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A Curated List of Boston's Best
These Boston-based companies have established themselves locally, nationally, and even globally through a combination of revenue growth, valuation, and brand awareness. More are joining this list every year.
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Tech Giants with Local Offices
$7.5B in revenues in 2017
“In 2014, Uber relocated its Boston offices to Causeway Street in the North Station area, a transportation-centric location. With about 60 employees, they’ve focused their attention on Boston in recent years to strengthen their business in the Boston metro area. In 2015, it was reported that Bostonians took 2 million Uber trips monthly.”
$109.65B in revenues n 2017
“Google’s relatively new space in Kendall features 300,000 square feet of office space which could support a little more than 800 employees. With significant company expansion such as the acquisitions of Android in 2005 and Cambridge-based ITA Software in 2010, office expansions were made throughout the years leading up to this major addition. Employees at these offices work on Android, Search, Travel, Chrome, and other apps.”
$4.79B in revenues in 2017
“With its headquarters firmly planted in its hometown of Stockholm, Sweden, Spotify has leased 73,891 square feet of office space at Center Plaza, near Boston’s Government Center. In addition to a partnership with John Hancock, Spotify has dramatically increased the amount of postings for Boston-based positions.”
$79.14B in revenues in 2017
IBM’s largest project, Watson Health, is based in Cambridge. Their big bet on healthcare has placed them square in Kendall among some of the world’s most innovative companies. In 2016, it was estimated that the IBM block on Binney Street was home to some 700 IBM employees.
$89.95B in revenues in 2017
“Although they recently moved a number of sales and marketing employees out to their offices in Burlington, MA, Microsoft has revamped their offices in Kendall Square at One Memorial Drive to provide a more collaborative workspace for their R&D teams. About 450 R&D employees work in their newly facelifted Kendall location.”
$48.01B in revenues in 2017
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Beginning with the establishment of their New England Development Center (NEDC) in 2003, Cisco Systems now employs 2000 people in Massachussets at the NEDC and other locations. Through the acquisition of 14 Boston-based startups – and 3 more in New England – Cisco has invested $15B in New England based startups.
$37.73B in revenues in 2017
Located in Cambridge next to Boston’s Longfellow bridge, Oracle has a history of acquiring large local companies. With 200,000+ square feet of office space in Cambridge and Burlington, MA, Oracle employs thousands of people. In the past, they’ve leveraged their proximity to acquire multiple Boston-based startups.
$78.66B in revenues in 2017
As of 2017, Dell EMC’s headquarters in Hopkinton, Mass, employed 8821 people. The world’s largest privately-owned tech company has offices on Boston’s High Street.
$13.09B in revenues in 2017
After purchasing Boston startup Where, Inc. in 2011, PayPal set up shop at International Place, in Boston’s financial district. Their 65,000 square foot offices downtown hold about 160 employees.
$40.64B in revenues in 2017
“The Boston offices of Facebook focus on four areas: storage, compilers, security, and networks. With a planned expansion into offices at 100 Binney Street, Facebook’s employee count in Boston is estimated to be around 700, and their future expansion indicates that this number may rise.”
$229.2B in revenues in 2017
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2017 Revenues – $229.2B
Apple’s office space in Cambridge at the CIC is estimated to hold 65 employees. The intent of this office was to hire top-notch talent aimed at improving Apple’s Siri functionality. Apple has offices all over the country and it appears as though for now at least their presence in Cambridge is predominantly for development.
$122.1B in revenues in 2017
Currently moving their corporate headquarters to Boston’s Seaport skyline from Fairfield, CT, GE will be bringing 800 jobs to Boston. This will break down to 400 tech positions and 200 staffers. Attracted by the young talent and growing ecosystem, GE will soon be a key facet in Boston’s growing Innovation district.”
$2.44B in revenues in 2017
Twitter Boston is the company’s East Coast center of operations. It also allows them easy access to up and coming acquisitions like Bluefin Labs and Crashlytics, both Boston-based startups. The Twitter office in Cambridge holds about 100 employees and is currently hiring.
$178B in revenues in 2017
“Since 2011, the company has created more than 3,500 jobs in the state, from its corporate office in Cambridge, additional offices in Boston’s Back Bay and Fort Point, Amazon Robotics center in North Reading, and the company’s distribution center in Fall River.They recently confirmed plans to build offices in Boston’s Seaport district, adding 2000 jobs and focusing on the development of Alexa.”
Healthcare Giants with Local Offices
