Top Hardware companies

Chips, devices, and physical products designed by venture-backed teams.

Ranked by current headcount across the largest Hardware companies. Refreshed daily.

1
Intel· Santa Clara, California, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 109.2k employees
- Founded 1968
2
AMD· Santa Clara, California, United States
- 64.2k employees
- Founded 1969
3
Qualcomm· San Diego, California, United States
- undisclosed
- 55.7k employees
- Founded 1985
4
Broadcom· Palo Alto, California, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 55.5k employees
- Founded 1991
5
Infineon Technologies· Neubiberg, Bavaria, Germany
- Grant
- 43.5k employees
- Founded 1999
6
Micron Technology· Boise, Idaho, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 39k employees
- Founded 1978
7
ASML· Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Post-IPO debt
- 36k employees
- Founded 1984
8
STMicroelectronics· Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 35.3k employees
- Founded 1987
9
Texas Instruments· Dallas, Texas, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 32.8k employees
- Founded 1930
10
Applied Materials· Santa Clara, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 30.5k employees
- Founded 1967
11
Applied Materials Taiwan· Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Taiwan
- 28.7k employees
12
Analog Devices· Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 26.4k employees
- Founded 1965
13
TSMC· East District, Taiwan, Taiwan
- Grant
- 24.9k employees
- Founded 1987
14
NXP Semiconductors· Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Post-IPO debt
- 22.5k employees
- Founded 2006
15
Siemens Gamesa· Zamudio, Basque Country, Spain
- Post-IPO debt
- 20.1k employees
- Founded 2017
16
Samsung Mobile· South Korea
- 19.2k employees
- Founded 1969
17
GE Power· Schenectady, New York, United States
- 17.5k employees
- Founded 1992
18
Microchip Technology Inc.· Chandler, Arizona, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 17.4k employees
- Founded 1989
19
Lam Research· Fremont, California, United States
- 16.5k employees
- Founded 1980
20
KLA· Milpitas, California, United States
- Grant
- 16.5k employees
- Founded 1976
21
onsemi· Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 15.3k employees
- Founded 1999
22
MediaTek· Taiwan
- 14.3k employees
- Founded 1997
23
GlobalFoundries· Ballston Spa, New York, United States
- post ipo secondary
- 13.2k employees
- Founded 2009
24P
Privada· Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
- 12.7k employees
- Founded 2018
25
Comisión Federal de Electricidad· Mexico
- 11.9k employees
- Founded 1937

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