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.
Contents
- 1 Active companies headquartered in the region
- 2 Nonprofit companies headquartered in the region
- 3 US headquarters of foreign corporations
- 4 Divisions of US corporations
- 5 Defunct corporations
- 6 Divisions of foreign corporations
- 7 Corporations that moved to a different region
- 8 Less notable Philadelphia corporations
- 9 References
Active companies headquartered in the region
| Name | City | Industry | Fortune 1000 rank (2014) |
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 | 498 | ||
| American Water | Voorhees, NJ | utility | |||
| AmeriGas | King of Prussia, PA | gas | |||
| AmerisourceBergen | Chesterbrook, PA | drug wholesale | 28 | ||
| Ametek | Paoli, PA | electronics | 649 | ||
| Amoroso's Baking Company | Philadelphia | food | |||
| Aqua America | Bryn Mawr, PA | utilities | |||
| Aramark | Philadelphia | hospitality | 209 | ||
| Axalta Coating Systems | Philadelphia | coatings | |||
| Ballard Spahr LLP | Philadelphia | law | |||
| The Bath Outlet | West Point, PA | bathroom accessories | |||
| Beneficial Bank | Philadelphia | financial | Oldest and largest bank with headquarters in Philadelphia[1] | ||
| Bentley Systems | Exton, PA | software | |||
| Blank Rome | Philadelphia | law | |||
| Brandywine Realty Trust | Radnor, PA | real estate | |||
| Boscov's | Reading, PA | retail | |||
| Burlington Coat Factory | Burlington, NJ | apparel | 551 | ||
| Calkins Media | Levittown, PA | media | |||
| Campbell Soup Company | Camden, New Jersey | food | 315 | ||
| Carpenter | Reading, PA | metals | 899 | ||
| CDI | Philadelphia | engineering services | |||
| CenTrak | Newtown, PA | hospital and healthcare | |||
| Cephalon | Frazer, PA | pharmaceuticals | |||
| Checkpoint Systems | Philadelphia | manufacturing | |||
| Chemtura | Philadelphia | manufacturing | 775 | ||
| Ciright Systems | Conshohocken | manufacturing | |||
| Charming Shoppes | Bensalem, PA | apparel | |||
| Comcast | Philadelphia | telecommunications | 44 | ||
| Comcast Spectacor | Philadelphia | entertainment | |||
| Conrail Shared Assets Operations | Philadelphia | railroad | |||
| Cozen O'Connor | Philadelphia | law | |||
| Crown Holdings | Philadelphia | packaging | 313 | ||
| CSS Industries | Philadelphia | manufacturing | |||
| CubeSmart | Malvern, PA | REIT providing self-storage facilities | |||
| David's Bridal | Conshohocken, PA | specialty retail | bridal and 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 | 86 | ||
| Endo Pharmaceuticals | Chadds Ford, PA | drugs | 766 | ||
| Edmund Optics | Barrington, NJ | photonics | |||
| Entercom | Bala Cynwyd, PA | media | |||
| ERT | Philadelphia | healthcare | |||
| Fiserv | King of Prussia, PA | Financial Services | |||
| FMC | Philadelphia | chemicals | 581 | ||
| Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia | law | |||
| Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company | Philadelphia | food | |||
| Fuji Advanced Sports | Philadelphia | bicycles | |||
| Garfield Refining | Philadelphia | precious metal refining | |||
| Genesis HealthCare | Kennett Square, PA | healthcare | |||
| Harleysville Group | Harleysville, PA | insurance | |||
| Hill International | Marlton, NJ | construction | |||
| Holtec International | Marlton, NJ | nuclear power equipment | |||
| Innovative Solutions & Support | Exton, PA | aerospace | |||
| InterDigital | Wilmington, DE | telecommunications | |||
| Internet Capital Group | Wayne, PA | finance | |||
| Iron Stone Strategic Capital Partners | Philadelphia | real estate | |||
| 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 | |||
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions | King of Prussia, PA | Health Care | |||
| Liberty Property Trust | Malvern, PA | real estate | |||
| Lincoln National Corporation | Radnor, PA | insurance | 232 | ||
| Melior Discovery | Exton, PA | pharmaceutical | |||
| Destination Maternity | Philadelphia | apparel | |||
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Philadelphia | law | |||
| NutriSystem | Horsham, PA | food | |||
| Peddler's Village | Lahaska, PA | entertainment | |||
| Penn Mutual | Horsham, PA | insurance | |||
| Penn National Gaming | Wyomissing, PA | entertainment | 790 | ||
| Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust | Philadelphia | real estate | |||
| Penn Virginia | Radnor, PA | oil | |||
| Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack | Philadelphia | automotive | 945 | ||
| Pepper Hamilton | Philadelphia | law | |||
| PHH | Mount Laurel, NJ | financial | |||
| Philadelphia Media Network | Philadelphia | newspapers | |||
| QVC, Inc | West Chester | retail | |||
| Rita's Italian Ice | Bensalem, PA | food | |||
| Saul Ewing | Philadelphia | law | |||
| Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis | Philadelphia | law | |||
| Stevens & Lee | Reading, PA | law | |||
| Sunoco | Philadelphia | oil | |||
| Sungard | Wayne, PA | information technology | 585 | ||
| Susquehanna International Group | Bala Cynwyd, PA | financial | |||
| Synygy | Chester, PA | consulting and outsourcing | |||
| Teleflex | Limerick, PA | manufacturing | |||
| Think Brownstone | Conshohocken, PA | design | |||
| TLA Entertainment Group | Philadelphia | entertainment | |||
| Toll Brothers | Horsham, PA | house construction | 791 | ||
| TriState Wiring | Philadelphia, PA | telecommunications | |||
| 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 | 362 | ||
| Unisys | Blue Bell, PA | information technology | 664 | ||
| Universal Health Services | King of Prussia, PA | healthcare | 324 | ||
| Urban Outfitters | Philadelphia | 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 | |||
| West Pharmaceutical Services | Lionville, PA | healthcare | |||
| White and Williams LLP | Philadelphia | law | |||
| Wieand Law Firm | Philadelphia | law | |||
| WPCS International | Exton, PA | construction | |||
| WSFS Bank | Wilmington, DE | financial |
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Nonprofit companies headquartered in the region
US headquarters of foreign corporations
| 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 | ||
| GlaxoSmithKline | Philadelphia | pharmaceuticals | R&D sites in King of Prussia and Collegeville | |
| HSBC Bank USA | Wilmington, DE | financial | 21 | |
| ING Direct | Wilmington, DE | financial | 8 | |
| Rentokil Initial | Reading, PA | business services | ||
| Ricoh Americas Corporation | Malvern, PA | business services | ||
| 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
| Name | City | Industry | Parent | Fortune 1000 rank (2014) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Markets | Malvern, PA | retail | Albertsons | 94 | |
| Boeing Rotorcraft | Ridley Township, PA | aviation | Boeing | 30 | |
| Centocor | Malvern, PA | pharmaceuticals | Johnson & Johnson | 39 | |
| Colonial Penn | Philadelphia | insurance | Conseco | ||
| Delmarva Power | Wilmington, DE | energy | Pepco Holdings | 561 | |
| Economy.com | West Chester, PA | economic research | Moody's Analytics | ||
| GSI Commerce | King of Prussia, PA | retail | eBay | ||
| Happy Harry's | Newark, DE | retail | Walgreens | ||
| Harrah's Philadelphia | Chester, PA | entertainment | Caesars Entertainment | ||
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Philadelphia | investment | Penn Mutual | ||
| Genuardi's | Norristown, PA | retail | Safeway | ||
| Keystone Helicopter | Coatesville, PA | aviation | United Technologies | 45 | |
| M.A.B. Paints | Broomall, PA | paint | Sherwin-Williams | 278 | |
| MBNA | Wilmington, DE | financial | Bank of America | 21 | |
| McNeil Laboratories | Fort Washington, PA | pharmaceuticals | Johnson & Johnson | 36 | |
| Neoware | King of Prussia, PA | electronics | Hewlett-Packard | 17 | |
| NextGen Healthcare Information Systems | Horsham, PA | software | Quality Systems | ||
| PECO Energy | Philadelphia | energy | Exelon | 119 | |
| QVC | West Chester, PA | retail | Liberty Media | 607 | |
| Rohm and Haas | Philadelphia | chemicals | Dow Chemical | 48 | |
| Tastykake | Philadelphia | food | Flowers Foods | ||
| Sesame Place | Langhorne, PA | entertainment | SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment |
Defunct corporations
| Name | City | Industry | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Line | Philadelphia,PA | maritime | merged | amalgamated into IMM |
| Baldwin Locomotive Works | Philadelphia and 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 | 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
- Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Philadelphia, a division of Aker American Shipping
- Delaware Investments, Philadelphia, a division. of Macquarie Group
- Ikon Office Solutions, Malvern, Pennsylvania, a division of Ricoh
- Mitchell & Ness, Philadelphia, a division of Adidas
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
- AnswerNet
- Brand.com
- Burnt Toast Vinyl
- Campus Apartments
- Day's Beverages
- eGames
- The Raab Collection
- Yards Brewing Company
References
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