Aspinwall & Co. Ltd., is one of the earliest commercial enterprises in the Malabar - Coast of South India, created and deployed in the year 1867, by the legendary English trader and visionary, John H. Aspinwall. In 1867, John H Aspinwall executed a strategic acquisition of the business of Scott Brothers in 1867, and formally introduced Aspinwall & Company, making available a range of shipping services, besides carrying on business in timber, spices and several other agro products. In 1884 - John H Aspinwall expired and company remained into the hand of his partner W.N. Black.

The company became a public limited company with financial participation from the Travancore Royal family in 1956. In 1971, the English Company offered to disinvest its holdings and the Royal family executed a strategic acquisition of the controlling shares in the Group. In 2002, the company had broadened its footprint operations into into different sectors of Kerala like information technology, tourism and biotechnology. In 2003, the company broadened its footprint operations into into ITES by setting up a modern international business process outsourcing (BPO) centre at Calvetty.