List of companies based in the Philadelphia area
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
| Name | City | Industry | Fortune 1000 rank (2018) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Video | entertainment | |||
| AmerisourceBergen | Conshohocke , PA | pharmaceutical | 10 | |
| Aramark | Philadelphia, PA | hospitality | 209 | |
| ASTM International | publishing | |||
| Axalta Coating Systems | Philadelphia, PA | coatings | ||
| Ballard Spahr LLP | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| Beneficial Bank | Philadelphia, PA | financial | ||
| Blank Rome | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| Brandywine Realty Trust | Philadelphia, PA | real estate | ||
| Boscov's | Reading, PA | retail | ||
| Burlington Stores | Burlington, NJ | apparel | 459 (in 2017) | |
| Campbell Soup Company | NJ | food | 315 | |
| Carpenter Technology Corporation | Philadelphia, PA[1] | |||
| CDI | Philadelphia, PA | engineering services | ||
| Checkpoint Systems | Philadelphia, PA | manufacturing | ||
| Chemtura | Philadelphia, PA | manufacturing | 775 | |
| Chemours | Wilmington, DE | chemicals | 454 | |
| Comcast | Philadelphia, PA | telecommunications | 32 | |
| Comcast | Philadelphia, PA | entertainment | ||
| Conrail Shared Assets Operations | Philadelphia, PA | railroad | ||
| Cozen O'Connor | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| Crown Holdings | Philadelphia, PA | packaging | 313 | |
| CSS Industries | Philadelphia, PA | manufacturing | ||
| CubeSmart | Malvern, PA | self-storage facilities | ||
| Dechert | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| Day & Zimmermann | Philadelphia, PA | construction | ||
| Disston Precision | Philadelphia, PA | manufacturing | ||
| Dollar Financial Group | Philadelphia, PA | finance | ||
| Drinker Biddle & Reath | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| Duane Morris | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| DuPont | Wilmington, DE | chemicals | 35 | |
| Ellis Coffee Company | Philadelphia, PA | coffee | ||
| Endo Pharmaceuticals | pharmaceuticals | 766 | ||
| Entercom | Bala Cynwyd, PA | media | ||
| EPAM Systems | Newtown, PA | software engineering | ||
| ERT | Philadelphia, PA | healthcare | ||
| Fiserv | King of Prussia, PA | financial | ||
| Five Below | Philadelphia, PA | retail | ||
| FMC | Philadelphia, PA | chemicals | 581 | |
| Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company | Philadelphia, PA | food | ||
| Fuji Advanced Sports | Philadelphia, PA | bicycles | ||
| Garfield Refining | Philadelphia, PA | precious metal refining | ||
| Genesis HealthCare | Kennett Square, PA | healthcare | ||
| Harleysville Group | Harleysville, PA | insurance | ||
| Hill International | Philadelphia, PA | construction | ||
| Holtec International | Camden, NJ | nuclear power equipment | ||
| InterDigital | Wilmington, DE | telecommunications | ||
| Internet Capital Group | Wayne, PA | finance | ||
| Iron Stone Strategic Capital Partners | Philadelphia, PA | real estate | ||
| Kenexa | Wayne, PA | employment solutions | ||
| Knoll | East Greenville, PA | furniture | ||
| League Collegiate Wear | Bridgeport, PA | apparel | ||
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions | King of Prussia, PA | healthcare | ||
| Liberty Property Trust | Malvern, PA | real estate | ||
| Lincoln National Corporation | Radnor, PA | insurance | 232 | |
| Melior Discovery | Exton, PA | pharmaceuticals | ||
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| NutriSystem | Horsham, PA | food | ||
| PECO Energy | Philadelphia, PA | energy | ||
| Peddler's Village | Lahaska, PA | entertainment | ||
| Penn Mutual | Horsham, PA | insurance | ||
| Penn National Gaming | Wyomissing, PA | entertainment | 790 | |
| Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust | Philadelphia, PA | real estate | ||
| Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack | Philadelphia, PA | automotive | 945 | |
| Pepper Hamilton | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| PHH | financial | |||
| Philadelphia Media Network | Philadelphia, PA | newspapers | ||
| QVC, Inc | West Chester, PA | retail | ||
| Radian Group | Philadelphia, PA | financial | ||
| Saul Ewing | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis | Philadelphia, PA | law | ||
| Stevens & Lee | Reading, PA | law | ||
| Sunoco | Philadelphia, PA | oil | ||
| Sungard | Wayne, PA | information technology | 585 | |
| Susquehanna International Group | Bala Cynwyd, PA | financial | ||
| Synygy | Chester, PA | consulting and outsourcing | ||
| Teleflex | Limerick, PA | manufacturing | ||
| Teva | North Wales, PA | pharmaceuticals | ||
| TLA Entertainment Group | Philadelphia, PA | entertainment | ||
| Toll Brothers | Horsham, PA | construction | 791 | |
| UGI | King of Prussia, PA | utilities | 362 | |
| Unisys | Blue Bell, PA | information technology | 664 | |
| Universal Health Services | King of Prussia, PA | healthcare | 324 | Listed as (NYSE: UHS); an American Fortune 500 company[2] |
| Urban Outfitters | Philadelphia, PA | apparel | 715 | |
| Vanguard | Malvern, PA | financial | ||
| ViroPharma | Exton, PA | pharmaceuticals | ||
| Vishay Intertechnology | Malvern, PA | electronics | 868 | |
| VWR International | Radnor, PA | scientific products | 583 | |
| Wawa Food Markets | Wawa, PA | convenience stores |
Nonprofit companies headquartered in the region
US headquarters of foreign corporations
| Name | City | Industry | Fortune Global 500 rank (2009) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACE Ltd. | Philadelphia, PA | insurance | ||
| Arkema | Philadelphia, PA | chemicals | ||
| AstraZeneca | Wilmington, DE | pharmaceuticals | 268 | |
| GlaxoSmithKline | Philadelphia, PA | pharmaceuticals | ||
| HSBC Bank USA | Wilmington, DE | financial | 21 | |
| ING Direct | Wilmington, DE | financial | 8 | |
| IKEA | retail | |||
| Rentokil | business services | |||
| Ricoh Americas Corporation | business services | |||
| SAP America | Newtown Square, PA | software | ||
| Shire Pharmaceuticals | Wayne, PA | pharmaceuticals | ||
| Siemens Healthcare | medical | 30 | ||
| Subaru of America | Camden, NJ | automotive | ||
| TD Bank, N.A. | financial | |||
| Teva Pharmaceuticals | pharmaceuticals |
Divisions of US corporations
Divisions of foreign corporations
| Name | City | Industry | Parent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aker Philadelphia Shipyard | Philadelphia, PA | shipbuilding | Aker American Shipping | |
| Delaware Investments | Philadelphia, PA | financial | Macquarie Group | |
| Ikon Office Solutions | Malvern, PA | office supplies | Ricoh | |
| Mitchell & Ness | Philadelphia, PA | footwear | Adidas | |
| Subaru of America | Camden, NJ | automotive | Subaru Corporation |
Defunct corporations
| Name | City | Industry | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Line | Philadelphia, PA | maritime | merged | amalgamated into IMM |
| AgustaWestland | Philadelphia, PA | aviation | acquired | absorbed by Finmeccanica, today Leonardo; Headquartered in Rome, Italy. |
| Baldwin Locomotive Works | Philadelphia and Eddystone, PA | manufacturing | failed | |
| Brown Bros. & Co. | Philadelphia, PA | financial | merged | moved to NYC, now called Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. |
| Cephalon, Inc. | West Chester, PA | pharmaceutical | acquired | by Teva Pharmaceuticals in Oct. 2011; small R&D presence still in original location |
| Commodore International | West Chester, PA | electronics | failed | Office complex is now home to QVC. |
| Consolidated Rail Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | railroad | split | into: Norfolk Southern Railway, CSX Transportation, Conrail Shared Assets Operations |
| Curtis Publishing Company | Philadelphia, PA | publishing | assets sold | |
| Drexel and Company | Philadelphia, PA | financial | failed | Transformed several times, eventually failed as part of the 1980s junk bond fiasco. |
| E.W. Clark & Co. | Philadelphia, PA | financial | 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, PA | entertainment | acquired | by World Wrestling Entertainment |
| Hercules | Wilmington, DE | chemicals | acquired | by Ashland |
| International Mercantile Marine Co. | Philadelphia, PA | maritime | failed | Owned the Titanic |
| J. G. Brill and Company | Philadelphia, PA | railcars | merged | |
| Lanston Monotype Company | Philadelphia, PA | printing | failed | successor company moved to Buffalo, NY |
| Midvale Steel | Philadelphia, PA | steelmaking; fabrication | merged | Name survives in Heppenstall-Midvale AG |
| MOS Technology | Norristown, PA | electronics | acquired | by Commodore, which failed |
| Muskogee Company | Philadelphia, PA | mining | acquired | by Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia, PA | shipbuilding | failed | |
| Penn Central Transportation | Philadelphia, PA | railroad | failed | most of it became SEPTA with merger of other railroads; parts are now Amtrak |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | Philadelphia, PA | railroad | merged | with New York Central to become Penn Central. |
| Philadelphia Media Holdings | Philadelphia, PA | newspapers | bankrupt | |
| Philco | Philadelphia, PA | 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, PA | financial | merged | acquired by Wachovia which was then acquired by Wells Fargo. |
| Philadelphia Savings Fund Society | Philadelphia, PA | financial | failed | seized by the FDIC and sold to Mellon Financial |
| Reading Company | Philadelphia, PA | railroad | failed | became SEPTA. A piece lives on as Reading Entertainment/Reading International, a real estate company. |
| Red Star Line | Philadelphia, PA | maritime | merged | amalgamated into IMM. |
| Strawbridge's | Philadelphia, PA | retail | acquired | restructured, renamed. |
| Wanamaker's | Philadelphia, PA | retail | acquired | restructured, renamed. |
| William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, PA | maritime | failed | |
| William Sellers & Co. | Philadelphia, PA | machine tools, industrial plant equipment |
merged | |
| Wilmington Trust | Wilmington, DE | financial | acquired | |
| Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen | Philadelphia | law | dissolved | |
| Wyeth | Collegeville, PA | pharmaceuticals | acquired | by Pfizer |
Corporations that moved to a different region
- Amkor Technology - moved from 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
References
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- ^ "Health care groups that made this year's Fortune 500 list". advisory.com. The Advisory Board Company. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ ACTS Retirement-Life Communities Employment Opportunities
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