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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.

Historic companies[1] In alphabetical order
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 of Nebraska 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historic Omaha Businesses" Archived 2007-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Douglas County Historical Society. Retrieved 1/27/08.
  2. ^ "About Us". American National Bank. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  3. ^ www.amcor.com https://www.amcor.com/contact-us. Retrieved 2023-09-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Careers at Campbell Soup Company | Campbell Soup Company Jobs". Campbell Soup Company. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  5. ^ "Our Facilities". www.bar-sfoods.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  6. ^ "About Us". www.fnni.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  7. ^ "Locations". NCR. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  8. ^ "About us | Cornhusker Beverage". Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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