This is a list of historic companies in Omaha. These businesses were either located in Omaha, founded in Omaha and/or still functioning in Omaha.
Historic companies[1] In alphabetical order | |||||
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Name | Founded | Notes | |||
American National Bank | 1856 | Founded as "The Bank of Florence" in the territory of Nebraska.[2] | |||
ASARCO | 1888 | No longer functioning in Omaha. | |||
Bemis Company | 1858 | Merged into Amcor in 2019. No longer functioning in Omaha.[3] | |||
Borsheim's Fine Jewelry | 1870 | ||||
Burlington Northern Railroad | 1970 | Officially founded in 1970, but its lineage through mergers and renamings goes back to 1848 with the Chicago and Aurora Railroad. It has now been merged into the BNSF Railway. | |||
Campbell Soup Company | 1869 | No longer functioning in Omaha.[4] | |||
ConAgra Brands | 1919 | ||||
Cudahy Packing Company | 1887 | Merged into Bar-S Foods Company. No longer functioning in Omaha.[5] | |||
Dun & Bradstreet | 1841 | ||||
Equitable Life Assurance Society | 1859 | Now known as "Equitable Holdings, Inc." | |||
First National Bank of Omaha | 1857[6] | Founded by Herman and Augustus Kountze as the Kountze Brothers Bank. | |||
Forest Lawn Memorial Park | 1885 | ||||
J.P. Cooke Company | 1887 | ||||
Krug Brewery | 1848 | Closed in 1987. | |||
Metro Area Transit | 1972 | ||||
Metropolitan Utilities District | 1913 | ||||
Metz Brewery | 1856 | No longer functioning in Omaha. | |||
Mutual Benefit Life | 1845 | Liquidated and dissolved in 2001. | |||
NP Dodge Company | 1855 | ||||
NCR Corporation | 1884 | No longer functioning in Omaha.[7] | |||
New York Life Insurance Company | 1845 | ||||
Omaha Country Club | 1899 | ||||
Omaha Public Power District | 1946 | ||||
Omaha World-Herald | 1885 | Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the Omaha Evening World. It was absorbed by George L. Miller's Omaha Herald in 1889. | |||
Peter Kiewit Sons | 1884 | ||||
Packaging Corporation of America | 1959 | ||||
Physician's Mutual Insurance Company | 1902 | Founded by Edwin E. Elliott. | |||
Qwest | 1996 | Acquired by CenturyLink in 2011. | |||
Storz Brewing Company | 1876 | Permanently closed in 2015. | |||
Union Pacific Railroad Company | 1862 | ||||
Wells Fargo | 1852 | ||||
Willow Springs Bottling Company | 1866 | Now operating under the name "Cornhusker Beverage."[8] | |||
Younkers | 1856 |