List of companies based in Austin, Texas explained

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

Fortune 500

(rankings as of 2021)^[1]

• 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

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

Esports

• Tribe Gaming

Film and television

• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema^[2]
• Bright Shining City Productions
• FloSports
• Troublemaker Studios
• Uptown Studios Austin

Finance and banking

• Kasasa^[3]
• Dimensional Fund Advisors
• Farm Credit Bank of Texas
• Vista Equity Partners

Flooring

• Revline Garages

Food and drink

• Amy's Ice Creams
• Bush's Chicken-Relocation to Waco, Texas^[4]
• Carino's Italian
• Chameleon Cold-Brew
• Chuy's
• Deep Eddy Vodka
• DoubleDave's Pizzaworks^[5]
• Gatti's Pizza- Relocation to Fort Worth before shutdown
• KaleidoScoops
• Live Oak Brewing Company
• Oasis Restaurant
• Siete Foods
• Sweet Leaf Tea Company
• Texadelphia-Relocation to Dallas
• Tiff's Treats
• Tito's Vodka
• Whole Foods Market
• YETI Coolers

Gaming development, distribution and production

• Arkane Studios
• Aspyr
• BattleCry Studios
• Bluepoint Games
• Certain Affinity
• Crytek USA- Shutdown in 2013^[6]
• Devolver Digital
• Edge of Reality- Dissolved 2018
• Gamecock Media Group- Shutdown in 2008^[7]
• GameSalad
• Ghostfire Games- Closed in 2019^[8]
• Heatwave Interactive
• KingsIsle Entertainment
• Portalarium- Closed 2019 ^[9]
• Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc.
• Renegade Kid- Dissolved 2016^[10]
• Retro Studios
• Rooster Teeth Games
• Roxor Games
• Spacetime Studios
• Twisted Pixel Games
• Wolfpack Studios- Shutdown in 2006^[11]

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
• Motion Computing
• National Instruments
• Ronco-Fully dissolved in bankruptcy 2018^[12]
• 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^[13]
• Keller Williams Realty
• Opcity-Shutdown by Move, Inc.^[14]

Retail

• Allens Boots
• Bravelets
• Despair, Inc.
• Eyebuydirect
• 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^[15]
• Meta SaaS
• Metreos-Acquired by Cisco Systems
• Oracle Corporation
• Pervasive Software-Acquired by Actian
• Photodex-Permanently shut down ^[16]
• Planview
• Pristine
• SolarWinds
• Spiceworks
• Spredfast
• Third Wire
• Ticketbud
• Trilogy
• Vrbo
• Winternals
• Xojo
• Zello

Telecommunications

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

Utilities

• Lower Colorado River Authority

See also

• Silicon Hills

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fortune 500 list of companies 2021. 25 December 2021.
2. http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2012/01/alamo-drafthouse-expands-to-dc.html "Alamo Drafthouse expands to D.C."
3. Web site: BancVue explodes by bringing technology to small, rural banks . Austin Business Journal . April 6, 2008 . October 31, 2012 . Hipp, Laura.
4. Web site: Bush's Chicken rebuilding in Lorena, plans expansion outside Texas.
5. Web site: Double Dave's Pizza Works Inc. . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519184456/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=30618058 . dead . May 19, 2011 . 2008-06-18 .
6. Web site: Crytek Lays off Staff After Selling Homefront; Crytek UK May be Shut Down.
7. Web site: SouthPeak Games Nabs Gamecock. 14 October 2008.
8. Web site: Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010010927/https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/catnip-games-acquires-shroud-of-the-avatar.159409/. 2019-10-10.
9. Web site: Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010010927/https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/catnip-games-acquires-shroud-of-the-avatar.159409/. 2019-10-10.
10. Web site: One studio becomes two as Xeodrifter dev Renegade Kid shuts dow. 29 August 2016.
11. Web site: Shoot to Thrill: Playing Catch-Up with Former Shadowbane Develo. 24 July 2006.
12. Web site: Court Records. https://web.archive.org/web/20180920090930/http://www.uscourts.gov/court-records. 2018-09-20.
13. Web site: Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway for $3.9B. 4 November 2015 .
14. https://www.inman.com/2020/08/07/realtor-com-replaces-lead-gen-products-with-opcity-referral-model-in-60-markets/ Realtor.com replaces lead-gen products with Opcity referral model in 60 markets
15. News: Why the chancellor may weep at Invensys takeover. BBC News. 31 July 2013.
16. Web site: Home . photodex.com.