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.[2]
The following five companies are Fortune 500 companies based in the metropolitan area:[3]
(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.
The following companies are major companies with regional HQ in the metropolitan area with a Latin American focus.[4]
The following companies are the largest 20 local employers with a HQ in the metropolitan area.[4]
- 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
- 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)
- 1) American Airlines - 9,000
- 2) Precision Response Corporation - 5,000
- 3) Costa Farms - 5,000[5]
- 4) Royal Caribbean International - 4,000
- 5) Office Depot - 3,800
- 6) Carnival Corporation & plc - 3,500
- 7) Wackenhut- 3,000
- 8) Motorola - 2,500
- 9) Assurant
References
- "Largest employers in South Florida," South Florida Business Journal, September 24, 2021^
- Walmartstores.com: Walmart Latinoamérica Opens New Regional Office in South Florida, Introduces New Regional President and CEO Eduardo Solórzano retrieved 2015-09-05^
- New 2010 Fortune 500 list: 16 Florida companies ranked, three from Tampa Bay