List of companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area

Aerospace/defense • L3 Technologies – Menlo Park (Randtron), San Leandro (Applied Technologies), Santa Rosa (Sonoma EO) • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Livermore • Lockheed Martin Space Systems – Palo Alto, Sunnyvale • Redwire Space – Mountain View • NASA Ames Research Center – Moffett Field • Sandia National Laboratories – Livermore • Space Systems Loral – Palo Alto Apparel • Allbirds – San Francisco • Bebe – Brisbane • Ben Davis – San Rafael • Betabrand – San Francisco • Dolls Kill – San Francisco • Everlane – San Francisco • Gap Inc. (199) – San Francisco • Jos. A. Bank – Fremont • Levi Strauss & Co. (495) – San Francisco • Marmot – Petaluma • ModCloth – San Francisco • Mountain Hardwear – Richmond • O'Neill – Santa Cruz • Poshmark – Redwood City • Quay – San Francisco • Title Nine - Emeryville • Ross Stores (202) – Dublin • Stitch Fix – San Francisco • Tea Collection – San Francisco • Zazzle – Redwood City Automotive • Cruise – San Francisco • Lucid Motors – Newark • Motiv Power Systems – Hayward • Nio – San Jose • Rivian – Palo Alto • Uber – San Francisco • Waymo – Mountain View • Zoox – Foster City Biotechnology • 23andMe – Mountain View • Anthera Pharmaceuticals – Hayward • Bio-Rad Laboratories – Hercules • BioMarin Pharmaceutical – San Rafael • Buck Institute for Age Research – Novato • Calico – South San Francisco • Chiron – Emeryville • Codex Labs - San Jose • Genentech – South San Francisco • Gilead Sciences (140) – Foster City • Intuitive Surgical – Sunnyvale • Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. – Hayward • Nektar Therapeutics – San Francisco • Roche Molecular Systems – Belmont • Signature BioScience – San Francisco • Verily Life Sciences – Mountain View • Cepheid – Sunnyvale, California Consumer goods • Benefit Cosmetics – San Francisco • Bianchi USA – Hayward • CamelBak – Petaluma • Clorox (474) – Oakland • GoPro – San Mateo • Method – San Francisco • Sephora – San Francisco • Specialized Bicycle Components – Morgan Hill Creative/design • Ammunition – San Francisco • fuseproject – San Francisco • IDEO – San Francisco • Landor Associates – San Francisco • Traction – San Francisco Education • Chegg – Santa Clara • Course Hero – Redwood City • Coursera – Mountain View • Khan Academy – Mountain View • KiwiCo – Mountain View • Quizlet – San Francisco • Remind – San Francisco • Spring Education Group – Campbell • Udacity – Mountain View Electronics • Adaptec – Milpitas • Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) (448) – Sunnyvale • Agilent Technologies (547) – Santa Clara • Altera (Intel) – San Jose • Antec – Fremont • Apple Inc. (4) – Cupertino • Applied Materials (218) – Santa Clara • Asus – Fremont • Barracuda Networks – Campbell • Broadcom Inc. (138) – San Jose • Brocade Communications Systems – Santa Clara • Cisco Systems (64) – San Jose • Daylight Computer Co. – San Francisco • Digidesign – Daly City • Dust Networks – Hayward • E-mu Systems – Scotts Valley • Fairchild Semiconductor – San Jose • Fitbit – San Francisco • Fujitsu Computer Products of America – Sunnyvale • Genesis Microchip – Santa Clara • Hewlett-Packard (58) – Palo Alto • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (109) – San Jose • Hitachi Data Systems – Santa Clara • Hitachi Global Storage Technologies – San Jose • Integrated Device Technology – San Jose • Intel – Santa Clara • JDS Uniphase – Milpitas • Juniper Networks – Sunnyvale • Keysight – Santa Rosa • KLA Tencor – Milpitas • Lam Research (331) – Fremont • Logitech – Newark • Marvell – Santa Clara • Maxim Integrated – San Jose • Microchip Technology – San Jose • Monster Cable Products – Brisbane • Nest Labs – Palo Alto • NetApp (478) – Sunnyvale • Nvidia (292) – Santa Clara • Philips Lumileds Lighting Company – San Jose • Plantronics (Now Poly) – Santa Cruz • Rambus – Los Altos • Sanmina-SCI (385) – San Jose • Seagate Technology (174) – Cupertino • Silicon Graphics – Fremont (acquired by Rackable Systems) • Silicon Image – Sunnyvale • Solectron Corporation – Milpitas • Sony Optiarc America Inc. – San Jose • Supermicro – San Jose • Synnex (130) – Fremont • Synopsys – Mountain View • TDK – San Jose • Terayon – Santa Clara • THX – San Rafael • Western Digital (198) – San Jose • Xilinx – San Jose Energy • Bloom Energy – Sunnyvale • Chevron (15) – San Ramon • Cupertino Electric – San Jose • Energy Recovery Inc. – San Leandro • Mosaic Inc. – Oakland (solar power crowdfunding) • PG&E (189) – Oakland • Rosendin Electric – San Jose • SolarCity – San Mateo • SunEdison – Belmont • Sungevity – Oakland • SunPower – San Jose • Sunrun – San Francisco Engineering and construction • DPR Construction – Redwood City • Granite Construction – Watsonville • Katerra – Menlo Park • Swinerton – San Francisco • Webcor Builders – San Francisco Entertainment • American Zoetrope – San Francisco • Capcom U.S.A. – San Francisco • Crunchyroll – San Francisco • Dolby Laboratories – San Francisco • Electronic Arts – Redwood City • Industrial Light & Magic – San Francisco • Kerner Optical – San Rafael • Lucasfilm Animation – San Rafael (Lucas Valley) • Netflix (164) – Los Gatos • Niantic – San Francisco • Pandora Radio – Oakland • Philo – San Francisco • Pixar – Emeryville • Roblox Corporation – San Mateo • Sega of America – San Francisco • Skywalker Sound – San Rafael (Lucas Valley) • Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) – San Mateo • Ubisoft – San Francisco • Zynga – San Francisco Financial • Bill.com – San Jose • Block, Inc. – San Francisco • Brex – San Francisco • Calypso Technology – San Francisco • Coinbase – San Francisco • FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) – San Jose and San Rafael • Fireman's Fund Insurance Company – Novato (now Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty) • First Republic Bank – San Francisco • Fisher Investments – Woodside • Franklin Templeton Investments (493) – San Mateo • Lending Club – San Francisco • Patelco Credit Union – Dublin • PayPal (182) – San Jose • Robert Half International (482) – Menlo Park • Robinhood – Menlo Park • SigFig – San Francisco • Silicon Valley Bank – Santa Clara • SoFi – San Francisco • TPG Sixth Street Partners – San Francisco • Visa, Inc. (137) – San Francisco • Wells Fargo Bank (30) – San Francisco • Yodlee – Redwood City 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. • 21st Amendment Brewery – San Leandro • Anchor Brewers & Distillers, LLC – San Francisco • Annabelle Candy Company – Hayward • Annie's Homegrown – Berkeley • Black Angus Steakhouse – Los Altos • Blue Bottle Coffee – Oakland – subsidiary of Nestle • C&H Pure Cane Sugar – Crockett • Clif Bar – Emeryville • Columbus Salame – Hayward • Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream – Oakland • Extreme Pizza – San Francisco • Ghirardelli Chocolate Company – San Leandro • Häagen-Dazs – Oakland • Hodo – Oakland • Il Fornaio – Corte Madera • Impossible Foods – Redwood City • Jelly Belly – Fairfield • Martinelli's – Watsonville • Mountain Mike's Pizza – Hayward • Odwalla – Half Moon Bay • Otis Spunkmeyer – San Leandro • Peet's Coffee & Tea – Emeryville • Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company – Point Reyes Station • PowerBar – Berkeley • R. Torre & Company, Inc. – San Leandro • See's Candies – South San Francisco • Shasta – Hayward • Takaki Bakery (Andersen Institute of Bread and Life) – Hayward • Togo's – San Jose • Verve Coffee Roasters – Santa Cruz Healthcare • Castlight Health – San Francisco • Eargo – Mountain Valley • Kaiser Permanente – Oakland • One Medical – San Francisco • Palo Alto Medical Foundation – Palo Alto Internet • Airbnb – San Francisco • Alphabet Inc. (11) – Mountain View • Ask.com – Oakland • Box – Redwood City • Cisco (64) – San Jose • Craigslist – San Francisco • Deel – San Francisco • DoorDash – San Francisco • Dropbox – San Francisco • Ebates – San Francisco • eBay (295) – San Jose • Evernote – Redwood City • Fandom – San Francisco • Glassdoor – Mill Valley • Google – Mountain View – subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. • Instacart – San Francisco • LinkedIn – Sunnyvale • Lyft – San Francisco • Meta (46) – Menlo Park • Pinterest – San Francisco • Poll Everywhere – San Francisco • Poshmark – Redwood City • Postmates – San Francisco • Quora – Mountain View • Replit – Foster City • Rubrik – Palo Alto • Salesforce.com (190) – San Francisco • Slack Technologies – San Francisco • SurveyMonkey – San Mateo • Tripping.com – San Francisco • Twitch – San Francisco • Uber (228) – San Francisco • Wikimedia Foundation – San Francisco • Workday – Pleasanton • Yelp – San Francisco • YouTube – San Bruno – subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. • Yummly – Palo Alto – subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation • Zendesk – San Francisco • Zoom Video Communications – San Jose • Zoosk – San Francisco Media • Communication Arts – Menlo Park • Complex – San Francisco • Daily Review – Hayward • Dwell – San Francisco • Future US – South San Francisco • POPSUGAR Inc. – San Francisco • San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco • San Jose Mercury News – San Jose • University of California Press – Berkeley Mobile media • Bleacher Report – San Francisco • MobiTV – Emeryville • TubeMogul – Emeryville Musical instruments and accessories • Dunlop Manufacturing – Benicia • E-mu Systems – Scotts Valley • Saga Musical Instruments – South San Francisco • Santa Cruz Guitar Company – Santa Cruz • Universal Audio – Scotts Valley Networking • A10 Networks – San Jose • Arista Networks – Santa Clara • Aryaka Networks – Milpitas • Barefoot Networks (Intel) – Palo Alto • Brocade Communications (Broadcom) – San Jose • Cisco (64) – San Jose • Ericsson – Santa Clara • Extreme Networks – San Jose • F5 Networks – San Jose • Fortinet – Sunnyvale • Juniper Networks – Sunnyvale • Minerva Networks – San Jose • NETGEAR – San Jose • Palo Alto Networks – Santa Clara Real estate • Digital Realty – San Francisco • Jay Paul Company – San Francisco • LiquidSpace – San Francisco • Prologis – San Francisco • Trulia – San Francisco Retail • BevMo! – Concord • California Closets – Richmond • Cost Plus Inc. – Alameda • Gap.com – San Francisco • Grocery Outlet – Emeryville • Gymboree – San Francisco • Jos. A. Bank – Fremont • Levi's – San Francisco • Macys.com – San Francisco • Minted – San Francisco • Pottery Barn – San Francisco • Restoration Hardware – Corte Madera • Ross Stores (412) – Dublin • Safeway – Pleasanton – subsidiary of [Albertsons] • Sephora – San Francisco • Shutterfly – Redwood City • Timbuk2 – San Francisco • Walmart.com – San Bruno • West Marine – Watsonville • Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (489) – San Francisco • Zazzle – Redwood City Software • Adobe Inc. (285) – San Jose • AppDynamics – San Francisco • Autodesk – San Rafael • Box – Redwood City • Business Objects – San Jose • Cloudera – Palo Alto • Cloudian - San Mateo • DocuSign – San Francisco • Dropbox – San Francisco • Friend (AI) - San Francisco • Genesys – Daly City • GitHub – San Francisco • Imperva – San Mateo • Intuit (445)– Mountain View • Malwarebytes – Santa Clara • McAfee – Santa Clara • Medallia – Palo Alto • Mozilla – Mountain View • Neo4j – San Mateo • New Relic – San Francisco • Nutanix – San Jose • Objectivity, Inc. – San Jose • Palantir Technologies – Palo Alto • People Power Company – Palo Alto • Piggybackr – San Francisco • Pivotal Software (VMware) – San Francisco • Qualys – Foster City • Sage Intacct – San Jose • SAP – Palo Alto • ServiceNow – Santa Clara • Splunk – San Francisco • Sybase (SAP) – Dublin • Symantec (461) – Mountain View • TeleNav – Santa Clara • TIBCO Software – Palo Alto • Trimble – Sunnyvale • VMware – Palo Alto Sports • 24 Hour Fitness – San Ramon • All Pro Wrestling – Hayward • Bay Area Panthers – San Jose • Fox Racing Shox – Scotts Valley • Giro – Santa Cruz • Golden State Warriors – San Francisco • GoPro – San Mateo • JumpSport – San Jose • Kestrel USA – Santa Cruz • Oakland A's – Oakland • Pac-12 Conference – Walnut Creek • San Francisco 49ers – Santa Clara • San Francisco Giants – San Francisco • San Jose Barracuda – San Jose • San Jose Earthquakes – San Jose • San Jose Sharks – San Jose • Santa Cruz Bicycles – Santa Cruz • Santa Cruz Skateboards – Santa Cruz • Santa Cruz Warriors – Santa Cruz • Specialized Bicycle Components – Morgan Hill • TRX System – San Francisco Telecommunications • Avaya – Santa Clara • Pacific Telemanagement Services – San Leandro Transportation and logistics • Gillig Corporation – Livermore • Lime – San Francisco • Lyft – San Francisco • Uber – San Francisco ==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 • Bare Escentuals – purchased by Shiseido, now headquarters in Rutherford, New Jersey • Bechtel – relocated to Reston, Virginia • Best Manufacturing Company – San Leandro (defunct) • Calpine Corporation (318) – relocated to Houston, Texas • Caterpillar Inc. (50) – relocated to Peoria, Illinois • Chaosium – formerly based in Oakland, then Hayward, now based in Ann Arbor, Michigan • Charles Schwab Corporation (271) – San Francisco – moved to Westlake, TX • Charlotte Russe – acquired by YM Inc. • 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. • 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 • JanSport – Alameda acquired by VF Corporation • Jamba Juice – moved from Emeryville to Frisco, Texas • Knight-Ridder – purchased by The McClatchy Company • Leslie Salt – purchased by Cargill in 1978 • Maxtor – Milpitas – acquired by Seagate • McKesson Corporation – moved from San Francisco to Irving, Texas • Mervyn's – Hayward (defunct) • Montgomery Securities – purchased by NationsBank Corporation on June 30, 1997 • National Semiconductor – Santa Clara – acquired by Texas Instruments • NUMMI – automobile manufacturer (defunct) • Oracle (82) – moved headquarters from Redwood City to Austin, Texas • 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 • Pier 1 – started in San Mateo, now headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas • Qume – Hayward (defunct) • Robertson Stephens – closed by its parent company FleetBoston in July 2002 • Rolling Stone – relocated to New York City, New York • SanDisk – Milpitas – acquired by Western Digital • 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 • Tesla (124) – moved to Austin, TX • Transamerica – purchased by Aegon • United Commercial Bank – acquired by East West Bank • URS Corporation – San Francisco – acquired by AECOM • Victoria's Secret – started in Palo Alto, now headquartered in Reynoldsburg, Ohio • Virgin America – Burlingame – acquired by Alaska Airlines • X Corp. – moved to Bastrop, TX • Yahoo! (353) – Sunnyvale- acquired by Verizon Media ==See also==