List of companies based in Miami facts for kids
This is a list of major companies or subsidiaries headquartered in the Miami metropolitan area.
The economy in Miami has largely diversified with less emphasis on tourism, a number of companies are based in the area, many with connections to Latin America. Because of its proximity to Latin America, Greater Miami serves as the headquarters of Latin American operations for more than 1,100 multinational corporations that adds up to more than $221 billion in annual revenues., including AIG, American Airlines, Cisco, Disney, Exxon, Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Oracle, SBC Communications, Sony, Visa International, and Wal-Mart.
The following five companies are Fortune 500 companies based in the metropolitan area:
(Ranking. Company Name (City) Annual Revenues)
160. Lennar (Miami), $16.4 billion
192. Office Depot (Boca Ration), $12.1 billion
205. World Kinect Corporation (Miami), $11.3 billion
212. AutoNation (Fort Lauderdale), $11 billion
426. Ryder System (Miami), $5 billion
The following are major companies with US/Americas HQ in the metropolitan area that also do business in the US.
- Amadeus IT Group (Doral) - Spain
- Bacardi U.S.A. (Coral Gables) - Bermuda
- Benetton USA Corp (Miami Beach) - Italy
- Club Med (Coral Gables) - France
- Danone Americas (Coral Gables) - France
- EADS Socata North America, Inc. (Pembroke Pines) - France
- Embraer Aircraft Holding (Ft. Lauderdale) - Brazil
- Global Crossing USA (Miami) - USA
- Iberia Airlines of Spain (Miami) - Spain
- Itau Private Bank International (Miami) - Brazil
- MAPEI (Deerfield Beach) - Italy
- Marine Harvest Inc. (Miami) - Norway
- Martinair, the Americas (Doral) - Netherlands
- Nipro Medical Corporation (Miami) - Japan
- OHL USA (Davie) - Spain
- Odebrecht Construction, Inc. (Coral Gables) - Brazil
- Rinker Materials Corporation (West Palm Beach) - Mexico
- Simclar, Inc. (Hialeah) - UK
- Starwood Capital Group (Miami Beach) - USA
- South African Airways (Ft. Lauderdale) - South Africa
- Telefónica USA, Inc. (Miami) - Spain
- Teva Pharmaceutical (Miami) - Israel
- Turbana (Coral Gables) - Colombia
- VINCI (Miami) - France
- Wackenhut Corp (Palm Beach Gardens) - USA
- ZLB Plasma Services (Boca Raton) - USA
The following companies are major companies with regional HQ in the metropolitan area with a Latin American focus.
- Alcatel-Lucent (Miramar)
- Amcor PET Packaging Latin America (Miramar)
- American Airlines (Coral Gables)
- APL (Miami)
- Canon Latin America (Miami)
- Caterpillar Americas Services (Miami)
- Cisco Systems (Miami)
- DHL Global Forwarding Latin America (Plantation)
- DHL Express Americas (Plantation)
- Eastman Chemical Latin America, Inc. (Miami)
- Electrolux Home Products International (Miami)
- Gap International Sourcing (Americas) (Miami)
- H.I.G. Capital Management (Miami)
- Hewlett-Packard Latin America (Miami)
- Hilton International (Miami)
- Ingram Micro (Miami)
- Komatsu Latin America (Miami)
- Kraft Foods (Coral Gables)
- Marriott International (Weston)
- Microsoft Latin America (Ft. Lauderdale)
- Millicom (Tigo) (Coral Gables)
- Nokia Corp (Miami), moved Latin America Operations
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Miami)
- Oracle Latin America (Miami)
- Paccar International, Latin America (Miami)
- SAP International (Miami)
- Schering-Plough Corporation (Miami Lakes)
- Tech Data (Miami)
- Visa International (Miami)
- Western Union Latin America (Miami)
The following companies are the largest 20 local employers with a HQ in the metropolitan area.
- American Airlines - 9,000
- Precision Response Corporation - 5,000
- Costa Farms - 5,000
- Royal Caribbean International - 4,000
- Office Depot - 3,800
- Carnival Corporation & plc - 3,500
- Wackenhut Corp- 3,000
- Motorola - 2,500
- Assurant Solutions - 2,100
- Burger King - 2,000
- Pollo Tropical - 2,000
- Beckman Coulter - 1,800
- Cordis - 1,800
- NCL Corp - 1,500
- Interval Leisure Group - 1,130
- Boston Scientific - Miami - 1,000
- OHL USA - 1,000
- Securitas Security Services USA - 1,000
- UPS - 1,000
