This is a list of current and former companies operating in, or based in, Hayward, California. Significant local divisions of national and international companies are included, as are local businesses. Former companies that have closed, been acquired by other companies, or moved are also listed. Other economically or culturally important institutions, such as shopping malls, colleges, and nonprofit organizations, are included.
Retail
Southland Mall is the largest shopping center in Hayward. It houses the anchor department stores Sears, Kohl's and Macy's, and other retailers. In addition to a Target store at the Skywest Commons mall, the city's major retailers include Home Depot and Office Depot. A Costco Business Center is located there.
Manufacturing
Hayward has a large number of manufacturing businesses and corporate headquarters, including high-tech companies, and is considered part of a northern extension of Silicon Valley. (Companies manufacturing in Hayward are in bold text.) Alphabet Energy, cofounded in 2009 by Matthew L. Scullin and Peidong Yang, manufacturer of thermoelectric devices based on tetrahedrite Andersen Bakery, American branch of the Japan-based business Takaki Bakery Annabelle Candy, makers of Abba-Zaba bars, moved to Hayward in 1965 Anthera Pharmaceuticals
Berkeley Farms, opened a state-of-the-art processing plant in Hayward in 1998 Bianchi Bicycles, American branch"New office for Bianchi USA", Bicycle Retailer, November 29, 2012 Columbus Salame, opened a new $31 million processing facility in 2011, replacing their former facility in South San Francisco Dust Networks, wireless sensor network manufacturer
Gillig Corporation, manufacturer of low floor transit buses Illumina, operates a research and development center, formerly Solexa Impax Laboratories, drug manufacturer; headquarters and a 1.2 billion unit/year production facility Intarcia Therapeutics Kobe Steel, Japanese; operates a subsidiary, Kobe Precision Kosan Biosciences, founded in Hayward in 1995 Manheim San Francisco Bay, a division of Manheim Auctions Marelich Mechanical, HVAC company, a subsidiary of Emcor Mendel Biotechnology, founded in Hayward in 1997 Motiv Power Systems, manufacturer of all-electric powertrains that can be dropped into diesel truck chassis Mountain Mike's Pizza, restaurant chain, headquarters Nakagawa Manufacturing USA, a division of Nakagawa Manufacturing, Saitama, Japan, operates a thermal paper facility PepsiCo, operates its San Francisco Bay production and distribution center Plastikon, a plastics manufacturer with locations worldwide; based in Hayward and is its 10th largest employer in Hayward Recording King, guitar and banjo designers Rocket Dog, women's shoe designers Sakura Color Products of America, the American division of Sakura Color Products Corporation Shasta, soft drink company, headquarters
Simms' Custom Cycles, founded by legendary custom motorcycle builder Ron Simms Sugar Bowl Bakery, founded in 1984 in San Francisco, facilities consolidated in Hayward from locations in Hayward and San Francisco
Other Ace Hardware, owned by news reporter Jim Wieder; is in an historic building, built in 1900, where boxer Max Baer once trained All Pro Wrestling, wrestling venue Buffalo Bill's Brewery, one of the first brewpubs in California since Prohibition California State University, East Bay, operates its main campus in Hayward Chabot College, junior college Chapel of the Chimes, cemetery and funeral home Green Shutter Hotel, historic building, until 2017 was operated as a residential hotel, in addition to having retail businesses Russell City Energy Center, a 429 megawatt natural gas fired power plant; went online in 2013 St. Rose Hospital
Top employers
2014 According to the city's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city, representing 6.5% of total city employment, were:
# Employer # of employees 1Hayward Unified School District†25002California State University, East Bay† 14473Kaiser Permanente†12004City of Hayward†8455St. Rose Hospital†8426Gillig†7007Impax Laboratories†7008Chabot College† 6009Manheim Auctions (AKA Bay Cities Auto)50010Marelich Mechanical500
2013 According to the city's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city, representing 8.2% of total city employment, were:
# Employer # of employees 1Kaiser Permanente†2,5002California State University, East Bay† 2,2073Hayward Unified School District†22004Alameda County12005City of Hayward†8006Gillig†7007St. Rose Hospital†7008Pentagon Technologies6509Berkeley Farms60010Impax Laboratories†594
2012 According to the city's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city, representing 6.8% of total city employment, were:
# Employer # of employees 1Hayward Unified School District†2,2002California State University, East Bay† 18803Kaiser Permanente†12004Alameda County11145St. Rose Hospital8426City of Hayward†7867Gillig† 7008Chabot College†4949Kobe Precision45010Plastikon†400
2011 According to the city's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city, representing 8% of total city employment, were:
# Employer # of employees 1Kaiser Permanente†2,2002Alameda County 2,0003Hayward Unified School District†19814California State University, East Bay†15005St. Rose Hospital†10656City of Hayward†8127Gillig†6008Chabot College†6159Kobe Precision45010Plastikon†400
2010 According to the city's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city that year, representing 7% of total city employment, were:
# Employer # of employees 1Hayward Unified School District†2,5002California State University, East Bay†1,4473Kaiser Permanente1,2004City of Hayward†8455St. Rose Hospital†8426Gillig†7007Chabot College†6008Marelich Mechanical5009Bay Cities Auto Auction50010Kobe Precision45011Injex Industries†Injex Industries, Inc. – Contact. Injexindustries.com. Retrieved on December 25, 2010.42512Pepsi Beverages Company/Bottling Group40013Alameda Newspaper Group300
2009 According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,City of Hayward CAFR the top employers in the city that year were:
# Employer # of employees 1Hayward Unified School District†1,7762California State University, East Bay†1,6003Kaiser Permanente1,2004City of Hayward†1,1785St. Rose Hospital†8426Gillig†7007Chabot College†6158Marelich Mechanical5009Manheim Auctions (AKA Bay Cities Auto)50010Kobe Precision45011Alameda Newspaper Group42512Pepsi Beverages Company40013Injex Industries†Injex Industries, Inc. – Contact. Injexindustries.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-25.375
† indicates employers wholly located or headquartered in Hayward
Two businesses which had significant employment in fiscal year 2000–2001, Mervyns (2,000), and Pacific Bell (940), no longer operate in Hayward.
Former businesses
Hunt Brothers Cannery The economy of Hayward in the first half of the twentieth century was based largely on the Hunt Brothers Cannery. It was opened in Hayward in 1895 by brothers William and Joseph Hunt, who were fruit packers originally from Sebastopol, California. The Hunts initially packed local fruit, including cherries, peaches, and apricots, then added tomatoes, which became the mainstay of their business. At its height in the 1960s and 1970s, Hunt's operated three canneries in Hayward, at A, B, and C Streets; an adjacent can-making company; a pickling factory; and a glass manufacturing plant. From the 1890s until its closure in 1981, Hunt's employed a large percentage of the local population. The air around Hayward was permeated by the smell of tomatoes for three months of each year, during the canning season. The canneries closed in 1981, as there were no longer enough produce fields or fruit orchards near the cannery to make it economically viable. Much of the production was moved to the Sacramento Valley. The location of the former canneries is marked by a historic water tower with the Hayward logo. A housing development now occupies much of the former cannery site.
Other former businesses Much of the Bay coastal territory of Hayward was turned into salt ponds, with Oliver Salt and Leslie Salt operating there. Much of this land has in recent years been returned to salt marshes. A 1983 image of the ponds appears on a 2012 US postage stamp.
AirLink Communications, wireless service provider; operated in Hayward until its 2007 acquisition by Sierra Wireless Ball Corporation, operated an aluminum can factory until 1998; formerly owned by Reynolds Metals Banchero's, large Italian restaurant, operated from 1948 to 2012"Banchero's Italian Dinners in Hayward closes", Hayward Daily Review, June 6, 2012 Chaosium, role-playing game publisher, now based in Ann Arbor, Michigan ComputerLand, former franchise computer retailer Etec Systems, Inc., operated in Hayward from 1970 until 2005, when it was closed by its parent company Everest College campus, closed by 2015, as part of the Corinthian Colleges collapse Hayward Daily Review, formerly published by the Alameda Newspaper Group, now consolidated into the East Bay Tribune Heald College campus, closed by 2015, as part of the Corinthian Colleges collapseHeald College Hayward – Medical, Business, Dental and Technology Career Placement . Heald.edu. Retrieved on December 25, 2010. Kaiser Permanente, operated a Kaiser Permanente Medical Center; closed when the Medical Center in neighboring San Leandro was completed Land and Liberty, anarchist periodical; published in Hayward from 1914 to 1915 Mack Truck Company, manufactured trucks through the 1970s MDL Information Systems, founded in 1978; acquired by Symyx Technologies in 2007 Mervyns, department store chain; was headquartered in Hayward until declaring bankruptcy in 2008 Nellcor, founded in 1981, now a brand of pulse oximetry systems sold by Covidien Osborne Computer Corporation, operated a manufacturing facility in the 1980s Qume, daisy wheel printer manufacturer Star Reach, comic book publisher from the 1970s; run by Mike Friedrich TML Studios, recording studio owned by Tesla band member Troy Luccketta, where albums by Loudness were recorded
References
See also List of companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area