| 100% | SERTA | 5 | Company founded as Sleeper, Inc. |
| 55% | SONY | 4 | Company founded as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. |
| 54% | AMEX | 4 | DJIA company founded as a quick shipper |
| 53% | SEARS | 5 | Retail company founded as a mail-order catalog |
| 53% | SERTA | 5 | Firm once known as Sleeper, Inc. |
| 52% | SEGA | 4 | Company founded in 1940 as Standard Games |
| 52% | ESTD | 4 | Founded, as a company: Abbr. |
| 52% | ESTD | 4 | Founded, as a company (Abbr.) |
| 51% | FERRARI | 7 | Company founded in 1939 as Auto Avio Costruzioni |
| 51% | ESTD | 4 | Founded, as a company, for short |
| 50% | NCR | 3 | ATM company founded as a cash register manufacturer in Dayton in 1884 |
| 49% | IBM | 3 | Co. founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company |
| 48% | SNAPON | 6 | Wisconsin manufacturer founded as a wrench company in 1920 |
| 47% | IBM | 3 | Tech giant originally founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company: Abbr. |
| 46% | RICOH | 5 | Company originally founded as Riken Sensitized Paper |
| 46% | NIKE | 4 | Company originally founded as Blue Ribbon Sports |
| 43% | IBM | 3 | Tech giant founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company |
| 42% | ATARICORP | 9 | Gaming company originally founded as Tramel Tech |
| 38% | AOL | 3 | Company founded by Steve Case |
| 38% | IKEA | 4 | Company founded by Ingvar Kamprad |
| 38% | NEXT | 4 | Company founded by 57-Across |
| 38% | ORALB | 5 | Company founded by a periodontist |
| 38% | MICROSOFT | 9 | Company founded by Bill Gates |
| 38% | MBA | 3 | Company founder's degree: Abbr. |
| 38% | ASTOR | 5 | Fur company founder |
| 38% | MOTT | 4 | Juice company founder |
| 38% | RUSTLEDUP | 9 | Found, as grub |
| 38% | ACCESSED | 8 | Found, as data |
| 37% | STANDARDOIL | 11 | Company founded by John D. Rockefeller |
| 37% | AVON | 4 | Company founded by a Shakespeare fan |