This list of oldest companies in India includes brands and companies, excluding associations and educational, governmental, or religious organisations. To be listed, a brand or company name must remain, either in whole or in part, since inception and should have been established before 1947 and be currently operational. If the original name has since changed due to acquisitions or renaming, this must be verifiable.
The oldest company in India is the Wadia Group, whose origins are traceable to 1736, with its subsidiary The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, established in 1863, being the oldest publicly traded company in India.
List NameYear establishedWadia Group1736Cox & Kings1758Forbes & Company1767Parrys1788Bank of calcutta1806Rama Prasad Goenka Group (RPG Group)1820Purshottam Narayan Gadgil (P. N. Gadgil Jewellers)1832The Times Group1838Higginbotham's1844Mohan Meakin1855Aditya Birla Group1857Chandra Kant Birla Group (CK Birla Group)1857United Breweries Group1857Alipore Jail Press1858Greaves Cotton1859J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd.1861Andrew Yule and Company1863Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation1863Spencer's Retail1863Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri1864Shapoorji Pallonji Group1865Nestlé India1866Balmer Lawrie and Co.1867Tata Group1868McLeod Russel1869Khatau1874Bombay Stock Exchange1875British India Corporation1876Arthur Henry Wheeler (A. H. Wheeler)1877Crompton Greaves (CG Power and Industrial Solutions)1878The Hindu Group1878Bombay Dyeing1879Calcutta Tramways Company1880Sri Venkateswar Steam Press1880Thomas Cook India1881Dabur India Ltd.1884Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers1884Parvathy Mills Limited1884Shaw Wallace1886The Muthoot Group1887Muthoot Pappachan Group1887Kirloskar Brothers Limited1888Kirloskar Group1888Anyonya Co-operative Bank1889Delhi Cloth & General Mills1889Batliboi1892Britannia Industries1892Ahmedabad Stock Exchange1894Amrutanjan Healthcare1893Punjab National Bank1894Century Textile and Industries1897Godrej and Boyce1897Godrej Group1897Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC Limited)1897Murugappa Group1900Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals1901Goodyear India1901The Indian Hotels Company1902Nahoum & Sons1902Shalimar Paints1902Taj Hotels1902Umesh Laldas Jamnadas Khushaldas (ULJK Group)1903City Union Bank1904Phoenix Mills1905Tamil Nadu State Cooperative Bank (TNSC Bank)1905Aurora Film Corporation1906Bank of India1906Canara Bank 1906Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd1906Hamdard India1906Khoday Group1906National Insurance Company1906Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank1906Alembic Group1907Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd1907Indian Bank1907Tata Steel1907Vadilal1907Ador Group1908Bank of Baroda1908Punjab & Sind Bank1908Walchandnagar Industries1908Kalyan Group1909Apeejay Surrendra Group1910Lakshmi Mills1910Imperial Tobacco Company of India (ITC Limited)1910Tata Power1919Zandu Realty1910Central Bank of India1911Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundram (TVS Group)1911Braithwaite & Co.1913Hinduja Group1914Kerala Soaps1914Amira Nature Foods1915Gujarat Tea Processors & Packers Ltd1915The Bangalore Press1916Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited1916Karur Vysya Bank1916Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co1917Pune District Central Cooperative Bank1917Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO)1918Juggilal Kamlapat (J. K. Organisation)1918Orissa Minerals Development Company1918Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd1918West Bengal State Co-Operative Bank1918Biecco Lawrie1919Birla Corporation1919Kesoram Industries Ltd.1919Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH)1919Madhav Prasad Birla Group (M.P Birla Group)1919New India Assurance1919Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd.1919Union Bank of India1919Bridge and Roof Company (India)1920Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB Bank Limited)1920Kansai Nerolac Paints1920State Bank of India{Imperial Bank of India was formed in 1921 through Act 047 of 1920 in 2021 (in which three existing presidency banks, oldest of which 'Bank of Calcutta' was formed in 1806, were absorbed) was later transitioned to become State Bank of India, thus the bank traces its origin to 1806}1921Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited1921Ananda Bazar Patrika Group (ABP Group)1922Gammon India1922Khimji Poonja Freight Forwarders1922Nainital Bank1922Tata Coffee1922Berger Paints1923Gita Press1923Godrej Interio1923Pothys1923Karnataka Bank1924Mavalli Tiffin Room1924Popular Prakashan1924Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR Foods)1924India Security Press1925Kolathappilly Pothayan Namboodiris (KP Namboodiris)1925Raymond Ltd1925Syndicate Bank1925Bajaj group1926Darashaw1926Dunlop India1926Essel Group1926Forbes Marshall1926Hindustan Construction Company1926Lakshmi Vilas Bank1926Dhanlaxmi Bank1927Hindustan Times (HT Media)1927General Motors India1928Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation1928South Indian Bank1928Tiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachari (TTK Group)1928Boroline1929Rane group 1929Rane (Madras)1929Reliance Infrastructure1929Bajaj Consumer Care1930Dalmia Group1930Himalaya Wellness Company1930Hyderabad Deccan Cigarette Factory1930International Netherlands Group Vysya Bank (ING Vysya Bank)1930Philips India Limited1930Vazir Sultan Tobacco (VST Industries)1930Arvind1931Bajaj Hindusthan1931Bata Shoes1931Dalda1931Kokuyo Camlin1931Federal Bank1931Sintex1931Vijaya Bank1931Punchiri Boat Services Private Ltd1932Air India1932Air India Cargo1932Amco Batteries1932Indian Express Limited1932Kerala Minerals and Metals1932Peerless Group1932Hindustan Unilever1933Indian Sugar and General Engineering Corporation (ISGEC)1933Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd.1934Eveready Industries India 1934J L Morison (India) 1934Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders1934Nivia Sports1934The Oberoi Group1934Bank of Maharashtra1935Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company1935Chemical, Industrial and Pharmaceutical Laboratories (Cipla)1935Co-optex1935Indrapuri Studio1935Linde India1935Paper Products Limited (Huhtamaki PPL)1935Reserve Bank of India1935Associated Cement Companies Limited (ACC)1936Godfrey Phillips India1936Mysore Paper Mills1936Rupa Publications1936Bharat Starch Industries1937Birla Precision Technologies1937Colgate-Palmolive India1937Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals1937Haldiram's1937Indian Overseas Bank1937Mukand1937Mysore Paints and Varnish1937Tata Investment Corp1937LGB1937Aravind Laboratories1938Bajaj Electricals1938Jammu & Kashmir Bank1938Kerala State Road Transport Corporation1938Larsen & Toubro Limited1938United India Insurance Company1938Delhi Press1939Godavari Biorefineries1939Muthoot Finance1939Naihaa1939S. Chand Group1939Tata Chemicals1939Hindustan Aeronautics Limited1940Sanspareils Greenlands1940Hindustan Shipyard1941Asian Paints Ltd1942Hindustan Motors1942Hyderabad Allwyn1942Baden Aniline and Soda Factory (BASF India)1943Blue Star1943Chelpark1943Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore1943Filmistan1943International Paper1943Oriental Bank of Commerce1943Praga Tools1943Radico Khaitan1943Ratnakar Bank (RBL Bank)1943Signet Press1943Escorts Group1944Havmor Ice Cream1944Unichem Laboratories1944Amalgamations Group1945Avichi Meiyappa (AVM Productions)1945Bajaj Auto1945Essar Shipping1945Islamic Publishing House1945Kamani Engineering Corporation (KEC International)1945Mahindra Group1945Mahindra & Mahindra1945Tata Motors1945Western India Palm Refined Oils (Wipro)1945Abbott Laboratories (India) Ltd1946Amul1946Delhi Land and Finance (DLF)1946Hindustan National Glass & Industries Limited1946Jaico Publishing House1946Martin Burn1946Madras Rubber Factory (MRF)1946National Bearings Company (NBC Bearings)1946Travancore Titanium Products1946
See also List of companies of India List of oldest banks in India :Category:Companies of India by year of establishment
References
70 companies with pre-1947 roots. livemint.