This is a list of companies either based or with large operations in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley area of the United States. [edit] Active companies headquartered in the region | Name | City | Industry | Fortune 1000
rank (2007) | Notes | | AlliedBarton | King of Prussia, PA | security | | | | Alpha Video | West Conshohocken, PA | entertainment | | | | Airgas | Radnor Township, PA | gases | 671 | | | AmerisourceBergen | Chesterbrook, PA | drug wholesale | 29 | | | Ametek | Paoli, PA | electronics | 915 | | | Amoroso's Baking Company | Philadelphia | food | | | | AppLabs | Philadelphia | software | | | | Aqua America | Bryn Mawr, PA | utilities | | | | Aramark | Philadelphia | hospitality | 214 | | | AUS, Inc. | Mount Laurel, New Jersey | consulting, research | | | | Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll | Philadelphia | law | | | | Beneficial Bank | Philadelphia | financial | | Oldest and largest bank with HQ in Phila. [1] | | Bentley Systems | Exton, PA | software | | | | BDP International | Philadelphia | global logistics | | | | Blank Rome | Philadelphia | law | | | | Brandywine Realty Trust | Radnor, PA | real estate | | | | Boscov's | Wyomissing, PA | retail | | | | Burlington Coat Factory | Burlington, NJ | apparel | 579 | | | Calkins Media | Levittown, PA | media | | | | Campbell Soup Company | Camden, New Jersey | food | 311 | | | Carpenter Technology Corp. | Reading, PA | metals | | | | Cephalon | Frazer, PA | pharmaceuticals | 930 | | | CIGNA | Philadelphia | insurance | 139 | | | Charming Shoppes | Bensalem, PA | apparel | 642 | | | Colonial Penn | Philadelphia | insurance | | | | Comcast | Philadelphia | telecommunications | 84 | | | Conrail Shared Assets Operations | Philadelphia | railroad | | | | Cozen O'Connor | Philadelphia | law | | | | Crown Holdings | Philadelphia | packaging | 328 | | | Curtis Publishing Company | Philadelphia | publishing | | | | Dechert | Philadelphia | law | | | | Disston Precision | Philadelphia | manufacturing | | | | Drinker Biddle & Reath | Philadelphia | law | | | | Duane Morris | Philadelphia | law | | | | DuPont | Wilmington, DE | chemicals | 74 | | | Event Strategy Group | Conshohocken, PA | marketing | | | | FMC Corp. | Philadelphia | chemicals | 781 | | | Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia | law | | | | Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company | Philadelphia | food | | | | Fuji Advanced Sports | Philadelphia | bicycles | | | | Genesis HealthCare | Kennett Square, PA | health care | 927 | | | Goldstein Media LLC | Bensalem, PA | Web Design and Internet Marketing | | | | Ikon Office Solutions | Malvern, PA | office equipment | 507 | | | Jones Apparel Group | Bristol, PA | apparel | 470 | | | League Collegiate Wear | Bridgeport, PA | apparel | | | | Liberty Property Trust | Malvern, PA | real estate | | | | Lincoln National Corporation | Philadelphia | insurance | 277 | | | Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin | Philadelphia | law | | | | Mothers Work, Inc. | Philadelphia | apparel | | | | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Philadelphia | law | | | | NutriSystem | Horsham, PA | food | | | | Orleans Homebuilders | Bensalem, PA | house construction | | | | Penn Mutual | Horsham, PA | insurance | | | | Penn National Gaming | Wyomissing, PA | entertainment | 797 | | | Pennoni Associates Inc. | Philadelphia | engineering | | | | Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack | Philadelphia | automotive | 794 | | | Pepper Hamilton | Philadelphia | law | | | | Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. | Bala Cynwyd, PA | insurance | | | | Philadelphia Media Holdings | Philadelphia | newspapers | | | | Pinnacle Foods | Cherry Hill, NJ | food | | | | Planalytics | Wayne, PA | weather | | | | Portico Systems | Blue Bell, PA | software | | | | Radian Group | Philadelphia | finance | | | | Rita's Water Ice | Bensalem, PA | food | | | | Rohm and Haas | Philadelphia | chemicals | 292 | | | Rowland Company | Philadelphia | manufacturing | | Oldest operating company in Philadelphia. | | Saul Ewing | Philadelphia | law | | | | Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis | Philadelphia | law | | | | SEI Investments | Oaks, PA | financial | | | | Sovereign Bancorp | Wyomissing, PA | financial | 479 | | | Stevens & Lee | Reading, PA | law | | | | Sunoco | Philadelphia | oil | 60 | | | Sungard | Wayne, PA | information technology | 500 | | | Susquehanna International Group | Bala Cynwyd, PA | financial | | | | Tasty Baking Company | Philadelphia | food | | | | Teleflex | Limerick, PA | manufacturing | 708 | | | TLA Entertainment Group | Philadelphia | entertainment | | | | Toll Brothers | Horsham, PA | house construction | 375 | | | Troemner | Thorofare, NJ | science equipment | | | | T.H. Properties | Harleysville, PA | home builder | | | | UGI Corporation | King of Prussia, PA | utilities | 435 | | | Unisys | Blue Bell, Pennsylvania | information technology | 400 | | | Universal Health Services | King of Prussia, PA | health care | 511 | | | Urban Outfitters | Philadelphia | apparel | | | | Vanguard | Malvern, PA | financial | | | | Vishay Intertechnology | Malvern, PA | electronics | 724 | | | VWR International | West Chester, PA | scientific products | 609 | | | Wawa Food Markets | Wawa, PA | convenience stores | | | | White and Williams | Philadelphia | law | | | | Wilmington Trust | Wilmington, DE | financial | | | | WSFS Bank | Wilmington, DE | financial | | | [edit] US headquarters of foreign corporations | Name | City | Industry | Fortune
Global 500
rank (2007) | Notes | | ACE Ltd. | Philadelphia | insurance | | | | AgustaWestland | Philadelphia | aviation | | | | Aker American Shipping | Philadelphia | maritime | | | | AstraZeneca | Wilmington, DE | pharmaceuticals | 252 | [2] | | Bachmann Industries | Philadelphia | hobby | | | | GlaxoSmithKline | Philadelphia | pharmaceuticals | 147 | | | HSBC Bank USA | Wilmington, DE | financial | 22 | | | ING Direct | Wilmington, DE | financial | 13 | | | Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) | Philadelphia, PA | forestry | | | | SAP America | Newtown Square, PA | software | | | | Shire Pharmaceuticals | Wayne, PA | pharmaceuticals | | | | Siemens Medical Solutions | Malvern, PA | medical | 28 | | | Subaru | Cherry Hill, NJ | automotive | | | | TD Bank, N.A. | Cherry Hill, NJ | financial | | Formerly Commerce Bank | | Teva Pharmaceuticals | North Wales, PA | pharmaceuticals | | | | [edit] Divisions of US corporations | Name | City | Industry | Parent | Fortune 1000
rank (2007) | Notes | | Acme | Malvern, PA | retail | Supervalu | 117 | | | Centocor | Malvern, PA | pharmaceuticals | J&J | 36 | | | Delmarva Power | Wilmington, DE | energy | Pepco Holdings | 290 | | | Hercules Inc. | Wilmington, DE | chemicals | Ashland Inc. | | | | Keystone Helicopter | Coatesville, PA | aviation | United Technologies | 42 | | | M.A.B. Paints | Broomall, Pennsylvania | paint | Sherwin-Williams | | | | MBNA | Wilmington, DE | financial | Bank of America | 9 | | | McNeil Laboratories | Fort Washington, PA | pharmaceuticals | J&J | 36 | | | Neoware | King of Prussia, PA | electronics | Hewlett-Packard | 14 | | | PECO Energy | Philadelphia | energy | Exelon | 150 | | | QVC | West Chester, Pennsylvania | retail | Liberty Media | 281 | | | Ridley Helicopter | Chester, PA | aviation | Boeing | 28 | | [edit] Defunct corporations | Name | City | Industry | Fate | Notes | | American Line | Philadelphia | maritime | merged | amalgamated into IMM. | | Baldwin Locomotive Works | Philadelphia & Eddystone, PA | manufacturing | failed | | | Brown Bros. & Co. | Philadelphia | financial | merged | moved to NYC, now called Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | | Commodore International | West Chester, PA | electronics | failed | Office complex is now home to QVC. | | Consolidated Rail Corporation | Philadelphia | railroad | split | into: Norfolk Southern Railway, CSX Transportation, Conrail Shared Assets Operations. | | Drexel and Company | Philadelphia | financial | failed | Transformed several times, eventually failed as part of the 1980s junk bond fiasco. | | EB games | West Chester, PA | electronics and Gaming | acquired | by Game Stop | | Ensoniq | Malvern, PA | electronics | acquired | by Creative Labs, which dissolved the brand. | | EPrivacy Group | Malvern, PA | software | acquired | by Symantec, which dissolved the brand. | | Extreme Championship Wrestling | Philadelphia | entertainment | failed | | | International Mercantile Marine Co. | Philadelphia | maritime | failed | Owned the Titanic. | | J. G. Brill and Company | Philadelphia | railcars | merged | | | Lanston Monotype Company | Philadelphia | printing | failed | successor company moved to Buffalo, NY. | | Midvale Steel | Philadelphia | steelmaking; fabrication | merged | Name survives in Heppenstall-Midvale AG | | MOS Technology | Norristown, PA | electronics | acquired | by Commodore, which failed. | | Muskogee Company | Philadelphia | mining | acquired | by Missouri Pacific Railroad. | | Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia | Shipbuilding | failed | | | Penn Central Transportation | Philadelphia | railroad | failed | most of it became ConRail with merger of other bankrupt railroads. Parts are now Amtrak. | | Pennsylvania Railroad | Philadelphia | railroad | merged | with New York Central to become Penn Central. | | Philco | Philadelphia | manufacturing | merged | with: Ford, moved to Lansdale, Blue Bell, and Willow Grove before moving to Michigan where part lives on as Visteon. Philco-Ford was renamed Ford Aerospace and sold to Loral in 1990. Another part of the original, Philco International moved to Pittsburgh in 1988. | | Philadelphia National Bank | Philadelphia | financial | merged | now part of Wachovia. | | Philadelphia Savings Fund Society | Philadelphia | financial | failed | seized by the FDIC and sold to Mellon Financial | | Reading Company | Philadelphia | railroad | failed | became ConRail. A piece lives on as Reading Entertainment/Reading International, a real estate company. | | Red Star Line | Philadelphia | maritime | merged | amalgamated into IMM. | | Strawbridge's | Philadelphia | retail | acquired | restructured, renamed. | | Wanamaker's | Philadelphia | retail | acquired | restructured, renamed. | | William Cramp and Sons | Philadelphia | maritime | failed | | | William Sellers & Co. | Philadelphia | machine tools,
industrial plant equipment | merged | | | Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen | Philadelphia | law | dissolved by vote of partners | | [edit] Divisions of foreign corporations [edit] Corporations that moved to a different region [edit] Less notable Philadelphia corporations [edit] References | Philadelphia-area Corporations (Including the Delaware Valley) | | Philadelphia-based Fortune 1000 Corporations
(by rank) | | | Delaware Valley-based Fortune 1000 Corporations
(by rank) | | | | Other notable Philadelphia-based businesses | | | | Notable Philadelphia-based professional partnerships | | | | Other notable Delaware Valley-based businesses | | | Notable Delaware Valley-based
US headquarters of foreign businesses | | | Notable Delaware Valley-based
division headquarters of US corporations | | | |
