This is a list of major companies and organizations in Greater Cincinnati, through corporate or subsidiary headquarters or through significant operational and employment presence near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Altogether, nine Fortune 500 companies and fifteen Fortune 1000 companies have headquarters in the Cincinnati area. With nine Fortune 500 company headquarters in the area, the region ranks in the United States Top 10 markets for number of Fortune 500 headquarters per million residents, higher than New York, Boston, Chicago or Los Angeles.[1] In addition to Fortune 500 headquarters, 400 Fortune 500 companies have a presence in Cincinnati.[1] Cincinnati has three Fortune Global 500 companies; three of the five Global 500 companies in the state of Ohio.[2]
Toyota Boshoku America, manufactures seats, power train parts and other components for automakers Toyota Motor Corp., General Motors and others (in Erlanger, Kentucky)
Cincinnati Financial (Nasdaq: CINF), the 20th largest insurance company by market share in the U.S. (in Fairfield, OH)
Fifth Third Bank (Nasdaq: FITB), 25th largest bank in the United States; employs 7,645. $13.5 BN local deposits[3]
First Financial Bank (Nasdaq: FFBC), a regional bank headquartered in Cincinnati; has client servicing operations in the Tri-County, northern Cincinnati metropolitan area; founded in 1863, it has the eighth oldest national bank charter and has locations in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and throughout Indiana; acquired Irwin Financial Corp and its subsidiaries through a government-assisted transaction on September 18, 2009
Significant operations
Citigroup, Call Center and Information Technology and Consumer Innovation Training Center employs more than 3,000 in Boone County, KY.
Fidelity Investments, mutual fund and financial services company. Midwest Region Center employs 3,600 people (in Covington, KY)
LyondellBasell, private chemicals company; the Cincinnati Technology Center houses the research and development functions for Lyondell's Equistar polymers business
Rohm and Haas, one of the world's largest manufacturers of specialty chemicals; Cincinnati facility produces specialty chemicals used to manufacture vinyl siding and windows, PVC pipe and fittings, plastic bottles and blister packaging; recently acquired by Dow Chemical Co.
Commercial services
Headquarters
Champlin Architecture, architectural firm specializing in healthcare, corporate, higher education, religious and civic projects
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, operates as a regional business center with seven districts that covers 335,000 sq. mi. in 17 states, utilizing about 5,000 team members[3]
LCA-Vision (Nasdaq: LCAV), provides laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus brand
Medpace (Nasdaq: MEDP), a contract research organization (CRO), bioanalytical laboratory, central laboratory, and clinical pharmacology unit
Prasco Laboratories, pharmaceutical company specializing in manufacturing authorized generic products under private labels
Significant operations
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, established a $70 million biomedical manufacturing facility in West Chester, Ohio to manufacture a long-acting release formulation of exenatide, a compound in development for type two diabetes
Humana, health insurance provider; Cincinnati Service Center employs 1,000[7]
Patheon, provider of contract dosage form development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries (in Reading, Ohio)
Anthem, Inc., the United States' largest health insurer by total subscribers and a Fortune top 50 company (in Mason, Ohio)
Consumer goods
Headquarters
Kao Brands, US subsidiary headquarters of Kao Corporation which manufactures products under the name Jergens
GE Honda Aero Engines, engine designer and manufacturer for business aviation; 50% owned by GE, 50% owned by Honda
Makino, producer of machine tools and precision metal-cutting production machinery, including horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, graphite machining centers, and wire and Ram EDM
General Electric Global Operations, GE's multi-functional shared service organization. Located at the Banks in Downtown Cincinnati & Projected to employ 1,800 by the end of 2017.
Insurance
Headquarters
American Financial Group (NYSE: AFG), insurance and investment holding company; parent of Great American Insurance Co.
Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CINF), holding company with subsidiaries which underwrite fire, automobile, casualty and other related forms of insurance
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, largest law firm in Cincinnati with 625 attorneys in 21 cities throughout California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.
Frost Brown Todd LLC, midwestern firm with offices in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and West Virginia.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, large corporate law firm with office in Ohio, Kentucky, and Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the sons of President William Howard Taft.
Kroger (NYSE: KR), the largest company of supermarket chains in the United States (Fortune 500 #26);chains include Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Kroger, Ralph's, Smith's Food and Drug, Dillons, Bakers, Gerbes, QFC, Lucky's and Turkey Hill
Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB), provides voice and data telecommunications products and services
Cincom, privately held, multinational, computer technology corporation founded in 1968; manufactures enterprise software, and provides information technology (IT) hosting services
dotloop, SaaS real estate technology subsidiary of Zillow.com
General Cable (NYSE: BGC), global wire & cable manufacturer (in Highland Heights, KY), incorporated in 1927. Fortune 500 #443[8]
WhatIfSports.com, specializes in online sports simulations and fantasy-style games
Significant operations
Siemens, facility in Norwood is dedicated to developing, assembling, and testing large electric motors that are used in industrial and factory automation
Transportation
Headquarters
Delta Private Jets (originally Comair Jet Express), a charter service offered by Delta Airlines that provides on-demand service to domestic and international destinations
First Group America, school bus operator and Greyhound; subsidiary of United Kingdom-based First Group PLC
Amazon.com announced that Amazon Prime Air's worldwide cargo distribution hub will be established at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
CSX, international transportation company, operates CSX Queensgate Yard, said to be one of the largest rail classification facilities in North America.
Delta Air Lines, world's second largest carrier operates a hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
DHL Express, provider of air express transportation operates a hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Travel, leisure, and dining
Headquarters
Columbia Sussex, hotel and casino operator (in Crestview Hills, Kentucky)
Frisch's Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRS), owner of Frish's Big Boy chain and Midwest operator of select Golden Corral restaurants; employs 4,500[3]