This is a list of notable companies based in the Austin metropolitan area.
Fortune 500[edit]
(rankings as of 2021)[1]
- Dell Technologies (28)
- Oracle (80)
- Tesla Inc. (100)
Advertising[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Astrotech Corporation
- Austin Express- Shutdown
- Emerald Air-Closed
Architecture[edit]
- Dick Clark Architecture
- Lundgren and Maurer-Closed in the 80s no successor
- Reclaimed Space
Automotive[edit]
Beauty[edit]
Biotechnology[edit]
- Asuragen-Relocation to Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Luminex Corporation
- Sonic Healthcare- Bought and moved to Australia
Booksellers and publishing[edit]
- BookPeople
- Clockwork Storybook-Shutdown
- Greenleaf Book Group
- Holt McDougal
- Landes Bioscience
- Monofonus Press
- Steve Jackson Games
Construction[edit]
Data[edit]
- Forcepoint
- Global Language Monitor
- Hoover's
- NetSolve (Cisco Systems)
- Vignette Corporation (Open Text Corporation)- Headquartered in Canada
Direct marketing[edit]
Education[edit]
Energy[edit]
- Crystatech
- Green Mountain Energy
- HelioVolt-Suspended operations in 2015
- Illumitex
Environmental monitoring[edit]
- VI Technology-Acquired by Aeroflex
Esports[edit]
Film and television[edit]
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema[2]
- Bright Shining City Productions
- FloSports
- Rooster Teeth Productions
- Troublemaker Studios
- Uptown Studios Austin
Finance and banking[edit]
Food and drink[edit]
- Amy's Ice Creams
- Bush's Chicken-Relocation to Waco, Texas[4]
- Carino's Italian
- Chameleon Cold-Brew
- Chuy's
- DoubleDave's Pizzaworks[5]
- 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[edit]
- Arkane Studios
- Aspyr
- Battlecry Studios
- Bluepoint Games
- Certain Affinity
- Crytek USA- Shutdown in 2013[6]
- Devolver Digital
- Edge of Reality- Dissolved 2018
- Gamecock Media Group- Shutdown in 2008[7]
- GameSalad
- Ghostfire Games- Closed in 2019[8]
- Heatwave Interactive
- KingsIsle Entertainment
- Portalarium- Closed 2019 [9]
- Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc.
- Renegade Kid- Dissolved 2016[10]
- Retro Studios
- Rooster Teeth Games
- Roxor Games
- Spacetime Studios
- Twisted Pixel Games
- Wolfpack Studios- Shutdown in 2006[11]
Insurance[edit]
Intelligence[edit]
Internet service providers[edit]
- Wayport, Inc., acquired by AT&T in 2008
Loans[edit]
Manufacturing[edit]
- Cerilliant Corporation
- CompuAdd- Closed in the 90s
- Elgin-Butler Brick Company
- IKey
- Motion Computing
- National Instruments
- Ronco-Fully dissolved in bankruptcy 2018[12]
- SuperCircuits
- Tesla
- Valence Technology
Medical[edit]
Music[edit]
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)[edit]
Real estate[edit]
- American Campus Communities
- Econohomes
- Forestar Group-No longer located in Austin, headquartered in Arlington, Texas
- HomeAway- Acquired and relocated in 2015 by Expedia[13]
- Keller Williams Realty
- Opcity-Shutdown by Move, Inc.[14]
Retail[edit]
- Allens Boots
- Bravelets
- Despair, Inc.
- Eyebuydirect
- Kendra Scott
- L.G. Balfour Company
- Living Direct
- Outdoor Voices
- Whole Foods Market, a division of Amazon
Security[edit]
Semiconductors[edit]
Shipping[edit]
Software[edit]
- Academic Superstore
- 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[15]
- Meta SaaS
- Metreos-Acquired by Cisco Systems
- Oracle Corporation
- Pervasive Software-Acquired by Actian
- Photodex-Permanently shut down [16]
- Planview
- Pristine
- SolarWinds
- Spiceworks
- Spredfast
- Third Wire
- Ticketbud
- Trilogy
- Vrbo
- Winternals
- Xojo
- Zello
Telecommunications[edit]
- Janet TV
- LifeSize
- Protect America-Assets sold to Brinks
- TippingPoint-Acquired and relocated by Trend Micro
Utilities[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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".
- ^ "SouthPeak Games Nabs Gamecock". 14 October 2008.
- ^ "Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar". Archived from the original on 2019-10-10.
- ^ "Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar". Archived from the original on 2019-10-10.
- ^ "One studio becomes two as Xeodrifter dev Renegade Kid shuts dow". 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Shoot to Thrill: Playing Catch-Up with Former Shadowbane Develo". 24 July 2006.
- ^ "Court Records". Archived from the original on 2018-09-20.
- ^ "Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway for $3.9B". 4 November 2015.
- ^ Realtor.com replaces lead-gen products with Opcity referral model in 60 markets
- ^ "Why the chancellor may weep at Invensys takeover". BBC News. 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Home". photodex.com.
