This is a list of companies based in Berkeley, California, current and former businesses either located in Berkeley or with their administrative offices there. Berkeley is the location of a number of nationally prominent businesses, many of which have been pioneers in their areas of operation.
The Claremont Resort – founded in 1906, this historic site was originally the Claremont Hotel. Although the main hotel building lies entirely within the city limits of adjacent Oakland, a portion of the grounds lie within Berkeley, and the resort uses this for its street address.
Cleis Press - feminist and woman-centered publishing company; moved from Minneapolis to San Francisco and is now located in Berkeley
Bookpeople - an alternative book wholesaler, responsible for much of the growth in alternative/small press book publishing from 1970-1990; moved to Oakland in the 1990s, closed in 2004
Clif Bar - headquarters formerly in Berkeley, moved to neighboring Emeryville
Cody's Books – founded in 1956 and closed in 2008, was "a pioneer in bookselling, bringing the paperback revolution to Berkeley, fighting censorship, and providing a safe harbor from teargas for student activists during the Free Speech Movement and throughout the 1960s and 70s"[5]
Consumers' Cooperative of Berkeley - the "Berkeley Co-op", a consumers' cooperative that operated from 1939 to 1988; at its height of popularity had over 100,000 members, making it the largest cooperative of its kind in North America
The Nature Company - former nationwide natural history and scientific general merchandise retailer
The Other Change of Hobbit – one of Berkeley's two science fiction and fantasy bookstores; first opened in 1977 (moved to El Cerrito)
Peet's Coffee & Tea - opened its first store in Berkeley, at Vine and Walnut Street, which is still operating; its corporate headquarters and roasting plant are now located in nearby Alameda
^Victor F. Zonana. "One of the Fastest-Growing Chains in U.S.: Whole Earth Access Stores are Bargain Basement for Yuppies." Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1986: E2