| Name |
City |
Industry |
Fortune 1000
rank (2007) |
Notes |
| AlliedBarton |
King of Prussia, PA |
security |
|
|
| Alpha Video |
West Conshohocken, PA |
entertainment |
|
|
| Airgas |
Radnor Township, PA |
gases |
671 |
|
| AmerisourceBergen |
Chesterbrook, PA |
drug wholesale |
29 |
|
| Ametek |
Paoli, PA |
electronics |
915 |
|
| Amoroso's Baking Company |
Philadelphia |
food |
|
|
| AppLabs |
Philadelphia |
software |
|
|
| Aqua America |
Bryn Mawr, PA |
utilities |
|
|
| Aramark |
Philadelphia |
hospitality |
214 |
|
| AUS, Inc. |
Mount Laurel, New Jersey |
consulting, research |
|
|
| Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Beneficial Bank |
Philadelphia |
financial |
|
Oldest and largest bank with HQ in Phila. [1] |
| Bentley Systems |
Exton, PA |
software |
|
|
| BDP International |
Philadelphia |
global logistics |
|
|
| Blank Rome |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Brandywine Realty Trust |
Radnor, PA |
real estate |
|
|
| Boscov's |
Wyomissing, PA |
retail |
|
|
| Burlington Coat Factory |
Burlington, NJ |
apparel |
579 |
|
| Calkins Media |
Levittown, PA |
media |
|
|
| Campbell Soup Company |
Camden, New Jersey |
food |
311 |
|
| Carpenter Technology Corp. |
Reading, PA |
metals |
|
|
| Cephalon |
Frazer, PA |
pharmaceuticals |
930 |
|
| CIGNA |
Philadelphia |
insurance |
139 |
|
| Charming Shoppes |
Bensalem, PA |
apparel |
642 |
|
| Colonial Penn |
Philadelphia |
insurance |
|
|
| Comcast |
Philadelphia |
telecommunications |
84 |
|
| Conrail Shared Assets Operations |
Philadelphia |
railroad |
|
|
| Cozen O'Connor |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Crown Holdings |
Philadelphia |
packaging |
328 |
|
| Curtis Publishing Company |
Philadelphia |
publishing |
|
|
| Dechert |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Disston Precision |
Philadelphia |
manufacturing |
|
|
| Drinker Biddle & Reath |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Duane Morris |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| DuPont |
Wilmington, DE |
chemicals |
74 |
|
| Event Strategy Group |
Conshohocken, PA |
marketing |
|
|
| FMC Corp. |
Philadelphia |
chemicals |
781 |
|
| Fox Rothschild |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company |
Philadelphia |
food |
|
|
| Fuji Advanced Sports |
Philadelphia |
bicycles |
|
|
| Genesis HealthCare |
Kennett Square, PA |
health care |
927 |
|
| Goldstein Media LLC |
Bensalem, PA |
Web Design and Internet Marketing |
|
|
| Ikon Office Solutions |
Malvern, PA |
office equipment |
507 |
|
| Jones Apparel Group |
Bristol, PA |
apparel |
470 |
|
| League Collegiate Wear |
Bridgeport, PA |
apparel |
|
|
| Liberty Property Trust |
Malvern, PA |
real estate |
|
|
| Lincoln National Corporation |
Philadelphia |
insurance |
277 |
|
| Makmi Group |
Philadelphia |
Corporate Identity Branding and Marketing |
|
|
| Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Mothers Work, Inc. |
Philadelphia |
apparel |
|
|
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| NutriSystem |
Horsham, PA |
food |
|
|
| Orleans Homebuilders |
Bensalem, PA |
house construction |
|
|
| Penn Mutual |
Horsham, PA |
insurance |
|
|
| Penn National Gaming |
Wyomissing, PA |
entertainment |
797 |
|
| Pennoni Associates Inc. |
Philadelphia |
engineering |
|
|
| Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack |
Philadelphia |
automotive |
794 |
|
| Pepper Hamilton |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. |
Bala Cynwyd, PA |
insurance |
|
|
| Philadelphia Media Holdings |
Philadelphia |
newspapers |
|
|
| Pinnacle Foods |
Cherry Hill, NJ |
food |
|
|
| Planalytics |
Wayne, PA |
weather |
|
|
| Portico Systems |
Blue Bell, PA |
software |
|
|
| Radian Group |
Philadelphia |
finance |
|
|
| Rita's Water Ice |
Bensalem, PA |
food |
|
|
| Rohm and Haas |
Philadelphia |
chemicals |
292 |
|
| Rowland Company |
Philadelphia |
manufacturing |
|
Oldest operating company in Philadelphia. |
| Saul Ewing |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| SEI Investments |
Oaks, PA |
financial |
|
|
| Sovereign Bancorp |
Wyomissing, PA |
financial |
479 |
|
| Stevens & Lee |
Reading, PA |
law |
|
|
| Sunoco |
Philadelphia |
oil |
60 |
|
| Sungard |
Wayne, PA |
information technology |
500 |
|
| Susquehanna International Group |
Bala Cynwyd, PA |
financial |
|
|
| Tasty Baking Company |
Philadelphia |
food |
|
|
| Teleflex |
Limerick, PA |
manufacturing |
708 |
|
| TLA Entertainment Group |
Philadelphia |
entertainment |
|
|
| Toll Brothers |
Horsham, PA |
house construction |
375 |
|
| Troemner |
Thorofare, NJ |
science equipment |
|
|
| T.H. Properties |
Harleysville, PA |
home builder |
|
|
| UGI Corporation |
King of Prussia, PA |
utilities |
435 |
|
| Unisys |
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania |
information technology |
400 |
|
| Universal Health Services |
King of Prussia, PA |
health care |
511 |
|
| Urban Outfitters |
Philadelphia |
apparel |
|
|
| Vanguard |
Malvern, PA |
financial |
|
|
| Vishay Intertechnology |
Malvern, PA |
electronics |
724 |
|
| VWR International |
West Chester, PA |
scientific products |
609 |
|
| Wawa Food Markets |
Wawa, PA |
convenience stores |
|
|
| White and Williams |
Philadelphia |
law |
|
|
| Wilmington Trust |
Wilmington, DE |
financial |
|
|
| WSFS Bank |
Wilmington, DE |
financial |
|
|
| Name |
City |
Industry |
Fate |
Notes |
| American Line |
Philadelphia |
maritime |
merged |
amalgamated into IMM. |
| Baldwin Locomotive Works |
Philadelphia & Eddystone, PA |
manufacturing |
failed |
|
| Brown Bros. & Co. |
Philadelphia |
financial |
merged |
moved to NYC, now called Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. |
| Commodore International |
West Chester, PA |
electronics |
failed |
Office complex is now home to QVC. |
| Consolidated Rail Corporation |
Philadelphia |
railroad |
split |
into: Norfolk Southern Railway, CSX Transportation, Conrail Shared Assets Operations. |
| Drexel and Company |
Philadelphia |
financial |
failed |
Transformed several times, eventually failed as part of the 1980s junk bond fiasco. |
| EB games |
West Chester, PA |
electronics and Gaming |
acquired |
by Game Stop |
| Ensoniq |
Malvern, PA |
electronics |
acquired |
by Creative Labs, which dissolved the brand. |
| EPrivacy Group |
Malvern, PA |
software |
acquired |
by Symantec, which dissolved the brand. |
| Extreme Championship Wrestling |
Philadelphia |
entertainment |
failed |
|
| International Mercantile Marine Co. |
Philadelphia |
maritime |
failed |
Owned the Titanic. |
| J. G. Brill and Company |
Philadelphia |
railcars |
merged |
|
| Lanston Monotype Company |
Philadelphia |
printing |
failed |
successor company moved to Buffalo, NY. |
| Midvale Steel |
Philadelphia |
steelmaking; fabrication |
merged |
Name survives in Heppenstall-Midvale AG |
| MOS Technology |
Norristown, PA |
electronics |
acquired |
by Commodore, which failed. |
| Muskogee Company |
Philadelphia |
mining |
acquired |
by Missouri Pacific Railroad. |
| Neafie & Levy |
Philadelphia |
Shipbuilding |
failed |
|
| Penn Central Transportation |
Philadelphia |
railroad |
failed |
most of it became ConRail with merger of other bankrupt railroads. Parts are now Amtrak. |
| Pennsylvania Railroad |
Philadelphia |
railroad |
merged |
with New York Central to become Penn Central. |
| Philco |
Philadelphia |
manufacturing |
merged |
with: Ford, moved to Lansdale, Blue Bell, and Willow Grove before moving to Michigan where part lives on as Visteon. Philco-Ford was renamed Ford Aerospace and sold to Loral in 1990. Another part of the original, Philco International moved to Pittsburgh in 1988. |
| Philadelphia National Bank |
Philadelphia |
financial |
merged |
now part of Wachovia. |
| Philadelphia Savings Fund Society |
Philadelphia |
financial |
failed |
seized by the FDIC and sold to Mellon Financial |
| Reading Company |
Philadelphia |
railroad |
failed |
became ConRail. A piece lives on as Reading Entertainment/Reading International, a real estate company. |
| Red Star Line |
Philadelphia |
maritime |
merged |
amalgamated into IMM. |
| Strawbridge's |
Philadelphia |
retail |
acquired |
restructured, renamed. |
| Wanamaker's |
Philadelphia |
retail |
acquired |
restructured, renamed. |
| William Cramp and Sons |
Philadelphia |
maritime |
failed |
|
| William Sellers & Co. |
Philadelphia |
machine tools,
industrial plant equipment |
merged |
|
| Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen |
Philadelphia |
law |
dissolved by vote of partners |
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