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Ranked by year founded in Arkansas

Business Name City

1 Rose Law Firm Little Rock

2 Southwest Times Record Fort Smith

3 University of the Ozarks Clarksville

4 Stinson's Jewelers Camden

5 Mount St. Mary Academy Little Rock

6 Post-Dispatch Dardanelle

6 The Daily Citizen Searcy

8 Hanby Lumber Co. Berryville

9 Ball Barton & Hoffman Monticello

10 Press Argus-Courier Van Buren

11 Northwest Arkansas Times Fayetteville

11 White County Record/Searcy Sun Judsonia

13 Coleman Dairy Inc. Little Rock

14 Dyke Industries Inc. Little Rock

14 Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce Little Rock

14 Pulaski County Medical Society Little Rock

17 Proctor Funeral Home Inc. Camden

18 Arkansas Education Association Little Rock

19 Advance Monticellonian Monticello

19 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Little Rock

19 Bennett's Military Supplies Little Rock

19 Carroll County News Berryville

19 Courier Index Marianna

19 The Daily World Helena

19 The Osceola Times Osceola

26 Arvest Bank Fayetteville

26 Democrat Printing & Lithographing Co. Little Rock

26 Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP Little Rock

26 Mountain Valley Spring Co. Hot Springs

26 Times-Herald Forrest City

31 First National Bank of Fort Smith Fort Smith

31 Lonoke Democrat Lonoke

31 Lyon College Batesville

34 Arkansas Press Association Little Rock

34 Clay County Courier Corning

36 Mullen Abstract Co. Walnut Ridge

36 Perry County Petit Jean Country Headlight Perryville

38 Arkansas Medical Society Little Rock

Founded Type of Business 1820 Law firm 1832 Newspaper 1834 Private educational institution 1847 Retail 1851 Private educational institution 1854 Newspaper 1854 Newspaper 1856 Wholesale/retail 1858 Law firm 1859 Newspaper 1860 Newspaper 1860 Newspaper 1862 Wholesaler 1866 Wholesaler 1866 Trade association 1866 Trade association 1868 Funeral home 1869 Trade association 1870 Newspaper 1870 Newspaper 1870 Retail 1870 Newspaper 1870 Newspaper 1870 Newspaper 1870 Newspaper 1871 Bank 1871 Printer 1871 Law firm 1871 Bottled water 1871 Newspaper 1872 Bank 1872 Newspaper 1872 Private educational institution 1873 Trade association 1873 Newspaper 1874 Title company 1874 Newspaper 1875 Trade association

38 The Courier Russellville

38 Texarkana Gazette Texarkana

38 Wood Smith Schnipper Clay & Vines Hot Springs

42 Batesville Daily Guard Batesville

42 Benton Courier Benton

42 Conway County Petit Jean Country Headlight Morrilton

42 Harrison Daily Times Harrison

42 Hendrix College Conway

42 Lincoln Ledger Star City

42 The Capital Hotel Little Rock

42 The Sentinel-Record Hot Springs

50 Beach Abstract & Guarantee Co. Little Rock

50 Johnson County Graphic Clarksville

50 Philander Smith College Little Rock

53 The Banner-News Magnolia

53 Nashville News Nashville

53 Nevada County Picayune Prescott

56 Log Cabin Democrat Conway

56 Madison County Record Huntsville

58 Graham Brothers Co. Tuckerman

58 Ormond Cemetery Association Morrilton

58 Paris Express Paris

58 Pocahontas Star Herald Pocahontas

58 Post Familie Vineyards & Winery Altus

58 The Gurdon Times Gurdon

58 Wiederkehr Wine Cellars Altus

58 Yell County Record Danville

66 Besser Hardware Little Rock

66 Greenwood Properties of Arkansas LLC Hot Springs

66 Paragould Daily Press Paragould

66 Pine Bluff Commercial Pine Bluff

66 The Daily Siftings Herald Arkadelphia

66 The Sheridan Headlight Sheridan

72 Arkansas Pharmacists Association Little Rock

72 DeWitt Era-Enterprise DeWitt

74 Greenwood Democrat Greenwood

75 Arkansas Baptist College Little Rock

75 Centers for Youth and Families Little Rock

75 Fordyce News-Advocate Fordyce

75 Southern Bancorp Bank of ArkansasB Arkadelphia

79 Bemberg Iron Works Inc. Little Rock

79 Cromwell Architects Engineers Inc. Little Rock

79 E.C. Barton & Co. Jonesboro

1875 Newspaper 1875 Newspaper 1875 Law firm 1876 Newspaper 1876 Newspaper 1876 Newspaper 1876 Newspaper 1876 Private educational

institution 1876 Newspaper 1876 Hotel 1876 Newspaper 1877 Title company 1877 Newspaper 1877 Private educational

institution 1878 Newspaper 1878 Newspaper 1878 Newspaper 1879 Newspaper 1879 Newspaper 1880 Farming 1880 Cemetery 1880 Newspaper 1880 Newspaper 1880 Winery 1880 Newspaper 1880 Winery 1880 Newspaper 1881 Retail 1881 Cemetary 1881 Newspaper 1881 Newspaper 1881 Newspaper 1881 Newspaper 1882 Trade association 1882 Newspaper 1883 Newspaper 1884 Private educational

institution 1884 NA 1884 Newspaper 1884 Bank 1885 Manufacturer 1885 Architecture firm 1885 Wholesale/retail

79 Eagle Democrat Warren

79 Waco Title Co. Lowell

84 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa Eureka Springs

84 Benton County Daily Record Bentonville

84 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Van Buren

84 Clay County Abstract Inc. Piggott

84 Daisy Manufacturing Co. Rogers

84 First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas Forrest City

84 Gregory Insurance Agency Piggott

84 Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia

84 Sexton Pharmacy Walnut Ridge

84 Shorter College North Little Rock

84 Smith's Abrasives Inc. Hot Springs National Park

84 The Mountaineer Echo Flippin

84 The Ritchie Grocer Co. El Dorado

84 Tipton & Hurst Little Rock

98 Arkansas State Dental Association Sherwood

98 Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce Fort Smith

98 Sparks Health System Fort Smith

98 Subiaco Academy Subiaco

98 The Morning News Springdale

98 Union Bank & Trust Monticello

104 Baxter County Abstract & Title Insurance Co. Mountain Home

104 Bridges Young Matthews Drake PLC Pine Bluff

104 Cleveland County Herald Rison

104 St. Joseph's Regional Health Center Hot Springs

104 St. Vincent Health System Little Rock

104 The Modern News Harrisburg

104 The Sun Jonesboro

104 The Sun-Times Heber Springs

112 El Dorado News-Times El Dorado

112 Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce Fayetteville

112 First National Bank Paragould

111 First National Bank of Berryville Berryville

111 Goodwin Moore LLP Paragould

111 Little Rock Tent & Awning Co. Little Rock

111 Stuttgart Daily Leader Stuttgart

119 A. Tenenbaum Co. North Little Rock

119 Conway Area Chamber of Commerce Conway

119 First State Bank of Warren Warren

119 Fordyce & Princeton Railroad Co. Fordyce

119 Merchants & Planters Bank Clarendon

124 Acme Brick Co.--Perla Plant Malvern

1885 Newspaper 1885 Title company 1886 Hotel 1886 Newspaper 1886 Bank 1886 Title company 1886 Manufacturer 1886 Bank 1886 Insurance 1886 Private educational

institution 1886 Retail 1886 Private educational

institution 1886 Knife sharpeners,

Arkansas oil stones 1886 Newspaper 1886 Wholesaler 1886 Retail 1887 Trade association 1887 Trade association 1887 Hospital 1887 Private educational

institution 1887 Newspaper 1887 Bank 1888 Title company 1888 Law firm 1888 Newspaper 1888 Hospital 1888 Hospital 1888 Newspaper 1888 Newspaper 1888 Newspaper 1889 Newspaper 1889 Trade association 1889 Bank 1889 Bank 1889 Law firm 1889 Manufacturer 1889 Newspaper 1890 Scrap metals 1890 Trade association 1890 Bank 1890 Railroad 1890 Bank 1891 Manufacturer

124 Arkansas Bankers Association Little Rock

124 Cross County Bank Wynne

124 First National Bank at Paris Paris

124 Marshall Mountain Wave Marshall

129 Camden Memorials Inc. Camden

129 Herald-Leader Siloam Springs

129 New Orleans Hotel Eureka Springs

132 Atkins Chronicle Atkins

132 Conway Printing Co. Conway

132 Gravette News Herald Gravette

132 Our Lady of Good Counsel School Little Rock

136 J.W. Black Lumber Co. Corning

136 Nashville Drug Co. Nashville

138 Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Hot Springs

138 North Little Rock Catholic Academy North Little Rock

138 Olmstead Funeral Home Heber Springs

138 The Mena Star Mena

142 De Queen Bee De Queen

142 Deloitte & Touche LLP Little Rock

142 First National Bank Hot Springs

142 Premium Refreshment Service Little Rock

146 Arkansas Bar Association Little Rock

146 Bank of England England

146 Bank of Gravett Gravette

146 Cornwell Funeral Home Dardanelle

146 Little River News Ashdown

146 Mena/Polk County Chamber of Commerce Mena

149 The Times of North Little Rock Little Rock

149 Warnock Furniture Co. Magnolia

149 Weldon Williams & Lick Fort Smith

149 Wynne Progress Wynne

156 Booneville Democrat Booneville

156 Charleston Express Charleston

156 Hope Star Hope

156 Methodist Family Health Little Rock

160 De Queen & Eastern Railroad Co. De Queen

160 Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas Little Rock

160 Little Rock Broom Works Little Rock

160 Parkway Bank Rogers

160 St. Bernards Healthcare Jonesboro

160 Wright Lindsey & Jennings LLP Little Rock

166 Eads Brothers Furniture Co. Fort Smith

166 First National Bank Waldron

1891 Trade association 1891 Bank 1891 Bank 1891 Newspaper 1892 Manufacturer 1892 Newspaper 1892 Hotel 1894 Newspaper 1894 Printer 1894 Newspaper 1894 Private educational

institution 1895 Wholesale/retail 1895 Retail 1896 Trade association 1896 Private educational

institution 1896 Funeral home 1896 Newspaper 1897 Newspaper 1897 Accounting 1897 Bank 1897 Bottled water 1898 Trade association 1898 Bank 1898 Bank 1898 Funeral home 1898 Newspaper 1898 Trade association 1898 Newspaper 1898 Retail 1898 Printer 1898 Newspaper 1899 Newspaper 1899 Newspaper 1899 Newspaper 1899 Hospital 1900 Railroad 1900 Trade association 1900 Manufacturer 1900 Bank 1900 Hospital 1900 Law firm 1901 Wholesaler 1901 Bank

166 Grand Prairie Herald Hazen

166 Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce Eureka Springs

166 Newport Independent Newport

166 Ruebel Funeral Home Little Rock

166 The Baxter Bulletin Mountain Home

166 Warren Bank & Trust Warren

174 Allied Bank Mulberry

174 J.R. Bever Co. Gentry

174 Ott Insurance Agency Conway

174 Pine Bluff Iron Works Pine Bluff

178 Bank of Brinkley Brinkley

178 Bank of McCrory McCrory

178 Bodcaw Bank Stamps

178 Community Bank Cabot

178 Courier News Blytheville

178 De Queen Abstract Co. Inc. De Queen

178 Farris Agency Conway

178 First National Bank of Crossett Crossett

178 First State Bank Conway

178 Simmons First National Bank Pine Bluff

188 Bank of Prescott Prescott

188 Centennial Bank Little Rock

188 City Drug Co. Paragould

191 Diamond Bank Murfreesboro

191 Lewis Funeral Home Magnolia

191 Little Rock Realtors Association Inc. Little Rock

191 Oaklawn Park Hot Springs

195 Arkansas Best Insurance Corp. / ABI Insurance Agency Hot Springs

195 Forrest City Grocery Co. Forrest City

195 Horatio State Bank Horatio

195 Simmons First Bank Russellville

195 Sol Alman Co. Little Rock

195 Texarkana Chamber of Commerce Texarkana

201 Arkansas Optometric Association Little Rock

201 Bank of Cave City Cave City

201 Darragh Co. Little Rock

201 Farmers Bank & Trust Magnolia

201 First Security Bank of Mountain Home Mountain Home

201 Hot Springs Awning LLC Hot Springs

201 Reynolds Rubber Stamp Co. Little Rock

201 Seiz Sign Co. Hot Springs

209 Anthony Timberlands Inc. Bearden

209 Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association Little Rock

1901 Newspaper 1901 Trade association 1901 Newspaper 1901 Funeral home 1901 Newspaper 1901 Bank 1902 Bank 1902 Retail 1902 Insurance 1902 Manufacturer 1903 Bank 1903 Bank 1903 Bank 1903 Bank 1903 Newspaper 1903 Title company 1903 Insurance 1903 Bank 1903 Bank 1903 Bank 1904 Bank 1904 Bank 1904 Retail 1904 Bank 1904 Funeral home 1904 Trade association 1904 Racetrack 1905 Insurance

1905 Wholesaler 1905 Bank 1905 Bank 1905 Scrap metals 1905 Trade association 1906 Trade association 1906 Bank 1906 Wholesaler 1906 Bank 1906 Bank 1906 Manufacturer 1906 Manufacturer 1906 Outdoor signs, neon

signs 1907 Timber 1907 Trade association

209 Calhoun County Bank Hampton

1907 Bank

209 Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Arkansas Little Rock

1907 Manufacturer

209 Farmers Bank Greenwood

1907 Bank

209 Hummelstein Iron & Metal Inc. Jonesboro

1907 Manufacturer

215 Farmers Bank & Trust Blytheville

1908 Bank

215 HomeBank of Arkansas Portland

1908 Bank

217 C.J. Horner & Co. Hot Springs

1909 Building materials

217 First National Bank of Lewisville Lewisville

1909 Bank

217 Meadors Adams & Lee Inc. Little Rock

1909 Insurance

217 Merchants & Farmers Bank

1909 Bank

Dumas

Researched by G.

Sources: the companies, Arkansas Press Association, Arkansas Hospital Association, local chambers of commerce, American Short

Moritz, J. Henry, J. Walden

Line & Railroad Association. Companies may have changed names

and/or ownership but must be operated as independent business

units.

1 Formerly Elk Horn Bank & Trust

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