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List of companies based in Berkeley, California

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This is a list of companies based in Berkeley, California, current and former businesses either located in Berkeley or with their administrative offices there. Berkeley is the location of a number of nationally prominent businesses, many of which have been pioneers in their areas of operation.

Current

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Acme Bread
Rasputin Music

Historic

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Men working leather at the now defunct Manasse-Block Tannery in Berkeley, California
Golden Sheaf Bakery
Scharffen Berger

Historic top employers

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According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[7] the top employers in the city for that year were:

# Employer # of employees
1 University of California, Berkeley 14,444
2 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 3,735
3 Alta Bates Summit Medical Center 3,100
4 City of Berkeley 1,658
5 Bayer 1,500
6 Berkeley Unified School District 1,200
7 Kaiser Permanente 700
8 Pacific Steel 600
9 Andronico's 325
10 Berkeley City College 300

See also

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References

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  1. ^ probaway. "Lifehack photos and posts of Caffe Mediterraneum". Probaway.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  2. ^ Weinstein, Dave (2008). It Came from Berkeley. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 978-1-4236-0254-5.
  3. ^ "LeadGenius Racks Up $6 mln". Reuters. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Berkeley Startup Cluster Company Listing- Magoosh". Berkeleystartupcluster.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  5. ^ "Paperback Dreams". Paperback Dreams. Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  6. ^ Victor F. Zonana. "One of the Fastest-Growing Chains in U.S.: Whole Earth Access Stores are Bargain Basement for Yuppies." Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1986: E2
  7. ^ "City of Berkeley CAFR" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  8. ^ Berkeley Inside Out, Malcolm Margolin. Heyday Books (1989) p. 104
  9. ^ "CDHS has reorganized". Dhs.ca.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2013-11-12.