporation →
Active · founded 1931
Zondervan Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers, is one of the largest Christian…
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. →
Active · founded 1932
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
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…
Carter Lumber Company →
Active · founded 1932
Family owned and operated for three generations, Carter Lumber Company is a regional lumberyard chain based in Kent,…
Chock Full o'Nuts Corp. →
Active · founded 1932
Chock Full o'Nuts Corp.
Deb Shops, Inc. →
Active · founded 1932
Deb Shops, Inc.
EgyptAir →
Active · founded 1932 · Egypt
EgyptAir is the second largest airline on the African continent (exceeded only by South African Airways) and is the…
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.
Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer S.A. →
Active · founded 1932 · Mexico
Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer S.A.
Harry Winston Inc. →
Active · founded 1932
Harry Winston Inc.
Irkut Corporation →
Active · founded 1932 · Russia
Irkut Corporation is a leading developer and producer of aircraft and aviation products.
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.
Oak Industries Inc. →
Active · founded 1932
Oak Industries Inc.
Olan Mills, Inc. →
Active · founded 1932
Olan Mills, Inc.
Outokumpu Oyj →
Active · founded 1932 · Finland
Late 1940s:Flash Smelting is developed.
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.
STERLING DRUG, INC. →
Active · founded 1932 · United States
Market Value: $3.377 billion Stock Index: New York It is only in recent years that Sterling Drug, Inc.
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…
Tesco plc →
Active · founded 1932 · United Kingdom
Late 1970s:As part of an extensive reorganization program, Tesco closes 500 stores.
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…
Toho Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1932 · Japan
Toho Co., Ltd.
Tri Valley Growers →
Active · founded 1932
Tri Valley Growers is a leading U.S.
United Jewish Communities →
Active · founded 1932
The United Jewish Communities (UJC) was created in 1999 through the merger of three of the largest Jewish charitable…
Unitog Co. →
Active · founded 1932
Unitog Co.
Valhi, Inc. →
Active · founded 1932
Valhi, Inc.
Weetabix Limited →
Active · founded 1932 · United Kingdom
Privately held, family-controlled (and some say ultra-secretive) Weetabix Limited is one of the United Kingdom's…
Zippo Manufacturing Company →
Active · founded 1932 · Call or Text 602-300-7153 for more information!
Zippo Manufacturing Company is world famous for its Zippo windproof lighter, its lifetime guarantee, and the…
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.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited →
Active · founded 1933 · Australia
Aristocrat Leisure Limited, based in Australia, is the world's second largest manufacturer of casino gaming systems,…
Aviacionny Nauchno-Tehnicheskii Komplex im. A.N. Tupoleve (Tupolev Aviation and Scientific Technical Complex) →
Active · founded 1933 · 111250
Although it has designed everything from sleighs to spacecraft, Aviacionny Nauchno-Tehnicheskii Komplex im.
Besnier SA →
Active · founded 1933 · France
Besnier SA is France's largest dairy products producer and one of the largest dairy products producers in Europe.
Bhs plc →
Active · founded 1933 · England
Known for more than 50 years as British Home Stores, Bhs plc ranks among the United Kingdom's largest department store…
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.
Casco Northern Bank →
Active · founded 1933
Known as "The Bank of Maine," Casco Northern Bank has over $1 billion in assets and many offices throughout the state…
Courts Plc →
Active · founded 1933 · United Kingdom
Courts Plc is one of the United Kingdom's leading retail furniture and home appliance companies.
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.
Finning International Inc. →
Active · founded 1933 · Canada
Finning International Inc.
Florida's Natural Growers →
Active · founded 1933
Florida's Natural Growers is the largest citrus cooperative in the state of Florida and the second largest orange juice…
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…
HUK-Coburg →
Active · founded 1933 · Germany
HUK-Coburg (whose full name is HUK-Coburg Haftpflicht-Unterst�tzungs-Kasse kraftfahrender Beamter Deutschlands AG) in…
Haggen Inc. →
Active · founded 1933
Haggen Inc.
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. →
Active · founded 1933 · Hong Kong
As Hang Seng entered the new century, its role within HSBC's regional ambitions became more clear, as HSBC targeted the…
Ipiranga S.A. →
Active · founded 1933 · Brazil
One of Brazil's largest privately held companies, Ipiranga S.A.
Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1933 · Italy
Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale S.p.A.
Jim Beam Brands Worldwide, Inc. →
Active · founded 1933
Jim Beam Brands Worldwide, Inc.
LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT →
Active · founded 1933 · United Kingdom
London Regional Transport, more generally known as London Transport (LT), has a statutory duty in the United Kingdom to…
Latrobe Brewing Company →
Active · founded 1933
Latrobe Brewing Company brews Rolling Rock beer, one of the leading brands in the United States.
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. →
Active · founded 1933 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., originally a major Japanese producer of rayon, is now an…
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
NBD Bancorp, Inc.
Navy Federal Credit Union →
Active · founded 1933
Navy Federal Credit Union has been the world's largest credit union since the early 1960s.
Newcor, Inc. →
Active · founded 1933
Newcor, Inc., with corporate headquarters located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is a manufacturing company that is…
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1933 · Japan
Early 1940s:During World War II, the company makes military trucks and engines for airplanes and torpedo boats.
Philadelphia Eagles →
Active · founded 1933
$102.5 million (1998) NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs The Philadelphia Eagles, a privately owned football team in…
Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. →
Active · founded 1933
Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., is the operating company for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers,…
Potter & Brumfield Inc. →
Active · founded 1933
Potter & Brumfield Inc.
Revlon Inc. →
Active · founded 1933
Revlon Inc.
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG →
Active · founded 1933 · Germany
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co.
SOCIETÀ FINANZIARIA TELEFONICA PER AZIONI →
Active · founded 1933 · Italy
Stock Index: Milan London Munich Frankfurt Düsseldorf In 1991 telecommunications underwent a renaissance in Italy, in…
Screen Actors Guild →
Defunct · founded 1933
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is a labor union based in Los Angeles with 20 branches spread across the United States,…
Seaman Furniture Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1933
Seaman Furniture Company, Inc., a high-volume retailer targeted to appeal to the price-conscious middle-income…
Société Air France →
Active · founded 1933 · France
One of the world's largest airlines, Société Air France is trying to shake a somewhat troubled reputation and a…
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
The St.
Tamedia AG →
Active · founded 1933 · Switzerland
Tamedia AG is Switzerland's second largest media and publishing group.
Tennessee Valley Authority →
Active · founded 1933
Established by the U.S.
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 Sanwa Bank, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1933 · Japan
The Sanwa Bank, Ltd.
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.
Turkish Airlines Inc. (Türk Hava Yollari A.O.) →
Active · founded 1933 · Turkey
Turkish Airlines Inc., or Türk Hava Yollari A.O.
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…
Brother Industries, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1934 · Japan
Brother Industries, Ltd., is one of the world's top manufacturers of electronic office machines.
Casa Cuervo, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1934 · Mexico
Casa Cuervo, S.A.
Central Newspapers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934
Central Newspapers, Inc.
Central Soya Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934 · United States
Central Soya Company, Inc.
Cleco Corporation →
Active · founded 1934
Cleco Corporation, which employs over 1,400 people, is a major provider of electricity and related services to…
Cobham plc →
Active · founded 1934 · United Kingdom
Ticker: FRG NAIC: 336411 Aircraft Manufacturing; 336413 Other Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing; 54171…
Continental Airlines, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934
Continental Airlines, Inc.
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. →
Active · founded 1934 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Daikin Industries is the leading Japanese manufacturer of commercial air conditioning…
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…
Empresas Copec S.A. →
Active · founded 1934 · Chile
Empresas Copec S.A.
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…
Fleury Michon S.A. →
Active · founded 1934 · France
Located in the Vendée, in the northwestern region of France, Fleury Michon S.A.
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1934 · Japan
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
Golden State Vintners, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934
Located in northern California, Golden State Vintners, Inc.
Granada Group PLC →
Active · founded 1934 · United Kingdom
Granada Group PLC is a leading U.K.
Gruppo Coin S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1934 · Italy
Based in Italy, Gruppo Coin S.p.A.
Hitachi Zosen Corporation →
Active · founded 1934 · Japan
Hitachi Zosen Corporation operates as one of Japan's largest heavy industrial machinery firms.
Hunt Consolidated, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934
Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc →
Defunct · founded 1934 · Ireland
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc has expanded from its origins in the Irish packaging industry to become one of the world's…
King Ranch, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934
King Ranch, Inc.
L'Entreprise Jean Lefebvre →
Active · founded 1934 · France
France's l'Entreprise Jean Lefebvre is engaged in highway construction, services, and maintenance, and related…
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…
Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited →
Active · founded 1934 · United Kingdom
Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited is the world's leading producer of ejection seats.
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.
Perdigao SA →
Active · founded 1934 · Brazil
Brazil's Perdigao SA is the second largest producer of pork and poultry products, behind Sadia, with vertical…
Ryder System, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934
The largest provider of transportation services in the world, Ryder System, Inc.
SAA (Pty) Ltd. →
Active · founded 1934 · South Africa
SAA (Pty) Ltd., better known as South African Airways, is the largest domestic carrier in South Africa, operating 575…
SBC Warburg →
Active · founded 1934 · England
Founded by Siegmund Warburg, a scion of a German banking dynasty, SBC Warburg was established as a mutual aid society…
Safilo SpA →
Active · founded 1934 · Italy
Safilo SpA is one of the world's leading manufacturers of eyeglasses and sunglasses, as well as other goods for the…
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. →
Active · founded 1934
With offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Salt Lake City, and Irvine, California, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Strauss-Elite Group →
Active · founded 1934 · Israel
Merging two of Israel's oldest and largest food companies in 2004, the Strauss-Elite Group has become that country's…
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
Early 1950s:Gorman-Rupp Industries Division is formed to meet the needs of original equipment manufacturers.
The Steak n Shake Company →
Active · founded 1934
One of the oldest restaurant chains in the United States, The Steak n Shake Company operates more than 370 Steak n…
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.
A. S. Yakovlev Design Bureau →
Active · founded 1935 · Russia
The A.
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…
Associated British Foods plc →
Active · founded 1935 · United Kingdom
With high-ranking positions in several categories of foodstuffs, Associated British Foods plc (ABF) stands as one of…
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
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, CUNA Mutual Group provides financial services to credit unions.
Citizens Utilities Company →
Active · founded 1935 · United States
Citizens Utilities Company is likely the most fully diversified utility company in the United States.
Cowles Media Company →
Active · founded 1935
Until the late 1990s, Cowles Media Company stood as one of the nation's leading independent newspaper publishers.
DC Comics Inc. →
Active · founded 1935
DC Comics Inc.
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.
Frymaster Corporation →
Active · founded 1935
Frymaster Corporation, a subsidiary of Welbilt, is the leading manufacturer of commercial, open-pot fryers in the…
Fujitsu Limited →
Active · founded 1935 · Japan
Perhaps the most dramatic example of Japan's ability to overcome long odds in a short space of time has been the growth…
Geest Plc →
Active · founded 1935 · United Kingdom
Geest Plc is a leading producer and distributor of fresh chilled foods to the U.K., Benelux, and French markets.
General Nutrition Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1935
General Nutrition Companies, Inc., is the largest specialty retailer of vitamin, mineral, and sports nutrition…
GfK Aktiengesellschaft →
Active · founded 1935 · Germany
Nuremberg-based GfK Aktiengesellschaft is one of the leading European market research companies with a growing…
Giant Food Inc. →
Active · founded 1935
From its Depression-era beginnings as Giant Food Shopping Center Inc., Giant Food Inc.
HAWKER SIDDELEY GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY →
Active · founded 1935 · United Kingdom
Stock Index: London Hawker Siddeley is one of Britain's largest engineering groups, along with British Aerospace and…
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. →
Active · founded 1935
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel →
Active · founded 1935 · Russia
With headquarters in Moscow, holding company JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (Norilsk Nickel Mining and Metallurgical Company)…
KREDIETBANK N.V. →
Active · founded 1935 · Belgium
Stock Index: Brussels Amsterdam The Kredietbank was created in 1935 when the Algemeene Bankvereeniging en Volksbank van…
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…
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1935 · Japan
The Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1935 · Japan
Matsushita Electric Works (MEW) is the industrial counterpart of the better-known Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,…
Michael C. Fina Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1935
Michael C.
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.
SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES,LTD. →
Active · founded 1935 · Japan
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
Securicor Plc →
Defunct · founded 1935 · Fax. (+44) 020 8661 0204
Securicor Plc has its eye on global leadership in its core security and distribution businesses, which contribute 97…
Sharp Corporation →
Active · founded 1935 · Japan
The Sharp Corporation is one of the largest and oldest Japanese consumer goods manufacturers.
TDK Corporation →
Active · founded 1935 · Japan
Sales.
Tosoh Corporation →
Active · founded 1935 · Japan
Tosoh Corporation is one of Japan's leading manufacturers of industrial and specialty chemicals.
UAW (International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of →
Active · founded 1935
The UAW (International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) remains one…
United Overseas Bank Ltd. →
Active · founded 1935 · Singapore
United Overseas Bank Ltd.
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…
Aer Lingus Group plc →
Active · founded 1936 · Ireland
A relatively late starter among European flag carriers, Aer Lingus Group plc has grown quickly in its first few decades…
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.
Bowthorpe plc →
Active · founded 1936 · United Kingdom
Bowthorpe plc is one of the United Kingdom's leading suppliers of diversified electronics products, with an increasing…
Caltex Petroleum Corporation →
Active · founded 1936
Caltex Petroleum Corporation is the world's largest and most successful joint venture in business history.
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…
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. →
Active · founded 1936 · Argentina
Cresud S.A.C.I.F.
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,…
Fairchild Dornier GmbH →
Active · founded 1936 · Germany
In 2001 Fairchild Dornier GmbH was the world's third-largest manufacturer of regional jets.
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.
Goya Foods Inc. →
Active · founded 1936
With almost 1,000 items on sale, Goya Foods 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.
Konica Corporation →
Active · founded 1936 · Japan
Konica Corporation produces a wide range of products, mainly within the imaging sphere.
London Scottish Bank plc →
Active · founded 1936 · United Kingdom
London Scottish Bank plc (LSB) is one of the United Kingdom's leading providers of credit to the "sub-prime"…
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…
Pentland Group plc →
Active · founded 1936 · United Kingdom
The Pentland Group plc owns and licenses some of the world's best-known shoe and sporting goods brands, including…
Recoton Corp. →
Active · founded 1936
Recoton Corp.
Ricoh Company, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1936 · Japan
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), established in Chicago in the 1930s, attained standing as one of the most…
Smithfield Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1936
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
St. Joe Paper Company →
Active · founded 1936
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 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) →
Active · founded 1936 · Canada
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is Canada's public broadcaster.
The Ford Foundation →
Active · founded 1936
Created in 1936 with gifts from Henry and Edsel Ford, The Ford Foundation is one of the top four philanthropic…
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.
Valores Industriales S.A. →
Active · founded 1936 · Mexico
The holding company Valores Industriales S.A.
Vornado Realty Trust →
Active · founded 1936
Vornado Realty Trust is a real-estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, leases, develops, and manages real-estate…
Air Canada →
Active · founded 1937 · Canada
Air Canada is the only national, full-service airline based in Canada.
Ampacet Corporation →
Active · founded 1937
In terms of volume, Ampacet Corporation is the world's largest provider of color compounds and concentrates used by…
Bonneville Power Administration →
Active · founded 1937
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a United States federal agency created in 1937 by the Roosevelt administration…
CAROLINA FREIGHT CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1937
Carolina Freight Corporation is the holding company for several general freight trucking operations.
Canon Inc. →
Active · founded 1937 · Japan
Although it scarcely predates World War II, Canon Inc.
Carma Laboratories, Inc. →
Active · founded 1937
By the early 2000s, Carma Labs had expanded distribution of Carmex to include every state.
Dixons Group plc →
Defunct · founded 1937 · United Kingdom
Dixons Group plc is the largest specialized retailer of consumer electronics in Europe and controls more than 1,250…
Electrocomponents PLC →
Active · founded 1937 · United Kingdom
Electrocomponents PLC sits in the top tier of U.K.
Groz-Beckert Group →
Active · founded 1937 · Germany
Groz-Beckert Group is among the world's leading manufacturers of high-precision industrial needles used in the cloth…
Grupo Casa Saba, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1937 · Mexico
Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.
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.
Icelandair →
Active · founded 1937 · Iceland
Icelandair (Fluglei'ir hf.), Iceland's largest publicly traded company, has played off its unique mid-Atlantic location…
Isuzu Motors, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1937 · Japan
One of the largest producers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the world, Isuzu Motors, Ltd.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. →
Active · founded 1937
Late 1950s:There are 29 Krispy Kreme shops in 12 states.
Li & Fung Limited →
Active · founded 1937 · People's Republic of China
During the course of its nearly 100-year history, Hong Kong-based Li & Fung Limited has grown from a simple exporter to…
Lilly Endowment Inc. →
Active · founded 1937
Operating out of Indianapolis, Indiana, Lilly Endowment Inc.
Malaysian Airlines System Berhad →
Defunct · founded 1937 · Malaysia
Malaysian Airlines System Berhad is the holding company for Malaysia's national airline carrier, one of Asia's fastest…
Marui Company Ltd. →
Active · founded 1937 · Japan
Marui Company Ltd.
Minolta Co., Ltd. →
Defunct · founded 1937 · Japan
Since Kazuo Tashima began using German technology to produce one camera a day in 1928, Minolta Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Estate Company, Limited →
Active · founded 1937 · Japan
A unit of the Mitsubishi Group, Mitsubishi Estate Company, Limited (MEC) is one of the foremost real estate management,…
NOF Corporation →
Active · founded 1937 · Japan
NOF Corporation is Japan's leading oleochemicals group, producing a highly diversified range of products derived from…
National Record Mart, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1937
With origins in the late 1930s, National Record Mart, Inc.
Nippon Express Company, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1937 · Japan
Nippon Express Company, Ltd., is one of Japan's largest transportation companies, with nearly 1,170 service centers in…
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN LLC →
Active · founded 1937 · Oman
Like most countries in the Persian Gulf area, Oman's economic prosperity is closely linked with the oil industry.
Polaroid Corporation →
Active · founded 1937
Polaroid Corporation, founded on Edwin H.
Richfood Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1937
Richfood Holdings, Inc.
S.A.C.I. Falabella →
Active · founded 1937 · Chile
S.A.C.I.
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
Smith International, Inc.
Smith & Nephew plc →
Active · founded 1937 · England
Smith & Nephew plc is the fifth-largest health care products supplier in a worldwide market worth £5 billion.
The Rank Group plc →
Active · founded 1937 · United Kingdom
The Rank Group plc operates as a leading international gaming, leisure, and entertainment group.
Townsends, Inc. →
Active · founded 1937
Townsends, Inc., is a private, family-owned, Wilmington, Delaware-based poultry company that processes nearly 625…
Toyota Motor Corporation →
Active · founded 1937 · Japan
Toyota Motor Corporation was Japan's largest car company and the world's third largest by the year 2000.
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
W.B.
Waddell & Reed, Inc. →
Active · founded 1937
Waddell & Reed, Inc.
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…
Arriva PLC →
Active · founded 1938 · United Kingdom
Arriva PLC is one of Europe's leading and fastest-growing publicly traded transportation companies.
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.
British Midland plc →
Defunct · founded 1938 · United Kingdom
British Midland plc, the second largest airline in the United Kingdom, flies more than six million passengers a year to…
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…
Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1938 · Japan
An independent public company for much of its history, Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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
Fannie Mae, also known as Federal National Mortgage Association, is the largest nonbank financial services company in…
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…
Husky Energy Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1938 · Canada
Husky Energy Inc.
Hy-Vee, Inc. →
Active · founded 1938
One of the 15 largest supermarket chains in the United States, Hy-Vee, Inc.
In-Sink-Erator →
Active · founded 1938 · United States
Racine, Wisconsin-based In-Sink-Erator is the world's largest manufacturer of food waste disposal units and hot water…
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.
KUMAGAI GUMI COMPANY, LTD. →
Active · founded 1938 · Japan
Market Value: ¥571.2 billion (US$ 3.573 billion) Stock Index: Hong Kong Tokyo Osaka Santaro Kumagai began his career in…
Kennametal Inc. →
Active · founded 1938
Kennametal Inc.
Knoll Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1938
Knoll Group 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…
Makita Corporation →
Active · founded 1938 · Japan
Makita Corporation is Japan's number one manufacturer and exporter of electric power tools.
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.
Opinion Research Corporation →
Active · founded 1938 · www.opinionresearch.com
Gross Billings: $160.91 million (2000) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: ORCI NAIC: 541613 Market Consulting…
Petroleos Mexicanos →
Active · founded 1938 · Mexico
Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is Mexico's largest enterprise in terms of total sales, total assets, personnel employed,…
Recreational Equipment, Inc. →
Active · founded 1938
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Roland Murten A.G. →
Active · founded 1938 · Switzerland
As the manufacturer of Zwieback and brand name pains croustillants, Roland Murten is a household name throughout…
Schneider National, Inc. →
Active · founded 1938
Schneider National, Inc.
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français →
Active · founded 1938 · France
The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) is the state-owned railroad of France.
The Midland Company →
Active · founded 1938
The Midland Company generates the vast majority of its revenue through specialty insurance, targeting loss types that…
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…
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft →
Active · founded 1938 · Germany
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, a company born in the shadow of Nazism, rose to become the world's third largest…
WS Atkins Plc →
Active · founded 1938 · United Kingdom
WS Atkins Plc is one of the world's leading suppliers of consultancy and related support services with an emphasis on…
AWB Ltd. →
Active · founded 1939 · Australia
AWB Ltd.
Archie Comics Publications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1939
Everyone knows Archie, the flagship creation of Archie Comics Publications, Inc., even though they might not know his…
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…
D'Agostino Supermarkets Inc. →
Active · founded 1939
D'Agostino Supermarkets Inc.
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.
L'Oréal →
Active · founded 1939 · (1) 47 56 86 42
L'Oréal, one of the largest companies in France, is the world's largest manufacturer of high-quality cosmetics and…
Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1939
The Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc., is the largest American publisher of comic books.
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…
NHK SPRING CO., LTD. →
Active · founded 1939 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
NIPPON LIGHT METALCOMPANY, LTD. →
Active · founded 1939 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Fukuoka Hiroshima Kyoto Niigata Sapporo Nippon Light Metal Company concentrates on the…
Neuberger Berman Inc. →
Renamed · founded 1939
Neuberger Berman Inc.
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…
Rostvertol plc →
Active · founded 1939 · Russia
Rostov, Russia-based Rostvertol plc is a major producer of helicopters, including its flagship Mi-26 heavy-lift…
Sabaté Diosos SA →
Active · founded 1939 · France
Sabaté Diosos SA is the world's number two producer of natural and artificial corks for wine bottles and the world's…
Sara Lee Corporation →
Active · founded 1939
Sara Lee Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of brand-name consumer packaged goods within three…
Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1939 · South Korea
A member of the Ssangyong conglomerate, Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co., Ltd.
Sukhoi Design Bureau Aviation Scientific-Industrial Complex →
Active · founded 1939 · Russia
Sukhoi Design Bureau Aviation Scientific-Industrial Complex has earned a reputation for quality and originality,…
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation →
Active · founded 1939
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation is the world's leading producer of analytical instruments used in military operations,…
TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. →
Active · founded 1939 · Japan
TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.
W. H. Brady Co. →
Active · founded 1939
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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…
William Hill Organization Limited →
Active · founded 1939 · United Kingdom
William Hill Organization Limited is the United Kingdom's second largest betting shop owner, with more than 1,500…
World's Finest Chocolate Inc. →
Active · founded 1939
World's Finest Chocolate Inc.
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.
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