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At the 2026 Annual Meeting: The Modern Chamber, the theme highlighted how legacy institutions build upon long-standing foundations while continuing to evolve for the needs of our growing community and well beyond into the future. The Chamber researched photo and video archives to highlight these Fort Worth-based businesses that have been open and operating in the city for a hundred years or more.
The Fort Worth Chamber utilized multiple research sources to verify this list but acknowledges that there may be some inadvertent omissions or incorrect additions. Please reach out if you have a name to add or evidence of a name to remove.
The below list includes businesses that have or will be 100 years or older in 2026.
THE CENTENNIAL CLUB - Inaugural Class of 2026
ACH Child and Family Services (1915)
Acme Brick Company (1891)
AgTrust Farm Credit (1917)
American Airlines (1926)
American Red Cross-DFW Area Chapter (1911)
Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (1906)
Atmos Energy (1909)
Austin Industries (1918)
Baker Funeral Home, Inc. (1926)
Barber's Bookstore (1925)
Baylor All Saints (All Saints Episcopal Hospital) Hospital (1906)
Ben E. Keith Company (1906)
Best Maid Pickles (1926)
BNSF Railway (1849)
Brown Owens & Brumley Family Funeral Home and Crematory (1879)
Brown, Owens & Brumley Funeral Directors, Inc. (1922)
Brown, Proctor & Howell, LLP (1922)
Byrne Construction Services (1923)
Camp Fire First Texas (1914)
Cantey Hanger LLP (1882)
Catholic Charities (1910)
Center for Transforming Lives (1907)
City of Fort Worth (1849)
Cook Children's Health Care System (1918)
Decker Jones, P.C. (1896)
Dickies (Williamson-Dickie Mfg.) (1918)
Edwards Ranch (1848)
First United Methodist Church (1874)
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce (1882)
Fort Worth Gasket & Supply (1918)
Fort Worth Independent School District (1890)
Fort Worth Police Department (1873)
Fort Worth Public Library (1901)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (1906)
Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (1896)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (1912)
Fort Worth Zoo (1909)
Frank Bailey Grain Co. (1924)
Freese and Nichols, Inc. (1894)
Gamtex Industries, LP (1913)
Gladney Center for Adoption (1887)
Gordon Boswell Flowers (1919)
Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors (1918)
Greenwood Mount Olivet (1907) Heritage Land Bank (Texas Farm Credit) (1917)
Hilton Fort Worth (1921)
Humane Society of North Texas (1905)
Inspirus LLC, a Sodexo Group Company (1893)
John E. Quarles Lumber Co. (1901)
JPS Health Network (1906)
Justin Brands Inc. (1879)
Laurel Land Funeral Homes & Memorial Park (1920)
Masonic Children & Family Services of Texas (1899)
Masonic Home and School of Texas (1899)
Meacham International Airport (1925)
Midland Manufacturing Corporation (Midland Brass Works) (1889)
MORSCO (1917)
Moslah Shriners (1915)
Mrs. Baird's Bakeries (1908)
O.B. Macaroni Co. (1899)
Paris Coffee Shop (1926)
Parker Products (1926)
Pendery's World of Chiles & Spices (1870)
Peter Brothers Hats (1896)
Prevost (1924)
Pulliam Pools (1916)
Reynolds Cattle Company (1901)
River Crest Country Club (1911)
Robertson Mueller Harper Funeral Directors (1881)
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1910)
Stewart Title (1910)
Stockyards Hotel (1907)
Tandy Corporation (Tandy Leather) (1919)
Tarrant Regional Water District (1924)
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (1877)
Texas Christian University (1873)
Texas Grain & Feed Association (1898)
Texas Refinery Corp. (1922)
Texas Wesleyan University (1890)
The Fort Worth Club & Tower (1885)
The Mattress Factory (1896)
The Original Mexican Eats Café (1926)
The Salvation Army - Mabee Center (1889)
The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (1865)
The Woman's Club of Fort Worth (1923)
Trinity Terrace Retirement (1897)
Union Pacific Railroad (1862)
United Way of Tarrant County (1922)
YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth (1890)
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