Historic companies in Omaha, Nebraska
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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.
Omaha
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. These businesses were either located in Omaha, founded in Omaha and/or still functioning in Omaha.
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| Name | Founded | Notes |
| American National Bank | ||
| Armour-Swift | ||
| ASARCO ASARCO ASARCO LLC is a mining, smelting, and refining company based in Tucson, Arizona that mines and processes primarily copper. The company, a subsidiary of Grupo México, is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy... |
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| Baird Holm Law Firm | ||
| Banker’s Life & Casualty | ||
| Baum Iron | ||
| Bemis Company Bemis Company Bemis Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer of flexible packaging products and pressure-sensitive materials. Bemis divisions are located in 13 countries and its products are distributed worldwide. Bemis is part of the S&P 500 index.-History:Bemis Inc... |
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| Bergman Company | ||
| Borsheim’s | ||
| Brewer-Korisko Mortuary | ||
| Brodkey’s | ||
| Burkley Envelope Company | 1891 | |
| Burlington Northern Railroad Burlington Northern Railroad The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996.... |
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| Byron Reed Company, Inc. | 1856 | |
| Campbell Soup Company Campbell Soup Company Campbell Soup Company , also known as Campbell's, is an American producer of canned soups and related products. Campbell's products are sold in 120 countries around the world. It is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey... |
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| Carpenter Paper Company | ||
| Carter White Lead Company | ||
| Chicago Lumber Company | ||
| Commercial Federal Bank | ||
| ConAgra, Inc. | ||
| Crosby-Kunold | ||
| Cudahy Packing Company Cudahy Packing Company Cudahy Packing Company was a U.S. meat packing company established in 1887 as the Armour-Cudahy Packing Company and incorporated in Maine in 1915. It was founded by Patrick Cudahy and his brother John Cudahy, Irish immigrants from County Kilkenny who came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to avoid the Great... |
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| Daily Record | ||
| Drake-Williams Steel, Inc. | ||
| Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. | ||
| Equitable Life Assurance Society AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, formerly The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, also known as The Equitable, was founded by Henry Baldwin Hyde in 1859. In 1991, AXA, a French insurance company, acquired majority control of The Equitable... |
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| Fairbanks Scales Fairbanks Scales Two brothers, Thaddeus and Erastus Fairbanks founded the Fairbanks Scales manufacturing company in 1830 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.Fairbanks employs over 500 employees nationwide. It maintains service centers, distributors and sales offices in 49 states and in over 25 countries... |
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| Fairmont Foods Company | ||
| Ferguson Enterprises-U.S. Supply Co. | ||
| First National of Nebraska First National of Nebraska First National of Nebraska is a privately held, interstate bank holding company based in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. The largest banking subsidiaries are First National Bank of Omaha, First National Bank Colorado, First National Bank Kansas and First National Bank South Dakota. First National of... |
1857 | Founded by Herman Herman Kountze Herman Kountze was a powerful and influential pioneer banker in Omaha, Nebraska in the late 19th century. After organizing the Kountze Brothers Bank in 1857 as the second bank in Omaha, Herman and his brothers Augustus, Charles and Luther changed the charter in 1863, opening the First National... and Augustus Augustus Kountze Augustus Kountze was a pioneer banker, politician, philanthropist and railroad supporter in Omaha, Nebraska, Kountze, Texas and New York City... Kountze as the Kountze Brothers Bank. |
| Forest Lawn Memorial Park Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Omaha) Forest Lawn Memorial Park, also known as Forest Lawn Cemetery, is located at 7909 Mormon Bridge Road in Omaha, Nebraska. It was established in 1885 when the Forest Lawn Cemetery Association was donated in northwest of the city. In 1886, the first internment in the Cemetery was the donor of the... |
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| Fraser Stryker Law Offices | ||
| G.E. Supply | ||
| Gordon Moving & Storage Company, Inc. | ||
| H. Thiessen Pickle Company | ||
| Heafey-Heafey-Hoffman-Dworak-Cutler | ||
| I-Go Van & Storage | ||
| Interstate Printing Company | ||
| John Roth & Sons | ||
| Johnson Hardware Company | ||
| J.F. Bloom Company | ||
| J.P. Cooke Company | ||
| Klopp Printing & Lithographing | ||
| Krug Brewery Krug Brewery The Fred Krug Brewery was located at 2435 Deer Park Boulevard in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1859, Krug Brewery was the first brewery in the city. Krug was one of the "Big 4" brewers located in Omaha, which also included the Storz, Willow Springs and Metz breweries... |
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| Linoma Realty Company | ||
| Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska | ||
| Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company | ||
| Malashock Jewelry Company | ||
| Methodist Hospital | ||
| Metro Area Transit Metro Area Transit Metro , previously known as Metro Area Transit is the local mass transportation provider in Omaha, Nebraska. Metro currently operates around 135 buses throughout the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, including the communities of Bellevue, Ralston, LaVista and Papillion in Nebraska, as well as... |
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| Metropolitan Utilities District Metropolitan Utilities District The Metropolitan Utilities District, or M.U.D., is the political subdivision and public corporation of the State of Nebraska that operates the drinking water and natural gas systems for Omaha, Nebraska and surrounding areas. M.U.D... |
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| Metz Brewery Metz Brewery The Metz Brothers Brewing Company was among the first brewers in the U.S. state of Nebraska, having been established in the city of Omaha in 1859. It was among the earliest manufacturers in the city. After originally opening as the McCumbe Brewery, the facility was sold several times until brothers... |
1856 | |
| Mutual Benefit Life | ||
| N.P. Dodge Company N.P. Dodge Company The NP Dodge Company is based in Omaha, Nebraska. Established in 1855 as a small land office in Council Bluffs, Iowa, NP Dodge is now the largest full-service real estate firm in the Omaha metro area. NP Dodge Company is the oldest real estate firm in the United States.-About:Subsidiaries of the NP... |
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| NCR Corporation NCR Corporation NCR Corporation is an American technology company specializing in kiosk products for the retail, financial, travel, healthcare, food service, entertainment, gaming and public sector industries. Its main products are self-service kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, automated teller machines, check... |
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| New England Company | ||
| New York Life Insurance Company New York Life Insurance Company The New York Life Insurance Company is one of the largest mutual life-insurance companies in the United States, and one of the largest life insurers in the world, with about $287 billion in total assets under management, and more than $15 billion in surplus and AVR... |
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| Northwest Mutual | ||
| Northwestern Fur Company | ||
| O’Keefe Elevator Company | ||
| Olson Brothers | ||
| Omaha Bedding & Couch Manufacturing Company | ||
| Omaha Box Company | ||
| Omaha Country Club | ||
| Omaha Ice Company | ||
| Omaha Livestock Exchange | ||
| Omaha Livestock Market | ||
| Omaha Printing Company, Inc. | ||
| Omaha Public Power District Omaha Public Power District Omaha Public Power District, or OPPD, is a public electric utility in the State of Nebraska. It is one of the largest publicly owned electric utilities in the United States, serving more than 340,000 customers in 13 southeast Nebraska counties. OPPD was formed in 1946 as a political subdivision of... |
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| Omaha Rubber Stamp Company | ||
| Omaha World-Herald Omaha World-Herald The Omaha World-Herald, based in Omaha, Nebraska, is the primary daily newspaper of Nebraska, as well as portions of southwest Iowa. For decades it circulated daily throughout Nebraska, and in parts of Kansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Colorado and Wyoming. In 2008, distribution was reduced to the... |
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| Paxton-Mitchell | ||
| Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. | ||
| Packaging Corporation of America | ||
| Paxton & Vierling Steel Company | ||
| Pegler-Sysco Food Service Co. | ||
| Physician’s Mutual Insurance Company | 1902 | |
| Piccolo Pete’s Restaurant | ||
| Qwest Qwest Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a large United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.On April... |
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| Redfield & Company | ||
| Renze Company | ||
| Rotella’s Italian Bakery, Inc. | ||
| Schmitt Music Centers | ||
| Scott Manufacturing Company | ||
| Storz Brewing Company Storz Brewing Company The Storz Brewing Company was located at 1807 North 16th Street in North Omaha, Nebraska. Established from a company started in 1863, Storz Brewing began in 1876 by Gottlieb Storz and was owned by the Storz family until 1966; the brewery ceased operations in 1972... |
1876 | |
| Sunderland Brothers Company | ||
| Union Pacific Railroad Company | ||
| U.S. Bank of Omaha | ||
| United States Checkbook Company | ||
| Wells Fargo Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home... |
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| WESCO Wesco Wesco is the name of several companies in the United States:* WESCO International, an electrical distribution company based in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania* Wesco Financial, a diversified financial corporation based in Pasadena, California... |
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| Willow Springs Bottling Company | ||
| Woodmen of the World Life Insurance | ||
| Wright & Wilhelmy Company | ||
| XPEDX | ||
| Younkers, Inc. |
See also
- History of Omaha
- Historic hospitals in Omaha