Longest trading · Updated October 2026
Local businesses in Wollongong
- Local businesses compared
- 4,744
- Google reviews
- 298,671
- Median rating
- 5.0
As of October 2026, the three longest-trading local businesses in Wollongong, NSW on Town Proven are Peoplecare Optical and Dental (started in 1952; 4.5 from 20 Google reviews), Solahart Wollongong (started in 1953; 4.9 from 54 Google reviews) and Better Floors and Blinds (started in 1953; 4.4 from 39 Google reviews).
Local businesses in Wollongong: the top 50
- 1
Peoplecare Optical and Dental
from 20 Google reviews
Started: 1952
63 Market St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 2
Solahart Wollongong
from 54 Google reviews
Started: 1953
96A Flinders St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 3
Better Floors and Blinds
from 39 Google reviews
Started: 1953
- 4
DGB Lawyers Wollongong
from 34 Google reviews
Started: 1955
Level 1, 102/40 Stewart St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 5
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Albion Park
from 232 Google reviews
Started: 1957
- 6
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Croydon (NSW)
from 195 Google reviews
Started: 1957
696 Parramatta Rd
- 7
Bridgestone Service Centre Unanderra
from 54 Google reviews
Started: 1957
- 8
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Fairy Meadow
from 111 Google reviews
Started: 1957
2-3/135 Princes Hwy, Fairy Meadow NSW 2519
- 9
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Wollongong
from 167 Google reviews
Started: 1957
218 Corrimal St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 10
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Wollongong Central
from 11 Google reviews
Started: 1957
277 Keira St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 11
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Wollongong Central
from 13 Google reviews
Started: 1957
277 Keira St, Wollongong, NSW, 2500
- 12
Unity Bank
from 53 Google reviews
Started: 1959
- 13
Choices Flooring Fairy Meadow
from 51 Google reviews
Started: 1959
81 Princes Hwy, Wollongong NSW 2519
- 14
Batteries Galore & More Wollongong
from 32 Google reviews
Started: 1960
- 15
Wollongong Sheet Metal & Engineering
from 11 Google reviews
Started: 1960
- 16
Sunset Strip Automotive
from 168 Google reviews
Started: 1962
5/30 Swan St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 17
Rapid Exhaust Systems
from 80 Google reviews
Started: 1963
- 18
Unanderra Mower Centre
from 177 Google reviews
Started: 1963
51 Princes Hwy, Wollongong NSW 2526
- 19
Dentistry Illawarra
from 86 Google reviews
Started: 1964
Unit 2/25 Belmore St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 20
Marksman Homes
from 13 Google reviews
Started: 1967
102- 108 Princes Hwy, Figtree, NSW, 2525
- 21
Copes Pest and Termite Solutions
from 85 Google reviews
Started: 1968
- 22
Key Battery Service
from 107 Google reviews
Started: 1969
39-41 Mount Keira Rd, West Wollongong NSW 2500
- 23
Coast to Coast Kitchens
from 40 Google reviews
Started: 1969
59a Princes Hwy, West Wollongong NSW 2500
- 24
Wilsons Blinds - Cleaning / Repairs / Installs
from 68 Google reviews
Started: 1969
387 Old Five Islands Rd, Wollongong NSW 2526
- 25
Kennards Self Storage Wollongong
from 972 Google reviews
Started: 1973
98/104 Gipps St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 26
Massology Remedial Massage
from 40 Google reviews
Started: 1975
32 Lake Entrance Rd, Warilla NSW 2528
- 27
Walton's Tree Care Services
from 25 Google reviews
Started: 1975
- 28
Shine Lawyers Wollongong
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1976
Innovation Campus, Ground Floor, Enterprise 1 Squires Way
- 29
Diamond Bathroom Renovations Bulli, Thirroul & Wollongong
from 14 Google reviews
Started: 1977
62 Duke St, Woonona NSW 2517
- 30
Ciao Cucina
from 605 Google reviews
Started: 1977
112-114 Corrimal St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 31
Mr Bugs Pest Control
from 15 Google reviews
Started: 1977
14 Evonne Pl, Woonona NSW 2517
- 32
Gamble Law and Estate Planning
from 53 Google reviews
Started: 1978
19/30 Market St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 33
Lambert Kitchens & Joinery PTY Ltd.
from 51 Google reviews
Started: 1978
- 34
Wollongong Roller Shutters
from 53 Google reviews
Started: 1979
13 First Ave, Unanderra NSW 2526
- 35
Wollongong Auto Supplies
from 79 Google reviews
Started: 1979
100 Kenny St, Wollongong, NSW, 2500
- 36
Michael Hill Crown Central Jewellery Store
from 27 Google reviews
Started: 1979
Crown Central Mall, Shop N143/200 Crown St
- 37
Perry's Timber & Fencing
from 11 Google reviews
Started: 1980
56 Marshall St, Dapto NSW 2530
- 38
Ray Proust Optometrist
from 30 Google reviews
Started: 1980
36A Figtree Grove, 19 Princes Hwy, Figtree NSW 2525
- 39
Rekote Roofing & Restoration Wollongong
from 57 Google reviews
Started: 1981
- 40
Craig's Coastal Landscaping Services
from 13 Google reviews
Started: 1981
4/112-114 Montague St, North Wollongong NSW 2500
- 41
Rekote Roofing & Resoration
from 43 Google reviews
Started: 1981
- 42
Warilla Florist & Classy Baskets
from 63 Google reviews
Started: 1982
2-4 Beverley Ave, Warilla NSW 2528
- 43
Lube Mobile Wollongong
from 34 Google reviews
Started: 1982
- 44
South Coast Roof Restoration
from 17 Google reviews
Started: 1983
Unit 2/10 Ellen St, Bellambi NSW 2518
- 45
Unanderra Veterinary Hospital
from 318 Google reviews
Started: 1983
42 Princes Hwy, Unanderra NSW 2526
- 46
Notts Smash Repairs
from 111 Google reviews
Started: 1983
- 47
Instant Windscreens Wollongong - Repairs & Tinting
from 121 Google reviews
Started: 1983
108 Auburn Street, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 48
The Golden Roast
from 39 Google reviews
Started: 1983
- 49
NumberWorks'nWords Tutoring Wollongong
from 44 Google reviews
Started: 1984
25 Victoria St, Wollongong NSW 2500
- 50
Players Smash Repairs
from 32 Google reviews
Started: 1984
11/46 Montague St, North Wollongong NSW 2500
Town Proven compared 4,744 local businesses in Wollongong, NSW, with 298,671 Google reviews between them. Of these, 346 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 18 reviews.
Of the local businesses compared, the most reviewed is Luxury Escapes, with 4,719 Google reviews at 4.8.
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 Wollongong, NSW have been trading the longest?
- As of October 2026, the three longest-trading local businesses in Wollongong, NSW on Town Proven are Peoplecare Optical and Dental (started in 1952; 4.5 from 20 Google reviews), Solahart Wollongong (started in 1953; 4.9 from 54 Google reviews) and Better Floors and Blinds (started in 1953; 4.4 from 39 Google reviews).
- How does Town Proven rank local businesses in Wollongong, NSW?
- 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 Wollongong, NSW did Town Proven compare?
- Town Proven compared 4,744 local businesses in Wollongong, NSW, with 298,671 Google reviews between them. Of these, 346 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 18 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.