San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco
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 [ edit ]
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Bank of America – relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina
Bechtel - relocated to Reston, Virginia
Block, Inc. - no designated headquarters location since 2022 [ 2]
California State Automobile Association – relocated to Walnut Creek, California
Charles Schwab Corporation - relocated to Westlake, Texas in 2019
Chevron – relocated to San Ramon, California
Coinbase - no designated headquarters location since 2020 [ 3]
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
Levison Brothers / California Jewelry Co. San Francisco - defunct
Link TV - merged with KCET in 2012
McKesson Corporation - relocated to Irving, Texas in 2019
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
X Corp. - relocated to Bastrop, Texas in 2024