- List of companies based in San Francisco
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The following is a list of companies headquartered in San Francisco. Fortune 500 rankings indicated in parentheses. All ranking is based on the list of the Fortune 500 companies in 2008.
Contents
Companies headquartered in San Francisco
Basic Materials
Capital Goods
Construction
- Bechtel
- Gensler
- Swinerton
- T. Y. Lin International
- URS
Consumer Cyclical
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Beverages (Alcoholic)
- Anchor Brewing Company
- SKYY Spirits
- Distillery 209
Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)
Food
- Boudin Bakery
- Del Monte Foods
- Jack & Jason's Pancakes & Waffles
- TCHO
Personal and Household Products
- Bare Escentuals
Energy
- 3Degrees
Financial
Banks
- BancWest and Bank of the West
- Bank of the Orient
- First Republic Bank
- UnionBanCal Corporation and Union Bank of California
- Wells Fargo & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank (41)
Consumer Financial Services
- Visa
- Square
Insurance (Accident and Health)
Insurance (Property and Casualty)
Investment Services
- Charles Schwab (402)
- KKR Financial Holdings
- Liquid Realty Partners
- ThinkEquity Partners, LLC
- Thomas Weisel Partners
- WR Hambrecht + Co
- Savant Investment Group
Healthcare
Biotechnology and Drugs
- McKesson Corporation (18)
Hospitals
- California Pacific Medical Center
- Catholic Healthcare West
- Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
Public Benefit
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Kiva
- The Sierra Club
- TechSoup.org
Services
Advertising
- AKQA
- Duncan/Channon
- Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Broadcasting and Cable TV
Business Services
- Ammunition Design Group
- Duane Morris
- Elanex
- Gensler
- Morrison & Foerster
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Sparkpr
- Studios Architecture
- XIM
Hotels and Motels
- Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Motion Pictures
Publishing and Printing
- Blurb
- High Speed Productions
- Juxtapoz
- Thrasher
- Dwell
- Macworld
- McEvoy Group
- 7x7
- Chronicle Books
- Spin
- McSweeney's
- Mother Jones
- PC World
- VIZ Media
- Wired
- XLR8R
Real Estate
Recreational Activities
- Club One
- Hornblower Cruises
- SHN
Retail (Apparel)
- Gap, Inc. (162)
- Gymboree
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Tea Collection
Retail (Non-Physical)
Retail (Specialty)
- Good Vibrations
- Gump's
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Waste Management
Technologies
Communications Equipment
Computer Services
- AfterCollege
- AllBusiness.com
- Automattic
- Bebo
- CBS Interactive
- Craigslist
- Digg
- Dropbox
- Fitbit
- Internet Archive
- Kink.com
- LiveJournal
- Mevio
- NetShelter Technology Media
- Notehall
- Revision3
- SAY Media
- Salesforce.com
- StumbleUpon
- Tapjoy
- Technorati
- Trulia
- Ustream
- Whiskey Media
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Wolfgang's Vault
- Yammer
- Yelp
- YouNoodle
Software and Programming
- Advent Software
- BitTorrent Inc.
- Calypso Technology
- Help4Access
- Linden Lab
- MessageSolution <http://www.messagesolution.com/email_archiving.htm>
- OpenTable
- Sega of America
- Strategic Enterprise Solutions, Inc
- WideOrbit
- Zynga
Utilities
- Pacific Gas & Electric (200)
Companies headquartered near San Francisco (within San Francisco Bay Area)
Apparel
- Bebe – Brisbane, California
- The North Face – San Leandro, California
- Mountain Hardwear – Richmond, California
- JanSport – San Leandro, California
- Marmot – Santa Rosa, California
- Western Mountaineering – San Jose, California
Biomedical
- Bio-Rad Laboratories - Hercules, California
- Buck Institute for Age Research – Novato, California
- Chiron – Emeryville, California
- Genentech (7) – South San Francisco, California
- Gilead Sciences – Foster City, California
Healthcare Kaiser Permanente – Oakland, California
Consumer Goods
Electronics
- AMD (406) – Sunnyvale, California
- Adaptec – Milpitas, California
- Agilent Tech. (443) – Santa Clara, California
- Anchor Bay Technologies – Campbell, California
- Apple Inc. (103) – Cupertino, California
- Adaptec – Milpitas, California
- Applied Materials (270) – Santa Clara, California
- Barracuda Networks - Campbell, California
- Bay Imaging – San Carlos, California
- Cisco Systems (71) – San Jose, California
- E-mu Systems – Scotts Valley, California
- Fujitsu Computer Products of America – Sunnyvale, California
- Genesis Microchip – Santa Clara, California
- Hewlett Packard (14) – Palo Alto, California
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies – San Jose, California
- Hitachi Data Systems – Santa Clara, California
- Intel (60) – Santa Clara, California
- JDS Uniphase – Milpitas, California
- Integrated Device Technology – San Jose, California
- Logitech – Fremont, California
- LSI Corporation – Milpitas, California
- Macrotron Systems, Inc. – Fremont, California
- Maxtor – Milpitas, California
- Monster Cable Products – Brisbane, California
- National Semiconductor – Santa Clara, California
- NetApp – Sunnyvale, California
- Nvidia – Santa Clara, California
- Philips Lumileds Lighting Company – San Jose, California
- Rackable Systems – Fremont, California
- Rambus – Los Altos, California
- Sanmina-SCI (255) – San Jose, California
- SanDisk – Milpitas, California
- Seagate Technology – Scotts Valley, California
- Silicon Graphics – Mountain View, California (acquired by Rackable Systems)
- Silicon Image - Sunnyvale, California
- Solectron Corporation – Milpitas, California
- Sony Optiarc America Inc. – San Jose, California
- Sun Microsystems (184) – Santa Clara, California
- Supermicro – San Jose, California
- Super Talent – San Jose, California
- THX – San Rafael, California
- Digidesign – Daly City, California
- Juniper Networks – Sunnyvale, California
- Foundry Networks – Santa Clara, California
- Terayon – Santa Clara, California
- Xilinx – San Jose, California
Energy
- Calpine Corporation (318) – San Jose, California/Houston, Texas
- Chevron (3) – San Ramon, California
- SunPower – San Jose, California
Entertainment
- Electronic Arts – Redwood City, California
- Kerner Optical – San Rafael, California
- Netflix – Los Gatos, California
- Pandora Radio – Oakland, California
- Pixar – Emeryville, California
- Dreamworks Animation – Redwood City, California
- Skywalker Sound – San Rafael, California, (Lucas Valley)
- Lucasfilm Animation – San Rafael, California, (Lucas Valley)
- Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. – Foster City, California
Financial
- Fisher Investments – Woodside, California
- Franklin Templeton Investments – San Mateo, California
- PayPal – San Jose, California
- Robert Half International – Menlo Park, California
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company – Novato, California
Food and Drink
- Amadillo Willy's – Los Altos, California
- Basic American Foods – Walnut Creek, California
- Black Angus Steakhouse – Los Altos, California
- C&H Pure Cane Sugar – Crockett, California
- Clif Bar – Berkeley, California
- Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream – Oakland, California
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Company - San Leandro, California
- Häagen-Dazs – Oakland, California
- Imagine Foods - Palo Alto, California
- Jamba Juice – Emeryville, California
- Jelly Belly – Fairfield, California
- Odwalla – Half Moon Bay, California
- Peet's Coffee & Tea – Emeryville, California
- PowerBar – Berkeley, California
- The Republic of Tea – Novato, California
- See's Candies – South San Francisco, California
Internet
- Ask.com – Oakland, California
- eBay (326) – San Jose, California
- Google (150) – Mountain View, California
- Yahoo! (353) – Sunnyvale, California
- YouTube – San Bruno, California
- Facebook – Palo Alto, California
- LinkedIn - Mountain View, California
Media
- Communication Arts – Menlo Park, California
- Future US - South San Francisco, California
- University of California Press – Berkeley, California
Mobile Media
Musical Instruments and Accessories
- Dunlop Manufacturing - Benicia, California
- E-mu Systems – Scotts Valley, California
- Saga Musical Instruments - South San Francisco, California
Other
- RelayRides – San Francisco, California
Retail
- Orchard Supply Hardware – San Jose, California
- Ross Stores (412) – Pleasanton, California
- Safeway (55) – Pleasanton, California
- Shutterfly – Redwood City, California
- Restoration Hardware – Corte Madera, California
- Walmart.com – Brisbane, California
- Tiny Prints – Sunnyvale, California
Software
- Adobe Systems – San Jose, California
- Autodesk – San Rafael, California
- Business Objects – San Jose, California
- Intuit – Mountain View, California
- McAfee – Santa Clara, California
- Mozilla – Mountain View, California
- Oracle (137) – Redwood City, California
- Palantir Technologies - Palo Alto, California
- Skytide – Oakland, California
- Sybase – Dublin, California
- Symantec (461) – Cupertino, California
- VMware – Palo Alto, California
- Tibco – Palo Alto, California
- Maketick – Fremont, California
Security
Sports- Pac-12 Conference – Walnut Creek, California
- Specialized Bicycle Components – Morgan Hill, California
- Kestrel USA - Santa Cruz, California
- Lowepro – Sebastopol, California
- Hydrapak LLC – Oakland, California
- Fox Racing – Morgan Hill, California
- Giro – Santa Cruz, California
- Santa Cruz Skateboards – Santa Cruz, California
Transportation and Logistics
- Virgin America – Burlingame, California
- Con-way – San Mateo, California
Telecommunications
- Calix, Inc. Petaluma, California
Companies formerly headquartered in or near San Francisco
- Bank of America (9) – relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina
- Esprit relocated to Ratingen, Germany and Hong Kong, China
- FMC Corporation – Moved headquarters from San Jose to Philadelphia
- Excite@Home – purchased by Ask.com
- Flickr - acquired by Yahoo!
- Hambrecht & Quist, LLC – purchased by Chase Manhattan Bank, later folded into JP Morgan Securities following Chase's purchase of JPM
- Montgomery Securities – purchased by NationsBank Corporation on June 30, 1997
- Robertson Stephens – closed by its parent company FleetBoston in July 2002
- Hearst Corporation – relocated to New York City, New York
- Knight-Ridder – purchased by The McClatchy Company
- Pacific Telesis – acquired by SBC Communications, which became AT&T when it purchased AT&T Corporation
- Transamerica – purchased by Aegon
- Peterbilt Motors – relocated to Denton, Texas
- Caterpillar Inc. (50) – relocated to Peoria, Illinois
- Rolling Stone – relocated to New York City, New York
- Southern Pacific – acquired by Union Pacific Railroad
- Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker – acquired by The Hershey Company
- Six Apart - moved to Tokyo
- Swensen's Ice Cream – acquired by International Franchise Corp (IFC) of Markham, Ontario, Canada.
- Hills Brothers Coffee – purchased by Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA
- Folgers Coffee – acquired by The J.M. Smucker Co.
- United Commercial Bank; acquired by East West Bank
- Pegasus Aviation Finance Company - acquired by AWAS
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