Top companies in San Francisco
The world's largest concentration of venture-backed software and AI companies.
Ranked by current headcount across companies headquartered in San Francisco. Refreshed daily.
- 1Wells Fargo· San Francisco, California, United States
- 210.3k employees
- 2Upwork· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series unknown
- 170.5k employees
- Founded 2015
- 3Uber· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 155.6k employees
- Founded 2009
- 4Salesforce· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 89.4k employees
- 5DoorDash· San Francisco, California, United States
- 78.3k employees
- Founded 2013
- 6Gap Inc.· San Francisco, California, United States
- 71.1k employees
- Founded 1969
- 7Airbnb· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 69.2k employees
- Founded 2007
- 8None· San Francisco, California, United States
- 59.9k employees
- Founded 1986
- 9Stealth Startup· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series A
- 32.4k employees
- Founded 2020
- 10Dignity Health· San Francisco, California, United States
- 31.9k employees
- Founded 1986
- 11N/A· San Francisco, California, United States
- 29.8k employees
- Founded 1988
- 12Old Navy· San Francisco, California, United States
- 29.3k employees
- Founded 1994
- 13Globant· San Francisco, California, United States
- 28.5k employees
- Founded 2003
- 14Outlier· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series B
- 27.7k employees
- Founded 2023
- 15Lyft· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 27.7k employees
- Founded 2012
- 16Instacart· San Francisco, California, United States
- Private equity
- 24.3k employees
- Founded 2012
- 17University of California, San Francisco· San Francisco, California, United States
- Grant
- 21.5k employees
- 18Genentech· South San Francisco, California, United States
- Series A
- 18.1k employees
- Founded 1976
- 19Rodan + Fields· San Francisco, California, United States
- undisclosed
- 18k employees
- Founded 2000
- 20Twitch· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series C
- 17.5k employees
- Founded 2011
- 21Levi Strauss & Co.· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 16.8k employees
- 22Autodesk· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 15.6k employees
- Founded 1982
- 23Williams-Sonoma, Inc.· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 15.4k employees
- Founded 1956
- 24Databricks· San Francisco, California, United States
- Debt
- 14.9k employees
- Founded 2013
- 25Stripe· South San Francisco, California, United States
- Secondary
- 14.7k employees
- Founded 2010
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