What is the Oldest continuously run Business in the World? ?

Question: What is the Oldest continuously run Business in the World!? !?

I am just curious, what company or business has been around the longest in the entire world!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Kongo Gumi ran for 1400yrs from 578 to 2007, building temples in Japan!.

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The Hudson Bay Company is one of the oldest in the world and the oldest in North America!. It is a Canadian Company recently bought by an American!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

According to the Guinness Book of Records the Hōshi Ryokan is the oldest since Kongō Gumi went out of business 1291 years all told!.

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Some breweries go back to the middle ages like Lowenbrau!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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the East India Trading Co!.Www@QuestionHome@Com