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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.
Companies currently based in San Francisco
Advertising
Automotive
Banks
Beverages (alcoholic)
Beverages (non-alcoholic)
Broadcasting and cable TV
Business services
Communications equipment
Computer services
Construction
Consumer financial services
Food
Hospitals
Hospitality
Insurance (accident and health)
Insurance (property and casualty)
Investment services
Motion pictures
Personal and household products
Public benefit
Publishing and printing
Real estate
Recreational activities
Resource recovery
Resource sharing
Retail (apparel & shoes)
Retail (non-physical)
Retail (specialty)
Software and programming
Utilities
Companies formerly based in San Francisco
Bank of America – relocated to
Charlotte, North Carolina
Bechtel - relocated to
Reston, Virginia
California State Automobile Association – relocated to
Walnut Creek, California
Charles Schwab Corporation - relocated to
Westlake, Texas in 2019
Chevron – relocated to
San Ramon, California
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 Corp - relocated to
Irving, Texas
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
See also
References