Longest trading · Updated October 2026
Local businesses in Hervey Bay
- Local businesses compared
- 1,801
- Google reviews
- 104,867
- Median rating
- 4.9
As of October 2026, the three longest-trading local businesses in Hervey Bay, QLD on Town Proven are Watkins Electrical (started in 1951; 4.4 from 41 Google reviews), Solahart Hervey Bay (started in 1953; 4.8 from 197 Google reviews) and Solahart Bundaberg (started in 1953; 4.5 from 92 Google reviews).
Local businesses in Hervey Bay: the top 50
- 1
Watkins Electrical
from 41 Google reviews
Started: 1951
- 2
Solahart Hervey Bay
from 197 Google reviews
Started: 1953
95-97 Islander Road, Pialba QLD 4655
- 3
Solahart Bundaberg
from 92 Google reviews
Started: 1953
13 Princess Street, Bundaberg Central QLD 4670
- 4
Jam Jar Café
from 21 Google reviews
Started: 1954
Pialba Place Shopping Centre, 30 Main St, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 5
Ross Funerals
from 20 Google reviews
Started: 1955
- 6
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Hervey Bay
from 217 Google reviews
Started: 1957
1/108 Boat Harbour Drive, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 7
Choices Flooring Hervey Bay
from 89 Google reviews
Started: 1959
231 Maryborough Hervey Bay Road QLD 4655, Urraween QLD 4655
- 8
C&K East Street Kindy
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1967
71 East St, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 9
H&R Block Hervey Bay
from 39 Google reviews
Started: 1971
- 10
Dundowran Beach Land Sales - QM Properties
from 13 Google reviews
Started: 1976
- 11
Shine Lawyers Hervey Bay
from 25 Google reviews
Started: 1976
Suite 2, 65 Torquay Road, Pialba QLD 4655
- 12
PJ Burns Builder Hervey Bay
from 20 Google reviews
Started: 1978
3 Tee Way, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 13
Michael Hill Hervey Bay
from 35 Google reviews
Started: 1979
Stockland Hervey Bay, Tenancy 114/6 Central Ave
- 14
Pialba Dental Hervey Bay
from 129 Google reviews
Started: 1982
70 Torquay Rd, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 15
BAY AUTO PARTS
from 104 Google reviews
Started: 1982
- 16
Wide Bay Computer Services
from 26 Google reviews
Started: 1982
- 17
Kimber Plumbing Pty Ltd
from 176 Google reviews
Started: 1983
- 18
IT Repairs & Recyclers
from 24 Google reviews
Started: 1983
56 Torquay Rd, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 19
Wide Bay Crane Hire Hervey Bay
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1984
11 Islander Road, Pialba QLD 4655
- 20
Reid Removals
from 46 Google reviews
Started: 1984
148 Lower Mountain Road, Dundowran QLD 4655
- 21
Davis Removals & Storage
from 145 Google reviews
Started: 1984
- 22
Engine Carbon Clean South East Queensland
from 30 Google reviews
Started: 1985
- 23
Taking Shape Hervey Bay
from 26 Google reviews
Started: 1985
Stockland, 6 Central Ave
- 24
Pialba Auto Electrics & Air Conditioning
from 115 Google reviews
Started: 1985
Metcalfe Place, 47-49 Islander Rd, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 25
Hervey Bay Plumbing
from 53 Google reviews
Started: 1988
- 26
Bay Optics
from 76 Google reviews
Started: 1989
67 Main St, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 27
Haigh's Jewellers
from 13 Google reviews
Started: 1989
135-143 Boat Harbour Dr, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 28
DJ Hinton Lawyers
from 10 Google reviews
Started: 1989
Professional Chambers, Office 11/62 Main St
- 29
Madame Me Me's for Hair
from 70 Google reviews
Started: 1991
59 Torquay Rd, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 30
Active Orthodontics
from 40 Google reviews
Started: 1991
- 31
Goodstart Early Learning Pialba
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1992
- 32
Torquay Dentist Hervey Bay
from 20 Google reviews
Started: 1992
Shop 4/13 Bideford Street, Torquay QLD 4655
- 33
Ultimate Skin Clinics Australia
from 15 Google reviews
Started: 1993
399 Esplanade Rd, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 34
Water Wise Design Hydraulic & Fire Service Consulting
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1993
- 35
Beach Road Child Care Centre
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1993
Fraser Shores Shopping Plaza, 79 Boat Harbour Dr
- 36
Premium Pest and Termites Hervey Bay
from 41 Google reviews
Started: 1994
- 37
Wide Bay Turf Supplies
from 18 Google reviews
Started: 1994
240 Langer Rd, Bidwill QLD 4650
- 38
Titan Pest Control
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1994
Hervey Bay, 38 Limpus St
- 39
SIXTY & BETTER
from 34 Google reviews
Started: 1994
- 40
Hervey Bay Brake and Exhaust
from 112 Google reviews
Started: 1994
- 41
Hervey Bay & Maryborough Pest Control
from 34 Google reviews
Started: 1994
Biz-Nissen Place, 12 Nissen St, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 42
Turfworks Group
from 57 Google reviews
Started: 1995
20 Hebblewhite St, Nikenbah QLD 4655
- 43
Atkinsons Air Hervey Bay
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1995
- 44
Jeeepart Recyclers
from 94 Google reviews
Started: 1996
- 45
Rock Bottom Tyres and Mechanical
from 220 Google reviews
Started: 1997
79 Old Maryborough Rd, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 46
Dynamic Engineering & Slide-On Campers
from 17 Google reviews
Started: 1998
48a Lower Mountain Rd, Hervey Bay QLD 4655
- 47
Espresso 3.31 / Cafe Connections Hervey Bay
from 33 Google reviews
Started: 1998
- 48
Flick Pest Control Fraser Coast
from 13 Google reviews
Started: 1998
394 Albert St, Maryborough QLD 4650
- 49
Seega Rent a Car
from 41 Google reviews
Started: 1999
- 50
Access Insulation
from 21 Google reviews
Started: 1999
Town Proven compared 1,801 local businesses in Hervey Bay, QLD, with 104,867 Google reviews between them. Of these, 125 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.9 from a median of 14 reviews.
Of the local businesses compared, the most reviewed is Bay Central Tavern, with 2,057 Google reviews at 4.4.
How this list is ranked
Businesses are ranked by the year they started, as their own website states it, earliest first. Only businesses rated 4.0 or better from at least 10 Google reviews are listed.
The year is the business's own statement and is not checked against a register, and age alone says nothing about quality.
Questions
- Which local businesses in Hervey Bay, QLD have been trading the longest?
- As of October 2026, the three longest-trading local businesses in Hervey Bay, QLD on Town Proven are Watkins Electrical (started in 1951; 4.4 from 41 Google reviews), Solahart Hervey Bay (started in 1953; 4.8 from 197 Google reviews) and Solahart Bundaberg (started in 1953; 4.5 from 92 Google reviews).
- How does Town Proven rank local businesses in Hervey Bay, QLD?
- Businesses are ranked by the year they started, as their own website states it, earliest first. Only businesses rated 4.0 or better from at least 10 Google reviews are listed. The year is the business's own statement and is not checked against a register, and age alone says nothing about quality.
- How many local businesses in Hervey Bay, QLD did Town Proven compare?
- Town Proven compared 1,801 local businesses in Hervey Bay, QLD, with 104,867 Google reviews between them. Of these, 125 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.9 from a median of 14 reviews.
- Can a business pay to be listed or to rank higher?
- No. Every business is ranked by the same published method, and no business can pay to be listed or to move up.