List of companies based in San Francisco



The following is a list of companies based in San Francisco, California. Fortune 500 rankings are indicated in parentheses, based on the list of the Fortune 500 companies in 2008.

Advertising

 * 140 Proof
 * AKQA
 * Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
 * Landor Associates
 * Mullen
 * Traction

Automotive

 * Cruise Automation
 * Otto (company)

Banks

 * Bank of the Orient
 * Bank of the West (BancWest)
 * UnionBanCal Corporation
 * Wells Fargo

Beverages (alcoholic)

 * Anchor Brewing Company
 * Speakeasy Ales and Lagers

Beverages (non-alcoholic)

 * Adina World Beat Beverages
 * Hint Water

Broadcasting and cable TV

 * Northern California Public Broadcasting
 * Pac-12 Network

Business services

 * Ammunition Design Group
 * Coursmos
 * Duane Morris
 * Elanex
 * Gensler
 * Morrison & Foerster
 * Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
 * Sparkpr

Communications equipment

 * Boombotix
 * Riverbed Technology

Computer services

 * Affirm Holdings
 * AfterCollege
 * AllBusiness.com
 * Automattic
 * Bebo
 * Bleacher Report
 * Chegg
 * Clinkle
 * Cloudflare
 * Cotap
 * Craigslist
 * CrowdFlower
 * Digg
 * Disqus
 * Dropbox
 * Dropcam, Inc.
 * DocuSign
 * Eventbrite, Inc.
 * Fitbit
 * Flexport
 * Grammarly
 * Hack Reactor
 * Hired
 * HubPages
 * IGN Entertainment
 * imgur
 * Indiegogo
 * Instacart
 * Internet Archive
 * Jawbone
 * Joyent
 * Jones IT
 * Kink.com
 * Kongregate
 * LevelUp
 * LiveJournal
 * Lucidworks
 * Lyft
 * Meraki
 * Mevio
 * Mimecast
 * Nextdoor
 * Nzouat
 * ON24
 * OpenDNS
 * Pinterest
 * Pogo.com
 * Postman, Inc.
 * Postmates
 * Practice Fusion
 * Prezi
 * Quantcast
 * Reddit
 * Revision3
 * Salesforce.com
 * SAY Media
 * Sidecar
 * Slack
 * Snip.it
 * Splunk
 * StumbleUpon
 * Survata
 * Talenthouse
 * Technorati
 * Trulia
 * Twitch
 * X Corp.
 * Uber
 * Ustream
 * ViacomCBS Streaming
 * Whiskey Media
 * Wikia
 * Wolfgang's Vault
 * Yammer
 * Yelp
 * YouNoodle
 * Zedo

Construction

 * Gensler
 * Swinerton
 * T. Y. Lin International
 * URS

Consumer financial services

 * Chime
 * Earnest
 * LendUp
 * SoFi
 * Stripe

Food

 * Big Heart Pet Brands
 * Boudin Bakery
 * Del Monte
 * DoorDash
 * Double Rainbow (ice cream)
 * Diamond Foods
 * Driscoll's
 * Eatsa
 * Guittard Chocolate Company
 * Jack & Jason's Pancakes & Waffles
 * La Boulange
 * OLLY
 * TCHO
 * Traveling Spoon

Hospitals

 * California Pacific Medical Center
 * Dignity Health
 * Saint Francis Memorial Hospital
 * St. Mary's Medical Center
 * University of California, San Francisco
 * UCSF Medical Center
 * UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Hospitality

 * Airbnb
 * Joie de Vivre Hospitality
 * Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants

Insurance (accident and health)

 * Blue Shield of California
 * State Compensation Insurance Fund

Insurance (property and casualty)

 * Esurance
 * Metromile
 * Vouch

Investment services

 * BV Capital
 * Golden Gate Capital
 * Linqto
 * Liquid Realty Partners
 * ThinkEquity LLC
 * Thomas Weisel Partners
 * Wells Fargo
 * WR Hambrecht + Co

Motion pictures

 * American Zoetrope
 * Dolby Laboratories
 * Industrial Light & Magic
 * LucasArts
 * Lucasfilm

Personal and household products

 * JUUL
 * Method Products

Public benefit

 * Electronic Frontier Foundation
 * Kiva
 * The Sierra Club
 * Skoll Foundation
 * TechSoup.org
 * Wikimedia Foundation

Publishing and printing

 * Afar
 * Blurb
 * Capra Press
 * Chronicle Books
 * Dwell
 * McSweeney's
 * Mother Jones
 * PC World
 * VIZ Media
 * Wired
 * XLR8R

Real estate

 * Digital Realty
 * Jay Paul Company
 * LiquidSpace
 * LoopNet
 * Pier 39
 * Prologis

Recreational activities

 * Club One
 * Hornblower Cruises
 * Golden State Warriors
 * San Francisco 49ers
 * San Francisco Giants
 * SHN

Resource recovery

 * Recology

Resource sharing

 * Getaround
 * RelayRides
 * Turo

Retail (apparel & shoes)

 * Allbirds
 * Amour Vert
 * Banana Republic
 * BeGood Clothing
 * Birdies
 * Cuyana
 * Everlane
 * Stitch Fix
 * Gap Inc.
 * Jessica McClintock
 * Le Tote
 * Levi Strauss & Co.
 * ModCloth
 * Modern Citizen
 * Old Navy
 * Rothy’s
 * Tea Collection
 * Thrasher
 * ThirdLove
 * Athleta
 * The RealReal

Retail (non-physical)

 * Americana Exchange
 * True & Co.

Retail (specialty)

 * Betabrand
 * Brandless
 * Cameron Hughes Wine
 * Good Vibrations
 * Gump's
 * McRoskey Mattress Company
 * One Kings Lane
 * Pottery Barn
 * Timbuk2
 * Touch of Modern
 * Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
 * RH
 * Minted
 * Roost
 * Chairish

Software and programming

 * Ubisoft
 * Advent Software
 * AppDynamics
 * Bonboard
 * BitTorrent, Inc.
 * Calypso Technology
 * Clarizen
 * Clustrix
 * Discord
 * Kx Systems
 * JotForm
 * Linden Lab
 * MathCrunch
 * MyTime
 * New Relic
 * OpenTable
 * Optimizely
 * Piggybackr
 * Square
 * X Corp.
 * Twist and Shout, Inc.
 * VerticalResponse
 * WhatsApp
 * Zynga

Utilities

 * Pacific Bell
 * Pacific Gas & Electric
 * Recology

Companies formerly based in San Francisco

 * Bank of America – relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina
 * Bechtel - relocated to Reston, Virginia
 * Block, Inc. - no designated headquarters location since 2022
 * California State Automobile Association – relocated to Walnut Creek, California
 * Charles Schwab Corporation - relocated to Westlake, Texas in 2019
 * Chevron – relocated to San Ramon, California
 * Coinbase - no designated headquarters location since 2020
 * Core-Mark - relocated to Dallas, Texas in 2019
 * Cost Plus World Market - relocated to Oakland
 * Crocker Bank – purchased by Wells Fargo Bank
 * Del Monte Foods - relocated to Walnut Creek, California
 * Esprit – relocated to Ratingen, Germany and Hong Kong
 * Excite@Home – purchased by Ask.com
 * Flickr – acquired by Yahoo!
 * Folgers Coffee – acquired by The J.M. Smucker Co.
 * Gymboree - 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
 * Link TV - merged with KCET in 2012
 * McKesson Corporation - relocated to Irving, Texas in 2019
 * Montgomery Securities – purchased by NationsBank Corporation on June 30, 1997
 * Pacific Telesis – acquired by SBC Communications, which became AT&T when it purchased AT&T Corporation
 * Pacific Gas and Electric Company - moved to Oakland, California in 2022
 * Palantir Technologies - relocated to Austin, Texas in 2021
 * Patelco Credit Union - relocated to Dublin, California in 2018
 * Pegasus Aviation Finance Company – acquired by AWAS
 * Popchips - relocated to Playa Vista, California
 * Robertson Stephens – closed by its parent company FleetBoston in July 2002
 * Rolling Stone – relocated to New York City, New York
 * The Sharper Image - relocated to Farmington Hills, Michigan
 * Sega of America - relocated to Irvine, California in 2015
 * SKYY Spirits - renamed Campari America after acquisition by Campari Group and relocated to New York City in 2018
 * Six Apart – moved to Tokyo
 * Southern Pacific – acquired by Union Pacific Railroad
 * Sunset Magazine - relocated to Oakland, California
 * Swensen's Ice Cream – acquired by International Franchise Corp (IFC) of Markham, Ontario, Canada
 * Transamerica – purchased by Aegon
 * Union Bank of California - relocated to New York City
 * United Commercial Bank – acquired by East West Bank
 * URS Corporation - acquired by AECOM in 2014