Longest trading · Updated October 2026
Local businesses in Tasmania
- Local businesses compared
- 8,735
- Google reviews
- 623,350
- Median rating
- 4.9
As of October 2026, the three longest-trading local businesses in Tasmania on Town Proven are Barclay crescent (started in 1950; 4.9 from 67 Google reviews), Bob De Groot Painting Services Pty Ltd (started in 1950; 4.3 from 23 Google reviews) and Petterd's Plumbing (started in 1950; 4.1 from 18 Google reviews).
Local businesses in Tasmania: the top 50
- 1
Barclay crescent
from 67 Google reviews
Started: 1950
- 2
Bob De Groot Painting Services Pty Ltd
from 23 Google reviews
Started: 1950
Shop/3 Mertonvale Cct, Kingston TAS 7050
- 3
Petterd's Plumbing
from 18 Google reviews
Started: 1950
19 Petty St, West Hobart TAS 7000
- 4
Sorell Service Centre
from 69 Google reviews
Started: 1951
- 5
Pelham Painters
from 51 Google reviews
Started: 1953
22 Hakea Dr, Tolmans Hill TAS 7007
- 6
Solahart Hobart
from 113 Google reviews
Started: 1953
159 Main Rd, Moonah TAS 7009
- 7
Solahart Northern Tasmania
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1953
Launceston TAS
- 8
Hobart Police and Community Youth Club
from 105 Google reviews
Started: 1953
Police & Citizens Youth Club, 300 Liverpool St, Hobart TAS 7000
- 9
Associated Projects
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1953
85 Macquarie St Level 3, Hobart TAS 7000
- 10
Westland Nurseries
from 22 Google reviews
Started: 1956
118 Surf Rd, Seven Mile Beach TAS 7170
- 11
Stelo at Pierre's
from 689 Google reviews
Started: 1956
- 12
Bridgestone Service Centre St Helens
from 45 Google reviews
Started: 1957
- 13
Bridgestone Service Centre Huonville
from 110 Google reviews
Started: 1957
6 Main St, Huonville TAS 7109
- 14
Bridgestone Service Centre Devonport
from 10 Google reviews
Started: 1957
79 Wright Street, East Devonport TAS 7310
- 15
Duggans Tyre Centre
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1957
6 Main Rd, Huonville TAS 7109
- 16
Burnie Plumbing Supplies
from 23 Google reviews
Started: 1957
19-21 Queen St, Burnie TAS 7320
- 17
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Moonah
from 226 Google reviews
Started: 1957
- 18
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Launceston
from 152 Google reviews
Started: 1957
119-123 Invermay Road, Launceston TAS 7250
- 19
Bridgestone Service Centre Wivenhoe (Burnie)
from 12 Google reviews
Started: 1957
- 20
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Hobart
from 251 Google reviews
Started: 1957
91-93 Argyle St, Hobart TAS 7000
- 21
The Cleaning Agents
from 12 Google reviews
Started: 1958
12 South St, Launceston TAS 7248
- 22
Choices Flooring Devonport
from 224 Google reviews
Started: 1959
37 Formby Rd, Devonport TAS 7310
- 23
Choices Flooring Kingston
from 55 Google reviews
Started: 1959
Budget Carpet Choice, 6 Mertonvale Cct, Kingston TAS 7050
- 24
Choices Flooring Burnie
from 22 Google reviews
Started: 1959
127-133 Bass Hwy, Burnie TAS 7320
- 25
Finney Funeral Services
from 20 Google reviews
Started: 1962
- 26
Status Dry Cleaners
from 37 Google reviews
Started: 1964
- 27
Status Drycleaners
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1964
- 28
Two Way Taxi Trucks
from 36 Google reviews
Started: 1964
45 Charles St, Moonah TAS 7009
- 29
Max Coombes & Son
from 12 Google reviews
Started: 1965
499 Main Road, Montrose TAS 7010
- 30
Tas Chainsaws and Mowers
from 68 Google reviews
Started: 1965
208-210 Wellington St, Launceston TAS 7249
- 31
Kiely Plumbing
from 44 Google reviews
Started: 1967
9 Dysons Ln, Ulverstone TAS 7315
- 32
Leightons 4x4 - TJM Authorised Stockist
from 33 Google reviews
Started: 1967
- 33
20th Century Plumbing
from 45 Google reviews
Started: 1968
Glenorchy TAS
- 34
Mersey Sheet Metal
from 10 Google reviews
Started: 1968
80-82 Hiller St, Devonport TAS 7310
- 35
GA Davis Plumbing
from 25 Google reviews
Started: 1969
6/76 Mornington Rd, Mornington TAS 7018
- 36
Southern Plumbing
from 10 Google reviews
Started: 1969
Unit 1/10 McIntyre St, Mornington TAS 7018
- 37
Express Plumbing
from 270 Google reviews
Started: 1970
- 38
Brianna Tilt Trays & Towing
from 31 Google reviews
Started: 1970
37 River Rd, Burnie TAS 7320
- 39
Kleen Green Plumbing
from 101 Google reviews
Started: 1971
Launceston TAS
- 40
H&R Block Tax Accountants - New Norfolk
from 26 Google reviews
Started: 1971
26 High Street, New Norfolk TAS 7140
- 41
H&R Block Tax Accountants - Rosny Park
from 83 Google reviews
Started: 1971
Level 1, 8 Bayfield Street, Rosny Park TAS 7018
- 42
H&R Block Tax Accountants - Burnie
from 68 Google reviews
Started: 1971
- 43
H&R Block Tax Accountants - Devonport
from 27 Google reviews
Started: 1971
Shop 2, 39 Steele St, Devonport TAS 7310
- 44
H&R Block Tax Accountants - Huonville
from 17 Google reviews
Started: 1971
13 Wilmot Street, Huonville TAS 7109
- 45
H&R Block Tax Accountants - Launceston
from 43 Google reviews
Started: 1971
123B Charles Street, Launceston TAS 7250
- 46
H&R Block Tax Accountants - Hobart
from 44 Google reviews
Started: 1971
1, 144 Collins Street, Hobart TAS 7000
- 47
Premier Locksmith Services
from 43 Google reviews
Started: 1972
Launceston TAS
- 48
Don River Railway
from 913 Google reviews
Started: 1973
Forth Rd, Devonport TAS 7310
- 49
Wilcox Bodyworks & Towing
from 28 Google reviews
Started: 1973
60 Main St, Huonville TAS 7109
- 50
Moanes Northside Real Estate
from 28 Google reviews
Started: 1973
Shop 24 Claremont Plaza, 35 Main Rd
Town Proven compared 8,735 local businesses in Tasmania, with 623,350 Google reviews between them. Of these, 501 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 Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, with 7,745 Google reviews at 4.7.
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 Tasmania have been trading the longest?
- As of October 2026, the three longest-trading local businesses in Tasmania on Town Proven are Barclay crescent (started in 1950; 4.9 from 67 Google reviews), Bob De Groot Painting Services Pty Ltd (started in 1950; 4.3 from 23 Google reviews) and Petterd's Plumbing (started in 1950; 4.1 from 18 Google reviews).
- How does Town Proven rank local businesses in Tasmania?
- 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 Tasmania did Town Proven compare?
- Town Proven compared 8,735 local businesses in Tasmania, with 623,350 Google reviews between them. Of these, 501 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.