List of companies based in Austin, Texas

This is a list of notable companies based in the Austin metropolitan area.

Fortune 500
(rankings as of 2021)
 * Dell Technologies (28)
 * Oracle (80)
 * Tesla Inc. (100)

Advertising

 * Door Number 3
 * GSD&M
 * LatinWorks
 * LIN Media (Media General)-Shutdown
 * McGarrah Jessee
 * R/GA
 * RetailMeNot
 * Rock Candy Media
 * T3 (The Think Tank)

Aerospace and air travel

 * Astrotech Corporation
 * Austin Express- Shutdown
 * Emerald Air-Closed

Architecture

 * Dick Clark Architecture
 * Lundgren and Maurer-Closed in the 80s no successor
 * Reclaimed Space

Automotive

 * Tesla

Beauty

 * Beardbrand
 * Birds Barbershop

Biotechnology

 * Asuragen-Relocation to Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * Luminex Corporation
 * Sonic Healthcare- Bought and moved to Australia

Booksellers and publishing



 * BookPeople
 * Clockwork Storybook-Shutdown
 * Greenleaf Book Group
 * Holt McDougal
 * Landes Bioscience
 * Monofonus Press
 * Steve Jackson Games

Data

 * Forcepoint
 * Global Language Monitor
 * Hoover's
 * NetSolve (Cisco Systems)
 * Vignette Corporation (Open Text Corporation)- Headquartered in Canada

Direct marketing

 * QuantumDigital

Education

 * MakerSquare
 * University of Texas at Austin
 * St. Edward's University

Energy

 * Crystatech
 * Green Mountain Energy
 * HelioVolt-Suspended operations in 2015
 * Illumitex

Environmental monitoring

 * VI Technology-Acquired by Aeroflex

Esports

 * Tribe Gaming

Film and television

 * Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
 * Bright Shining City Productions
 * FloSports
 * Troublemaker Studios
 * Uptown Studios Austin

Finance and banking

 * Kasasa
 * Dimensional Fund Advisors
 * Farm Credit Bank of Texas
 * Vista Equity Partners

Flooring

 * Revline Garages

Food and drink



 * Amy's Ice Creams
 * Bush's Chicken-Relocation to Waco, Texas
 * Carino's Italian
 * Chameleon Cold-Brew
 * Chuy's
 * DoubleDave's Pizzaworks
 * Gatti's Pizza- Relocation to Fort Worth before shutdown
 * KaleidoScoops
 * Live Oak Brewing Company
 * Oasis Restaurant
 * Siete Foods
 * Sweet Leaf Tea Company
 * Texadelphia-Relocation to Dallas
 * Tiff's Treats
 * Tito's Vodka
 * Whole Foods Market
 * YETI Coolers

Gaming development, distribution and production

 * Arkane Studios
 * Aspyr
 * BattleCry Studios
 * Bluepoint Games
 * Certain Affinity
 * Crytek USA- Shutdown in 2013
 * Devolver Digital
 * Edge of Reality- Dissolved 2018
 * Gamecock Media Group- Shutdown in 2008
 * GameSalad
 * Ghostfire Games- Closed in 2019
 * Heatwave Interactive
 * KingsIsle Entertainment
 * Portalarium- Closed 2019
 * Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc.
 * Renegade Kid- Dissolved 2016
 * Retro Studios
 * Rooster Teeth Games
 * Roxor Games
 * Spacetime Studios
 * Twisted Pixel Games
 * Wolfpack Studios- Shutdown in 2006

Insurance

 * National Western Life

Intelligence

 * Stratfor

Internet service providers

 * Wayport, Inc., acquired by AT&T in 2008

Loans

 * EZCorp

Manufacturing

 * Cerilliant Corporation
 * CompuAdd- Closed in the 90s
 * Elgin-Butler Brick Company
 * IKey
 * Motion Computing
 * National Instruments
 * Ronco-Fully dissolved in bankruptcy 2018
 * SuperCircuits
 * Tesla
 * Valence Technology

Medical

 * Ben's Friends

Music

 * Blastro
 * Blastro Networks
 * Collings Guitars
 * Emperor Jones
 * Waterloo Records
 * Western Vinyl

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

 * Bat Conservation International
 * Knowbility

Real estate

 * American Campus Communities
 * Econohomes
 * Forestar Group-No longer located in Austin, headquartered in Arlington, Texas
 * HomeAway- Acquired and relocated in 2015 by Expedia
 * Keller Williams Realty
 * Opcity-Shutdown by Move, Inc.

Retail

 * Allens Boots
 * Bravelets
 * Despair, Inc.
 * Eyebuydirect
 * Kendra Scott
 * L.G. Balfour Company
 * Living Direct
 * Outdoor Voices
 * Tecovas
 * Whole Foods Market, a division of Amazon

Security

 * Knight security systems

Semiconductors

 * Advanced Technology Development Facility
 * Cirrus Logic
 * NXP Semiconductors
 * Silicon Laboratories

Shipping

 * uShip

Software

 * Academic Superstore
 * Asure Software
 * Bazaarvoice
 * BigCommerce
 * Borland-Full acquisition by Micro Focus International
 * Convio
 * Enthought
 * Evolutionary Technologies International- Bought out by Inspire
 * Honestech
 * Indeed.com
 * InduSoft-Merged with Schneider Electric
 * Meta SaaS
 * Metreos-Acquired by Cisco Systems
 * Oracle Corporation
 * Pervasive Software-Acquired by Actian
 * Photodex-Permanently shut down
 * Planview
 * Pristine
 * SolarWinds
 * Spiceworks
 * Spredfast
 * Third Wire
 * Ticketbud
 * Trilogy
 * Vrbo
 * Winternals
 * Xojo
 * Zello

Telecommunications

 * Janet TV
 * LifeSize
 * Protect America-Assets sold to Brinks
 * TippingPoint-Acquired and relocated by Trend Micro

Utilities

 * Lower Colorado River Authority