If one was to believe the economic impacts of Peak Oil as a slow reversion to pre-industrial output, it might make sense to review companies who were around back then.
The list:
Symbol Company Name Founded
GSK GSK plc 1715
NWG NatWest Group plc 1727
IHG InterContinental Hotels Group PLC 1777
TAK Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 1781
BAC Bank of America Corporation 1784
BK The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 1784
CWK Cushman & Wakefield plc 1784
CI Cigna Corporation 1792
STT State Street Corporation 1792
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1799
WASH Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. 1800
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 1806
WLY John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1807
HIG The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 1810
C Citigroup Inc. 1812
YORW The York Water Company 1816
BMO Bank of Montreal 1817
FISI Financial Institutions, Inc. 1817
BG Bunge Limited 1818
EBC Eastern Bankshares, Inc. 1818
RBGLY Reckitt Benckiser Group plc 1819
MO Altria Group, Inc. 1822
KEY KeyCorp 1825
WTW Willis Towers Watson PLC 1828
CFG Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 1828
M Macy's, Inc. 1830
BNS The Bank of Nova Scotia 1832
ROG Rogers Corporation 1832
MCK McKesson Corporation 1833
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 1833
CHMG Chemung Financial Corporation 1833
NABZY National Australia Bank Limited 1834
ONB Old National Bancorp 1834
HIFS Hingham Institution for Savings 1834
TMP Tompkins Financial Corporation 1836
PG The Procter & Gamble Company 1837
DE Deere & Company 1837
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1839
PFS Provident Financial Services, Inc. 1839
DNB Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. 1841
RYI Ryerson Holding Corporation 1842
SWK Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 1843
TRC Tejon Ranch Co. 1843
PSO Pearson plc 1844
BC Brunswick Corporation 1845
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 1846
BHLB Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. 1846
SIEGY Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1847
AGR Avangrid, Inc. 1847
FNF Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 1847
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. 1847
PUK Prudential plc 1848
UNM Unum Group 1848
LAZ Lazard Ltd 1848
PFE Pfizer Inc. 1849
ESLOY EssilorLuxottica SA 1849
CMA Comerica Incorporated 1849
DCO Ducommun Incorporated 1849
AXP American Express Company 1850
CCU Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. 1850
MATW Matthews International Corporation 1850
BHP BHP Group Limited 1851
TRI Thomson Reuters Corporation 1851
GLW Corning Incorporated 1851
NYT The New York Times Company 1851
DOLE Dole plc 1851
AROW Arrow Financial Corporation 1851
CMTV Community Bancorp 1851
WFC Wells Fargo & Company 1852
PNC The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 1852
THG The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 1852
SWBI Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. 1852
BHRB Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company 1852
TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. 1853
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation 1853
VIVHY Vivendi SE 1853
CNA CNA Financial Corporation 1853
BLCO Bausch + Lomb Corporation 1853
LEVI Levi Strauss & Co. 1853
HSC Harsco Corporation 1853
WNEB Western New England Bancorp, Inc. 1853
TD The Toronto-Dominion Bank 1855
CR Crane Company 1855
MGEE MGE Energy, Inc. 1855
CXT Crane NXT, Co. 1855
MTB M&T Bank Corporation 1856
SNN Smith & Nephew plc 1856
CS Credit Suisse Group AG 1856
NBTB NBT Bancorp Inc. 1856
SAN Banco Santander, S.A. 1857
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 1857
SR Spire Inc. 1857
B Barnes Group Inc. 1857
ACNB ACNB Corporation 1857
ITOCY ITOCHU Corporation 1858
MARUY Marubeni Corporation 1858
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp 1858
FHB First Hawaiian, Inc. 1858
NTB The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited 1858
EML The Eastern Company 1858
Source: https://stockanalysis.com/list/oldest-companies/