List of companies based in the Philadelphia area
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This is a list of companies either based or with large operations in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley area of the United States.
Active companies headquartered in the region [edit]
| Name | City | Industry | Fortune 1000 rank (2009) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.C. Moore | Berlin, NJ | retail | - | |
| AlliedBarton | Conshohocken, PA | security | - | |
| Alpha Card Services | Huntingdon Valley, PA | Financial Services | ||
| Alpha Video | West Conshohocken, PA | entertainment | ||
| Airgas | Radnor Township, PA | gases | 553 | |
| American Water | Voorhees, NJ | utility | ||
| AmeriGas | King of Prussa, PA | gas | ||
| AmerisourceBergen | Chesterbrook, PA | drug wholesale | 26 | |
| Ametek | Paoli, PA | electronics | 770 | |
| Amoroso's Baking Company | Philadelphia | food | ||
| AppLabs | Philadelphia | software | ||
| Aqua America | Bryn Mawr, PA | utilities | ||
| Aramark | Philadelphia | hospitality | 198 | |
| AUS, Inc. | Mount Laurel, New Jersey | consulting, research | ||
| Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll | Philadelphia | law | ||
| Beneficial Bank | Philadelphia | financial | Oldest and largest bank with HQ in Phila. [1] | |
| Bentley Systems | Exton, PA | software | ||
| BDP International | Philadelphia | global logistics | ||
| Blank Rome | Philadelphia | law | ||
| Brandywine Realty Trust | Radnor, PA | real estate | ||
| Boscov's | Reading, PA | retail | ||
| Brown's Family ShopRite | Bellmawr, NJ | retail | ||
| Burlington Coat Factory | Burlington, NJ | apparel | 624 | |
| Calkins Media | Levittown, PA | media | ||
| Campbell Soup Company | Camden, New Jersey | food | 320 | |
| Carpenter | Reading, PA | metals | 890 | |
| CDI | Philadelphia, PA | engineering services | ? | |
| CenTrak | Newtown, PA | hospital & healthcare | ||
| Central European Distribution Corporation | Philadelphia | drink | ||
| Cephalon | Frazer, PA | pharmaceuticals | 903 | |
| Checkpoint Systems | Philadelphia | manufacturing | ||
| Cigna | Philadelphia | insurance | 132 | |
| Ciright Systems | Conshohocken | manufacturing | ||
| Charming Shoppes | Bensalem, PA | apparel | 747 | |
| Comcast | Philadelphia | telecommunications | 68 | |
| Comcast Spectacor | Philadelphia | entertainment | ||
| Connect America | Broomall, PA | personal emergency response services | ||
| Conrail Shared Assets Operations | Philadelphia | railroad | ||
| Cozen O'Connor | Philadelphia | law | ||
| Crown Holdings | Philadelphia | packaging | 312 | |
| CSS Industries | Philadelphia, PA | manufacturing | ||
| David's Bridal, Inc | Conshohocken, PA | Specialty Retail | Bridal & Special Occasion Dresses | |
| Dechert | Philadelphia | law | ||
| Day & Zimmermann | Philadelphia | construction | ||
| Disston Precision | Philadelphia | manufacturing | ||
| Dollar Financial Group | Philadelphia | finance | ||
| Drinker Biddle & Reath | Philadelphia | law | ||
| Duane Morris | Philadelphia | law | ||
| DuPont | Wilmington, DE | chemicals | 81 | |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals | Chadds Ford, PA | drugs | 81 | |
| Entercom | Bala Cynwyd, PA | media | ||
| ERT | Philadelphia, PA | healthcare | ||
| Event Strategy Group | Conshohocken, PA | marketing | ||
| FMC | Philadelphia | chemicals | 672 | |
| Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia | law | ||
| Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company | Philadelphia | food | ||
| The Fresh Grocer[1] | Drexel Hill, PA | retail | ||
| Fuji Advanced Sports | Philadelphia | bicycles | ||
| Genesis HealthCare | Kennett Square, PA | healthcare | ||
| Goldstein Media LLC | Bensalem, PA | Web Design and Internet Marketing | ||
| Harleysville Group | Harleysville, PA | insurance | ||
| Hill International | Marlton, NJ | construction | ||
| Innovative Solutions & Support | Exton, PA | aerospace | ||
| Inolex Chemical Co. | Philadelphia | chemicals | ||
| InterDigital | Philadelphia | telecommunications | 68 | |
| Internet Capital Group | Wayne, PA | finance | ||
| Iron Stone Strategic Capital Partners | Philadelphia, PA | real estate | ||
| IT Solutions Consulting, Inc | Fort Washington, PA | Information Technology | ||
| J & J Snack Foods | Pennsauken, NJ | food | ||
| JJ White[2] | Philadelphia | construction | ||
| Kenexa | Wayne, PA | Employment Solutions | ||
| Knoll | East Greenville, PA | Furniture | ||
| League Collegiate Wear | Bridgeport, PA | apparel | ||
| Liberty Property Trust | Malvern, PA | real estate | ||
| Liberty Weddings | Philadelphia, PA | Wedding officiant, vendors | www.libertyweddings.org | |
| Lincoln National Corporation | Philadelphia | insurance | 274 | |
| Lorél Marketing Group | King of Prussia, PA | Marketing Services | ||
| Makmi Group | Philadelphia | Corporate Identity Branding and Marketing | ||
| Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin | Philadelphia | law | ||
| Melior Discovery | Exton, PA | Pharmaceutical | ||
| Destination Maternity | Philadelphia | apparel | ||
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Philadelphia | law | ||
| National Penn Bank[3] | Boyerstown, PA | financial | ||
| NutriSystem | Horsham, PA | food | ||
| Orleans Homebuilders | Bensalem, PA | house construction | ||
| P4MV | Philadelphia, PA | marketing | ||
| Peddler's Village | Lahaska, PA | entertainment | ||
| Penn Mutual | Horsham, PA | insurance | ||
| Penn National Gaming | Wyomissing, PA | entertainment | 794 | |
| Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust | Philadelphia | real estate | ||
| Pennoni Associates Inc. | Philadelphia | engineering | ||
| Penn Virginia | Radnor, PA | oil | ||
| Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack | Philadelphia | automotive | 917 | |
| Pepper Hamilton | Philadelphia | law | ||
| PHH | Mount Laurel, NJ | financial | ||
| Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. | Bala Cynwyd, PA | insurance | ||
| Philadelphia Financial Group | Philadelphia | insurance | ||
| Philadelphia Media Network | Philadelphia | newspapers | ||
| Pinnacle Foods | Cherry Hill, NJ | food | ||
| Planalytics | Wayne, PA | weather | ||
| Portico Systems | Blue Bell, PA | software | ||
| Quaker Chemical[4] | Conshohocken | chemicals | ||
| Radian Group | Philadelphia | finance | 959 | |
| Rita's Water Ice | Bensalem, PA | food | ||
| RJMetrics Inc | Philadelphia, PA | software | ||
| Rowland Company | Philadelphia | manufacturing | Oldest operating company in Philadelphia. | |
| Saul Ewing | Philadelphia | law | ||
| Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis | Philadelphia | law | ||
| SEI Investments | Oaks, PA | financial | ||
| Sovereign Bancorp | Wyomissing, PA | financial | ||
| Stevens & Lee | Reading, PA | law | ||
| Sunoco | Philadelphia | oil | 41 | |
| Sunoco Logistics[5] | Philadelphia | oil | 41 | |
| Sungard | Wayne, PA | information technology | 435 | |
| Susquehanna International Group | Bala Cynwyd, PA | financial | ||
| Synygy | Chester, PA | Software | ||
| Teleflex | Limerick, PA | manufacturing | 797 | |
| Think Brownstone | Conshohocken, PA | design | - | |
| TLA Entertainment Group | Philadelphia | entertainment | ||
| Toll Brothers | Horsham, PA | house construction | 667 | |
| Triumph Group | Wayne, PA | Aerospace Manufacturing and Repair | ||
| Troemner | Thorofare, NJ | science equipment | ||
| T.H. Properties | Harleysville, PA | home builder | ||
| UGI | King of Prussia, PA | utilities | 377 | |
| Unisys | Blue Bell, Pennsylvania | information technology | 456 | |
| Universal Health Services | King of Prussia, PA | healthcare | 467 | |
| Urban Outfitters | Philadelphia | apparel | 953 | |
| Value Dry | King of Prussia, PA | Basement Waterproofing and Remodeling | www.valuedry.com | |
| Vanguard | Malvern, PA | financial | ||
| ViroPharma | Exton, PA | pharmaceuticals | ||
| Vishay Intertechnology | Malvern, PA | electronics | 712 | |
| VWR International | Radnor, PA | scientific products | 579 | |
| Wawa Food Markets | Wawa, PA | convenience stores | ||
| West Pharmaceutical Services | Lionville, PA | healthcare | 467 | |
| White and Williams LLP | Philadelphia | law | ||
| WPCS International | Exton, PA | construction | ||
| WSFS Bank | Wilmington, DE | financial |
Nonprofit companies headquartered in the region [edit]
US headquarters of foreign corporations [edit]
| Name | City | Industry | Fortune Global 500 rank (2009) |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACE Ltd. | Philadelphia | insurance | |||
| AgustaWestland | Philadelphia | aviation | |||
| Arkema | Philadelphia | chemicals | |||
| AstraZeneca | Wilmington, DE | pharmaceuticals | 268 | ||
| Bachmann Industries | Philadelphia | hobby | |||
| Bimbo Bakeries USA | Horsham, PA | food processing | |||
| EMD Chemicals Inc. | Gibbstown, NJ | chemicals | |||
| GlaxoSmithKline | Philadelphia, PA | Pharmaceuticals | R&D Sites in King of Prussia & Collegeville | ||
| HSBC Bank USA | Wilmington, DE | financial | 21 | ||
| Hyundai Rotem USA | Philadelphia, PA | Railroad Industry | |||
| ING Direct | Wilmington, DE | financial | 8 | ||
| IKEA North America, LLC | Conshohocken, PA | retail | privately held | ||
| Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) | Philadelphia, PA | forestry | |||
| SAP America | Newtown Square, PA | software | |||
| Shire Pharmaceuticals | Wayne, PA | pharmaceuticals | |||
| Siemens Healthcare | Malvern, PA | medical | 30 | ||
| Subaru of America | Cherry Hill, NJ | automotive | |||
| TD Bank, N.A. | Cherry Hill, NJ | financial | Formerly Commerce Bank | ||
| Teva Pharmaceuticals | North Wales, PA | pharmaceuticals |
Divisions of US corporations [edit]
Defunct corporations [edit]
| Name | City | Industry | Fate | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Line | Philadelphia | maritime | merged | amalgamated into IMM. | |
| Baldwin Locomotive Works | Philadelphia & Eddystone, PA | manufacturing | failed | ||
| Brown Bros. & Co. | Philadelphia | financial | merged | moved to NYC, now called Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | |
| Commodore International | West Chester, PA | electronics | failed | Office complex is now home to QVC. | |
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | Philadelphia | railroad | split | into: Norfolk Southern Railway, CSX Transportation, Conrail Shared Assets Operations. | |
| Curtis Publishing Company | Philadelphia | publishing | assets sold | ||
| Drexel and Company | Philadelphia | financial | failed | Transformed several times, eventually failed as part of the 1980s junk bond fiasco. | |
| E.W. Clark & Co. | Philadelphia, PA | finance and banking | merged | Ultimately became part of Penn Mutual | |
| EB Games | West Chester, PA | electronics and Gaming | acquired | by Game Stop | |
| Ensoniq | Malvern, PA | electronics | acquired | by Creative Labs, which dissolved the brand. | |
| EPrivacy Group | Malvern, PA | software | acquired | by Symantec, which dissolved the brand. | |
| Extreme Championship Wrestling | Philadelphia | entertainment | failed | ||
| Hercules | Wilmington, DE | chemicals | acquired by Ashland | ||
| International Mercantile Marine Co. | Philadelphia | maritime | failed | Owned the Titanic. | |
| J. G. Brill and Company | Philadelphia | railcars | merged | ||
| Lanston Monotype Company | Philadelphia | printing | failed | successor company moved to Buffalo, NY. | |
| Midvale Steel | Philadelphia | steelmaking; fabrication | merged | Name survives in Heppenstall-Midvale AG | |
| MOS Technology | Norristown, PA | electronics | acquired | by Commodore, which failed. | |
| Muskogee Company | Philadelphia | mining | acquired | by Missouri Pacific Railroad. | |
| Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia | Shipbuilding | failed | ||
| Penn Central Transportation | Philadelphia | railroad | failed | most of it became SEPTA with merger of other railroads. Parts are now Amtrak. | |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | Philadelphia | railroad | merged | with New York Central to become Penn Central. | |
| Philadelphia Media Holdings | Philadelphia | newspapers | bankrupt | ||
| Philco | Philadelphia | manufacturing | merged | with: Ford, moved to Lansdale, Blue Bell, and Willow Grove before moving to Michigan where part lives on as Visteon. Philco-Ford was renamed Ford Aerospace and sold to Loral in 1990. Another part of the original, Philco International moved to Pittsburgh in 1988. | |
| Philadelphia National Bank | Philadelphia | financial | merged | acquired by Wachovia which was then acquired by Wells Fargo. | |
| Philadelphia Savings Fund Society | Philadelphia | financial | failed | seized by the FDIC and sold to Mellon Financial | |
| Reading Company | Philadelphia | railroad | failed | became SEPTA. A piece lives on as Reading Entertainment/Reading International, a real estate company. | |
| Red Star Line | Philadelphia | maritime | merged | amalgamated into IMM. | |
| Strawbridge's | Philadelphia | retail | acquired | restructured, renamed. | |
| Wanamaker's | Philadelphia | retail | acquired | restructured, renamed. | |
| William Cramp and Sons | Philadelphia | maritime | failed | ||
| William Sellers & Co. | Philadelphia | machine tools, industrial plant equipment |
merged | ||
| Wilmington Trust | Wilmington, DE | financial | acquired | ||
| Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen | Philadelphia | law | dissolved by vote of partners | ||
| Wyeth | Collegeville, PA | Pharmaceuticals | acquired | by Pfizer |
Divisions of foreign corporations [edit]
- Aker Philadelphia Shipyard - Philadelphia - div. of Aker American Shipping
- Delaware Investments - Philadelphia - div. of Macquarie Group
- Mitchell & Ness - Philadelphia - div. of Adidas
- Ikon Office Solutions - Malvern, PA div. of Ricoh
Corporations that moved to a different region [edit]
- Amkor Technology - West Chester, Pennsylvania to Chandler, Arizona
- Bell Atlantic - After merger with NYNEX, headquarters moved from Philadelphia to New York City. A significant workforce remains in the area.
- Breyers - After several acquisitions it is not a Philadelphia brand anymore.
- Jones Apparel Group - Moved to New York City
- Whitman's - Now operated by Russell Stover, based in Colorado.
Less notable Philadelphia corporations [edit]
- Bresslergroup
- Burnt Toast Vinyl
- D4 Creative Group
- Day's Beverages - Largest private label soft drink maker in the eastern US.
- eGames (Langhorne, PA)
- Philadelphia Insurance
- MyIvyEdge College Consulting
- Sugarcube Inc., PhiladelphIa, Apparel, http://sugarcube.us
- The Raab Collection
- Reputation Changer
- Vuzit
- Yards Brewing Company
- IntelLiDrives, Inc.
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References [edit]
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