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
|
|