List of defunct consumer brands

This is a list of defunct (mainly American) consumer brands which are no longer made and usually no longer mass-marketed to consumers. Brands in this list may still be made, but are only made in modest quantities and/or limited runs as a nostalgic or retro style item.

A set of signs promoting Burma-Shave, on U.S. Route 66

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Automobiles

• American Motors
• Auburn Automobile
• Austin
• Baker Motor Vehicle
• Bricklin SV-1 built by Bricklin Canada Ltd. and General Vehicles Inc.
• Carbon Motors Corporation
• Checker Motors Corporation
• Corbitt
• Cord
• Dadi Auto
• Daewoo Motors
• DeLorean Motor Company
• De Soto
• De Tomaso
• Duesenberg
• Duryea Motor Wagon Company
• Eagle
• Edsel
• Essex
• Facel Vega
• Fisker Automotive
• Gurgel Motores
• Harrisonburg Motor Car Company
• Hispano-Suiza
• Holden
• Hudson Motor Car Company
• Hupmobile made by the Hupp Motor Car Company
• Imperial
• Jensen Motors
• Kaiser Motors
• King Midget made by the Midget Motors Corporation
• LaSalle
• Leyland Motors
• Locomobile Company of America
• Marmon Motor Car Company
• Marmon Motor Company
• Matra
• Maxwell
• Mercury
• Merkur
• Nash Motors
• National Motor Vehicle Company
• Oakland Motor Car Company
• Oldsmobile
• Overland Automobile
• Packard
• Peerless Motor Company
• Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company
• Playboy Automobile Company
• Plymouth
• Pontiac
• REO Motor Car Company
• Rover Company (1878-2005)
• Saab
• Saturn Corporation
• Scion (automobile)
• Shelby American (1962)
• Simca
• Stanley Motor Carriage Company
• Stout Scarab made by the Stout Motor Car Company
• Studebaker
• Stutz Motor Company
• Thunderbird
• Talbot
• Trabant
• Tucker 48 made by the Tucker Corporation
• Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation
• Wartburg
• Westcott
• White Motor Company
• Willys
• Xiali (1997)
• Xinkai
• Yellow Cab Company
• Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company
• Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company

Airlines

• A2B Airways
• AB Airlines
• Aberdeen Airways (1937)
• Aberdeen Airways (1989)
• ACE Freighters
• Air 2000
• Air Anglia
• Air Atlanta Europe
• Air Belfast
• Air Berlin
• Air Bristol
• Air Caledonian
• Air Canada Tango
• Air Charter Limited
• Air Ecosse
• Air Europe
• Air Ferry Limited
• Air Foyle HeavyLift
• Air Inter
• Air Kilroe
• Air Kruise
• Air Manchester
• Air Safaris
• Air Scandic
• Air Scotland
• Air Southwest
• AirTran
• Airtours
• Air Transport Charter
• AirUK
• Air UK Leisure
• Air Wales
• Airways International Cymru
• Airwork Services
• Airworld
• Alitalia
• Allied Airways
• Alpha One Airways
• Ambassador Airways
• America West Airlines
• Ansett Australia
• Ansett New Zealand
• Aquila Airways
• Astraeus Airlines
• Atlantic Airlines
• Atlantic Express
• AV8 Air
• BA Connect
• BAC Express Airlines
• Braniff International Airways
• BEA Airtours
• Berlin European UK
• Birmingham European Airways
• British Caledonian
• British European Airways (BEA)
• British United Airways
• Cambrian Airways
• Canada 3000
• Canadian Pacific Air Lines
• CanJet
• Cathay Dragon
• Continental Airlines
• Comair (South Africa)
• Comair (U.S.)
• Court Line
• Dan-Air
• Eastern Air Lines
• Flybe
• Germanwings
• Hooters Air
• Hughes Airwest
• Jetsgo
• Laker Airways
• Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
• MALÉV
• MarkAir
• Midwest Airlines
• Mohawk Airlines
• Monarch Airlines
• New Zealand National Airways Corporation
• North Central Airlines
• Northwest Airlines
• Ozark Airlines
• Pacific Air Lines
• Pan Am
• People Express Airlines
• Piedmont Airlines
• Republic Airlines
• Royal Aviation
• Sabena
• Skybus Airlines
• South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand
• TEAL
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• TransAsia Airways
• Trans World Airlines
• Trump Shuttle
• Union Airways of N.Z. Ltd
• US Airways
• ValuJet
• Vanguard Airlines
• VARIG
• Wardair
• Western Airlines
• Western Pacific Airlines
• WOW Air
• Zip

Banking

• Barnett Bank
• Bank One Corporation
• BBVA USA
• Bear Stearns
• Commerce Bancorp
• Crocker National Bank
• First Bank System
• Fleet Bank
• Golden West Financial
• Lehman Brothers
• Lincoln Savings and Loan Association
• National City Corp.
• TCF Financial Corporation
• Valley National Bank of Arizona
• Washington Mutual

Energy

• Clark Brands
• Enron
• Gulf Oil
• Standard Oil of Ohio

Food and beverages

Processing, distributing and retail companies

A PET milk advertisement from 1922

• Beatrice Foods ^[1]
• Bill Knapp's
• Blue Valley Creamery Company
• Borden, Inc.
• Burger Chef
• Freezer Queen
• Pet, Inc.
• Revco
• Sexton Foods
• ShowBiz Pizza Place
• White Tower Hamburgers

Dairy

• Golden Guernsey
• Louis Trauth Dairy
• Swerve

Pet food

• Ken-L Ration
• Ralston Purina

Food items

• Arch Deluxe
• Certs
• Gerber Singles

Alcoholic beverages

An advertisement for Bunker Hill Breweries' Boston Club Lager

• Abner-Drury Brewery
• $1,000 Beer
• Ashland Beer
• Atherton Whiskey
• Braumeister Beer
• Billy Beer
• Boston Club Lager
• California Cooler
• Chief Oshkosh Beer
• Cream City Beer
• Falk Beer
• Falstaff Beer
• Gipfel Union Beer ^[2]
• Goebel Beer
• Jung Beer
• Krug Beer
• Metz Beer
• Obermann Beer
• Pfaff's Beer
• Storz Beer
• Walter's Beer
• Willow Springs Sour Mash Whiskey
• Zima (drink)

Breakfast cereals

• C3PO's Cereal ^[3]
• Crazy Cow
• Crispy Critters
• Cröonchy Stars
• Fruit Brute ^[3]
• Halfsies
• Hidden Treasures
• Ice Cream Cones
• Kaboom
• King Vitaman
• Kream Krunch
• Morning Funnies ^[3]
• Nerds Cereal ^[3]
• Nintendo Cereal System
• Post Toasties
• Product 19
• Quake
• Quisp
• S'mores Grahams ^[3]
• Sprinkle Spangles
• Yummy Mummy ^[3]

Soft drinks

The demolished Silver Spring Soft Drinks plant

• Apotekarnes Cola
• Aspen Soda
• Beep
• Bing
• Burple
• Cavan Cola
• Coca-Cola C2
• Corona
• Crystal Pepsi
• Delaware Punch
• dnL
• Double Seven
• Dr. Nut
• Fanta Citrus
• Fruit Spring
• Hires Root Beer
• Hubba Bubba soda
• Jazz
• Jolt
• Josta
• Kick
• Leed
• Like Cola
• Lurvills Delight – popular carbonated soft drink in Wales between 1896 and 1910
• Northern Neck Ginger Ale
• OK Soda
• Orbitz
• Pepsi Kona
• Pepsi Raw
• Quatro
• Rondo
• Sierra Mist
• Silver Spring Soft Drinks
• Slice
• Squeezit
• Storm
• TaB
• Tab Clear
• Teem
• Vault
• Virgin Cola
• XL Cola

Heavy manufacturing and processing

Advertisement for McKaig-Hatch tools published in the April 1921 issue of Forging and Heat Treating

• Bonney Forge Corporation
• Coes Wrench Company
• Columbus Castings
• Fokker
• Goodell-Pratt
• McDonnell Douglas
• McKaig-Hatch
• National Amusement Devices
• North Brothers Manufacturing Company
• TRW Inc.
• Vlchek Tool Company
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Media

• 4Kids Entertainment
• Auckland Star
• Auckland Sun
• The Cincinnati Post
• Columbia House
• DuMont Television Network
• UPN
• The WB
• Quibi
• RKO Pictures

Professional services

• Lehman Brothers
• Arthur Andersen
• Drexel Burnham Lambert

Retail

Chain stores

• Ames Department Stores
• B. Dalton
• Bed Bath & Beyond
• Big Bear Stores
• Blockbuster LLC
• Bombay Company
• Borders
• Builders Square
• Carter Hawley Hale Stores
• Checker Auto
• Child World
• Circuit City
• CompUSA
• Computer City
• DEKA (New Zealand)
• Eaton's
• Elder-Beerman
• Fisher's Big Wheel
• Fred Schmidt
• Fretter
• F.W. Woolworth Company
• Fred's
• Gadzooks
• Gart Sports
• Globe Discount City
• Gold Circle
• Gottschalks
• The Great Indoors (department store)
• Hill and Stewart
• Hills Supermarkets
• Hollywood Video
• HomeBase
• H. H. Gregg
• Incredible Universe
• KB Toys
• Kragen Auto
• Lechmere
• The Limited
• Lionel Kiddie City (1980-1993), Lionel Playworld (1969-1993), Lionel Toy Warehouse (1969-1990)
• Longs Drugs
• Mappin
• Media Play
• Microsoft Store (retail)
• Musicland
• Target Canada
• The May Department Stores Company
• Mervyn's
• Montgomery Ward
• Murray's Discount Auto
• OnCue
• Pace Membership Warehouse
• Pamida
• Payless Cashways Building Materials, Furrow Building Materials, Lumberjack Building Materials,Hugh M. Woods Building Materials, Knox Lumber, Somerville Lumber, Contractor Supply
• Pier 1 Imports
• Phar-Mor
• Pic 'N' Save
• Redbox
• Sam Goody
• Sears Canada
• Shopko
• Shucks Auto Supply
• Silo
• SoundTrack
• Steve & Barry's
• Suncoast Video
• Sports Authority
• The Denver
• TG&Y
• Toys "R" Us
• Tweeter
• Ultimate Electronics
• Waldenbooks
• Western Auto
• Woodward & Lothrop
• Zayre
• Zellers

Clothing and accessories

• Avenue
• Elgin National Watch Company
• I. Magnin
• Jean Lassale
• Rike Kumler Co.
• Structure (clothing brand)

Consumer electronics and software

• Apple Newton
• Apple QuickTake
• Coby Electronics Corporation
• Commodore International
• Compaq
• iPod
• Microsoft Band
• Microsoft Kin
• Microsoft Lumia
• RCA
• Windows Mobile ^[4]
• Windows Phone
• Zune
• Zune HD

Home consumer products

The Instamatic 100, the first Instamatic sold in the United States

• Burma-Shave
• Darlie
• Gleem
• Sani Flush
• Wisk

Photography

• Instamatic
• Land Camera
• Minolta

Toy manufacturers

• Coleco
• Dinky Toys
• Kenner Products
• Louis Marx and Company
• Trendmasters

Telecommunications

• 10-10-321
• Adelphia Communications Corporation
• AT&T Broadband
• Cablevision
• GTE
• MCI Inc.
• Qwest
• Tele-Communications Inc.
• US West

Shipping and mass transportation

• Alton Railroad
• Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
• Atchison and Nebraska Railroad
• Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
• Bevier and Southern Railroad
• Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway
• Burlington Northern
• Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
• Chessie System
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
• Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
• Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
• Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
• Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway
• Chicago Great Western Railway
• Chicago and Alton Railroad
• Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
• Chicago Northwestern Railroad
• Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
• Conrail
• Cotton Belt Railroad
• Gateway Western Railway
• Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
• Hanjin Shipping
• Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
• I&M Rail Link
• Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
• Illinois Central Railroad
• Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company
• Illinois Southern Railway
• Illinois Terminal Railroad
• Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
• Kansas City and Cameron Railroad
• Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
• Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railroad
• Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway
• Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
• Kansas City Public Service Company
• Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad
• Kansas Pacific Railway
• Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad
• Louisville and Nashville Railway
• Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway
• Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
• Missouri Pacific Railroad
• Missouri–Illinois Railroad
• Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
• Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
• Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
• Mobile and Ohio Railroad
• New York Central Railroad
• New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
• New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
• Norfolk & Western Railroad
• Ohio and Mississippi Railway
• Osage Valley and Southern Kansas Railroad
• Pacific Railroad
• Penn Central Transportation
• Pennsylvania Railroad
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
• Quincy Bridge Company
• Quincy Railroad Bridge Company
• Seaboard System Railroad
• Sibley Bridge Company
• Southern Pacific Railroad
• Southern Railway
• St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway
• St. Joseph and Savannah Interurban Railway
• St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
• St. Louis Bridge Company
• St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad
• St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
• St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway
• Soo Line Railroad
• Tebo and Neosho Railroad
• Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
• Union Company
• Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
• Wabash Railroad

See also

• Lists portal

• Lists of brands
• List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
• List of defunct breweries in the United States
• List of defunct department stores of the United States
• McDonald's Deluxe line
• New Coke

References

1. Gazel, Neil R. (1990). Beatrice: From Buildup through Breakup . Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN   978-0-252-01729-2.
2. Charles Gipfel Milwaukee, Wisconsin Early Stoneware
3. Galindo, Brian (February 15, 2013). "25 Cereals From The '80s You Will Never Eat Again". BuzzFeed . Retrieved November 4, 2017.
4. Evers, Joris (January 6, 2005). "Microsoft to phase out Pocket PC, Smartphone brands | Hardware". InfoWorld. Retrieved July 14, 2011.