Oldest companies by founding year

140 companies on Codexery, ordered by founding year from Peugeot (1810) to Dow Chemical Company (2019). Every figure comes from the entry's cited source article, and each name links to its full Codexery page.

140 entries from 7 codexes · Last updated 2026-09-26 · Click a column heading to sort

				Source
1	Peugeot Companies And Brands	1810	Automotive	source
2	Michelin Companies And Brands	1832	Automotive	source
3	McKesson Corporation Companies And Brands	1833	Healthcare, Pharmaceutical distribution, Health information technology	source
4	PwC Corporations	1849	Professional services	source
5	Nokia Companies And Brands	1865	class=nowrap, Telecommunications, Technology, Electronics	source
6	Nestlé Companies And Brands	1866	Food processing	source
7	Deutsche Bank Companies And Conglomerates	1870	Financial services	source
8	Rio Tinto (corporation) Companies And Brands	1873	Metals and mining	source
9	ConocoPhillips Companies And Conglomerates	1875	Oil and gas	source
10	Toshiba PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1875	Conglomerate	source
11	Ericsson Companies And Conglomerates	1876	Telecommunications	source
12	Standard Oil Corporate Giants	1882	Oil and gas	source
13	Yamaha Corporation Corporate Giants	1887	Manufacturing	source
14	Philips Companies And Brands	1891	Health technology	source
15	The Coca-Cola Company Corporate Giants	1892	Beverage	source
16	PepsiCo Companies And Brands	1902	Beverages, Food processing	source
17	Mars Inc. Companies And Brands	1911	Food, Veterinary services	source
18	Panasonic Companies And Brands	1918	Conglomerate	source
19	Mondelez International Companies And Brands	1923	Food, Beverage	source
20	The Walt Disney Company Corporate Giants	1923	Media / entertainment	source
21	Delta Air Lines Companies And Conglomerates	1925	–	source
22	Altec Lansing PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1927	Audio electronics	source
23	Sony Music Corporate Giants	1929	Music	source
24	Unilever Corporate Giants	1930	Consumer goods	source
25	Samsung PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1938	Conglomerate	source
26	McDonald's Companies And Brands	1940	Restaurant	source
27	Sennheiser PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1945	Audio electronics	source
28	JBL PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1946	Audio	source
29	Sony Corporate Giants	1946	Conglomerate	source
30	SK hynix PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1949	Semiconductor	source
31	Koss PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1953	Electronics	source
32	Yamaha Motor Company Corporate Giants	1955	Automotive	source
33	Visa Inc. Corporate Giants	1958	Payment cards services	source
34	Warner Music Group Corporate Giants	1958	Music, Entertainment	source
35	Sega Corporate Giants	1960	Video games	source
36	Walmart Corporate Giants	1962	Retail	source
37	Nike, Inc. Companies And Brands	1964	class=nowrap, Apparel, Accessories, Sports equipment	source
38	Subway (restaurant) Corporate Giants	1965	Restaurant	source
39	Intel PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1968	Semiconductors	source
40	FedEx Companies And Conglomerates	1971	E-commerce, Services, Transportation	source
41	Starbucks Corporate Giants	1971	Restaurant	source
42	Microsoft Corporations	1975	Information technology	source
43	Oracle Corporation Companies And Brands	1977	Information technology	source
44	Micron PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1978	Semiconductors	source
45	News Corporation Corporations	1980	Mass media	source
46	Creative Labs PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1981	Consumer electronics	source
47	Logitech PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1981	Electronics, Technology	source
48	Nacon PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1981	Video games	source
49	SoftBank Group Corporate Giants	1981	Conglomerate	source
50	Sparkle Computer Co., Ltd. PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1982	Computer hardware	source
51	Belkin PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1983	Consumer electronics	source
52	Costco Companies And Conglomerates	1983	Retail	source
53	Lian Li PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1983	Computer	source
54	Targus PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1983	Mobile computing accessories	source
55	Verizon Corporate Giants	1983	Telecommunications	source
56	Dell Companies And Conglomerates	1984	Personal computers, Computer software	source
57	Lenovo PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1984	Information technology, Computer hardware, Consumer electronics	source
58	Ryanair Companies And Brands	1984	–	source
59	Vodafone Corporate Giants	1984	Telecommunications	source
60	Emirates (airline) Companies And Conglomerates	1985	–	source
61	Focusrite PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1985	Electronics, Professional Audio	source
62	Qualcomm Companies And Brands	1985	–	source
63	Antec PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1986	–	source
64	Pixar Companies And Brands	1986	Animation	source
65	STMicroelectronics PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1987	Semiconductors	source
66	TSMC Corporate Giants	1987	Semiconductors	source
67	ViewSonic PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1987	Computer hardware / Electronics	source
68	Linksys PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1988	Networking equipment	source
69	Ping An Insurance Corporations	1988	Financial services	source
70	SanDisk PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1988	Computer hardware	source
71	G.SKILL PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1989	Computer hardware	source
72	Emtec PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1991	–	source
73	Super Flower PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1991	Computer hardware	source
74	NVIDIA PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1993	Semiconductors, Artificial intelligence, Computer hardware	source
75	Supermicro PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1993	Information technology	source
76	Deutsche Bahn Companies And Conglomerates	1994	Rail transport, logistics	source
77	Yahoo Corporate Giants	1994	–	source
78	DHL Group Companies And Conglomerates	1995	Postal services	source
79	EBay Companies And Conglomerates	1995	E-commerce	source
80	Gamesville Casual game companies	1995	Online Games Developer/Portal	source
81	Hasee PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1995	Computer hardware / Electronics	source
82	Edifier PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1996	Consumer electronics	source
83	Novartis Companies And Brands	1996	Pharmaceuticals	source
84	Fanatec PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	1997	Electronics	source
85	PowerColor PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	1997	Computer	source
86	GameHouse Casual game companies	1998	Video games	source
87	Tencent Corporate Giants	1998	Conglomerate	source
88	ExxonMobil Companies And Conglomerates	1999	Energy	source
89	IWon Casual game companies	1999	–	source
90	Gamelab Casual game companies	2000	Video games	source
91	Sinopec Corporate Giants	2000	Oil and gas, Petrochemicals	source
92	3Dconnexion PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	2001	Hardware, software	source
93	ADATA PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2001	Computer storage / Computer memory	source
94	Aliasworlds Entertainment Casual game companies	2001	Video games	source
95	ARCTIC PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2001	Computer cooling, Computer peripherals, Consumer electronics	source
96	Glu Mobile Casual game companies	2001	Video games	source
97	MumboJumbo Casual game companies	2001	Video games	source
98	SteelSeries PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2001	Video games / Computer hardware / PC gaming / Consumer electronics / A…	source
99	Awem Casual game companies	2002	Computer software / Casual games	source
100	FUN Technologies Casual game companies	2002	–	source
101	LG Electronics PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2002	Consumer electronics / Home appliances / HVAC / Automotive electronics…	source
102	Mystery Studio Casual game companies	2002	Casual games	source
103	Blue Tea Games Casual game companies	2003	–	source
104	Digital Chocolate Casual game companies	2003	Video games	source
105	Elephant Games Casual game companies	2003	Video games / Computer software	source
106	King Casual game companies	2003	Video games	source
107	Tesla, Inc. Corporate Giants	2003	Automotive, Renewable energy	source
108	Codeminion Casual game companies	2004	Video games / Computer software	source
109	NZXT PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2004	Computer hardware	source
110	PlayFirst Casual game companies	2004	Video games	source
111	Playrix Casual game companies	2004	Video game industry	source
112	Rosewill PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2004	Consumer electronics	source
113	Eipix Entertainment Casual game companies	2005	Video games	source
114	Gamenauts Casual game companies	2005	Video games	source
115	Gamezebo Casual game companies	2005	–	source
116	Shell plc Corporate Giants	2005	Energy, Petroleum	source
117	Astro Gaming PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2006	–	source
118	DJI Companies And Conglomerates	2006	Technology / consumer electronics / videography / photography	source
119	ROCCAT PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2006	PC accessories	source
120	ZOTAC PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2006	Computer hardware / Electronics	source
121	Fractal Design PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2007	Computer hardware	source
122	InnoGames Casual game companies	2007	Video game industry	source
123	Playdom Casual game companies	2008	video games, social network service	source
124	MegaZebra Casual game companies	2009	video games, social network service	source
125	PowerA PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2009	–	source
126	Elgato PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	2010	–	source
127	Xiaomi Corporate Giants	2010	Consumer electronics / Computer hardware / Automotive / Artificial int…	source
128	Anker PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	2011	Electronics	source
129	Kwalee Casual game companies	2012	Video games	source
130	Ketchapp Casual game companies	2014	Video games	source
131	Secretlab PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	2014	Furniture	source
132	Thunderobot PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	2014	Computer hardware, Consumer electronics, Esports	source
133	DELL PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2016	Information technology	source
134	Kolibri Games Casual game companies	2016	Video games	source
135	Sony Interactive Entertainment PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers	2016	Video games	source
136	Austrian Audio PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	2017	Audio electronics	source
137	DuPont Companies And Conglomerates	2017	Materials	source
138	EssilorLuxottica Companies And Conglomerates	2018	Eyewear, Eye care	source
139	Soundcore PC Gaming Brands and Manufacturers, Part 2	2018	–	source
140	Dow Chemical Company Companies And Conglomerates	2019	Chemicals	source

How this list is made

Includes companies from Codexery codexes where at least 70% of entries are sourced and carry this field; an entry is listed only when the value shown appears in its own cited source article. Entries without a verifiable founding year are left out rather than estimated. Values are copied from structured data already on each Codexery page and re-checked against the linked source; nothing on this page is estimated or written by a model. Spot an error? Use “Suggest an edit” on the entry’s page.