List of companies based in Omaha
This is a list of businesses in Omaha, comprising companies that are presently headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. This list also includes companies previously headquartered in Omaha.
Overview
[edit]Although Nebraska's economy is still primarily based on agriculture, Omaha's economy today has diversified to become a national leader in several industries, including banking, insurance, telecommunications, architecture/construction and transportation. Omaha's economy has grown dramatically since the early 1990s. The city has five companies that rank in the Fortune 500. It also is the smallest city to have two major research hospitals, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center.
Omaha's most prominent businessman is Warren Buffett, nicknamed the "Oracle of Omaha", who was ranked by Forbes magazine as the fourth richest man in the world (in 2013).[1] He lives in a relatively modest home in the Dundee neighborhood west of downtown Omaha.
Businesses
[edit]A
[edit]- American Gramaphone[2] – record label for Chip Davis' Mannheim Steamroller group
B
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- Baker's Supermarkets[3]
- Berkshire Hathaway – large Fortune 500 holding company controlled by investor Warren Buffett
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska
- Borsheim's Fine Jewelry – the largest independent jewelry store in the country, owned by Berkshire Hathaway
- Bozell Worldwide – once one of the largest advertising agencies in the world
C
[edit]- C2 Building Company
- Central States Indemnity Company – wholly owned company of Berkshire Hathaway
- CHI Health
D
[edit]F
[edit]- Film Streams – nonprofit arts organization that specializes in offering screenings and education on film
- First Data
- First National Bank of Omaha
G
[edit]- G. D. Searle & Company
- Godfather's Pizza – pizza franchise chain
- Gordmans
H
[edit]- Hayneedle – operator of e-commerce websites
- HDR, Inc. – formerly Henningson, Durham and Richardson, large healthcare architecture
I
[edit]- Infofree
- Intrado formerly West Corporation – Fortune 1000 company
L
[edit]- Lauritzen Corporation – affiliate of First National Bank of Omaha
- Lawson Kroeker Investment Management
- Lindsay Corporation – manufacturer of irrigation systems
- Leo A Daly - Engineering firm
M
[edit]- Nebraska Methodist Health System
- Midland Scientific – national, women-owned laboratory products distributor
- Mutual of Omaha – Fortune 500 insurance company, one of the country's largest, known for its "Wild Kingdom" television series
N
[edit]- National Indemnity Company
- Nebraska Furniture Mart – country's largest home furnishings store, owned by Berkshire Hathaway
- Nebraska Medical Center
- No Frills Supermarkets
- NP Dodge Company
O
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- Omaha Lancers – junior ice hockey team
- Omaha Public Power District
- Omaha Steaks
- Omaha World-Herald – primary daily newspaper of Nebraska
- Oriental Trading Company
P
[edit]- Peter Kiewit and Sons, Inc. – Fortune 500 company, it is one of the largest construction firms in the world; employee-owned
- Physicians Mutual Insurance Company – life and health insurance company, founded in 1902
R
[edit]- The Reader – newspaper
- Right at Home
S
[edit]U
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- Union Pacific Railroad – Fortune 500 company, railroad
- Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha
V
[edit]- Valmont Industries – Fortune 1000 company, manufacturer of light poles, street signs and other municipal hardware
W
[edit]- Werner Enterprises – one of the largest long-haul, over-the-road trucking companies
- Willow Springs Distilling Company
- Woodmen of the World
Y
[edit]- Yahoo! – datacenter (La Vista, Nebraska) and finance office (Omaha)
Unsorted
[edit]- Backwaters Press
- Bailey Lauerman
- Conagra Brands
- Data Transmission Network
- Dehner Company
- Dial Global Local
- Election Systems & Software
- FamilyNet
- Gorat's
- Green Plains Inc.
- InterNorth
- J.P. Cooke Company
- Kiewit Building Group Inc.
- Kiewit Construction Company
- Kiewit Engineering Co.
- Kiewit Mining Group Inc.
- Kiewit Western Co.
- Kutak Rock
- Leo A Daly
- Lindsay Manufacturing
- MultiMechanics
- National Property Inspections
- RFD-TV
- Rocheford & Gould
- Rural TV
- Saddle Creek Records
- SPEED! Nebraska Records
- Standard Bridge Company
- Western Bridge and Construction Company
- WoodmenLife
- Yesmail
Companies formerly based in Omaha
[edit]- Bekins Van Lines, Inc. – once the largest moving company in the country, no longer based in Omaha
- ConAgra Foods – Fortune 500 company, it is one of the country's largest packaged foods makers; no longer headquartered in Omaha
- Enron – former Fortune 500 company, declared bankruptcy amid corruption scandal. Former by merger between InterNorth and Houston Natural Gas
- First Data – Fortune 500 company specializing in global payment technology solutions that moved its headquarters to Hackensack, NJ in 1992
- TDAmeritrade — former Fortune 500 company, it was one of the largest brokerages in the country; acquired by Charles Schwab
- Pacific Life Insurance Company – financial services company that domiciled in Omaha from Newport Beach, California in 2010[citation needed]
- Omaha Market House
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "The World's Billionaires". Retrieved September 9, 2013.
- ^ Billboard. August 1, 1992. p. 40.
- ^ Bakery Production and Marketing. Volume 22, Issues 1-4. Gorman Publishing Company. 1987. p. 110.
- ^ writer, Steve Jordon / World-Herald staff. "At age 50, Omaha-founded DLR widens reach and thrives globally with dispersed leadership". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 2022-05-18.