This is a list of notable companies based in the Austin metropolitan area.
Fortune 500
(rankings as of 2021)
- Dell Technologies (28)
- Oracle (80)
- Tesla Inc. (100)
Advertising
- Door Number 3
- GSD&M
- LatinWorks
- LIN Media (Media General)-Shutdown
- McGarrah Jessee
- R/GA
- RetailMeNot
- Rock Candy Media
- T3 (The Think Tank)
Aerospace and air travel
- Astrotech Corporation
- Austin Express- Shutdown
- Emerald Air-Closed
Architecture
- Dick Clark Architecture
- Lundgren and Maurer-Closed in the 80s no successor
- Reclaimed Space
Automotive
Beauty
Biotechnology
- Asuragen-Relocation to Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Luminex Corporation
- Sonic Healthcare- Bought and moved to Australia
Booksellers and publishing
- BookPeople
- Clockwork Storybook-Shutdown
- Greenleaf Book Group
- Holt McDougal
- Landes Bioscience
- Monofonus Press
- Steve Jackson Games
Construction
Data
- Forcepoint
- Global Language Monitor
- Hoover's
- NetSolve (Cisco Systems)
- Vignette Corporation (Open Text Corporation)- Headquartered in Canada
Direct marketing
Education
Energy
- Crystatech
- Green Mountain Energy
- HelioVolt-Suspended operations in 2015
- Illumitex
Environmental monitoring
- VI Technology-Acquired by Aeroflex
Esports
Film and television
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
- Bright Shining City Productions
- FloSports
- Troublemaker Studios
- Uptown Studios Austin
Finance and banking
Flooring
Food and drink
- Amy's Ice Creams
- Bush's Chicken-Relocation to Waco, Texas
- Carino's Italian
- Chameleon Cold-Brew
- Chuy's
- Deep Eddy Vodka
- DoubleDave's Pizzaworks
- Gatti's Pizza- Relocation to Fort Worth before shutdown
- KaleidoScoops
- Live Oak Brewing Company
- Oasis Restaurant
- Siete Foods
- Sweet Leaf Tea Company
- Texadelphia-Relocation to Dallas
- Tiff's Treats
- Tito's Vodka
- Whole Foods Market
- YETI Coolers
Gaming development, distribution and production
- Arkane Studios
- Aspyr
- BattleCry Studios
- Bluepoint Games
- Certain Affinity
- Crytek USA- Shutdown in 2013
- Devolver Digital
- Edge of Reality- Dissolved 2018
- Gamecock Media Group- Shutdown in 2008
- GameSalad
- Ghostfire Games- Closed in 2019
- Heatwave Interactive
- KingsIsle Entertainment
- Portalarium- Closed 2019
- Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc.
- Renegade Kid- Dissolved 2016
- Retro Studios
- Rooster Teeth Games
- Roxor Games
- Spacetime Studios
- Twisted Pixel Games
- Wolfpack Studios- Shutdown in 2006
Insurance
Intelligence
Internet service providers
- Wayport, Inc., acquired by AT&T in 2008
Loans
Manufacturing
- Cerilliant Corporation
- CompuAdd- Closed in the 90s
- Elgin-Butler Brick Company
- IKey
- Motion Computing
- National Instruments
- Ronco-Fully dissolved in bankruptcy 2018
- SuperCircuits
- Tesla
- Valence Technology
Medical
Music
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Real estate
- American Campus Communities
- Econohomes
- Forestar Group-No longer located in Austin, headquartered in Arlington, Texas
- HomeAway- Acquired and relocated in 2015 by Expedia
- Keller Williams Realty
- Opcity-Shutdown by Move, Inc.
Retail
- Allens Boots
- Bravelets
- Despair, Inc.
- Eyebuydirect
- Kendra Scott
- L.G. Balfour Company
- Living Direct
- Outdoor Voices
- Tecovas
- Whole Foods Market, a division of Amazon
Security
Semiconductors
Shipping
Software
- Academic Superstore
- Agiliway
- Asure Software
- Bazaarvoice
- BigCommerce
- Borland-Full acquisition by Micro Focus International
- Convio
- Enthought
- Evolutionary Technologies International- Bought out by Inspire
- Honestech
- Indeed.com
- InduSoft-Merged with Schneider Electric
- Meta SaaS
- Metreos-Acquired by Cisco Systems
- Oracle Corporation
- Pervasive Software-Acquired by Actian
- Photodex-Permanently shut down
- Planview
- Pristine
- SolarWinds
- Spiceworks
- Spredfast
- Third Wire
- Ticketbud
- Trilogy
- Vrbo
- Winternals
- X Corp.
- Xojo
- Zello
Telecommunications
- Janet TV
- LifeSize
- Protect America-Assets sold to Brinks
- TippingPoint-Acquired and relocated by Trend Micro
Utilities
See also
References
- "Fortune 500 list of companies 2021". Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- "Alamo Drafthouse expands to D.C." Austin Business Journal. Accessed October 31, 2012.
- Hipp, Laura (April 6, 2008). "BancVue explodes by bringing technology to small, rural banks". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- "Bush's Chicken rebuilding in Lorena, plans expansion outside Texas".
- "Double Dave's Pizza Works Inc". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- "Crytek Lays off Staff After Selling Homefront; Crytek UK May be Shut Down".
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- "Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar". Archived from the original on 2019-10-10.
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- "Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway for $3.9B". 4 November 2015.
- Realtor.com replaces lead-gen products with Opcity referral model in 60 markets
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