The following is a list of companies based in San Francisco, California.
Companies currently based in San Francisco Bay Area[]
Advertising & PR []
- AKQA
- Duncan/Channon
- Goodby, Silverstein & Partners (Advertising)
- Publicis & Hal Riney (PR)
- Sparkpr
- Wieden and Kennedy (Advertising)
Business Services[]
- Ammunition Design Group
- Duane Morris
- Elanex
- Gensler
- Morrison & Foerster (Law)
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Salesforce.com
- Studios Architecture
- XIM
Communications Equipment[]
- Riverbed Technology
Computer Services[]
- AfterCollege
- AllBusiness.com
- Automattic
- Bebo
- Bleacher Report
- CBS Interactive
- Craigslist
- CrowdFlower
- Digg
- Dropbox
- Fitbit
- HubPages
- imgur
- Internet Archive
- Kink.com
- LiveJournal
- Mevio
- Notehall
- Pogo.com
- Revision3
- SAY Media
- Salesforce.com
- StumbleUpon
- Tapjoy
- Technorati
- Trulia
- Ustream
- Whiskey Media
- Wolfgang's Vault
- Yammer
- Yelp
- YouNoodle
- Zedo
Construction, Builders & General Contracting[]
- Bechtel
- Cahill
- Nibbi Brothers
- Gensler
- Swinerton
- T. Y. Lin International
- URS
Consumer Products[]
- Apple
- Bare Escentuals
- Benefit Cosmetics
- Chrome Bags
- Clorox
- DHC Cosmetics
- Gap
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Method
- Rickshaw Bags
- Sephora.com
- Timbuk2
Energy and Resource Management[]
- 3Degrees
- Recology
Entertainment & Media[]
- Afar
- Blurb
- CBS Interactive
- Dolby Laboratories
- McEvoy Group
- 7x7
- Chronicle Books
- Spin
- VegNews Magazine
- Wikia
Finance[]
- 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)
- Visa
- Square
- PayPal (EBay)
- Charles Schwab (402)
- KKR Financial Holdings
- Liquid Realty Partners
- ThinkEquity Partners, LLC
- Thomas Weisel Partners
- WR Hambrecht + Co
- Savant Investment Group
Food & Beverage[]
- Boudin Bakery
- Clif Bar
- Del Monte Foods
- Jack & Jason's Pancakes & Waffles
- SKYY Spirits
- Trumer
- TCHO
- ZeroCater
Health and Fitness[]
- Club One
Hospitality and Tourism[]
- Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
- Hornblower Cruises
Insurance[]
- Blue Shield of California
- State Compensation Insurance Fund
- Esurance
- CoverHound
Internet & ECommerce[]
Medical & Pharmaceutical[]
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
- California Pacific Medical Center
- Catholic Healthcare West
- California Pacific Medical Center
- McKesson Corporation (18)
- San Francisco General Hospital
- Saint Francis Memorial Hospital
- St. Mary's Medical Center
- Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
Non Profit[]
- Delancey Street
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Kiva
- The Sierra Club
- TechSoup.org
- LinkCycle
- Taproot
- Wikimedia Foundation
Real Estate[]
- Digital Realty Trust
- LoopNet
- Pier 39
- Shorenstein Company
Retail[]
- Americana Exchange
- Gap, Inc. (also Banana Republic and Old Navy)
- Gymboree
- Jessica McClintock
- Good Vibrations
- Gump's
- Jessica McClintock
- Levi Strauss & Co. (also Dockers)
- Sephora
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (also Pottery Barn, Hold Everything)
Software and Programming[]
- Advent Software
- BitTorrent Inc.
- Calypso Technology
- Clarizen
- Kabam
- iLinke Systems
- Linden Lab
- MessageSolution[1]
- Oracle
- Sega of America
- VerticalResponse
- WideOrbit
- Zynga
Transportation[]
Utilities[]
- Pacific Gas & Electric (200)
Other[]
- RelayRides
Companies formerly based in San Francisco[]
- Bank of America (9) – relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina
- California State Automobile Association - relocated to unincorporated Walnut Creek, California
- Esprit relocated to Ratingen, Germany and Hong Kong, China
- 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
- Pacific Telesis – acquired by SBC Communications, which became AT&T when it purchased AT&T Corporation
- Transamerica – purchased by Aegon
- The Sharper Image
- Rolling Stone – relocated to New York City, New York
- Southern Pacific – acquired by Union Pacific Railroad
- 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