List of companies based in Omaha

Further information: Economy of Omaha, Nebraska

This is a list of companies in Omaha, comprising companies that are presently headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. This list includes companies that operate mainly out of Omaha, despite being nominally headquartered elsewhere.

Overview

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]

Businesses

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  • HDR, Inc. – architecture and engineering firm specialising in the healthcare industry
  • Home Instead – franchiser specializing in non-medical in-home care

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  • Infofree – sales lead generation and business database service
  • Intrado – Fortune 1000 communications services company, formerly known as West Corporation

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  • Lauritzen Corporation – holding company, primary owner of First National Bank of Omaha
  • Leo A Daly – global architecture and engineering firm
  • Lindsay Corporation – manufacturer of irrigation systems
  • Lozier Corporation – manufacturer of store fixtures

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The Omaha World-Herald building in Downtown Omaha

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  • Tenaska – employee-owned energy company

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The Union Pacific Center in Omaha

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  • Valmont Industries – fortune 1000 company manufacturing utility and infrastructure products

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The WoodmenLife Tower

Companies formerly based in Omaha

Historic companies

This is a list of historic companies in Omaha. These businesses were either located in Omaha, founded in Omaha and/or still functioning in Omaha.

Historic companies[8] In alphabetical order
Name Founded Notes
American National Bank 1856 Founded as "The Bank of Florence" in the territory of Nebraska.[9]
ASARCO 1888 Downtown lead smelting plant was found to be releasing high amounts of lead into the air and ground in North Omaha. After being fined $3.6 million ASARCO closed the plant in 1997, it later became a superfund site.
Bemis Company 1858 Merged into Amcor in 2019. No longer functioning in Omaha.[10]
Borsheim's Fine Jewelry 1870
Burlington Northern Railroad 1970 Officially founded in 1970, but its lineage through mergers and renamings goes back to 1848 with the Chicago and Aurora Railroad. It has now been merged into the BNSF Railway.
Campbell Soup Company 1869 No longer functioning in Omaha.[11]
ConAgra Brands 1919 Moved its headquarters to Chicago in 2016
Cudahy Packing Company 1887 Merged into Bar-S Foods Company. No longer functioning in Omaha.[12]
Dun & Bradstreet 1841
Equitable Life Assurance Society 1859 Now known as "Equitable Holdings, Inc."
First National Bank of Omaha 1857[13] Founded by Herman and Augustus Kountze as the Kountze Brothers Bank.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park 1885
J.P. Cooke Company 1887
Krug Brewery 1848 Closed in 1987.
Metro Area Transit 1972
Metropolitan Utilities District 1913
Metz Brewery 1856 No longer functioning in Omaha.
Mutual Benefit Life 1845 Liquidated and dissolved in 2001.
NP Dodge Company 1855
NCR Corporation 1884 No longer functioning in Omaha.[14]
New York Life Insurance Company 1845
Omaha Country Club 1899
Omaha Public Power District 1946
Omaha World-Herald 1885 Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock as the Omaha Evening World. It was absorbed by George L. Miller's Omaha Herald in 1889.
Peter Kiewit Sons 1884
Packaging Corporation of America 1959
Physician's Mutual Insurance Company 1902 Founded by Edwin E. Elliott.
Qwest 1996 Acquired by CenturyLink in 2011.
Storz Brewing Company 1876 Permanently closed in 2015.
Union Pacific Railroad Company 1862
Wells Fargo 1852
Willow Springs Bottling Company 1866 Now operating under the name "Cornhusker Beverage."[15]
Younkers 1856

See also

References

  1. ^ "The World's Billionaires". Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  2. ^ Billboard. August 1, 1992. p. 40.
  3. ^ "Backwaters Press to merge with University of Nebraska Press". Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  4. ^ Bakery Production and Marketing. Volume 22, Issues 1-4. Gorman Publishing Company. 1987. p. 110.
  5. ^ "The Dehner Company". Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  6. ^ Jordon, Steve. "At age 50, Omaha-founded DLR widens reach and thrives globally with dispersed leadership". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  7. ^ "La Vista mayor confirms PayPal is selling Nebraska campus". KETV. May 5, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
  8. ^ "Historic Omaha Businesses" Archived 2007-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Douglas County Historical Society. Retrieved 1/27/08.
  9. ^ "About Us". American National Bank. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  10. ^ www.amcor.com https://www.amcor.com/contact-us. Retrieved September 22, 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "Careers at Campbell Soup Company | Campbell Soup Company Jobs". Campbell Soup Company. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  12. ^ "Our Facilities". www.bar-sfoods.com. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  13. ^ "About Us". www.fnni.com. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  14. ^ "Locations". NCR. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  15. ^ "About us | Cornhusker Beverage". Retrieved September 22, 2023.
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