With a past spanning more than a millennium, these businesses have survived the test of time. Here is a list of the oldest active companies in the world!
Data: worldatlas.com
Founded: 886 AD
Located: Llantrisant, UK
It has been the United Kingdom’s official coin minter for almost 1,140 years.
Founded: 885 AD
Located: Kyoto, Japan
It has been making Buddhist religious products since the ninth century.
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Founded: 864 AD
Located: Paris, France
It has been France’s official coin minter for 1,160 years.
Founded: 862 AD
Located: Kröv, Germany
It is a family-run winery, distillery and guest house.
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Founded: 803 AD
Located: Salzburg, Austria
It is the oldest restaurant in the world.
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Founded: 771 AD
Located: Kyoto, Japan
It is the oldest paper-producing company in the world.
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Founded: 718 AD
Located: Ishikawa, Japan
The Hoshi family has owned this hot spring hotel for 46 generations.
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Founded: 717 AD
Located: Toyooka, Japan
The hotel is more than 1,300 years old and is situated in the hot spring town of Kinosaki Onsen in Toyooka.
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Founded: 705 AD
Located: Yamanashi, Japan
Over 1,300 years old, it is the oldest hotel in the world, having hosted figures like Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun, and Emperor Kōken, the 46th emperor of Japan.
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Founded: 578 AD
Located: Osaka, Japan
Kongō Gumi is a construction company with nearly 1,450 years of history. The oldest active business in the world, it built Japan’s first Buddhist temple, the Osaka Castle, and more.
Kongo Gumi workers in early 20th century
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