Ever wonder what the oldest running business in your country is? Even if that thought has never crossed your mind, this map from the team at WyomingLLCAttorney.com is pretty interesting. It shows the oldest businesses in every country around the world. Dating all the way back to the year 578, the first company on the list is a Japanese construction company named Kongō Gumi. Most of the businesses that make up this list of 165 oldest companies are banking institutions. There are 36 countries that have banks as their oldest company on the map. There are a wide variety of businesses that make up this list including breweries, salt mines, railways, chicken restaurants, department stores, post offices, and radio stations just to name a few. The years range from Japan's Kongō Gumi in 578 to The Meridian Corporation in Kosovo which began in the year 1999.
Infographic by: wyomingllcattorney