Though they reached the peak of their power under Oda Nobunaga and fell soon after, several branches of the family continued as daimyo houses until the Meiji Restoration.

After the Meiji Restoration, all four heads of the houses of the clan were appointed viscounts in the new system of hereditary peerage.

Then turning to neighboring rivals, it, one by one achieved dominance over the Imagawa, Saitō, Azai, Asakura, Takeda and other clans, until Nobunaga held control over central Japan.

The Oda remained titular overlords of central Japan for a short time, before being surpassed by the family of one of Nobunaga's chief generals, Hashiba Hideyoshi.

During the reign of the daimyō Nobutoshi, the Oda of Tendō Domain were signatories to the pact that created the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei.

After the Meiji Restoration in 1871, the feudal domains were abolished, and all the four houses of the Oda clan were appointed viscounts in the new hereditary peerage (kazoku).