Updated: 16 Feb. 2010

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A Work in Progress!

This is a list of the firms mentioned on the website. The first four columns indicate which Security Markings have been discovered and listed on this website. It is important to know the date a company was founded and when it might have ceased operations in British Malaya. These dates bracket when security markings might have been used. Background information on the various firms, relevant to the use of security markings, is given on each firm's 'history' page. Please contact me with your corrections, additions, sources of similar information, related images and leads to company histories to help make this website a more useful reference.

Are you trying to identify a chop? Try Ctrl-F and enter as many consecutive letters as you can identify and search the list. Note the possible matches and the code in the columns on the left. This tells you in which section to look.

Columns:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
N	I	F	P	Company	Founded/Opened	Ceased	Business Location(s)
N	-	-	-	A. A. Anthony & Co.	1830	still active	Penang
-	I	-	P	A. Clouet & Co.	1892	1953	Singapore
N	-	-	-	A. Bendixsen & Co. Ltd.	1922	1939	Singapore, Penang, Malacca, etc.
N	-	-	-	A. K. E. Hampshire	1890?	?	Selangor
N	-	F	-	A. L. Johnston & Co.	1819?	1892	Singapore
N	-	-	P	Adamson, Gilfillan & Co. Ltd.	1904	ca1930s	Singapore, Penang
N	-	-	-	Almeida & Sons	1825	pre1904	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Arthur Barker & Co.	1889	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Arthur Knecht	?	?	Penang
N	-	-	P	Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd.	1908	?	Singapore, Selangor
N	-	-	-	B.Q.W. Pasley	?	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Ban Hin Lee Bank Ltd.	1935	still active	Penang
N	-	-	-	Bank of China-Australia	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Bank of Rotterdam	ca1867	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Banque de l'Indo-Chine	1 March 1905	?	Singapore
N	-	-	P	Barlow & Co.	1891	1959	Singapore
N	I	F	P	Behn Meyer & Co. Ltd.	1840	1914**	Singapore, Penang **reopened post 1945
N	-	-	-	Behr & Co.	1888	1923	Singapore, Penang
N	I	F	P	Borneo Co. Ltd.	1851	1967	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Borneo, Sumatra Trading Co.	pre1916	?	Singapore
N	I	F	P	Boustead & Co.	1828	still active	Ipoh, Kelantan, Penang, Selangor, Singapore
-	-	F	-	Boustead Schwabe & Co.	1864	1867?	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Boyd & Kaye	pre1918	?	Singapore
N	-	F	-	Brennand & Co.	?	?	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Brennand Oldham & Co.	?	?	not mentioned
N	-	F	-	Brinkman Kumpers & Co.	1867	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Brinkmann & Co.	1876	?	Singapore
-	I	-	-	British and Foreign Bible Society	1816	still active	1816 Malacca & Pinang, ca1824 Singapore
N	-	F	-	Brown & Co.	1863	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Buckle, Sykes & Weatherly	?	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Bun Hin & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	F	-	Busing Schroder & Co.	1852	late 1860s	Singapore
N	-	-	-	C. Schomburgk & Co.	ca 1862	ca 1911	Singapore
-	-	F	-	C. A. Ribeiro & Co.	1895	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	C. S. Tennent & Co.	?	?	Penang
N	-	-	P	Cadonau & Co.	1900	1906	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Cameron Dunlop & Co.	?	1887?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Chargeurs Reunis	1872	still active	Singapore
-	I	-	-	Chartered Bank of India	ca1861	1969	not mentioned
N	I	-	P	Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China	1861 - 1889	1969	Singapore: 1861 Penang: 1875 Taiping: 1888 Kuala Lumpur: 1888 Perak: 1889 Selangor: ? Malacca: ? Teluk Anson: ?
N	I	-	-	Chartered Mercantile Bank	1850	1893	Singapore, Penang
N	-	-	-	Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China	1855 - 1859	1893	Singapore: 1855 Penang: 1859
N	-	-	-	Cheng Yean	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Chin Ho & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	China Mutual Life Insurance Co. Ltd.	1899	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd.	1947	1999	Singapore
-	-	-	P	City Council of George Town	1957	1976	Penang
N	-	-	-	Commanditaire Vennootschap Martijn Co.	?	?	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd.	1894	1998	not mentioned
N	-	-	P	Companie des Messagerie Maritime	1862	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Conrad Meyer	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Consulaat der Nederlanden
N	I	-	P	D. Brandt & Co.	1878	1914	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Dalman & Co.	1881	1914	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Dallan's Australian Horse Repository	ca 1888	pre 1916	Singapore
N	-	-	P	Deutsche-Asiatische Bank	1906	1915	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Douglas Mackenzie & Co.	pre1834	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Dollar Steamship Co.	?	?	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Dyce, Martin & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Dr. H. L. E. Luering	1889	1909	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	E. & H. Hinnekindt	1867	?	Sinagpore
N	-	-	-	E. & O. Hotel	1889	still active	Penang
N	-	-	-	E. A. Barbour Ltd.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Easter Extension Australian and China Telegraph Company	1871	1974	not mentioned
-	-	-	P	Eastern Smelting Co. Ltd.	1907	1998	Penang
N	-	-	-	E. Apel & Co.	1852	1858	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Ed. Renard & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	F. Zech	?	?	Singapore
-	-	F	-	F. E. Walte & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Francis Peek & Co.	pre1916	?	Singapore
N	-	F	P	Fraser & Co.	1873	post 1916	Singapore, Penang
-	-	-	P	Fraser & Neave Ltd.	1889	still active	Singapore
N	I	-	-	Friederichs & Co.	?	?	Penang
-	-	F	-	G. Armstrong & Co.	1822	?	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	G. H. Slot & Co.	ca1883	?	Penang (ca1883), Singapore
N	-	-	-	G. Hieber & Co.	1870	1908	Singapore
N	-	-	-	G. Poisson & Co.	1863	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Gaggino & Co.	pre1877	post 1916	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Giang Brothers & Co.	pre 1903	?	Singapore
N	I	F	-	Gilfillan Wood & Co.	1867	1904	Singapore, Penang
N	-	-	-	Goodall & Co.			Singapore
N	-	-	P	Great Eastern Life Assurance Co.	pre 1980	still active	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Guan Joo Cheang	?	?	Penang
N	I	F	P	Guthrie & Co. Ltd.	1821	1968	Singapore, Penang, Port Swettenham
-	-	F	-	H. C. Rautenberg	?	1851?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Hallifax & Co.	ca1907	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Hamburg-Amerika Linie	ca1872	ca1914	Singapore, Penang
N	I	-	-	Hamilton Gray & Co.	1832	1886	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Harper, Gilfillan & Co. Ltd.	ca1930s	1962	Telok Anson
N	-	-	-	Harris, Goodwin & Co.	?	?	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Harrison & Co.	1873	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Harrisons & Crosfield (MALAYA) LTD.	1 Jan. 1844	1 Jan. 1998	Port Swettenham
N	-	-	-	Hartwig & Co.	1864	?	Singapore
N	-	-	P	Herman Jebsen & Co.	1882	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Hilty & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Hin Lee & Co.	?	?	Penang
N	I	-	P	Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation	1884 - 1909	still active	Singapore 1877 Penang 1884 Malacca 1909
N	-	-	P	Hooglandt & Co.	1864	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Howarth Erskine & Co.	1875	1912	Singapore
N	I		P	Huttenbach Brothers & Co.	1885	ca1939	Penang, Selangor, Singapore
N	-	-	-	Huttenbach, Lazarus and Sons Ltd.	1920	ca1939	not mentioned
-	-	F	-	Huttenbach, Liebert & Co.	?	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	International Banking Corporation	1902	?	Singapore 1902 Penang 1 July 1905
N	-	-	P	International Crediet-en Handels Vereeniging	pre 1910	?	Singapore
-	-	F	-	International Forwarding	?	?	Singapore
-	-	F	-	J. Balestier	ca1834	ca1849	Singapore
N	-	-	-	J. H. Lonberg	?	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	J. M. Oosman	1887	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Jaimie & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Jamie Wynd	ca1870	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	John Cameron & Co.	1861?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	P	John Little & Co. Ltd.	1843	still active	Singapore
-	-	F	-	John Pervis & Sons	1822	?	Singapore
N	-	-	P	Kaiserlich Deutsches Konsulat	?	1914	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Kaltenbach, Engler & Co.	1858	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Kaltenbach, Fischer & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Katz Brothers Ltd.	1865	?	Singapore, Penang
N	-	F	P	Kelly & Walsh Ltd.	1889	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Khean Guan	before 1890	?	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	Kim Ching & Co.	ca1860	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Kim Hin & Co.	?	?	Singapore
-	-	-	-	Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij	1914	1966	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	Kumpers & Co.	1867	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Kwong Hock & Co.	?	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	L. Ankersmit	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Labuan Coalfields Co. Ltd.	1902	1911	Labuan
N	-	-	-	Lawson, Lyon & Co.	?	?	not mentioned
-	-	-	P	L.Y. Swee & Co.	?	?	Penang
-	-	-	P	Lee Plantations Ltd.	pre1919	still active?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Lind, Asmus & Cie	1874	1879	Singapore
N	-	F	-	Lorrain Gillespie & Co.	pre 1873	1875	Penang
N	-	-	-	Low Yun Tong	?	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Lyall & Evatt	pre1904	1986	Singapore
N	-	-	-	M. S. Martyin	1890	1922	Singapore
N	-	-	-	M. Mohamed Abdulkader	?	?	?
N	-	-	-	MacPhail & Co. Ltd.	?	?	Ipoh
-	I	F	-	Martin Dyce & Co.	1842	1885	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Mansfield & Co. Ltd.	1861	1987?	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	Mansfield Bogaardt & Co.	1876	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Mathieu & Cie	pre1856	?	Pulo-Pinang
N	I	-	P	McAlister & Co. Ltd.	1857	1971	Singapore, Penang
N	I	F	-	Maclaine Fraser & Co.	1825	1882	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Maw Whitehead & Co. [or Shaw Whitehead & Co.	1834	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Medical Hall	1882	?	Singapore
N	I	-	P	Mercantile Bank of India	1893	1974	Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor all 1893
-	-	-	P	Mitsui Bussan Kaisha	1891	?	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Municipal Commissioners, Malacca	pre1857	?	Malacca
N	-	-	-	Moine Comte	?	?	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Municipal Commissioners, Penang	pre1857	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	N. Akisa Malim Bros	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	N.V. Straits Java Trading Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank	1901	1950	Singapore
N	I	-	P	Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy	1858 - 1889	1964	Singapore [1 May 1858] Penang [1889 ]
N	-	-	-	Netherland Trading Society	1889	1964	Penang
N	I	-	-	New Oriental Bank Corporation Ltd.	1884	1892	Singapore
-	-	-	P	North China Insurance Co.	ca1880	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Norddeutscher Lloyd	ca1886	1970	not mentioned
N	I	-	-	Oriental Bank Corporation	1846	1884	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Co.	.	.	Selangor
N	-	-	-	Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd.	1932	still active	Singapore
-	-	-	P	P & O Banking Co.	ca1920	ca1939	not mentioned
N	I	F	P	Paterson Simons & Co. Ltd.	1859	still active	Singapore
N	I	-	P	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.	1845	still active	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Poisson Valtriny & Co. Singapore	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Pritchard & Co.	ca1883	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Punjom Mining Co. Ltd.	?	?	not mentioned
N	-	-	P	Puttfarcken & Co.	1888	pre1910	Singapore
N	I	-	-	Puttfarcken Rheiner & Co.	1857	1888	Singapore
N	I	-	P	Rautenberg, Schmidt & Co.	1849	1914	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Raffles Hotel	1887	still active	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Reme & Co.	.	.	Penang
N	-	-	-	Reme Brothers	1858	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Reme, Levenson & Co.	1862	1868	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Rigold, Bergmann & Co.	.	.	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Riley Hargeaves & Co. Ltd.	1865	1912	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	Robinson & Co. Ltd.	1859	still active	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Rodyk & Davidson	1877	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Rud Sieverts & Co.	pre1900	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Russian Volunteer Fleet	ca1900	?	not mentioned
N	I	F	P	Sandilands Buttery & Co.	1863	.	Singapore (?), Penang (1854)
N	-	-	-	Sarkies & Moses	1840	1914	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Scheepagent	.	.	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Schiffmann, Heer & Co.	1891	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	Schiffner & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	I	-	P	Schmidt, Küstermann & Co.	1858	1914	Penang, Singapore
N	-	-	-	Schuster & Engel	1865	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Sharpe Ross & Co.	?	?	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Shaw Scholfield	?	?	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Shell Oil Co.	.	.	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Sime, Darby & Co. Ltd.	1910	1978	Penang
N	-	-	-	Singapore and Straits Aerated Water Co.	1883	?	Singapore
N	I	-	-	Singapore Free Press	1835 revived 1884	1869 1962	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Singapore, Straits Printing Office	?	?	Singapore
-	I	-	-	Singapore Housing Board Trust	.	.	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Singapore Improvement Trust	.	.	Singapore
-	I	-	P	Singapore Municipal Commissioners	1887	.	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Smith Bell & Co.	.	.	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Song Soon Guan & Co.	pre 1882	.	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Spottiswoode & Connolly	1824	1849	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Staehelin & Stahlknecht	1867	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Standard Oil Co.	.	.	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Stelling Hooglandt & Co.	pre1861	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Stiven & Co.	.	.	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland	.	.	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Straits Insurance Co., Ltd.	1883	1899	not mentioned 16 March 1883 [M04v2p595] 22 Aug. 1899 [M04v2p603]
N	-	-	-	Straits Steamship Co. Ltd.	1890	1983	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Straits Times	1845	still active	Singapore
N	-	-	P	Straits Trading Co. Ltd.	1887	still active	Selangor, Ipoh, Perak, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur
N	-	-	-	Swan & Maclaren	1885	?	Singapore
N	-	F	-	Syme & Co.	1823	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	T.C. Hin	1892	?	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	T.L. Gosling & Co. Ltd.	pre1904	?	not mentioned
-	-	-	P	Tan Kah Kee & Co.	1904?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Tanjong Paggar Dock Co.	1864	1905	Singapore
N	-	-	-	The Asia Insurance Co. Ltd.	1923	still active	Singapore, Brunei, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
-	-	F	-	The Asiatic Stamp Co.	pre1909	?	Penang
N	-	-	-	The Bombay Life Assurance Co. Ltd.	pre1954	?	Kuala Lumpur
N	-	-	P	The East Asiatic Co.	1902	still active	Singapore, Tringanu
N	-	-	-	The Ho Hong Bank	1917	1932	Singapore, Muar, Malacca, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Batavia, Palembang, Hong Kong, Shanghai
N	-	-	-	The Sze Hai Tong Banking & Insurance Co. Ltd.	1907	1995?	not mentioned
-	-	F	-	Thean Chee & Co.	pre 1904	?	Penang
-	-	-	P	Thomas Cook & Son Ltd.	?	still active	Singapore
N	-	F	-	United States Consulate	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	V. Ch. Valtriny & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Vacuum Oil Co.	1893	1931	not mentioned
N	-	-	-	Valtriny & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	Velge d'Almeida & Co.	1864	ca1870	Singapore
N	I	-	P	W. Mansfield & Co. Ltd.	1864	1987?	Singapore
N	-	-	-	W. Mckerrow & Co.	pre 1880	pre1910	Singapore
-	I	-	-	W.R. Scott & Co.	pre 1877	1891	Singapore
-	-	-	P	Whittall & Co.	pre 1919	ca1935	Selangor
N	-	-	P	William Hall Co.	1823	ca1886	Penang
-	-	F	-	William MacDonald & Co.	1853	?	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Williams Anthon & Co.	?	?	Singapore
N	-	F	-	Wm Hall & Co.	1823	ca1886	Penang
N	I	F	-	Wm Mckerrow & Co.	pre1880	pre1910	Singapore
-	-	F	-	Wm. Spottiswoode & Co.	pre1862	?	Singapore
N	-	-	P	Yokohama Specie Bank	1928?	1946?	Singapore

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