List of historic companies in Omaha

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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
ASARCO
Bemis Company
Borsheim's Fine Jewelry
1891
Burlington Northern Railroad
1856
Campbell Soup Company
ConAgra Brands
Cudahy Packing Company
Dun & Bradstreet
Equitable Life Assurance Society
First National of Nebraska 1857 Founded by Herman and Augustus Kountze as the Kountze Brothers Bank.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
J.P. Cooke Company
Krug Brewery
Metro Area Transit
Metropolitan Utilities District
Metz Brewery 1856
Mutual Benefit Life
NP Dodge Company
NCR Corporation
New England Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Omaha Country Club
Omaha Public Power District
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
Packaging Corporation of America
Physician’s Mutual Insurance Company 1902 Founded by Edwin E. Elliott.
Qwest
Storz Brewing Company 1876
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Wells Fargo
Willow Springs Bottling Company
Younkers

See also[]

  • History of Omaha
  • Historic hospitals in Omaha

References[]

  1. ^ "Historic Omaha Businesses" Archived 2007-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Douglas County Historical Society. Retrieved 1/27/08.
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