# List of companies based in Austin, Texas

This is a list of notable companies based in the Austin metropolitan area.

## Fortune 500

(rankings as of 2021)
* Dell Technologies (28)
* Oracle (80)
* Tesla Inc. (100)

## Advertising

* 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

* Astrotech Corporation
* Austin Express- Shutdown
* Emerald Air-Closed

## Architecture

* Dick Clark Architecture
* Lundgren and Maurer-Closed in the 80s no successor
* Reclaimed Space

## Automotive

* Tesla

## Beauty

* Beardbrand
* Birds Barbershop

## Biotechnology

* Asuragen-Relocation to Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Luminex Corporation
* Sonic Healthcare- Bought and moved to Australia

## Booksellers and publishing

* BookPeople
* Clockwork Storybook-Shutdown
* Greenleaf Book Group
* Holt McDougal
* Landes Bioscience
* Monofonus Press
* Steve Jackson Games

## Construction

* The Boring Company

## Data

* Forcepoint
* Global Language Monitor
* Hoover's
* NetSolve (Cisco Systems)
* Vignette Corporation (Open Text Corporation)- Headquartered in Canada

## Direct marketing

* QuantumDigital

## Education

* MakerSquare
* University of Texas at Austin
* St. Edward's University

## Energy

* Crystatech
* Green Mountain Energy
* HelioVolt-Suspended operations in 2015
* Illumitex

## Environmental monitoring

* VI Technology-Acquired by Aeroflex

## Film and television

* Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
* Bright Shining City Productions
* FloSports
* Troublemaker Studios
* Uptown Studios Austin

## Finance and banking

* Kasasa
* Dimensional Fund Advisors
* Farm Credit Bank of Texas
* Vista Equity Partners

## Food and drink

* Amy's Ice Creams
* Bush's Chicken-Relocation to Waco, Texas
* Carino's Italian
* Chameleon Cold-Brew
* Chuy's
* Deep Eddy Vodka
* DoubleDave's Pizzaworks
* Gatti's Pizza- Relocation to Fort Worth before shutdown
* KaleidoScoops
* Live Oak Brewing Company
* The Oasis on Lake Travis
* Siete Foods
* Sweet Leaf Tea Company
* Texadelphia-Relocation to Dallas
* Tiff's Treats
* Tito's Vodka
* Torchys Tacos
* Whole Foods Market
* YETI Coolers

## Gaming development, distribution and production

* Arkane Studios
* Aspyr
* BattleCry Studios
* Bluepoint Games
* Certain Affinity
* Crytek USA- Shutdown in 2013
* Devolver Digital
* Edge of Reality- Dissolved 2018
* Gamecock Media Group- Shutdown in 2008
* GameSalad
* Ghostfire Games- Closed in 2019
* Heatwave Interactive
* KingsIsle Entertainment
* Portalarium- Closed 2019
* Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc.
* Renegade Kid- Dissolved 2016
* Retro Studios
* Rooster Teeth Games
* Roxor Games
* Spacetime Studios
* Twisted Pixel Games
* Wolfpack Studios- Shutdown in 2006

## Health and Wellness

* Fleshlight

## Insurance

* National Western Life

## Intelligence

* Stratfor

## Internet service providers

* Wayport, Inc., acquired by AT&T in 2008

## Loans

* EZCorp

## Manufacturing

* Cerilliant Corporation
* CompuAdd- Closed in the 90s
* Elgin-Butler Brick Company
* IKey
* Magpul Industries
* Motion Computing
* National Instruments
* Ronco-Fully dissolved in bankruptcy 2018
* SuperCircuits
* Tesla
* Valence Technology

## Medical

* Ben's Friends

## Music

* Blastro
* Blastro Networks
* Collings Guitars
* Emperor Jones
* Waterloo Records
* Western Vinyl

## Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

* Bat Conservation International
* Knowbility

## Real estate

* American Campus Communities
* Econohomes
* Forestar Group-No longer located in Austin, headquartered in Arlington, Texas
* HomeAway- Acquired and relocated in 2015 by Expedia
* Keller Williams Realty
* Opcity-Shutdown by Move, Inc.

## Retail

* Allens Boots
* Bravelets
* Despair, Inc.
* Eyebuydirect
* Flying Eyes Optics
* Kendra Scott
* L.G. Balfour Company
* Living Direct
* Outdoor Voices
* Tecovas
* Whole Foods Market, a division of Amazon

## Security

* Knight security systems

## Semiconductors

* Advanced Technology Development Facility
* Cirrus Logic
* NXP Semiconductors
* Silicon Laboratories

## Shipping

* uShip

## Software

* Academic Superstore
* Agiliway
* 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
* Meta SaaS
* Metreos-Acquired by Cisco Systems
* Oracle Corporation
* Pervasive Software-Acquired by Actian
* Photodex-Permanently shut down
* Planview
* Pristine
* SolarWinds
* Spiceworks
* Spredfast
* Third Wire
* Ticketbud
* Trilogy
* Vrbo
* Winternals
* X Corp.
* Xojo
* Zello

## Telecommunications

* Janet TV
* LifeSize
* Protect America-Assets sold to Brinks
* TippingPoint-Acquired and relocated by Trend Micro

## Utilities

* Lower Colorado River Authority