The term may also refer to many of these successor companies, including:

Occasionally, an old stock document will be found that still has value as a stock in a successor company.

It went bankrupt in 1963; its successor company is Scubapro.

It wasn't as if the surplus was created by the successor company.

The successor company was in business until 1870.

The successor company went into receivership on August 4, 1894.

They and their successor companies remained in control until the mills closed in 1968.

This successor company had since withdrawn from the high street following heavy losses and now only has an internet presence.

The successor company later moved its headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia.

Today these competitors continue to play, directly or through successor companies, a central role in the competitiveness of the markets they inhabit.