America’s oldest family businesses
— by State
| Date | Rank | |
| Alabama | ||
| Bromberg & Co. | 1836 | 51 (tie) |
| California | ||
| Rod McLellan Co. | 1850 | 76 (tie) |
| Levi Strauss & Co. | 1853 | 86 (tie) |
| Connecticut | ||
| Bevin Bros. Manufacturing | 1832 | 46 |
| Lyman Orchards | 1741 | 12 (tie) |
| Delaware | ||
| Faries Funeral Home | 1831 | 45 |
| Georgia | ||
| Juanita M. Joiner Farm | 1783 | 20 |
| Illinois | ||
| Harland Family Farm | 1837 | 53 (tie) |
| Hayes’ Coffees | 1787 | 22 |
| B.F. Shaw Printing Co. | 1851 | 81 (tie) |
| Thompson Drug Co. | 1836 | 51 (tie) |
| Wagner Printing Co. | 1853 | 86 (tie) |
| Indiana | ||
| Hare Auto Group | 1847 | 67 (tie) |
| Times-Union Newspaper | 1854 | 93 (tie) |
| Iowa | ||
| Breitbach’s Country Dining | 1852 | 85 |
| Garretson Farm | 1837 | 53 (tie) |
| Lonsdale Farm | 1853 | 86 (tie) |
| Shaff Family Farm | 1837 | 53 (tie) |
| Sears Seating | 1855 | 100 (tie) |
| Kansas | ||
| Davis Funeral Chapel Inc. | 1855 | 100 (tie) |
| Kentucky | ||
| Marcus Paint Co. | 1853 | 86 (tie) |
| Milward Funeral Directors Inc. | 1825 | 37 (tie) |
| Rogers Funeral Home | 1802 | 26 (tie) |
| Louisiana | ||
| Antoine’s Restaurant | 1840 | 59 |
| Parlange Plantation | 1750 | 15 |
| M.A. Patout & Son | 1825 | 37 (tie) |
| Wilbert Funeral Home | 1850 | 76 (tie) |
| Maine | ||
| N.H. Bragg & Sons | 1854 | 93 (tie) |
| S.W. Collins Co. | 1844 | 63 (tie) |
| Hancock Land/Lumber Co. | 1848 | 71 (tie) |
| Hussey Seating Co. | 1835 | 49 (tie) |
| The Seaside Inn and Cottages | 1667 | 5 |
| Smiling Hill Farm/Hillside Lumber | 1720? | 9 |
| Maryland | ||
| G. Krug & Son | 1850 | 76 (tie) |
| Loane Brothers Inc. | 1815 | 31 |
| Pumphrey Funeral Home | 1854 | 93 (tie) |
| George R. Ruhl & Son Inc. | 1789 | 23 |
| Schneidereith & Sons | 1849 | 74 (tie) |
| Massachusetts | ||
| Allandale Farm | 1700? | 7 |
| Barker Farm | 1642 | 4 |
| Clark Farm | 1728 | 11 |
| Crane & Co. | 1801 | 25 |
| Eaton Funeral Homes | 1818 | 33 (tie) |
| Noble & Cooley | 1854 | 93 (tie) |
| Nourse Family Farm | 1722 | 10 |
| Southworth Co. | 1839 | 56 (tie) |
| Zildjian Cymbal Co. | 1623 | 1 |
| Michigan | ||
| Gold Star Farms. | 1844 | 63 (tie) |
| George Jerome & Co. | 1828 | 40 (tie) |
| Missouri | ||
| Baumann Safe Co. | 1843 | 61 (tie) |
| Holmes’ Bros. Farm of Wayne County | 1847 | 67 (tie) |
| Luyties Pharmacal Co. | 1853 | 86 (tie) |
| Schaeffer Mfg. Co. | 1839 | 56 (tie) |
| A.E. Schmidt Co. | 1850 | 76 (tie) |
| Nebraska | ||
| Gold Star Farms | 1844 | 63 (tie) |
| N.P. Dodge Co. | 1855 | 100 (tie) |
| New Hampshire | ||
| The Homestead | 1802 | 26 (tie) |
| Tuttle Farm | 1635-38? | 2 |
| New Jersey | ||
| Laird & Co. | 1780 | 19 |
| The Howell Farm | 1741 | 12 (tie) |
| New York | ||
| ContiGroup Cos. Inc. | 1813 | 30 |
| Corning | 1851 | 81 (tie) |
| Harden Furniture Inc. | 1844 | 63 (tie) |
| Hicks Nurseries | 1853 | 86 (tie) |
| The Orchards of Concklin | 1712 | 8 |
| Mager & Gougelman Inc. | 1851 | 81 (tie) |
| Henry W.T. Mali & Co. | 1826 | 39 |
| Saunderskill Farms | 1680 | 6 |
| North Carolina | ||
| John Whitley Farm | 1742 | 14 |
| Ohio | ||
| Flood Co. | 1847 | 67 (tie) |
| Lane Funeral Homes | 1855 | 100 (tie) |
| Schoedinger Funeral Home | 1855 | 100 (tie) |
| Taylor Chair Co. | 1816 | 32 |
| The Verdin Co. | 1842 | 60 |
| Wise Funeral Service | 1845 | 66 |
| Oklahoma | ||
| Penner Angus Ranch | 1855 | 100 (tie) |
| Oregon | ||
| Holman’s Funeral Service | 1854 | 93 (tie) |
| Pennsylvania | ||
| Bachman Funeral Home | 1769 | 16 |
| Bahney’s Furniture | 1834 | 48 |
| Bixler’s | 1785 | 21 |
| Cornell Iron Works | 1828 | 40 (tie) |
| Faller’s Better Furniture | 1847 | 67 (tie) |
| C.F. Martin & Co. | 1833 | 47 |
| Alan McIlvain Co. | 1798 | 24 |
| Marshall Elevator | 1818 | 33 (tie) |
| McLanahan Corp. | 1835 | 49 (tie) |
| Samuel T. Freeman & Co. | 1805 | 28 |
| Stuard Funeral Home | 1822 | 35 |
| Teeters Furniture & Funeral Home | 1849 | 74 (tie) |
| Wagner Quality Shoes | 1854 | 93 (tie) |
| H.C. Wood Inc. | 1855 | 100 (tie) |
| Woolrich Inc. | 1830s | 43 (tie) |
| D.G. Yuengling & Son | 1829 | 42 |
| Rhode Island | ||
| Ashaway Line and Twine Mfg. Co. | 1824 | 36 |
| Quinn Funeral Home | 1854 | 93 (tie) |
| Tennessee | ||
| St. John Milling Co. | 1778 | 18 |
| Texas | ||
| C.H. Guenther & Son Inc. (Pioneer Flour Mills) | 1851 | 81 (tie) |
| King Ranch | 1853 | 86 (tie) |
| Teas Nursery Co. | 1843 | 61 (tie) |
| Virginia | ||
| Bear Funeral Home | 1812 | 29 |
| E.A. Clore Sons Inc. | 1830 | 43 (tie) |
| Shirley Plantation | 1638 | 3 |
| Stuart Land Co. of Virginia Inc. | 1774 | 17 |
| Suter’s Handcrafted Furniture | 1839 | 56 (tie) |
| Washington | ||
| Laird Norton Company LLC | 1855 | 100 (tie) |
| Wisconsin | ||
| The Bentley Company | 1848 | 71 (tie) |
| Menasha Corp. | 1850 | 76 (tie) |
| Richardson Industries | 1848 | 71 (tie) |