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 add up to more than $221 billion in annual revenue., including AIG, American Airlines, Cisco, Disney, ExxonMobil, Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Oracle, SBC Communications, Sony, Visa and Wal-Mart.
The following five companies are Fortune 500 companies based in the metropolitan area:
(Ranking. Company name (City) Annual revenues) 64. Nextera Energy (Juno Beach, $26.2 billion, 126. Lennar (Miami), $34.2 billion 192. Office Depot (Boca Raton), $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 (Coral Gables) - Bermuda Benetton (Miami Beach) - Italy Club Med (Coral Gables) - France Danone (Coral Gables) - France EADS Socata North America (Pembroke Pines) - France Embraer (Fort Lauderdale) - Brazil Global Crossing Airlines (Miami) - USA Iberia Airlines of Spain (Miami) - Spain Itau Private Bank International (Miami) - Brazil MAPEI (Deerfield Beach) - Italy Marine Harvest (Miami) - Norway Martinair (Doral) - Netherlands Nipro (Miami) - Japan Odebrecht (Coral Gables) - Brazil OHL USA (Davie) - Spain Rinker Materials Corporation (West Palm Beach) - Mexico Simclar Group (Hialeah) - UK South African Airways (Fort Lauderdale) - South Africa Starwood Capital Group (Miami Beach) - USA Telefónica (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 a regional HQ in the metropolitan area which have a Latin American focus.South Florida Multinationals Oversee $221 Billion in Annual Revenues, Says Study From WorldCity and UM School of Business. Dated February 27 2009
Alcatel-Lucent (Miramar) Amazon Prime (Miami) Amcor PET Packaging Latin America (Miramar) American Airlines (Coral Gables) APL (Miami) Apple (Coral Gables) Canon (Miami) Caterpillar (Miami) Cisco (Miami) DHL Americas (Plantation) DHL Global Forwarding (Plantation) Eastman Chemical Company (Miami) Electrolux (Miami) Gap (Miami) H.I.G. Capital (Miami) Hewlett-Packard (Miami) Hilton International (Miami) Ingram Micro (Miami) Kia (Doral) Komatsu (Miami) Kraft Foods (Coral Gables) Marriott International (Weston) Microsoft (Ft. Lauderdale) Millicom (Coral Gables) Nokia (Miami), moved Latin America Operations Novartis (Miami) Oracle (Miami) Paccar (Miami) Porsche (Brickell) SAP (Miami) Schering-Plough (Miami Lakes) Tech Data (Miami) Visa (Miami) Western Union (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 - 3,500 Wackenhut- 3,000 Motorola - 2,500 Assurant - 2,100 Burger King - 2,000 Pollo Tropical - 2,000 Beckman Coulter - 1,800 Cordis - 1,800 Norwegian Cruise Line - 1,500 Interval Leisure Group - 1,130 Boston Scientific - 1,000 OHL USA - 1,000 Securitas Security Services USA - 1,000 UPS - 1,000
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