List of oldest companies in India explained

This list of oldest companies in India includes brands and companies, excluding associations and educational, governmental, or religious organisations. To be listed, a brand or company name must remain, either in whole or in part, since inception and should have been established before 1947 and be currently operational. If the original name has since changed due to acquisitions or renaming, this must be verifiable.

The oldest company in India is the Wadia Group, whose origins are traceable to 1736, with its subsidiary The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, established in 1863, being the oldest publicly traded company in India.[1]

List

NameYear established
Wadia Group1736
Cox & Kings1758
Forbes & Company1767
Jessop & Company[2] 1788
Parrys[3] 1788
Binny and Co.1797
State Bank of India[4] 1806
Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Limited1819
Rama Prasad Goenka Group (RPG Group)1820
Purshottam Narayan Gadgil (P. N. Gadgil Jewellers)[5] 1832
The Times Group1838
Higginbotham's1844
Mohan Meakin1855
Aditya Birla Group1857
Chandra Kant Birla Group (CK Birla Group)1857
United Breweries Group1857
Alipore Jail Press1858
Greaves Cotton1859
J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd.1861
Andrew Yule and Company1863
Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation1863
Spencer's Retail1863
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri1864
Shapoorji Pallonji Group1865
Nestlé India1866
Balmer Lawrie and Co.1867
Tata Group1868
McLeod Russel1869
Khatau1874
Bombay Stock Exchange1875
British India Corporation1876
Arthur Henry Wheeler (A. H. Wheeler)1877
Crompton Greaves (CG Power and Industrial Solutions)1878
The Hindu Group1878
Bombay Dyeing1879
Calcutta Tramways Company1880
Sri Venkateswar Steam Press1880
Thomas Cook India1881
Dabur India Ltd.1884
Bechar Meghji & Sons1884
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers1884
Parvathy Mills Limited1884
Shaw Wallace1886
The Muthoot Group1887
Muthoot Pappachan Group1887
Kirloskar Brothers Limited1888
Kirloskar Group1888
Anyonya Co-operative Bank1889
Delhi Cloth & General Mills1889
Batliboi1892
Britannia Industries1892
Ahmedabad Stock Exchange1894
Amrutanjan Healthcare1893
Punjab National Bank1894
Bayer India1896
Century Textile and Industries1897
Godrej and Boyce1897
Godrej Group1897
Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC Limited)1897
Keshav Bhikaji Dhawale1900
Murugappa Group1900
Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals1901
Goodyear India[6] 1901
The Indian Hotels Company1902
Nahoum & Sons1902
Shalimar Paints1902
Taj Hotels1902
Umesh Laldas Jamnadas Khushaldas (ULJK Group)1903
City Union Bank1904
Phoenix Mills1905
Tamil Nadu State Cooperative Bank (TNSC Bank)1905
Aurora Film Corporation1906
Bank of India1906
1906
Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd1906
Hamdard India1906
Khoday Group1906
National Insurance Company1906
Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank1906
Alembic Group1907
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd1907
Indian Bank1907
Tata Steel1907
Vadilal1907
Ador Group1908
Bank of Baroda1908
Punjab & Sind Bank1908
Walchandnagar Industries1908
Kalyan Group1909
Apeejay Surrendra Group1910
Lakshmi Mills1910
Imperial Tobacco Company of India (ITC Limited)1910
Tata Power1919
Zandu Realty1910
Central Bank of India1911
Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundram (TVS Group)1911
Braithwaite & Co.1913
Hinduja Group1914
Kerala Soaps1914
Amira Nature Foods1915
Gujarat Tea Processors & Packers Ltd1915
The Bangalore Press1916
Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited1916
Karur Vysya Bank1916
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co1917
Pune District Central Cooperative Bank1917
Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO)1918
Juggilal Kamlapat (J. K. Organisation)1918
Orissa Minerals Development Company1918
Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd1918
West Bengal State Co-Operative Bank1918
Biecco Lawrie1919
Birla Corporation1919
Kesoram Industries Ltd.1919
Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH)1919
Madhav Prasad Birla Group (M.P Birla Group)1919
New India Assurance1919
Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd.1919
Union Bank of India1919
Bridge and Roof Company (India)1920
Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB Bank Limited)1920
Kansai Nerolac Paints1920
Ingersoll Rand India1921
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited1921
Ananda Bazar Patrika Group (ABP Group)1922
Gammon India1922
Khimji Poonja Freight Forwarders1922
Nainital Bank1922
Tata Coffee1922
Berger Paints1923
Gita Press1923
Godrej Interio1923
Pothys1923
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd1924
Karnataka Bank1924
Mavalli Tiffin Room1924
Popular Prakashan1924
Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR Foods)1924
VA Tech Wabag1924
Eaton Corporation[7] 1925
India Security Press1925
Kolathappilly Pothayan Namboodiris (KP Namboodiris)1925
Raymond Ltd1925
Syndicate Bank1925
Bajaj group1926
Darashaw1926
Dunlop India[8] 1926
Essel Group1926
Forbes Marshall1926
Ford India1926
Hindustan Construction Company1926
Lakshmi Vilas Bank1926
Dhanlaxmi Bank1927
Hindustan Times (HT Media)1927
General Motors India1928
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation[9] 1928
South Indian Bank1928
Tiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachari (TTK Group)1928
Boroline1929
1929
Rane (Madras)1929
Reliance Infrastructure1929
Bajaj Consumer Care1930
Dalmia Group1930
Himalaya Wellness Company1930
Hyderabad Deccan Cigarette Factory1930
International Netherlands Group Vysya Bank (ING Vysya Bank)1930
Philips India Limited[10] 1930
Vazir Sultan Tobacco (VST Industries)1930
Arvind1931
Bajaj Hindusthan1931
Bata Shoes1931
Dalda1931
Kokuyo Camlin1931
Federal Bank1931
Sintex1931
Vijaya Bank1931
Punchiri Boat Services Private Ltd[11] 1932
Air India1932
Air India Cargo1932
Amco Batteries1932
Indian Express Limited1932
Kerala Minerals and Metals1932
Peerless Group1932
Hindustan Unilever1933
Indian Sugar and General Engineering Corporation (ISGEC)1933
Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd.[12] 1934
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1934
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders1934
Nivia Sports1934
The Oberoi Group1934
Bank of Maharashtra1935
Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company1935
Chemical, Industrial and Pharmaceutical Laboratories (Cipla)1935
Co-optex1935
Indrapuri Studio1935
Linde India[13] 1935
Paper Products Limited (Huhtamaki PPL)1935
Reserve Bank of India1935
Associated Cement Companies Limited (ACC)1936
Godfrey Phillips India1936
Mysore Paper Mills1936
Rupa Publications1936
Barclays Investments & Loans (India) Private Limited[14] 1937
Bharat Starch Industries1937
Birla Precision Technologies1937
Colgate-Palmolive India1937
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals1937
Haldiram's1937
Indian Overseas Bank1937
Mukand1937
Mysore Paints and Varnish1937
Tata Investment Corp1937
LGB 1937
Aravind Laboratories1938
Bajaj Electricals1938
Jammu & Kashmir Bank1938
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation1938
Larsen & Toubro Limited1938
United India Insurance Company1938
Delhi Press1939
Godavari Biorefineries1939
Muthoot Finance1939
Naihaa1939
S. Chand Group1939
Tata Chemicals1939
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited1940
Sanspareils Greenlands1940
Hindustan Shipyard1941
KCP Ltd1941
Rathi Polybond1941
Asian Paints Ltd1942
Hindustan Motors1942
S.K.S.C.Nadarajan & Bror. Salt[15] 1942
Hyderabad Allwyn1942
V. Gurusamy Naidu (VGN Projects Estates)1942
Baden Aniline and Soda Factory (BASF India)1943
Blue Star1943
Chelpark1943
Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore1943
Filmistan1943
International Paper[16] 1943
Jardine Matheson and Company Limited[17] 1943
Oriental Bank of Commerce1943
Praga Tools1943
Radico Khaitan1943
Ratnakar Bank (RBL Bank)1943
Signet Press1943
Escorts Group1944
Havmor Ice Cream1944
Premier1944
Unichem Laboratories1944
Amalgamations Group1945
Avichi Meiyappa (AVM Productions)1945
Bajaj Auto1945
Essar Shipping1945
Islamic Publishing House1945
Kamani Engineering Corporation (KEC International)1945
Mahindra Group1945
Mahindra & Mahindra1945
Tata Motors1945
Western India Palm Refined Oils (Wipro)1945
Abbott Laboratories (India) Ltd[18] 1946
American International Underwriters India[19] 1946
Amul1946
Delhi Land and Finance (DLF)1946
Hindustan National Glass & Industries Limited1946
Jaico Publishing House1946
Martin Burn1946
Madras Rubber Factory (MRF)1946
National Bearings Company (NBC Bearings)1946
Travancore Titanium Products1946

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References

Notes and References

  1. News: Mudgill . Amit . Old isn't gold always! These 19th century firms failed to reward investors in last 5 years . The Economic Times . 2022-09-19.
  2. Web site: History.
  3. Web site: About Us – E.I.D. – Parry (India) Limited.
  4. Web site: State Bank of India | Britannica. 26 April 2023 .
  5. Book: Joshi . P. K. . Gadgil Kulavruttanta . The Gadgil Family Genealogy Almanac . 1989 . . mr . 93.
  6. Web site: GOODYEAR INDIA LTD . 2022-09-24 . Zauba Corp.
  7. Web site: EATON AND COMPANY LIMITED . 2022-09-25 . Zauba Corp.
  8. Web site: DUNLOP INDIA LTD . 2022-10-14 . Zauba Corp.
  9. Web site: HSBC AGENCY (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED . 2022-09-25 . Zauba Corp.
  10. Web site: PHILIPS INDIA LIMITED . 2022-10-14 . Zauba Corp.
  11. Web site: PUNCHIRI BOAT SERVICE PRIVATE LIMITED . 2022-09-19 . Zauba Corp.
  12. Book: Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 1955. 36 . 3–4. 382. Shri Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe. JSTOR.
  13. Web site: LINDE INDIA LIMITED . 2022-09-25 . Zauba Corp.
  14. Web site: BARCLAYS INVESTMENTS & LOANS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED . 2022-10-12 . Zauba Corp.
  15. Web site: Salt Manufacturers in Thoothukudi Salt Traders in Thoothukudi Salt Suppliers in Thoothukudi Salt Dealers in Thoothukudi Salt Company in Thoothukudi Salt Distrubutors in Thoothukudi Salt Production in Thoothukudi Salt Exporters in Thoothukudi SKSC Salt Manufacturers in Thoothukudi . 2023-09-05 . www.skscsalt.in.
  16. Web site: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY LIMITED . 2022-09-24 . Zauba Corp.
  17. Web site: JARDINE MATHESON AND COMPANY LIMITED . 2022-10-14 . Zauba Corp.
  18. Web site: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (INDIA) LTD . 2022-10-12 . Zauba Corp.
  19. Web site: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS (INDIA) LTD . 2022-09-24 . Zauba Corp.