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> Can you name a European family concern doing the same thing continuously since before 1600? The oldest (family-held) one in Germany is "The Coatinc Company":
by eliaspro 4y ago
> Can you name a European family concern doing the same thing continuously since before 1600?
The oldest (family-held) one in Germany is "The Coatinc Company":
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coatinc_Company https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coatinc_Company
The oldest non-family owned one is "Staffelter Hof", in operation since 862:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffelter_Hof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffelter_Hof
- ggm 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies says by far the most (56%) are in Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinise
- Retric 4y agoDepending on how you draw the lines you end up with very different lists. Europe’s classification of the oldest hotels generally means parts of the same physical building which would exclude most of the Japanese hotels as Japanese buildings get replaced far more frequently. The Japanese practice of adopting adults to continue a business also blurs the line here. Is selling off the business to someone else enough to maintain continuity? How about operating at the same location? What if the original structure is rebuilt?