List of oldest companies in the United States

This list of the oldest companies in the United States includes brands and companies, excluding associations, educational, government or religious organizations. To be listed, a brand or company name must remain, either whole or in part, since inception. To limit the scope of this list, only companies established before 1820 are listed. If the original name has since changed due to acquisitions or renaming, this must be verifiable. Entries in grey indicate that the companies have endured some significant change in their status or condition.

Year	Company	Location	Field	Reference	Notes
1613	Shirley Plantation	Charles City County, Virginia	Farm	[1][2][3]
1623	Avedis Zildjian Company	Norwell, Massachusetts	Music Company		Founded in Istanbul, moved to the U.S. in 1929.
1632-33	Tuttle's Red Barn	Dover, New Hampshire	Farm	[1][4][5][6]
1639	Field View Farm	Orange, Connecticut	Farm	[7][8]
1642	Barker's Farm	North Andover, Massachusetts	Farm	[9][10][11]
1648-1651, 1662 (as retail)	Shirokiya	Honolulu, Hawaii	Lacquer, Retail	[12][13]	Founded in Tokyo, moved to the U.S. in 1958. Defunct in 2021.
1667	Seaside Inn	Kennebunkport, Maine	Hotel	[8][14][15]
1670	Hudson's Bay Company	New York City	Retail	[16]	Founded in England by Royal Charter, headquartered today in Toronto and New York City
1673	White Horse Tavern	Newport, Rhode Island	Restaurant	[8][17][18]
1680	Saunderskill	Accord, New York	Farm	[9][19][20]
1690	Towle Silversmiths	Boston, Massachusetts	Silversmith	[8][21]	Absorbed by Lifetime Brands, Inc.
1702	J.E. Rhoads & Sons	Marple, Pennsylvania (found.)	Tannery	[22]	Closed 2009; now a brand of Mid Atlantic Industrial Belting Inc.
1705	The John Stevens Shop	Newport, Rhode Island	Stone carver	[23]
1711	Orchards of Concklin	Pomona, New York	Orchard	[9][24][25]
1720s	Smiling Hill Farm	Westbrook, Maine	Farm (and lumber mill since 1970s)	[9][26][27]
1725	Pottstown Roller Mill	Pottstown, Pennsylvania	Grain, Feed	[28][29]	Now owned by Purina Mills.
1736	Lakeside Mills	Spindale, North Carolina	Corn products	[8]
1741	WD Cowls	Amherst, Massachusetts	Lumber	[30]
1752	The Philadelphia Contributionship	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Insurance	[31]
1752	Caswell-Massey	Newport, Rhode Island (found.)	Perfume	[8][32][33]	Sold 2003–2007; re-branded 2017.
1760	Lorillard Tobacco Company	New York City (found.)	Tobacco	[4][34][35]	Defunct 2016; brand owned by Reynolds American.
1764–65	Baker's	Dorchester, Massachusetts (found.)	Chocolate, confectionery	[36][4][32]	Now a brand of Kraft Heinz.
1764	The Hartford Courant	Hartford, Connecticut	Newspaper	[37]
1767	McCrady's Tavern and Long Room	Charleston, South Carolina	Restaurant		Closed 2020.[38]
1774	Ames	Chicopee, Massachusetts	Manufacturing	[4][32]	By 1907, the Ames foundries had been purchased by Chicopee's A.G. Spalding Company.[39]
1776	The Griswold Inn	Essex, Connecticut	Restaurant and Hotel	[40][41][42]
1778	Dowse Orchards	Sherborn, Massachusetts	Farm	[43][44]
1778	The Greenbrier	White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia	Hotel	[45][46][47]
1778	Willow Grove Inn	Orange, Virginia	Hotel	[48][49][50]
1779	Old Talbott Tavern	Bardstown, Kentucky	Hotel	[51]
1780	Laird & Company	Colts Neck Township, New Jersey	Distillery	[52][53][54]
1782	Levi Garrett	New York City (found.)	Chewing tobacco	[55][56]	Now a brand of the American Snuff Company.
1783	Rawle & Henderson LLP	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Law firm	[57]
1784	D. Landreth Seed Company	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (found.)	Seeds	[58][59][60]
1784	Bank of New York	New York City	Bank	[61][62]	Merged 2007 into The Bank of New York Mellon.
1785	Bixler's	Allentown, Pennsylvania	Jewelry	[63][64][65]
1785	Turpin Farms	Cincinnati, Ohio (found.)	Farm	[66][67]
1786	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Newspaper	[68][69][70]
1790	King Arthur Flour	Boston, Massachusetts (found.)	Flour and baking	[71]	Now based in Norwich, Vermont.
1792	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	New York City	Law firm	[72][73]
1792	Insurance Company of North America	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (found.)	Insurance	[4]	Now Chubb Limited
1792	New York Stock Exchange	New York City	Stock Exchange
1792	Old Farmer's Almanac	Dublin, New Hampshire	Almanac	[74][75]
1792	State Street	Boston, Massachusetts	Banking	[4]
1794	Baltimore Equitable	Baltimore, Maryland	Insurance	[76][77]
1794	Rochester Cables	Culpeper, Virginia	Cables	[78][79]	Now a brand of TE Connectivity.
1794	Warner Company	Wilmington, Delaware	Mining	[80][81]	Defunct.
1795	Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Manufacturing		Merged 1858 into the American Banknote Corporation
1795	Dixon	Jersey City, New Jersey (found.)	Pencils	[82][83]	Now based in Lake Mary, Florida.
1795	Jim Beam	Clermont, Kentucky	Distillery	[4][32]
1796	Shreve, Crump & Low	Boston, Massachusetts	Jewelry	[84][85][86]	Brownstone at 39 Newbury Street, Boston Massachusetts with Elevator (1-617-267-9100) Accessibility
1797	The Birkett Mills	Penn Yan, New York	Mill-Buckwheat products	[87][88]	Based in Penn Yan, New York
1797	Gruber's Hagerstown Town & Country	Hagerstown, Maryland	Almanack	[89][90]
1797	Wayside Inn	Middletown, Virginia	Hotel	[91][92]
1798	Alan McIlvain	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (found.)	Sawmill	[93][94]
1798-1809	Pratt-Read	Ivoryton, Connecticut	Tools	[95][96][97]
1798	W. Rose	Blockley Township, Pennsylvania	Tools	[98][99]
1801	Crane & Co.	Dalton, Massachusetts	Papermaking	[32][52]	Now a subsidiary of Crane Co.
1801	Revere Copper Company	Canton, Massachusetts (found.)	Copper Processing	[100]	Now based in Rome, New York.
1802	DuPont	Wilmington, Delaware	Chemicals	[4][32]	Merged 2017 into DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
1803	Golden Lamb Inn	Lebanon, Ohio	Restaurant	[101]	The oldest restaurant in Ohio
1806	Colgate	New York City	Consumer goods	[32]
1807	Wiley	New York City (found.)	Publisher		Now based in Hoboken, New Jersey.
1810	Black, Starr & Frost	New York City	Jeweler	[102]
1810	The Hartford	Hartford, Connecticut	Financial
1811	Pfaltzgraff	York County, Pennsylvania	Tableware	[32][103][104]	Sold to Lifetime Brands, Inc. in 2005. Only Internet presence.
1811	Davenport Peters	Boston, Massachusetts	Lumber	[105]	Defunct 1991.
1812	City Bank of New York	New York City	Bank		Now Citigroup
1813	ContiGroup	Arlon (then Belgium.)	Food		Expanded to the U.S. in 1921.
1813	Seth Thomas	Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut	Clockmaker		Defunct. Now a brand of CST Enterprises.
1815	Louisville Stoneware	Louisville, Kentucky	Pottery
1815	The Repository	Canton, Ohio	Newspaper	[106]	Oldest continuously published newspaper in Ohio
1816	Hodgdon Yachts	East Boothbay, Maine	Yachts
1816	The York Water Company	York, Pennsylvania	Water utility
1816	Remington	Ilion, New York	Firearms; typewriters
1816	Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards	Louisiana, Missouri	Farm
1817	Harper	New York City	Publishing		Merged 1989 into HarperCollins.
1817	JB & Son	Providence, Rhode Island	Apothecary/Druggist	[107]	1873 renamed to The Claflin Company.
1818	Breck's	Boston, Massachusetts (found.)	Flowers	[108]	Acquired by Gardens Alive!
1818	Libbey Incorporated	Toledo, Ohio	Glassware		Formerly Libbey Glass Company and New England Glass Company
1818	Brooks Brothers	New York City	The oldest apparel/clothing brand in continuous operation in the United States.[109]	Founder = Henry Sands Brooks	filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2020.[110] In September 2020 Brooks Brothers was purchased by a joint venture between Authentic Brands Group and Simon Property Group.[111][112]
1818	Brown Bros. & Co.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (found.)	Bank		Merged 1931 into Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
1818	Marshall Elevator	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (found.)	Elevators		Acquired by Otis.
1819	Jacob Bromwell	Cincinnati, Ohio (found.)	Housewares		Incorporated on 1883.
1819	Cravath, Swaine & Moore	New York City	Law firm

See also

• List of oldest companies
• List of oldest companies in Australia