100 Oldest Companies on the ASX

While the ASX was formed in 1987, some of the companies go all the way back to 1885. Displayed is the top 100 companies with earliest founding dates.
Note: Some of the companies have a 'founding date' while others have a 'listing date', so the table is not 100% comprehensive, but is generally correct.

Ordered by Oldest Companies

Rank	Ticker	Company Name	PE	Market Cap	Sector	Listed
1	BHP	BHP	27.89	$157,102,254,949	Metals & Mining	1885
2	SOL	WHSP	8.07	$7,847,378,590	Energy	1903
3	ALQ	ALS Global	36.33	$6,271,534,997	Industrials	1952
4	STO	Santos	0.00	$13,581,590,587	Energy	1954
5	APE	AP Eagers	28.51	$4,218,841,601	Consumer Discretionary	1957
6	ORG	Origin Energy	0.00	$7,855,001,377	Energy	1961
7	AWC	Alumina	25.38	$4,874,824,781	Metals & Mining	1961
8	ORI	Orica	69.19	$5,216,167,667	Materials	1961
9	NAB	National Australia Bank	19.29	$85,022,867,223	Financials	1962
10	CSR	CSR	18.64	$2,722,997,373	Materials	1962
11	MLT	Milton Corporation	48.78	$4,166,743,650	Not Applic	1962
12	ABC	Adbri	25.00	$2,342,932,922	Materials	1962
13	EVT	Event Hospitality and Entertainment	0.00	$1,903,719,103	Communication Services	1962
14	AFI	AFIC	56.17	$10,181,778,804	Not Applic	1962
15	LLC	Lendlease	0.00	$8,400,743,722	Real Estate	1962
16	GUD	GUD	21.14	$1,107,569,113	Consumer Discretionary	1962
17	BKW	Brickworks	11.78	$3,709,566,844	Materials	1962
18	HIL	Hills Australia	0.00	$33,637,901	Information Technology	1962
19	ILU	Iluka Resources	1.73	$4,177,768,749	Metals & Mining	1962
20	MCP	McPherson's	83.46	$139,317,754	Consumer Staples	1962
21	GOW	Gowing Bros	24.29	$147,468,703	Financials	1962
22	RIO	Rio Tinto	16.86	$49,806,079,701	Metals & Mining	1962
23	CIM	CIMIC Group	12.71	$6,459,397,935	Industrials	1962
24	ARG	Argo Investments	45.56	$6,771,944,911	Not Applic	1963
25	PPT	Perpetual Limited	31.39	$2,107,920,376	Financials	1964
26	CYG	Coventry Group Limited	0.00	$128,716,365	Industrials	1966
27	SBM	St Barbara	9.64	$1,221,341,036	Metals & Mining	1969
28	AMC	Amcor	23.11	$24,243,919,922	Materials	1969
29	ANZ	ANZ Bank	15.81	$79,000,700,775	Financials	1969
30	FAU	First Au Limited	0.00	$7,990,174	Metals & Mining	1970
31	OZL	OZ Minerals	36.15	$7,848,113,931	Metals & Mining	1970
32	CIN	Carlton Investments	33.10	$801,917,906	Not Applic	1970
33	WBC	Westpac	19.65	$89,953,871,132	Financials	1970
34	KOV	Korvest	12.02	$74,379,793	Industrials	1970
35	TNG	TNG	0.00	$86,215,296	Metals & Mining	1971
36	GPT	Gpt	0.00	$8,869,123,501	Real Estate	1971
37	EM1	Emerge Gaming Limited	0.00	$37,000,751	Communication Services	1971
38	HWK	Hawkstone Mining	0.00	$49,519,712	Metals & Mining	1971
39	COO	Corum Health	23.89	$51,321,084	Information Technology	1971
40	LSA	Lachlan Star Limited	0.00	$45,774,458	Metals & Mining	1971
41	ONX	Orminex Ltd	0.00	$18,080,519	Metals & Mining	1971
42	EZL	Euroz Limited	20.80	$321,627,631	Financials	1971
43	KPO	Kalina Power	0.00	$33,737,080	Utilities	1971
44	GML	Gateway Mining Limited	0.00	$34,265,441	Metals & Mining	1971
45	WHF	Whitefield	62.17	$590,346,613	Not Applic	1971
46	BOQ	BOQ	23.52	$5,748,779,380	Financials	1971
47	HNG	Hgl Limited	2.82	$39,359,714	Industrials	1971
48	KSC	K & S Corporation Limited	8.24	$206,056,693	Industrials	1971
49	WPL	Woodside Energy	0.00	$21,285,479,682	Energy	1971
50	JIN	Oz Lotteries	40.78	$1,037,898,341	Consumer Discretionary	1972
51	BPT	Beach Energy	7.99	$2,806,040,397	Energy	1972
52	CMW	Cromwell	23.34	$2,264,112,134	Real Estate	1973
53	KAI	Kairos Minerals	0.00	$50,295,341	Metals & Mining	1973
54	QBE	QBE Insurance	0.00	$15,961,274,188	Financials	1973
55	SSL	Sietel Limited	56.74	$68,063,572	Real Estate	1974
56	CXZ	Connexion Telematics Ltd	8.10	$14,082,642	Information Technology	1974
57	AUI	AUI	41.05	$1,268,300,954	Not Applic	1974
58	REH	Reece	58.68	$15,277,525,881	Industrials	1974
59	OSH	Oil Search	0.00	$8,082,839,083	Energy	1974
60	EMB	Embelton Limited	12.18	$25,031,141	Industrials	1974
61	SFC	Schaffer	8.97	$293,643,238	Consumer Discretionary	1974
62	MGX	Mount Gibson Iron	9.27	$1,057,302,447	Metals & Mining	1976
63	AKG	Academies Australasia Group Limited	10.00	$30,627,472	Consumer Discretionary	1977
64	SHV	Select Harvest	86.89	$940,154,573	Consumer Staples	1978
65	RSG	Resolute Mining	25.00	$579,543,671	Metals & Mining	1979
66	GUL	Gullewa Limited	7.16	$15,136,967	Metals & Mining	1980
67	ALK	Alkane Resources	17.87	$693,627,952	Metals & Mining	1980
68	ERA	Energy Resources Of Australia Limited	0.00	$0	Energy	1980
69	JRV	Jervois Mining	0.00	$389,353,650	Metals & Mining	1980
70	ALD	AMPOL	0.00	$6,786,843,780	Energy	1980
71	HZN	Horizon Oil	9.66	$181,578,441	Energy	1981
72	ELD	Elders	12.79	$1,788,527,241	Consumer Staples	1981
73	MRC	Mineral Commodities Ltd	3.69	$72,088,736	Metals & Mining	1981
74	ARA	Ariadne	0.00	$104,008,451	Industrials	1982
75	PLL	Piedmont Lithium	0.00	$1,071,988,244	Metals & Mining	1983
76	MAH	Macmahon	5.70	$474,096,880	Metals & Mining	1983
77	SEN	Senetas	0.00	$59,518,205	Information Technology	1984
78	SXY	Senex	0.00	$586,592,400	Energy	1984
79	CIO	Connected IO	0.00	$14,965,554	Information Technology	1984
80	CVN	Carnarvon	0.00	$399,171,879	Energy	1984
81	PRT	Prime Media	6.03	$76,929,364	Communication Services	1984
82	EEG	Empire Energy	0.00	$132,125,338	Energy	1984
83	WES	Wesfarmers	37.09	$69,651,806,066	Consumer Discretionary	1984
84	BOT	Botanix Pharmaceuticals	0.00	$74,931,940	Health Care	1985
85	EVZ	Evz Limited	6.71	$15,859,261	Industrials	1985
86	CYM	Cyprium Metals Limited	0.00	$137,142,304	Metals & Mining	1985
87	BKL	Blackmores	75.59	$1,414,471,604	Consumer Staples	1985
88	CVC	Cvc Limited	14.64	$245,330,597	Financials	1985
89	EQT	Equity Trustees	31.78	$562,265,796	Financials	1985
90	RND	Rand Mining Limited	10.40	$85,313,942	Metals & Mining	1985
91	ANN	Ansell	18.79	$5,087,467,303	Health Care	1985
92	FNP	Freedom Foods	0.00	$98,373,808	Consumer Staples	1985
93	SDI	SDI	19.80	$105,195,994	Health Care	1985
94	DSE	Dropsuite	0.00	$136,288,013	Information Technology	1985
95	BEN	Bendigo and Adelaide Bank	18.83	$5,635,621,011	Financials	1985
96	DYL	Deep Yellow	58.13	$237,227,230	Energy	1985
97	FAR	FAR	0.00	$137,211,927	Energy	1986
98	ARE	Argonaut Resources Nl	0.00	$25,243,433	Metals & Mining	1986
99	ECS	ECS Botanics	0.00	$33,656,246	Health Care	1986
100	GRR	Grange Resources	5.07	$1,035,818,135	Metals & Mining	1986

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100 Oldest Companies on the ASX

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