List of companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
This is a list of current and former companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, broken down by type of business. Fortune 500 rankings are indicated in parentheses. The San Francisco Bay Area has more Fortune 500 headquarters than any other region except for the tri-state New York City region. Ranking is based on the list of the Fortune 500 companies from 2008. San Francisco based businesses are not listed here; the subset of San Francisco-based businesses by type is at the list of companies based in San Francisco. This list includes extant businesses formerly located in the Bay Area, which have moved, or been bought out by other companies and had their headquarters relocated.
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Companies currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Aerospace/defense
- BAE Systems – San Jose
- General Dynamics OTS – Healdsburg
- Hexcel Corporation – Dublin
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Livermore
- Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions – San Jose
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems – Palo Alto
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems – Sunnyvale
- NASA Ames Research Center – Sunnyvale
- Northrop Grumman Corporation – San Jose
- Northrop Grumman Corporation – Sunnyvale
- Space Systems Loral – Palo Alto
- Titan Aerospace – Mountain View
Apparel
- Bebe – Brisbane
- Charlotte Russe - San Francisco
- Gap Inc. - San Francisco
- Gymboree Corporation - San Francisco
- JanSport – Alameda
- Levi Strauss & Co. – San Francisco
- Marmot – Santa Rosa
- Mountain Hardwear – Richmond
- The North Face – Alameda
- O'Neill – Santa Cruz
- Zazzle – Redwood City
Automotive
- Motiv Power Systems[1] – Hayward
- Tesla Motors – Palo Alto – Fremont
Biomedical
- Anthera Pharmaceuticals – Hayward
- Bio-Rad Laboratories – Hercules
- Buck Institute for Age Research – Novato
- Chiron – Emeryville
- Genentech (7) – South San Francisco
- Gilead Sciences – Foster City
- Intuitive Surgical – Sunnyvale
- Kosan Biosciences – Hayward
- Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. – Hayward
- Pearl Therapeutics – Redwood City
- United Immunoassay - San Bruno
Consumer goods
- Benefit Cosmetics – San Francisco
- Bianchi USA – Hayward
- Clorox (474) – Oakland
- GoPro – San Mateo, CA
- Kleenspeed Technologies – Mountain View
- Method – San Francisco, CA
Creative/Design
- Ammunition - San Francisco
- Butchershop - San Francisco
- Bonfire Labs - San Francisco
- FREEFORM - Oakland
- Guts & Glory - Oakland
- Idean - Palo Alto
- IDEO - Palo Alto
- Landor Associates - San Francisco
- Mule - San Francisco
- Punchcut - San Francisco
- Whipsaw - San Jose
Education
Electronics
- Adaptec – Milpitas
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) (406) – Sunnyvale
- Agilent Technologies (443) – Santa Clara
- Altera - San Jose
- AMAX Information Technologies - Fremont
- Antec Inc. - Fremont
- Apple Inc. (103) – Cupertino
- Applied Materials (270) – Santa Clara
- Barracuda Networks – Campbell
- Brocade Communications Systems – Santa Clara
- Cisco Systems (71) – San Jose
- Digidesign – Daly City
- Dust Networks – Hayward
- E-mu Systems – Scotts Valley
- Elo Touch Solutions – Milpitas
- EwasteSF
- Fairchild Semiconductor – San Jose
- Fujitsu Computer Products of America – Sunnyvale
- Genesis Microchip – Santa Clara
- Hewlett Packard (14) – Palo Alto
- Hitachi Data Systems – Santa Clara
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies – San Jose
- Integrated Device Technology – San Jose
- Intel (60) – Santa Clara
- Jawbone - San Francisco
- JDS Uniphase – Milpitas
- Juniper Networks – Sunnyvale
- KLA Tencor – Milpitas
- Logitech – Fremont
- LSI Corporation – Milpitas
- Marvell – Sunnyvale
- Maxtor – Milpitas
- Monster Cable Products – Brisbane
- National Semiconductor – Santa Clara
- NetApp – Sunnyvale
- Next Thing Co. – Oakland
- Nvidia – Santa Clara
- OnChip Devices, Inc. – Santa Clara
- Pericom Semiconductor – Milpitas
- Philips Lumileds Lighting Company – San Jose
- Rackable Systems – Fremont (name changed to Silicon Graphics)
- Rambus – Los Altos
- SanDisk – Milpitas
- Sanmina-SCI (255) – San Jose
- Seagate Technology – Cupertino
- Silicon Graphics – Fremont (acquired by Rackable Systems)
- Silicon Image – Sunnyvale
- Solectron Corporation – Milpitas
- Sony Optiarc America Inc. – San Jose
- Super Talent – San Jose
- Supermicro – San Jose
- Terayon – Santa Clara
- THX – San Rafael
- Touchstone Semiconductor – Milpitas
- Xilinx – San Jose
Energy
- Calpine Corporation (318) – San Jose, California/Houston, Texas
- Chevron (3) – San Ramon
- Cupertino Electric - San Jose
- Energy Recovery Inc. – San Leandro
- Mosaic Inc. – Oakland (solar power crowd funding)
- PG&E (183) – San Francisco
- Primus Power – Hayward
- REC - San Francisco
- Rosendin Electric - San Jose
- SolarCity - San Mateo
- SunEdison – Belmont
- Sungevity – Oakland
- SunPower – San Jose
- SunRun - San Francisco
Entertainment
- Electronic Arts – Redwood City
- Kerner Optical – San Rafael
- Lucasfilm Animation – San Rafael (Lucas Valley)
- Netflix – Los Gatos
- Pandora Radio – Oakland
- Pixar – Emeryville
- Sega – San Francisco
- Skywalker Sound – San Rafael (Lucas Valley)
- Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.(PlayStation) – San Mateo
- Zynga – San Francisco
Financial
- AssetMark – Concord
- Charles Schwab Corporation – San Francisco
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company – Novato
- Fisher Investments – Woodside
- Franklin Templeton Investments – San Mateo
- PayPal – San Jose
- Robert Half International – Menlo Park
- Square, Inc. - San Francisco
- Visa, Inc. – Foster City
- Wells Fargo Bank – San Francisco
Food and drink
Food and drink establishments with one location are not included in this list. Local and regional establishments with more than one location are included.
- Anchor Brewers and Distillers – San Francisco
- Annabelle Candy Company – Hayward
- Annie's Homegrown – Berkeley
- Black Angus Steakhouse – Los Altos
- C&H Pure Cane Sugar – Crockett
- Campari – San Francisco, CA
- Clif Bar – Berkeley
- Columbus Salame – Hayward
- Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream – Oakland
- DrinkDrop – Saratoga
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Company – San Leandro
- Grains of Wellness – Fremont
- Häagen-Dazs – Oakland
- Il Fornaio - Corte Madera
- Imagine Foods – San Carlos (division of Hain Celestial Group)
- Jamba Juice – Emeryville
- Jelly Belly – Fairfield
- Living Intentions – Point Richmond
- Mountain Mike's Pizza – Hayward
- Odwalla – Half Moon Bay
- Otis Spunkmeyer – San Leandro
- Peerless Coffee – Oakland
- Peet's Coffee & Tea – Emeryville
- Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company – Point Reyes Station
- PowerBar – Berkeley
- The Republic of Tea – Novato
- See's Candies – South San Francisco
- Shasta – Hayward
- Takaki Bakery (Andersen Institute of Bread and Life) – Hayward
Healthcare
- Eargo - Mountain Valley, California
- Kaiser Permanente – Oakland
- McKesson – San Francisco
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation – Palo Alto
Internet
- Airbnb – San Francisco
- Ask.com – Oakland
- Box - Redwood City
- eBay (326) – San Jose
- Facebook – Menlo Park
- Funny Or Die – San Mateo
- Google (150) – Mountain View
- Quora – Mountain View
- LinkedIn – Mountain View
- Pinterest – San Francisco
- Salesforce.com – San Francisco
- Sgrouples – Sunnyvale
- Tripping.com - San Francisco
- Twitter – San Francisco
- Uber – San Francisco
- Yahoo! (353) – Sunnyvale
- Yelp – San Francisco
- YouTube – San Bruno
- Zoosk – San Francisco
Media
- Chaosium – Hayward
- Communication Arts – Menlo Park, California
- Daily Review – Hayward
- Future US – South San Francisco
- Oakland Tribune – Oakland
- San Jose Mercury News - San Jose, California
- University of California Press – Berkeley, California
Mobile media
Musical instruments and accessories
- Dunlop Manufacturing – Benicia
- E-mu Systems – Scotts Valley
- Saga Musical Instruments – South San Francisco
- Santa Cruz Guitar Company – Santa Cruz
Networking
- Aryaka Networks – Milpitas
- Brocade Communications – San Jose
- Cisco – San Jose
- Ericsson – Santa Clara
- MoonKnight Networks – Oakland
- NETGEAR - San Jose
Real estate
- Prologis – San Francisco
- Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust - Oakland
Retail
- BeGood Clothing – San Francisco
- Cost Plus Inc. – Oakland
- Cycle Gear – Benicia
- Gap.com – San Francisco
- Gymboree – San Francisco
- Macys.com – San Francisco
- Orchard Supply Hardware – San Jose
- Pottery Barn – San Francisco
- Restoration Hardware – Corte Madera
- Ross Stores (412) – Pleasanton
- Safeway (55) – Pleasanton
- Shutterfly – Redwood City
- Sunhee Moon – San Francisco
- Walmart.com – San Bruno
- Williams-Sonoma – San Francisco
- Zazzle – Redwood City
Software
- Adobe Systems – San Jose, California
- Autodesk – San Rafael, California
- Business Objects – San Jose
- Clavax Technologies – San Jose, California
- Intuit – Mountain View, California
- Kalinda – Emeryville, California
- McAfee – Santa Clara, California
- Mozilla – Mountain View, California
- NetSuite - San Mateo
- Oracle (137) – Redwood City, California
- Palantir Technologies – Palo Alto, California
- People Power Company - Palo Alto, California
- Piggybackr – San Francisco, California
- SAP – Palo Alto
- SuccessFactors – South San Francisco
- Sybase – Dublin
- Symantec (461) – Mountain View
- TIBCO Software – Palo Alto, California
- VMware – California
Sports
- 24 Hour Fitness – San Ramon
- All Pro Wrestling – Hayward
- Fox Racing Shox – Scotts Valley
- Giro – Santa Cruz
- GoPro - San Mateo
- Hydrapak LLC – Oakland
- JumpSport – San Jose
- Kestrel USA – Santa Cruz
- Lowepro – Sebastopol
- Pac-12 Conference – Walnut Creek
- Santa Cruz Skateboards – Santa Cruz
- Specialized Bicycle Components – Morgan Hill
Telecommunications
- Avaya – Santa Clara
- Fastmetrics – San Francisco
- J&K Communications – Alameda
- Livewire Communications – Concord
- Pacific Telemanagement Services – San Leandro
Transportation and logistics
- Genesis Engineering Services Inc – San Jose
- Gillig Corporation – Hayward
- Legacy Transportation – San Jose
- Virgin America – Burlingame
Companies formerly based in the San Francisco Bay Area
This list contains both extant companies which have moved their headquarters out of the Bay Area (often during a corporate buyout), and defunct companies.
- Bank of America (9) – relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina
- Best Manufacturing Company – San Leandro (defunct)
- Caterpillar Inc. (50) – relocated to Peoria, Illinois
- ComputerLand – Hayward (defunct)
- Esprit relocated to Ratingen, Germany and Hong Kong, China
- Etec Systems, Inc. – Hayward (defunct)
- Excite@Home – purchased by Ask.com
- Flickr – acquired by Yahoo!
- FMC Corporation (Farm Machinery Corp, Farm Machinery and Chemical Corp) – moved headquarters from San Jose to Chicago; subsequently moved to Philadelphia
- Folgers Coffee – acquired by The J.M. Smucker Co.
- Franklin Ophthalmic Instruments – Hayward (defunct)
- Friden, Inc. – San Leandro (defunct)
- Hambrecht & Quist, LLC – purchased by Chase Manhattan Bank, later folded into JP Morgan Securities following Chase's purchase of JPM
- Hearst Corporation – relocated to New York City
- Hills Brothers Coffee – purchased by Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA
- Hunt Brothers Cannery – moved from Hayward
- Knight-Ridder – purchased by The McClatchy Company
- Leslie Salt – purchased by Cargill in 1978
- Mervyn's – Hayward (defunct)
- Montgomery Securities – purchased by NationsBank Corporation on June 30, 1997
- NUMMI – automobile manufacturer
- Pacific Telesis – acquired by SBC Communications, which became AT&T when it purchased AT&T Corporation
- Pegasus Aviation Finance Company – acquired by AWAS
- Peterbilt Motors – relocated to Denton, Texas
- Qume – Hayward (defunct)
- Robertson Stephens – closed by its parent company FleetBoston in July 2002
- Rolling Stone – relocated to New York City, New York
- Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker – acquired by The Hershey Company
- The Sharper Image
- Six Apart – moved to Tokyo
- Southern Pacific – acquired by Union Pacific Railroad
- Swensen's Ice Cream – acquired by International Franchise Corp (IFC) of Markham, Ontario, Canada
- Transamerica – purchased by Aegon
- United Commercial Bank - acquired by East West Bank
See also
- List of California companies
- List of companies based in Berkeley, California (subset, mostly included in this list)
- List of companies based in Hayward, California (subset, mostly included in this list)
- List of companies based in Oakland, California (subset, mostly included in this list)