Not only are there 15 U.S. companies celebrating 125 years in business this year, 11 of them are generational, family-owned businesses and just two are public: General Electric and Wisconsin's Bank Mutual Corporation - though Bank Mutual has a 3rd generation founding family member as board chair. The 15 companies also represent a range of industries: a publisher, 2 food product companies, real estate, banking, 3 each in manufacturing and retail, insurance, a funeral home, a service & repair business, and a transportation & storage firm. Here's the list of organizations founded in 1892 and still going strong!
Afro-American Newspapers, Baltimore MD 4th generation
Asher Chocolates, Souderton PA 4th generation
Bank Mutual Corporation, Milwaukee WI
The Brick Companies, Edgewater MD
Fiorella's Sausage, Philadelphia PA 4th generation
General Electric, Fairfield CT
Johnson's Studio & Camera Shop, Cheboygan MI 4th generation
Lambrecht's Jewelers, Wilmette IL 4th generation
Mapes Furniture, Sunfield MI 4th generation
Rieck Services, Dayton OH 4th generation
Robinson Fans, Zelienople PA 6th generation
Sol Levinson & Bros Funeral Home, Baltimore MD 5th generation
Vail Rubber Works, St. Joseph MI 4th generation
Von Paris Moving & Storage, Savage MD 4th & 5th generation
Woman's Life Insurance Society, Port Huron MI
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