By 1925, more companies had more meaningful names, typically identifying the endpoints of the routes. While some companies continued to be named after the owners or operators. The Annual Reports of Ohio Public Utilities Commission from then listed the headquarters cities, but not the routes. Years were compiled when service began, also listed are exact start dates for the oldest companies listed in the 1923 Annual Report. Where end years are not listed, service continued into the 1930's
Name Headquarters Service Began Ended Adena-Ducanwood-New Athens Bus Line Adena 1924 1926 Adrian-Ann Arbor Motor Coach Co. Grand Rapids MI 1927 1928 Air-Way Stages Toledo 1929 Akron-Crescent Transit Line Barberton 1926 1928 Akron-Medina-Elyria-Norwalk Coach Service Akron 1927 Akron-Manchester-Canal Fulton Bus Line Akron 1924 Akron-Medina Bus Line Akron 1924 1927 Akron-Springfield Center-Lakemore Bus Line Akron 1926 1929 Akron-Tallmadge & Lake Stafford Bus Line Akron 1924 1926 Akron-Wadsworth-Creston Bus Line Akron 1926 1926 Akron-Wooster Coach Line Kent 1924 Akron-Youngstown Bus Co. Youngstown Aug. 12, 1922 John R. Allen Middletown 1928 1929 Alliance-Akron Transit Co. Alliance 1929 Alliance-Minerva Transit Co. Alliance 1925 Arlington Bus Line Columbus 1928 1929 Claude F. Armstrong Akron May 25, 1922 1926 Alvin Arn Sardinia 1924 1927 Stephen D. Arthur Bus Line Portsmouth 1928 Ashland-Mt. Vernon Bus Line Ashland Dec. 17, 1921 1928 Ashland-New London Bus Line (Joe Puglisi) Ashland 1927 Ashland-Wellington Bus Line Ashland 1923 1928 Ashland & Wooster Auto Service Ashland 1923 1926 Athens Coach Co. Lancaster 1925 1926 Athens-Coolville Bus Line Athens 1924 1927 Athens-Parkersburg Bus Co. Guysville 1927 1928 Atlantic-Pacific Stages St. Louis MO 1929 1930 J. H. Awwiller Ashland 1924 Bailey & Gephart Taxi Line Germantown 1924 1928 Bainbridge-Chillicothe Bus Line Bainbridge 1924 1927 C. O. Bales Newark 1926 1926 C. M. Bebout Mt. Vernon 1926 1926 Bedford-Northfield Bus Northfield 1924 Beierla & Murphy Bus Line Toledo 1927 1929 Bell Brothers Transportation Co. Marietta 1924 1926 Bellaire-Neff Bus Co. Bellaire Aug. 14, 1922 1926 Bellefontaine-Kenton Bus Line Mt. Vernon 1927 1928 Bellville-Mansfield Bus Line Bellville 1927 Bennett & Bennett Bus Co. Aberdeen 1928 1929 Berea Bus Line Berea Jan. 1, 1922 Bessemer-Hillsville Bus Co. Bessemer PA 1924 Forest C. Bidlack Defiance 1928 Black Hawk Lines Sylvania 1928 1929 Blue Bird Coach Line Lyons 1927 1928 Blue Bus Co. Cincinnati 1924 1928 Blue Bus Line Middleport 1923 1927 Blue Line Transit Magnolia 1923 1928 Blue Star Transit Co. St. Clairsville 1927 William Bonham Middletown 1925 1927 Bowling Green-Weston-Grand Rapids Bus Line Bowling Green 1923 1926 Bridgeport-Steubenville Transportation Co. Steubenville 1927 1928 Bryan-Defiance Stage Bryan 1925 1930 Bryant Bus Line Middletown 1926 1930 Bryant & Murphy Bus Line Middletown 1929 1930 Buckeye Special Transit Co. Columbus 1924 1925 Buckeye Stages Columbus 1926 Bucyrus-Tiffin Bus Line Bucyrus 1927 1930 Cecil F. Burris Canton 1924 1926 Henry Butler Findlay 1926 1927 Burwell Bus Line Massillon Oct. 1, 1922 Cadillac Bus Co. Chardon 1923 1926 Cadiz Bus Line Cadiz Jul. 22, 1922 Cambridge-Lore City Bus Line Lore City 1927 Cambridge Motor Bus Co. Cambridge 1926 Cambridge & Southern Bus Co. Cambridge 1927 1930 Canfield-Youngstown Transit Co. Canfield 1924 1926 Cannon Ball Transportation Co. Portsmouth 1924 Canton-Akron Trackless Coach Co. Akron 1923 1925 Canton-Alliance Bus Line Canton 1923 1926 Canton-East Liverpool Coach Co. Canton 1924 1930 Canton Transportation Co. Canton Jan. 1, 1922 Cardinal Stage Lines Cleveland 1928 1928 Carpenter Bus Line Trenton 1926 1927 Carpenter & Zarley Athens 1924 1930 Central Garage Ripley 1923 1925 Central Ohio Bus Co. Chillicothe 1926 1927 Central Ohio Motor Bus Co. Galion Feb. 27, 1922 1927 Central Ohio Transit Co. Logan 1926 1929 Chardon-Painesville Bus Line Chardon 1924 1925 Chesterland Bus Co. Chesterland 1923 1927 Chillicothe-Hillsboro Stages Hillsboro 1929 Chillicothe & Jackson Bus Line Chillicothe 1924 1929 Chillicothe-Jackson Coach Co. Chillicothe 1929 Chillicothe-McArthur-Wellston Bus Line Chillicothe 1924 1928 Cincinnati-Greensburg Bus Line Rushville IN 1928 1929 Cincinnati-Hamilton Bus Co. Hamilton 1923 Cincinnati Street Railway Cincinnati 1926 Circleville-Washington C. H. Stages Circleville 1929 1930 City Transit Co. Cincinnati 1926 City Transportation Co. Cambridge 1928 1929 O. P. Claggert Cedarville 1924 1925 A. B. Clark Mt. Vernon 1924 1927 H. A. Clark Doylestown 1924 1926 Noah S. Clark Gallipolis 1925 1927 Cleveland-Akron-Canton Bus Co. Akron 1924 Cleveland-Ashtabula-Conneaut Bus Co. Cleveland 1923 1928 Cleveland-Elyria-Toledo Bus Co. Cleveland 1923 1927 Cleveland-Lorain Highway Coach Line Lorain 1924 Cleveland-Lorain-Sandusky Bus Co. Cleveland 1923 1927 Cleveland-Mahoning Valley Coach Co. Youngstown 1926 1930 Cleveland-Massillon-Canton Motor Bus Co. Cleveland 1925 1927 Cleveland-Olmsted Falls Bus Line Olmsted Falls 1924 1929 Cleveland-Pittsburgh Motor Stage Cleveland 1926 1929 Cleveland-Warren-Youngstown Stage Co. Cleveland 1923 1926 Cleveland S. C. Bus Line Tiffin 1926 1927 Coke Otto Bus Line Hamilton 1924 R. L. Coleman West Milton 1926 1927 Coleman & Sanborn Lorain 1923 1925 Columbiana Bus Co. Youngstown 1923 1930 Columbus Delaware & Marion Electric Co. Marion 1927 Columbus-Grove City Bus Co. Columbus 1928 Columbus-Marysville Bus Co. Plain City Dec. 10, 1921 Columbus-Millersport Bus Line Columbus 1927 Columbus New Albany & Johnstown Bus Line Croton 1924 1926 Columbus-New Albany-Johnstown Stages Croton 1929 Columbus-St. Marys-Ft. Wayne Transportation Sidney 1929 1930 Columbus-Springfield Bus Co. Columbus 1926 1927 Columbus Urbana & Western Electric Railway Columbus 1924 1928 Columbus & Zanesville Transportation Co. Zanesville 1923 Continental Stages Toledo 1928 1929 Cooper Bus Co. Lancaster 1926 1930 Corporation Co. Sidney 1929 1929 Coshocton Motor Co. Coshocton 1927 1928 Coshocton Transportation Co. Coshocton 1927 1928 William H. Cost Quincy 1928 Craig Coach Co. Warren 1929 Crain Bus Line Middletown 1927 1928 Crawford & Son Churubusco IN 1924 1927 Crescent Tours Co. Pittsburgh 1927 1929 A. P. Criswell Portsmouth 1928 J. L. Croop Ravenna Jan. 1, 1922 1926 Crossley & Setty Blanchester 1923 1926 Crosstown Rapid Transit Co. Toledo 1923 1926 R. S. Croswell Williamsburg 1929 1930 Croton-Delaware-Newark Bus Line Newark 1926 1926 Cullen & Travis Bus Line Paulding 1928 George A. Daft Millersport 1926 1926 Davis Bus Line Portsmouth 1927 Dayton Belmont & Beaverton Bus Line Dayton 1925 1926 Dayton & Columbus Transportation Co. Springfield 1923 1930 Dayton & Farmersville Bus Line Germantown 1924 1925 Dayton & Northern Utilities West Milton 1927 Dayton & Waynesville Bus Line Dayton 1924 1927 Dayton & Xenia Motor Bus Co. Dayton 1923 Dayton Street Railway Dayton 1925 Eva M. Dearth Zanesville Apr. 1, 1920 1926 George B. Decker Greenville Jan. 1, 1922 1927 Defiance Okolona & Napoleon Bus Line Defiance 1924 1926 Defiance-Napolean Bus Line Defiance 1923 1926 Delaware-Newark Bus Line Newark 1924 1928 Dempsey & Murray Bus Line Wooster 1927 1928 Samuel Derenberger Alliance 1926 1926 Detroit-Cincinnati Coach Line Detroit 1927 1928 Detroit-Toledo-Cleveland Bus Co. Cleveland 1926 1929 Detroit-Toledo Trackless Coach Co. Detroit 1926 1928 Detroit-Toledo Transportation Co. Detroit 1924 1928 Dillonvale & Martins Ferry Bus Co. Martins Ferry 1923 Charles T. Dowd New London 1924 1927 Duffy & Wells Pomeroy 1929 1929 Dutt Transit Co. Greensburg 1923 Eagle Bus Line Batesville IN 1926 1928 East Canton Transit Co. East Canton Feb. 1, 1920 East Palestine-Youngstown Bus Line East Palestine 1924 1925 East Tuscarawas Bus Line Canton 1923 1926 Eastern Michigan Motorbuses Detroit 1928 Eastern Ohio Rapid Transit Zanesville 1926 1927 Eastern Ohio Transport Corp. Bellaire 1926 East Liverpool-Canton Coach Co. Canton 1928 1929 Eastman & Algire Lexington Mar. 15, 1921 Eberhart Bus Line Canton Jan. 1920 1928 Edwards Motor Transit Co. Du Pois PA 1929 Elite Motor Bus Co. New Straitsville 1923 Elyria & Norwalk Bus Line Elyria 1924 C. E. Fannin Ironton 1928 1929 Farmersville Auto Co. Farmersville 1925 Fenton Motor Transportation Co. Chillicothe 1924 1926 Harold File Farmersville 1926 1927 Findlay-Kenton Bus Line Findlay 1924 1927 Findlay & Ottawa Bus Service Findlay 1923 1926 Finken Bus Line Port Clinton 1926 1928 Flint-Ann Arbor Motor Coach Co. Ann Arbor 1928 1928 Carl E. Font Xenia 1924 1927 Forrest Motor Bus Transportation Co. Cleveland 1924 Ft. Wayne Van Wert & Lima Traction Co. Ft. Wayne IN 1926 1926 Ward W. Fowler Millersburg 1928 1930 Fremont-Tiffin Bus Line Tiffin 1924 1926 Fulton Bus Line Canal Fulton 1926 1926 Fulton & Massillon Bus Line Canal Fulton 1923 1926 Galion & Mansfield Transit Co. Galion 1927 Ganyard Bus Line Akron 1927 1929 Garfield Heights Transit Co. Cleveland 1924 Garrettsville-Hiram-Ravenna Transit Co. Garrettsville 1923 1928 Germantown & Dayton Bus Germantown 1923 1928 Girard-McDonald Bus Co. McDonald 1927 Girard-McDonald Transportation Co. McDonald 1924 1926 Glouster-Athens Bus Line Trimble 1923 S. A. Goble Somerset 1926 1927 Granville & Newark Bus Line Granville 1923 1926 Granville-Newark Motor Service Granville 1926 Great Lakes Stages Cleveland 1928 1930 Green Star Bus Line Steubenville 1924 1926 Greenville-Dayton Bus Line Greenville 1923 1925 Greenville-Dayton Transportation Co. Greenville 1926 Greenville-Eaton Bus Line Dayton Feb. 1, 1922 1927 Greenville-Newark Bus Line Granville 1926 1926 Greenville-Piqua Bus Line Greenville 1927 Greenville-Richmond Bus Line (A. C. Wetzel) Greenville 1927 Greenville Transportation Co. Greenville 1925 Greenville-Versailles Bus Line Versailles 1924 1927 Greyhound Lines Inc. Cincinnati 1927 Gutzwiller Bus Co. Cincinnati 1925 1926 Hamilton-Eaton Bus Line Hamilton 1924 1926 Hamilton-Oxford Bus Line Hamilton 1924 W. M. Hannan Cambridge 1927 1927 Harbor View Transit Line Toledo 1923 H. L. Hart Garrettsville Aug. 3, 1916 1927 Harter Bus Line Mt. Vernon 1926 1928 Harter & Snyder Bus Line Ashland 1927 Eli D. Hershberger Millersburg 1924 1926 Hile & Ilgen Versailles 1924 1926 Hillsboro-Cincinnati Bus Line Hillsboro 1924 1926 Holliday Brothers Bus Line West Union 1924 1927 Fred Hollycross Plain City 1924 1927 Home Taxi Line Wellston 1923 Roy Hook Germantown 1928 Hoover & Pittro Wilmington 1928 Hostetler & Schweitzer Sugar Creek 1929 1929 J. R. Howbert Lima 1924 1929 Hughes Taxi Line Magnetic Springs Jan. 1, 1922 1929 John W. Hutter East Palestine Nov. 28, 1918 Indiana Columbus & Eastern Traction Co. Springfield 1923 1928 Indianapolis-Cincinnati Bus Co. Cincinnati 1926 1927 Inter-Cities Coach Co. Dayton 1927 Interstate Highway Limited Akron 1928 Interstate Motor Transit Co. Portsmouth 1925 Interstate Stages Detroit 1926 1927 Interstate Transit Norwood 1928 D. Q. Jennings Steubenville 1926 1926 Jolley & Yowler Osborn Jan. 1, 1922 1926 G. E. Jones Bellville Jul. 1, 1921 1927 Kennedy Hts. & Montgomery Transportation Cincinnati 1924 1925 Kenton-Findlay Bus Line Ada 1927 Harry C. Kessler New Paris 1924 1927 King Brothers Co. Lebanon 1926 Knechtly Bus Line West Union 1927 R. J. Lair Springfield 1926 1927 Lake County Transportation Co. Fairport 1924 Lake Erie & Youngstown Transportation Co. Youngstown 1925 1926 Lake Shore Coach Co. Sandusky 1927 Lakeside Bus Line Middletown 1927 1930 Lanich Bus Line Versailles 1926 1930 Harry Laremore Napoleon 1923 1927 Lebanon-Middletown Bus Line Lebanon 1924 1927 Lebanon-Ridgeville-Centerville-Dayton Bus Lebanon 1924 1926 Lexington-Mansfield Bus Line Lexington 1923 1926 Lewisburg-Dayton Bus Line Dayton 1927 Liberty Auto Line Zanesville Jun. 1922 1925 Lima-Ada Bus Line Ada 1927 Lima-Spencerville Bus Line Spencerville 1927 W. N. Lindsay Bryan Sep. 1, 1921 1927 Carl E. Lloyd Canton 1924 1927 Lockland Subdivision Bus Co. Lockland 1928 1930 Loudonville-Millersburg Bus Line Ashland 1927 1929 Howard Lowther Albany 1924 1926 Jack Luccas Coshocton 1928 1929 Lykins Bus Line Portsmouth 1923 1928 Paul R. Lyon Zanesville 1924 1926 Name Headquarters Service Began Ended