COMPANYHISTORIES

Roaring Twenties Companies, 1920–1928

Founded in the boom years before the Depression, as mass production, radio, and consumer credit reshaped business.

497companies1920–1928founding years479still active18no longer operating
§ 01

These companies over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedAlliedSignal Inc.FoundedJ.A. Jones, Inc.FoundedSuzuki Motor Corporation
1920
FoundedHMV Group plc
1921
FoundedBarnes Group Inc.FoundedJ Sainsbury plc
1922
FoundedAeroflotFoundedHummel International A/SFoundedW.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
1923
FoundedOglebay Norton Company
1924
FoundedChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.FoundedNomura Securities Company, Limited
1925
EconomyThe Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting from Nashville.
FoundedAltadis S.A.FoundedHarris CorporationFoundedSweetheart Cup Company, Inc.
1926
FoundedHershey Foods CorporationFoundedVictor Company of Japan, Limited
1927
TechnologyThe Jazz Singer ushers in the era of sound films.
TechnologyLindbergh flies the Atlantic solo, and aviation captures the public.
FoundedHuffy Corporation
1928
TechnologyPenicillin is discovered, opening the age of antibiotics.
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
1931
EconomyThe Empire State Building rises in just over a year.
1933
EconomyThe first drive-in movie theater opens in New Jersey.
1937
EconomyThe Golden Gate Bridge opens as the world's longest suspension span.
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1946
TechnologyENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
1955
EconomyMcDonald's franchising begins, remaking fast food.
EconomyDisneyland opens and invents the modern theme park.
1956
TechnologyThe first transatlantic telephone cable opens.
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
EconomyThe first Walmart opens, built on everyday low prices.
1969
TechnologyARPANET, the internet's precursor, goes live.
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
TechnologyThe first US in-vitro fertilization baby is born.
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
TechnologyLinux and open source challenge proprietary software.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
1994
TechnologyE-commerce begins to disrupt retail.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
1997
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
1999
TechnologyNapster ignites the digital disruption of recorded music.
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
TechnologyGPS opens to civilian use, turning location into a utility.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

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…
Ansell Ltd. →
Active · founded 1920 · Australia
Ansell Ltd.
Baldor Electric Company →
Active · founded 1920
Baldor Electric Company is one of the leading producers of electric motors for industrial applications in the United…
Banco Espírito Santo e Comercial de Lisboa S.A. →
Active · founded 1920 · Portugal
With total assets of US$15.6 billion, Banco Espírito Santo e Comercial de Lisboa S.A.
Bongrain SA →
Active · founded 1920 · France
In France, cheese is spelled with a "B"--for Bongrain, Besnier, and Bel, the country's top three cheese and dairy…
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…
CR England, Inc. →
Active · founded 1920
CR England, Inc.
Carey International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1920
The world's largest chauffeured vehicle service company, Carey International, Inc.
Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. →
Active · founded 1920
The Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.
Cold Spring Granite Company Inc. →
Active · founded 1920
Cold Spring Granite Company Inc.
David Jones Ltd. →
Active · founded 1920 · Australia
Into the mid-1990s, David Jones continued to shift its offerings in order to attract a broader clientele.
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…
Empresas CMPC S.A. →
Active · founded 1920 · Chile
Empresas CMPC S.A.
FKI Plc →
Active · founded 1920 · United Kingdom
FKI Plc has evolved into one of the United Kingdom's major engineering groups.
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.
GEA AG →
Active · founded 1920 · Germany
GEA AG is one of the world's leading suppliers for food and process engineering, and thermal engineering technology.
GTE Corporation →
Active · founded 1920
GTE Corporation ranked as the world's third-largest publicly owned telecommunications company in 1996.
Genuardi's Family Markets, Inc. →
Active · founded 1920
Genuardi's Family Markets, Inc.
Harza Engineering Company →
Active · founded 1920
Located in the heart of Chicago, Harza Engineering Company is the premier water resources development firm in the…
Hitachi, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1920 · Japan
Hitachi, Ltd.
Huhtamäki Oyj →
Active · founded 1920 · Finland
Finland's Huhtamäki Oyj is the world's leading producer of molded fiber-based and rigid packaging products for the…
Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1920
Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated, is the Indiana corporate legal entity for Ameritech Corporation, which…
J.A. Jones, Inc. →
Active · founded 1920
J.A.
John Laing plc →
Active · founded 1920 · United Kingdom
With over 150 years of experience under its belt, John Laing plc operates with two main divisions--the Laing Homes…
Karstadt Quelle AG →
Defunct · founded 1920 · Germany
Karstadt Quelle AG is the product of the 1999 merger between German retail powerhouse Karstadt Aktiengesellschaft and…
Kemira Oyj →
Active · founded 1920 · Finland
Finland's Kemira Oyj is a leading industrial chemicals manufacturer focused on four primary areas: Paints and Coatings;…
Knott's Berry Farm →
Active · founded 1920
Knott's Berry Farm grew from a small roadside berry stand 22 miles south of Los Angeles into one of the most popular…
Legal & General Group plc →
Active · founded 1920 · United Kingdom
Legal & General Group plc is one of Great Britain's largest insurance concerns.
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…
Mazda Motor Corporation →
Active · founded 1920 · Japan
Mazda Motor Corporation is the number five Japanese automaker, behind Toyota Motor Corporation; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.;…
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…
PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY →
Active · founded 1920 · United States
Stock Index: New York Philadelphia Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (PP & L) provides electricity to more than 2.5…
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.
PetroFina S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1920 · Belgium
PetroFina S.A., Belgium's largest corporation, is the 15th largest publicly traded integrated oil and gas company in…
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.
Qantas Airways Ltd. →
Active · founded 1920 · Australia
Qantas Airways Ltd.
RENGO CO., LTD. →
Active · founded 1920 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Rengo leads Japan's paper industry in the production of paper containers.
Rogers Communications Inc. →
Active · founded 1920 · Canada
The largest communications company in Canada, Rogers Communications Inc.
SBC Communications Inc. →
Active · founded 1920
Originally one of the seven regional holding companies formed after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph…
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. →
Active · founded 1920 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Luxembourg Sumitomo Electric is one of the major companies associated with the giant…
Scarborough Public Utilities Commission →
Active · founded 1920 · Canada
The Scarborough Public Utilities Commission provides electricity and water to Scarborough, Ontario, a borough of…
Scholastic Corporation →
Active · founded 1920
The Scholastic Corporation is one of the leading publishers and distributors of books, magazines, and other educational…
Seddon Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1920 · United Kingdom
Seddon Group Ltd.
Singer & Friedlander Group plc →
Active · founded 1920 · United Kingdom
Singer & Friedlander Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's last remaining independent merchant banks, providing…
Slough Estates PLC →
Active · founded 1920 · United Kingdom
Slough Estates PLC is Britain's largest industrial property investment company, with a property portfolio valued at…
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.
Suzuki Motor Corporation →
Active · founded 1920 · Japan
Suzuki Motor Corporation is Japan's fourth largest automaker (trailing Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co.,…
THE FURUKAWA ELECTRICCO., LTD. →
Active · founded 1920 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo New York Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Takashimaya Company, Limited →
Active · founded 1920 · Japan
Takashimaya Company, Limited is the oldest and one of the largest department store retailers in Japan.
Textron Lycoming Turbine Engine →
Active · founded 1920
Textron Lycoming Turbine Engine is the aircraft engine manufacturing division of Textron, Inc.
The Albert Fisher Group plc →
Active · founded 1920 · United Kingdom
The Albert Fisher Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's leading fresh, chilled, and frozen foods groups, operating…
The David J. Joseph Company →
Active · founded 1920
With an estimated 19 percent of the domestic market, The David J.
The Dixie Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1920
The Dixie Group, Inc., previously Dixie Yarns, Inc., manufactures floorcovering and textiles.
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),…
Tomen Corporation →
Active · founded 1920 · Japan
Tomen Corporation is Japan's seventh largest general trading company (or sogo shosha), Japan's 17th largest company…
Trans-Lux Corporation →
Active · founded 1920
Trans-Lux Corporation manufactures, distributes, and markets large-scale, real-time electronic information displays for…
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.
Amey Plc →
Active · founded 1921 · United Kingdom
Amey Plc has tried on a new hat for the 21st century.
ArvinMeritor, Inc. →
Active · founded 1921
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
Bank Hapoalim B.M. →
Active · founded 1921 · Israel
Bank Hapoalim B.M.
Bayernwerk AG →
Active · founded 1921 · Federal Republic of Germany
Bayernwerk AG is the largest electricity supplier in Bavaria and one of the largest in Germany.
Bozell Worldwide Inc. →
Active · founded 1921
Gross Billings: $3 billion (1997) SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies; 8743 Public Relations Services Bozell Worldwide Inc.
Braun GmbH →
Active · founded 1921 · Germany
Braun GmbH is one of the world's leading manufacturers of small electric appliances.
Charoen Pokphand Group →
Active · founded 1921 · Thailand
Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) is one of Thailand's largest companies and one of the first true Asian multinationals.
Coles Myer Ltd. →
Defunct · founded 1921 · Australia
Coles Myer Ltd.
Continental Grain Company →
Active · founded 1921
The second largest grain and related commodities company in the world, Continental Grain Company also represented one…
Corporación Internacional de Aviación, S.A. de C.V. (Cintra) →
Active · founded 1921 · Mexico
Corporación Internacional de Aviación, S.A.
Dillon Companies Inc. →
Active · founded 1921
Dillon Companies Inc.
Ethicon, Inc. →
Active · founded 1921
Ethicon, Inc.
General Re Corporation →
Active · founded 1921
General Re Corporation is a holding company for General Reinsurance Corporation and National Reinsurance Corporation,…
HMV Group plc →
Active · founded 1921 · United Kingdom
Following the public offering, HMV began entertaining buyout offers for its Waterstone's chain, including a leveraged…
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…
Kaufring AG →
Active · founded 1921 · Germany
Kaufring AG is the leading German wholesale organization for mid-sized independent department stores and special…
Komatsu Ltd. →
Active · founded 1921 · Japan
World War II:[fsps*3.5]The company supplies the Japanese navy with antiaircraft artillery shells and bulldozers.
Kruger Inc. →
Active · founded 1921 · Canada
A leading manufacturer of recycled newsprint and other paper products, Kruger Inc.
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…
Overhead Door Corporation →
Active · founded 1921
A subsidiary of Japanese-owned Sanwa USA Inc., Overhead Door Corporation is primarily involved in the garage door…
PLIVA d.d. →
Active · founded 1921 · Croatia
PLIVA d.d.
SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY →
Active · founded 1921
Southwestern Public Service Company's primary business is generating, transmitting, distributing, and selling electric…
State Bank of India →
Active · founded 1921 · India
State Bank of India (SBI) is that country's largest commercial bank.
Taylor Woodrow plc →
Active · founded 1921 · United Kingdom
Taylor Woodrow plc is a major U.K.-based home builder and property developer and lessor.
Terumo Corporation →
Active · founded 1921 · Japan
Based in Tokyo, Terumo Corporation is Japan's largest manufacturer of medical supplies.
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…
Thorntons plc →
Active · founded 1921 · United Kingdom
Thorntons plc is one of the United Kingdom's leading manufacturer and retailer of chocolate and other confectionery…
Utz Quality Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1921
Utz Quality Foods, Inc., is one of the leading makers of potato chips in the United States and also produces other…
Waldbaum, Inc. →
Active · founded 1921
Waldbaum, Inc.
Alexander & Alexander Services Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Alexander & Alexander Services Inc.
Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation →
Active · founded 1922
Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation is a manufacturer of handmade, upscale men's shoes, which range in price from $200 to…
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…
Barmag AG →
Active · founded 1922 · Germany
Barmag AG, with a market share of about 40 percent, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of plants, machines,…
Barnes Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Barnes Group Inc.
Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe →
Active · founded 1922 · Germany
As Berlin's principal waste collector, Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe (BSR) is Germany's largest municipal waste…
Bobs Candies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Bobs Candies, Inc., makes and distributes candies, ranking as the largest candy cane maker in the world.
British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. →
Active · founded 1922 · England
The British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.
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.
Corticeira Amorim, Sociedade Gestora de Participaço es Sociais, S.A. →
Active · founded 1922 · Portugal
Corticeira Amorim, Sociedade Gestora de Participaço es Sociais, S.A.
Coty, Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Coty, Inc.
DEPFA BANK PLC →
Active · founded 1922 · Ireland
DEPFA BANK PLC (Depfa) is one of the world's leading public sector financing banks.
Deveaux S.A. →
Active · founded 1922 · France
Deveaux S.A.
Dick Corporation →
Active · founded 1922
Dick Corporation, based outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a major contractor, construction manager, and design…
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.
Eckes AG →
Active · founded 1922 · Germany
German-based Eckes AG is Europe's top manufacturer of fruit juices and the fourth ranked maker of spirits.
Edward D. Jones & Company L.P. →
Active · founded 1922
Edward D.
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…
Ezaki Glico Company Ltd. →
Active · founded 1922 · Japan
Ezaki Glico Company Ltd.
Fortunoff Fine Jewelry and Silverware Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Fortunoff Fine Jewelry and Silverware Inc.
Fromageries Bel →
Active · founded 1922 · France
Fromageries Bel is France's third largest cheese producer, after Besnier and Bongrain.
GC Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Although it invests in industries as diverse as optical superstores and cable television operators, GC Companies, Inc.,…
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…
Harry London Candies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Harry London Candies, Inc.
J Sainsbury plc →
Active · founded 1922 · United Kingdom
Supermarkets, hypermarkets, and other grocery outlets clustered tightly in the south of England form the nucleus of…
Jaguar Cars, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1922 · England
Jaguar Cars, Ltd., is one of the most famous luxury automobile manufacturers in the world.
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.
MILES LABORATORIES →
Active · founded 1922 · United States
Miles Laboratories is best known for Alka-Seltzer.
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…
Noranda Inc. →
Active · founded 1922 · Canada
Noranda Inc.
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
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the cornerstone in the State Farm Insurance Companies group, has been…
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Tokyu Corporation →
Active · founded 1922 · Japan
Tokyu Corporation operates railways, freight companies, bus companies, and a domestic airline in Japan.
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.
USAA →
Active · founded 1922
USAA is a diversified insurance and financial services company patronized primarily by U.S.
United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
At one time United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company →
Active · founded 1922
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company is well-known throughout the United States for its durable work clothes, but it…
Wirtz Corporation →
Active · founded 1922
Wirtz Corporation houses the varied business interests of Chicago's influential Wirtz family, best known as the owners…
Zatarain's, Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Zatarain's, Inc., is a leading producer of rice mixes.
AEROFLOT SOVIET AIRLINES →
Active · founded 1923 · Russia
Aeroflot Soviet Airlines, the airline of the former Soviet Union, is the world's largest airline.
Aeroflot →
Active · founded 1923 · Russian Federation
Once the largest airline in the world, during the days of the Soviet Empire, Aeroflot--Russian International Airlines…
Amalgamated Bank →
Active · founded 1923
Also in 1998, Amalgamated acquired an 81 percent stake in the First Trade Union Trust Company.
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…
BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY →
Active · founded 1923 · Canada
Canada's second largest telecommunications company, British Columbia Telephone Company (BC TEL) provides local and…
Barney's, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Barney's, Inc.
Blacks Leisure Group plc →
Active · founded 1923 · United Kingdom
Blacks Leisure Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's leading retail sportswear and sporting goods groups and is that…
Bodycote International PLC →
Active · founded 1923 · United Kingdom
The United Kingdom's Bodycote International PLC is the world's leading provider of metallurgical services to the steel,…
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.
Ceské aerolinie, a.s. →
Active · founded 1923 · Czech Republic
Ceské aerolinie, a.s., also called Czech Airlines or CSA, flies to approximately 70 destinations in more than 40…
Chic by H.I.S, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
With a concentration on the budget segment of the denim market, Chic by H.I.S, Inc.
Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Inc.
Crown Central Petroleum Corporation →
Active · founded 1923 · United States
Crown Central Petroleum Corporation is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, including…
Ecolab Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Ecolab Inc.
Farmer Bros. Co. →
Active · founded 1923
Farmer Bros.
Finnair Oyj →
Active · founded 1923 · Finland
Based in Helsinki, Finnair Oyj is the national airline of Finland and the fifth oldest airline in the world.
Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Fred Meyer Stores, Inc.
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1923 · Japan
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
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.
Groupe Rougier SA →
Active · founded 1923 · France
Groupe Rougier SA is the holding company for a forestry products group specializing in the logging and processing of…
Grupo Herdez, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1923 · Mexico
Grupo Herdez, S.A.
Gucci Group N.V. →
Active · founded 1923 · The Netherlands
Gucci Group N.V.'s designs and clothing have become one of the most-recognized labels in the retail industry.
Hallmark Cards, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Heijmans N.V. →
Active · founded 1923 · The Netherlands
Heijmans N.V.
Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Hubbard Broadcasting Inc.
Hummel International A/S →
Active · founded 1923 · Denmark
Hummel International A/S is one of the world's oldest sportswear designers and manufacturers.
ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY →
Active · founded 1923
The Illinois Power Company is the second largest provider of gas and electricity in Illinois.
John H. Harland Company →
Active · founded 1923
John H.
Just Born, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Just Born, Inc.
Leroy Merlin SA →
Active · founded 1923 · France
Leroy Merlin SA has built one of Europe's top Do it yourself (DIY) and home improvement retail groups.
M. A. Hanna Company →
Active · founded 1923
The M.
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Marshalls Incorporated →
Active · founded 1923
Marshall's Incorporated is one of the nation's leading off-price family retailers.
McCoy Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
McCoy Corporation is parent to the retail chain of McCoy's Building Supply Centers, which serves the market of those…
Melitta Unternehmensgruppe Bentz KG →
Active · founded 1923 · Germany
Melitta Unternehmensgruppe Bentz KG is the holding company of the Germany-based Melitta group of companies, a leading…
NORINCHUKIN BANK →
Active · founded 1923 · Japan
The Norinchukin Bank is a unique institution in Japanese banking.
NorthWestern Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
One of the United States' fastest-growing companies, NorthWestern Corporation is a diversified holding company with…
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1923 · Japan
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Old Republic International Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
Old Republic International Corporation, one of the 50 largest publicly held insurance organizations in the United…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison →
Active · founded 1923
Gross Billings: $185 million (2000 est.) NAIC: 541110 Offices of Lawyers Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is a…
Radio Flyer Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Radio Flyer Inc.
Rose Art Industries →
Active · founded 1923
Considered the fastest-growing crayon producer in the world, Rose Art Industries is a family-owned and operated private…
Russell Stover Candies Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Russell Stover Candies Inc.
SAFECO CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1923 · United States
Stock Index: NASDAQ SAFECO Corporation is one of the largest diversified financial corporations in the United States.
Sabena S.A./N.V. →
Active · founded 1923 · Belgium
Sabena S.A./N.V.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
For much of the time since its founder first tinkered with helicopter design, the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has…
TCF Financial Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
TCF Financial Corporation, a financial holding company that compares itself to large successful retailers instead of…
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.
Valeo →
Active · founded 1923 · France
France's Valeo is the tenth-largest supplier of components and systems to the worldwide automobile and truck industry.
Viña Concha y Toro S.A. →
Active · founded 1923 · Chile
Viña Concha y Toro S.A.
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…
AMCOL International Corporation →
Active · founded 1924
AMCOL International Corporation is one of the world's leading suppliers of bentonite and bentonite-related products and…
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.
British Airways PLC →
Active · founded 1924 · England
British Airways PLC is the largest international airline in the world.
Chanel SA →
Active · founded 1924 · France
Chanel SA is one of the legendary names in perfumes.
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
Crosman Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of air guns in the world and also produces related items like…
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.
Genovese Drug Stores, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1924
Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.
Grant Thornton International →
Active · founded 1924
Grant Thornton International is an accounting and management consulting firm serving private and public middle-market…
HAKUHODO, INC. →
Active · founded 1924 · Japan
Hakuhodo, Inc.
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…
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group plc →
Active · founded 1924 · Ireland
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group plc is Ireland's leading hotel group with a fast-growing international component as well.
KitchenAid →
Active · founded 1924 · United States
KitchenAid manufactures and markets a full line of premium-price home appliances, including microwave and conventional…
MTR Foods Ltd. →
Active · founded 1924 · India
MTR Foods Ltd.
Madrange SA →
Active · founded 1924 · France
Madrange SA is Europe's leading producer of cooked hams and other deli meats.
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.
Nocibé SA →
Active · founded 1924 · France
Nocibé SA is the third largest chain of selective perfume stores in France, trailing only Marionnaud and Sephora.
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.
Pacific Coast Feather Company →
Active · founded 1924
Privately owned, Seattle-based Pacific Coast Feather Company (PCF) is the market leader in the pillow and down…
Plante & Moran, LLP →
Active · founded 1924
Plante & Moran, LLP is the tenth largest accounting firm in the United States.
Quantum Chemical Corporation →
Active · founded 1924
Quantum Chemical Corporation (prior to 1988, the National Distillers and Chemical Corporation) is one of the largest…
Rallye SA →
Active · founded 1924 · France
Rallye SA is one of France's--and the world's--top retail groups.
SAGEM S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1924 · France
French high-tech company SAGEM S.A.
Sam Ash Music Corporation →
Active · founded 1924
Sam Ash Music Corporation is the second largest musical instrument retailer in the United States.
Simon & Schuster Inc. →
Active · founded 1924
Simon & Schuster Inc.
Smoby International SA →
Active · founded 1924 · France
Smoby International SA is France's leading toy manufacturer and number three in Europe.
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…
Telefónica S.A. →
Active · founded 1924 · Spain
Until the 1990s the government-controlled public company known since May 1988 as Telefónica de España, S.A.
Total Fina Elf S.A. →
Active · founded 1924 · France
1954/55:Trademark "Total" is created and registered.
Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S. →
Active · founded 1924 · Turkey
Few banks can be as closely identified with the development of their country as Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S.
WPL HOLDINGS, INC. →
Active · founded 1924
WPL Holdings, Inc., is the parent company of Wisconsin Power and Light, the dominant supplier of electric power in…
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
AT&T Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm of AT&T.
Abrams Industries Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Atlanta-based Abrams Industries Inc.
Allegheny Energy, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
Bang & Olufsen Holding A/S →
Active · founded 1925 · Denmark
Bang & Olufsen Holding A/S (B & O) is a leading consumer electronics firm, manufacturing a complete line of…
Battelle Memorial Institute, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Battelle Memorial Institute, Inc.
Bechtel Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Bechtel Group, Inc.
Burdines, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1925 · United States
Burdines, Inc., a subsidiary of Federated Department Stores, operates more than 50 upscale department stores, providing…
Caterpillar Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Early 1930s:Remaining production in California is shifted to Peoria, where the company's headquarters are also…
Chargeurs International →
Active · founded 1925 · Paris
Chargeurs International has a gift for redefining itself.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., is a leading consumer products company that markets numerous brands of deodorizing and…
Croda International Plc →
Active · founded 1925 · United Kingdom
Croda International Plc is the world's leading specialist manufacturer of oleo-chemical ingredients and products for…
DDB Needham Worldwide →
Active · founded 1925
Gross Billings: $6.7 billion Employees: 6,726 SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies DDB Needham Worldwide is one of the…
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…
Etablissements Franz Colruyt N.V. →
Active · founded 1925 · Belgium
Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV is one of Belgium's top three supermarket and retail companies.
FPL Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Early 1980s:FP&L begins new management style inspired by Japanese practices.
Ford Motor Company, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1925 · Mexico
Ford Motor Company, S.A.
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.
Geodis S.A. →
Active · founded 1925 · France
Geodis S.A.
Grupo Modelo, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1925 · Mexico
Grupo Modelo, S.A.
Hampton Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Hampton Industries, Inc.
Household International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Household International, Inc.
Inland Container Corporation →
Active · founded 1925
Inland Container Corporation, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the United States' largest producers of…
Kimberly-Clark de México, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1925 · Mexico
Kimberly-Clark de México, S.A.
Kodansha Ltd. →
Active · founded 1925 · Japan
Kodansha Ltd.
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
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund →
Active · founded 1925 · Switzerland
Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund (also known as Federation of Migro Cooperatives) is Switzerland's leading retailers and one…
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…
Nomura Securities Company, Limited →
Active · founded 1925 · Japan
The Nomura Securities Company, the largest securities firm in Japan, has long been recognized as an industry pacesetter.
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.
Power Corporation of Canada →
Active · founded 1925 · Canada
Early 1950s:Company begins to diversify its interests away from the utility industry.
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.
Rentokil Initial Plc →
Active · founded 1925 · United Kingdom
Rentokil Initial Plc is one of the world's leading services companies operating in seven primary areas: Hygiene,…
Roadmaster Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Roadmaster Industries Inc.
Scotty's, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Scotty's, Inc.
Seat Pagine Gialle S.p.A. →
Defunct · founded 1925 · Italy
Seat Pagine Gialle S.p.A.
Shure Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Shure Inc.
THE PLESSEY COMPANY, PLC →
Active · founded 1925 · United Kingdom
Stock Index: London Plessey is one of Britain's largest electronics manufacturers.
Takara Holdings Inc. →
Active · founded 1925 · Japan
Takara Holdings Inc.
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1925 · Japan
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Talisman Energy Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1925 · Canada
Talisman Energy 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 Rugby Group plc →
Active · founded 1925 · www.rugbygroup.co.uk
The Rugby Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's largest producers of cement and related products, such as lime and…
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…
The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1925 · Japan
The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company, Ltd., a member of the Sumitomo keiretsu or group of companies, operates as an…
The Yasuda Trust and Banking Company, Limited →
Active · founded 1925 · Japan
Since establishing its first overseas branch some two decades ago, Yasuda Trust and its subsidiaries have been actively…
Tomkins plc →
Active · founded 1925 · United Kingdom
Tomkins plc is a multinational engineering and manufacturing group, overseeing three major business groups: Air Systems…
Tom's Foods Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Tom's Foods Inc.
UNITED TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. →
Active · founded 1925 · United States
Stock Index: New York Midwest Pacific United Telecommunications, Inc., (United Telecom) provides voice, data, and…
VEREINIGTE ELEKTRIZITÄTSWERKE WESTFALEN AG →
Active · founded 1925 · Federal Republic of Germany
Stock Index: Basel Berlin Bremen Düsseldorf Frankfurt Geneva Hamburg Hanover Munich Stuttgart Zurich The Vereinigte…
VEW AG →
Active · founded 1925 · Germany
VEW AG is one of Germany's leading utility companies and is active throughout Europe.
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.
Altadis S.A. →
Active · founded 1926 · Spain
Altadis S.A., formed from the 1999 merger of the French and Spanish state tobacco monopolies SEITA and Tabacalera, is…
Amcor Limited →
Active · founded 1926 · Australia
Headquartered in Australia, Amcor Limited manufactures and sells a diverse assortment of paper, plastic, and metal…
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.
Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG →
Active · founded 1926 · Germany
World War II Years:Stihl plant is destroyed by bombs; production is moved to Waiblingen; German surrender brings halt…
Aquila, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Aquila, Inc.
Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc.
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP →
Active · founded 1926
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP ranks as one of the largest law firms in the United States.
Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.
CENTRAL HUDSON GAS AND ELECTRICITY CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1926
During its long history, Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation has played a major role in the development of the…
CRH plc →
Active · founded 1926 · Ireland
CRH plc has emerged as a leader in the fast-consolidating global building materials market.
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
Commonwealth Energy System (COM/Energy) is a public utility holding company with four subsidiaries operating in…
Consumers Water Company →
Active · founded 1926
Consumers Water Company is one of the best managed utilities in the United States.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG →
Active · founded 1926 · Germany
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (commonly referred to as Lufthansa) is the largest airline in Germany and one of the three…
Dillard Paper Company →
Active · founded 1926
Dillard Paper Company, one of North Carolina's largest privately owned corporations, has long been a major distributor…
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1926 · Italy
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.
Fila Holding S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1926 · Italy
Early 1980s:[fsps*2.5]SNIA BPD S.p.A.
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., is a leading manufacturer of premium-quality chocolates, cookies, ice cream, cocoa, and…
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.
Groupe SEB →
Active · founded 1926 · France
France's Groupe SEB is one of the world's leading manufacturers of small appliances and other products for the home.
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
IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., is an Indianapolis-based utility holding company whose principal subsidiaries include…
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC →
Defunct · founded 1926 · United Kingdom
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (ICI) has gone from being the premier chemical-manufacturing company of Great Britain…
Irwin Toy Limited →
Active · founded 1926 · Canada
Based in Toronto, Irwin Toy Limited is a leading Canadian developer, manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of toys.
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) →
Active · founded 1926 · Japan
The Japan Broadcasting Corporation, better known as NHK, is Japan's national public broadcasting network, as…
Lance, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Lance, Inc.
Legrand SA →
Active · founded 1926 · France
From its home base in Limoges, France, Legrand SA is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of…
Maid-Rite Corporation →
Active · founded 1926
Maid-Rite Corporation's franchise restaurants have been serving their signature "loose meat" ground beef sandwiches…
Metropolitan Financial Corporation →
Active · founded 1926
One of the largest savings and loan holding companies in the United States before its acquisition by First Bank System…
Monrovia Nursery Company →
Active · founded 1926
Operating as Monrovia Growers, privately owned Monrovia Nursery Company is one of the leading nurseries in the United…
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…
Officine Alfieri Maserati S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1926 · Italy
A Maserati sports car is one of the few automobiles in the world that immediately evokes images of wealth and prestige.
Palm Management Corporation →
Active · founded 1926
Palm Management Corporation operates 30 upscale steakhouses in major U.S.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Public Service Company of New Hampshire →
Active · founded 1926
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH), the Granite State's largest electric utility, is a wholly owned…
Publicis S.A. →
Active · founded 1926 · France
Publicis S.A.
Rayonier Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Rayonier Inc.
Ruhrgas AG →
Defunct · founded 1926 · Germany
Ruhrgas AG is Germany's largest natural gas distribution company.
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.
Südzucker AG →
Active · founded 1926 · Germany
Südzucker AG is the largest sugar producer in the European Union (EU) with an annual production of three million metric…
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…
The Tussauds Group →
Active · founded 1926 · United Kingdom
The Tussauds Group is more than just its famous Madame Tussaud's attraction.
Toray Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926 · Japan
Toray Industries, Inc.
Tyco Toys, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Tyco Toys, Inc.
Wyeth →
Defunct · founded 1926
Wyeth is a global pharmaceutical research and manufacturing company.
Brannock Device Company →
Active · founded 1927
Designed in 1927, the Brannock Device quickly became a ubiquitous but publicly unheralded product.
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.
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited →
Active · founded 1927 · Canada
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of the leading retailers in Canada.
Cattles plc →
Active · founded 1927 · United Kingdom
Cattles plc is one of the United Kingdom's top providers of small loans and related financial services through a…
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.
Eram SA →
Active · founded 1927 · France
Eram SA is the leading manufacturer of shoes in France, producing more than 11 million pairs of shoes per year.
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies →
Active · founded 1927
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies was a wholly owned subsidiary of B.A.T.
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.
Iscor Limited →
Active · founded 1927 · South Africa
Iscor Limited has surprised the worldwide steel industry by shedding its valuable mining assets--spun off as publicly…
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
Merck & Co., Inc.
Metcash Trading Ltd. →
Active · founded 1927 · Australia
Metcash Trading Ltd.
Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Company →
Active · founded 1927 · Japan
Among the top life insurers in the world, Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Company for years also has ranked sixth among…
NTN Corporation →
Active · founded 1927 · Japan
NTN Corporation is one of Japan's largest manufacturers of bearings, second in domestic market share only to longtime…
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.
PREUSSENELEKTRA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT →
Active · founded 1927 · Germany
PreussenElektra Aktiengesellschaft (PreussenElektra) is Germany's second largest electricity utility behind RWE.
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…
Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1927 · Italy
Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.
Shiseido Company, Limited →
Active · founded 1927 · Japan
Shiseido Company, Limited is the leading cosmetics company in Japan and one of the largest in the world.
Smorgon Steel Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1927 · Australia
Smorgon Steel Group Ltd.
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,…
The Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, Limited →
Active · founded 1927 · Canada
The Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, is a major Canadian producer of copper and zinc which operates…
VARIG S.A. (Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense) →
Active · founded 1927 · Brazil
An estimated 11 million passengers a year fly VARIG S.A.
Victor Company of Japan, Limited →
Active · founded 1927 · Japan
Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) is one of several Japanese companies that has evolved to dominate the…
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
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ARKLA, INC. →
Active · founded 1928 · United States
Stock Index: New York Arkla, Inc.
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…
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. →
Active · founded 1928
Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
BayBanks, Inc. →
Active · founded 1928
BayBanks, Inc., is one of the largest and most successful bank holding companies in New England.
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…
Caritas Internationalis →
Active · founded 1928 · Vatican City
Caritas Internationalis is the central coordinating hub for a confederation of more than 160 relief, humanitarian, and…
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…
Freixenet S.A. →
Active · founded 1928 · Spain
Freixenet S.A.
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…
George Weston Limited →
Active · founded 1928 · Canada
George Weston Limited is a major Canadian food processor and distributor, with a number of operations in the United…
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
H.
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…
Initial Security →
Active · founded 1928
Gross Billings: $261.9 million NAIC: 561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services Initial Security, a San Antonio-based…
JG Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1928
JG Industries, Inc., is the holding company for Goldblatt's Department Stores, one of Chicago's oldest discount…
McKESSON CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1928 · United States
Market Value: $1.549 billion Stock Index: New York McKesson Corporation's journey to the highest ranking position in…
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.
NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD. →
Active · founded 1928 · Japan
Stock Index: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Hiroshima Fukuoka Frankfurt Primarily a maker of stainless and surface-coated sheet…
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.
Rockefeller Group International Inc. →
Active · founded 1928
Rockefeller Group International Inc., which does business as The Rockefeller Group, is no longer linked to the…
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
Seaboard Corporation is a diversified company whose largest business consists of pork production for domestic and…
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…
Sverdrup Corporation →
Active · founded 1928
Sverdrup Corporation is a broad-based engineering firm offering professional services in civil engineering and…
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…
The Seagram Company Ltd. →
Active · founded 1928 · Canada
The Seagram Company Ltd., which is 32-percent owned by the Bronfman family, is a major international liquor giant…
Trans World Airlines, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1928
In the 1990s, Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Transamerica-An AEGON Company →
Active · founded 1928
Transamerica--An AEGON Company, purchased by AEGON N.V.
Transamerica Corporation →
Active · founded 1928
Transamerica Corporation is involved, largely through semi-independent subsidiaries, in life insurance, financial…
W.W. Grainger, Inc. →
Active · founded 1928
W.W.
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1928
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
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