List of companies in Lincolnshire
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This is a list of companies that were founded in Lincolnshire
, England
or have a large presence in the county as a major employer, the Official Headquarters or registered office may be in other cities.
The List is split into two main sections Current companies and Defunct companies that are no longer in business in the original form.
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
or have a large presence in the county as a major employer, the Official Headquarters or registered office may be in other cities.
The List is split into two main sections Current companies and Defunct companies that are no longer in business in the original form.
Headquartered in Lincolnshire
- Applebys - bus company
- Barfords - Dumper truck maker (part of Wordsworth holdings)
- Batemans BreweryBatemans BreweryBatemans Brewery is a British brewer of beer and ales based at Salem Bridge Brewery in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. The company's full name is George Bateman and Son Ltd. Their slogan is "Good Honest Ales".-Early history:...
- Brewer - Bourne Publishing GroupBourne Publishing GroupBourne Publishing Group is a small publishing group based in Stamford, Lincolnshire UK. Founded in 1989 as an independent private publisher formed primarily to publish a new launch, the Shooting Gazette, but with the long-term objective of adding other titles, which sat comfortably together.BPG...
- Magazines - British Racing MotorsBritish Racing MotorsBritish Racing Motors was a British Formula One motor racing team. Founded in 1945, it raced from 1950 to 1977, competing in 197 Grands Prix and winning 17. In 1962, BRM won the Constructors' Title. At the same time, its driver, Graham Hill became World Champion...
(BRM) - Racing cars - Cheese Shop, Louth, The - Artisan Delicatessen
- Clugston GroupClugston GroupThe Clugston Group is a privately-owned business involved in construction and civil engineering, property development and distribution. The group is based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom.-History:...
- Construction and distribution - Delaine Bus Company -
- Dynamic Cassette InternationalDynamic Cassette InternationalDynamic Cassette International is an internationally-recognised Boston, Lincolnshire, UK based ink cartridge and laser toner manufacturing company, producing products under the Jet Tec brand name. DCI is the sole UK manufacturer of compatible ink cartridges...
- EminoxEminoxEminox Limited is an English firm which designs and manufactures high performance stainless steel exhaust and emission control systems for bus, truck, rail and off-highway vehicles...
- Stainless steel exahust systems - Extra (service areas)Extra (service areas)Extra MSA Services Ltd is a company which operates motorway service stations in the United Kingdom, as well as areas on primary routes. It is based on Castle Hill, Lincoln close to Lincoln Cathedral. It is also known as Extra MSA Forecourts Ltd....
- road side service area operator - Falcon CyclesFalcon CyclesFalcon Cycles is an English bicycle manufacturer based in Brigg, North Lincolnshire. The company can trace its history back over 125 years.In addition to producing bikes under its own name, Falcon produces bicycles under several brand names including Falcon, British Eagle, Coventry Eagle, Townsend,...
- Bicycle manufacturer - InterfloraInterfloraInterflora is the most commonly used name for a group of organisations worldwide, providing florists with a brand under which flowers can be purchased and delivered to 140 countries, most with their own partnership, or unit.- History :...
- UK arm of franchised Florists selling Flowers by post and retail stores - Kimes Bus Co - Longstanding local bus operator
- Lincs FM GroupLincs FM GroupThe Lincs FM Group based in Lincolnshire, in the UK is the parent company of several Independent Local Radio stations.-History:The Lincs FM group started with just Lincs FM in Lincolnshire, UK but has won and acquired licences to operate other local radio stations across the UK's Midlands and...
- Local radio operator - Lindum Construction - Builders based in Lincoln
- LinpacLinpacLINPAC Group Limited was founded in 1959 in Lincolnshire, England, as Lincolnshire Packaging - to produce paper packaging for local fresh food producers...
- Packaging founded in county. - Nisa-Today's - Food distribution and corner shop 'brand'
- Peter Lind & CompanyPeter Lind & CompanyPeter Lind & Company is a private building contractor of Danish origin based in Central London with operating centres at Spalding in Lincolnshire & Barnsley Yorks.-History:The Company was founded by Peter Lind, a Danish engineer, in 1915....
- Builders - Ross GroupRoss GroupThe Ross Group was a British food company founded in Grimsby, England in 1920.The Ross brand remains common in the retail frozen fish market...
- Frozen foods company - Simons group - Construction & developments - based in Lincoln
- Sleafordian Coaches - Tour operator
- Stagecoach in LincolnshireStagecoach in LincolnshireStagecoach Lincolnshire is a bus company, formerly known as Lincolnshire RoadCar, which runs services throughout Lincolnshire.Stagecoach in Lincolnshire is the trading name of the Lincolnshire RoadCar Company Limited, which is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group, and part of its East Midlands...
- Local operating division for Stagecoach GroupStagecoach GroupStagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Sir Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...
(took over several local bus companies)- Stagecoach Grimsby-CleethorpesStagecoach Grimsby-CleethorpesStagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes is the sector of the Stagecoach Group that operates buses in and around North East Lincolnshire , serving a population of over 150,000....
- Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes
- Foodvest - Holding Co for:-
- FindusFindusFindus is a company that produces and retails frozen food. Its products include Crispy Pancakes, which were invented in the early 1970s.- Origins :...
- Frozen food - Young's BluecrestYoung's BluecrestYoung's Seafood Ltd. is a British producer and distributor of frozen, fresh, and chilled seafood, supplying approximately 40% of all the fish eaten in the United Kingdom every year. It is headquartered in Grimsby, England....
- frozen food processors
- Findus
Founded in Lincolnshire
- Cheese Shop, Louth, The - Artisan Delicatessen
Defunct companies (former)
- Allis-ChalmersAllis-ChalmersThe Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. of West Allis, Wisconsin, is an American company known for its past as a manufacturer with diverse interests, perhaps most famous for their bright Persian Orange farm tractors...
- Tractors and construction machinery factory - Appleby-Frodingham Steel CompanyAppleby-Frodingham Steel CompanyThe Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company was formed in 1912 by a take over of the Appleby Ironworks by the Frodingham Ironworks. Both of these companies, located in villages near Scunthorpe, in North Lincolnshire, are amongst the areas oldest iron producers....
- Absorbed into British SteelBritish SteelBritish Steel was a major British steel producer. It originated as a nationalised industry, the British Steel Corporation , formed in 1967. This was converted to a public limited company, British Steel PLC, and privatised in 1988. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...
now Corus - Aveling-BarfordAveling-BarfordAveling-Barford was a large engineering company making road rollers and dumper trucks in Grantham, Lincolnshire. In its time, it was an internationally known company.-Ruston and Hornsby:...
- Former engineering company based in GranthamGranthamGrantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham... - Aveling and PorterAveling and PorterAveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steam roller manufacturer. Thomas Aveling and Richard Thomas Porter entered into partnership in 1862, developed a steam engine three years later in 1865 and produced more steam rollers than all the other British manufacturers combined.-The...
- Steam rollers (became Aveling-Barford) - Blackstone & CoBlackstone & CoBlackstone & Co. was a farm implement maker at Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. In 1896 they built lamp start oil engines. By 1912 they had developed a new diesel engine that ran on vaporizing oil and was fired by a spark...
- Blacksmiths & early engine manufacturer - BMARCBMARCBMARC was a UK-based firm designing and producing defence products, particularly aircraft cannon and naval anti-aircraft cannon...
- Former armaments designers and manufacture - Lister-Blackstone - Engine & agricultural machinery builders at StamfordStamford, LincolnshireStamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
- Clayton & ShuttleworthClayton & ShuttleworthClayton & Shuttleworth was an engineering company located at Stamp End Works, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The company was established in 1842 when Nathaniel Clayton formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Joseph Shuttleworth .-History:...
- former Steam and agricultural machinery builders - English Racing AutomobilesEnglish Racing AutomobilesEnglish Racing Automobiles was a British racing car manufacturer active from 1933 to 1954. Currently the ERA trademark is owned by a British kit-car manufacturer.-Prewar history:...
- Former race car builder - Field MarshallField MarshallThe Field-Marshalls were a range of British farm tractors manufactured by Marshall, Sons & Co. of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.Field-Marshalls were in production from 1945 to 1957. However, the first single-cylinder Marshall came into production in 1930....
- Brand of tractors built by Marshall, Sons & Co.Marshall, Sons & Co.-External links:* – at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia...
Ltd of GainsboroughGainsborough, LincolnshireGainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North... - Marshall, Sons & Co.Marshall, Sons & Co.-External links:* – at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia...
- Former Steam engine & tractor manufacturer - Priestman BrothersPriestman BrothersPriestman Brothers was an engineering company based in Kingston upon Hull, UK that manufactured diggers, dredgers, cranes and other industrial machinery...
- Crane & excavator builders - Rinovia Steam Fishing Company Ltd.Rinovia Steam Fishing Company Ltd.Rinovia Steam Fishing Company Ltd. was a large fishing company operating from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. It specialized in deep-water fishing in the Icelandic grounds, and was responsible for handling Icelandic vessels landing their catch in Grimsby. It was also closely associated with the...
- Former fishing fish distribution company - Richard Hornsby & SonsRichard Hornsby & SonsRichard Hornsby & Sons was an engine and machinery manufacturer in Lincolnshire, England from 1828 until 1918. The company was a pioneer in the manufacture of the oil engine developed by Herbert Akroyd Stuart and marketed under the Hornsby-Akroyd name. The company developed an early track system...
- Former Engineering firm - Ruston (engine builder)Ruston (engine builder)Ruston & Hornsby, later known as Ruston, was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England, the company's history going back to 1840. The company is best known as a manufacturer of narrow and standard gauge diesel locomotives and also of steam shovels. Other products included cars, steam...
- Former Stationary engine & locomotive manufacturer - Ruston, Proctor and CompanyRuston, Proctor and CompanyRuston, Proctor and Company was established in Lincoln, England in 1857, and were manufacturers of steam tractors and engines. They later became Rustons and then Ruston & Hornsby.-History:...
- Former Steam engine builder - Ruston-BucyrusRuston-BucyrusRuston-Bucyrus Ltd was an engineering company established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby based in Lincoln, England and Bucyrus-Erie based in Bucyrus, Ohio, the latter of which had operational control and into which the excavator manufacturing operation of Ruston and Hornsby was...
Former manufacture of Excavators & Steam shovels - Sanderson Forklifts - Forklift manufacturer based near SkegnessSkegnessSkegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....
- William Foster & Co.William Foster & Co.William Foster & Co Ltd was an agricultural machinery company based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England and usually just called "Fosters of Lincoln." The company can be traced back to 1846, when William Foster purchased a flour mill in Lincoln. William Foster then proceeded to start small scale...
- Former agricultural engineers and steam engine builders