Commerce - Notable - San Francisco, California, USA
Large or well-known companies with headquarters or major operations in San Francisco and surrounding area; sales figures, where shown, are from hoovers.com
- ABM: ABM Industries Incorporated; facility services (cleaning, engineering, maintenance); 2006 sales $2.7 billion
- Adobe: software; San Jose; 2005 sales $1.9 billion
- Apple: computers, digital music players (iPod), software; Cupertino; 2005 sales $13.9 billion
- Bechtel Group: contractor; engineering, construction, and project management; 2005 sales $18.1 billion
- CHW: Catholic Healthcare West; healthcare system; 2005 sales $6 billion
- Charles Schwab: discount broker; 2005 sales $5.1 billion
- Chevron: petroleum products; San Ramon; 2005 sales $198 billion
- City Lights: famous bookstore in the North Beach area; co-founded by poet/painter Lawrence Ferlinghetti; see photo
- Del Monte: Del Monte Foods Company; canned foods, ketchup, sauces; 2006 sales $2.9 billion
- eBay: Online auctions and sales; San Jose; 2005 sales $4.5 billion
- Gap: Clothing; Gap stores, Banana Republic, Old Navy; 2006 sales $16 billion
- Google: Internet search services and advertising; Mountain View; 2005 sales $6.1 billion
- HP: Hewlett-Packard; High tech products; Palo Alto; 2006 sales $91.6 billion
- Levi Strauss: Levi Strauss & Co; clothing--jeans, Levi's, Dockers, and Slates; 2005 sales $4.1 billion
- Macy's West: Department stores; unit of Federated (Cincinnati, OH)
- McKesson: Pharmaceuticals distributor; 2006 sales $88 billion
- Oracle: Software; Redwood City; 2006 sales $14.3 billion
- PG&E: Utility holding company; Pacific Gas and Electric utility; 2005 sales $11.7 billion
- Robert Half: Personnel services; temporary and permanent staff; Menlo Park; 2005 sales $3.3 billion
- Safeway: Food retailer; Pleasanton; 2005 sales $33.4 billion
- Sun: Sun Microsystems; computers; Santa Clara; 2006 sales $13 billion
- Symantec: software; Cupertino; 2006 sales $4.1 billion
- Transamerica: Insurance and financial services; headquarters is the famous Transamerica Pyramid building; unit of AEGON Insurance Group (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- URS: Engineering design; 2005 sales $3.9 billion
- Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company; bank; 2005 sales $40.5 billion
- Williams-Sonoma: retailer; 2006 sales $3.5 billion
- Yahoo!: Web sites and services; Sunnyvale; 2005 sales $5.2 billion
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