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List of defunct consumer brands 
Summary
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.
Automobiles edit
- 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
- 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
- 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 edit
- 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
- 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
- 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
- WOW Air
- Zip
Banking edit
Energy edit
Food and beverages edit
Processing, distributing and retail companies edit
- 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 edit
Pet food edit
Food items edit
Alcoholic beverages edit
- 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 edit
- 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
- Quake
- Quisp
- S'mores Grahams[3]
- Sprinkle Spangles
- Yummy Mummy[3]
Soft drinks edit
- Apotekarnes Cola
- Aspen Soda
- Beep
- Bing
- Burple
- Cavan Cola
- Coca-Cola C2
- Corona
- Count Cola
- Crystal Pepsi
- Delaware Punch
- dnL
- Double Seven
- Dr. Nut
- Fanta Citrus
- Fruit Spring
- 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 edit
Media edit
Professional services edit
Retail edit
Chain stores edit
- Ames Department Stores
- B. Dalton
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Big Bear Stores
- Blockbuster LLC
- Bombay Company
- Borders Group
- Carter Hawley Hale Stores
- Child World
- Circuit City
- DEKA (New Zealand)
- Eaton's
- Elder-Beerman
- Fisher's Big Wheel
- F.W. Woolworth Company
- Fred's
- Gadzooks
- Gold Circle
- Gottschalks
- Hill and Stewart
- Hills Supermarkets
- Hollywood Video
- H. H. Gregg
- Lechmere
- The Limited
- Mappin
- Target Canada
- The May Department Stores Company
- Mervyn's
- Montgomery Ward
- Pamida
- Sears Canada
- Shopko
- TG&Y
- Toys "R" Us
- Tweeter
- Waldenbooks
- Woodward & Lothrop
- Zayre
- Zellers
Clothing and accessories edit
Consumer electronics and software edit
- Apple Newton
- 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 edit
Photography edit
Toy manufacturers edit
Telecommunications edit
Shipping and mass transportation edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ Gazel, Neil R. (1990). Beatrice: From Buildup through Breakup. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-01729-2.
- ^ Charles Gipfel Milwaukee, Wisconsin Early Stoneware
- ^ a b c d e f Galindo, Brian (February 15, 2013). "25 Cereals From The '80s You Will Never Eat Again". BuzzFeed. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ^ Evers, Joris (January 6, 2005). "Microsoft to phase out Pocket PC, Smartphone brands | Hardware". InfoWorld. Retrieved July 14, 2011.