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 edit

Kiewit Tower, the location of Berkshire Hathaway's corporate offices in Omaha, Nebraska

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

Central States Indemnity Company – wholly owned company of Berkshire Hathaway
CHI Health

D edit

DLR Group - Architectural firm^[4]

F edit

Film Streams – nonprofit arts organization that specializes in offering screenings and education on film
First Data
First National of Nebraska

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 Corporation formerly West Corporation – Fortune 1000 company

L edit

Lauritzen Corporation – parent company of the First National of Nebraska companies
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 edit

The Omaha World-Herald building in Downtown Omaha

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

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

The WoodmenLife Tower

Y edit

Yahoo! – datacenter (La Vista, Nebraska) and finance office (Omaha)

Unsorted edit

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

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.

[1] "The World's Billionaires". Retrieved September 9, 2013.

[2] Billboard. August 1, 1992. p. 40.

[3] Bakery Production and Marketing. Volume 22, Issues 1-4. Gorman Publishing Company. 1987. p. 110.

[4] 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.

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