List of companies in Greater Cincinnati

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]

Automobiles

Headquarters

• Mitsubishi Automotive Electric America (in Mason, Ohio)
• Toyota Boshoku America, manufactures seats, power train parts and other components for automakers Toyota Motor Corp., General Motors and others (in Erlanger, Kentucky)
• Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (in Erlanger, Kentucky), an automobile manufacturing and research and development company owned by Toyota Motor Company; formed from the 2006 merger of Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America and Toyota Technical Center USA (of Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Significant operations

• Ford Motor Company, operates the Sharonville Transmission plant, which employs 1,400

Banking and financial services

Headquarters

• Fifth Third Bank (Nasdaq: FITB), one of the 20 largest banks 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, Information Technology and Consumer Innovation Training Center (in Blue Ash, Ohio); regional call processing center employing 2,900 (in Boone County, Kentucky); employs more than 4,000 in the region
• Fidelity Investments, mutual fund and financial services company. Midwest Region Center employs 3,600 people (in Covington, Kentucky)
• Huntington Bancshares, third largest bank in Ohio
• PNC Bank, third largest bank in the Cincinnati area; $5.1 BN total local deposits ($2.7 BN - PNC, $2.4 BN - National City subsidiary)
• US Bank, second largest bank in the Cincinnati area; $9 BN local deposits

Chemicals

Headquarters

• Ashland, Inc. (NYSE: ASH), Fortune 500 #248; a transportation construction, chemical, and petroleum company (in Covington, Kentucky); recently acquired Hercules, Inc. (Nasdaq: HPC) in a $2.4 BN deal

Significant operations

• 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
• Cintas (Nasdaq: CTAS), uniform supplier in Mason, Ohio
• Convergys (NYSE: CVG), customer care, human resources and billing service provider
• Empower MediaMarketing, advertising agency that communicates to and with consumers through an integrated combination of media
• Omnicare (NYSE: OCR), provider of pharmaceuticals, related consulting and data management services
• Rumpke, one of the largest privately owned residential and commercial waste and recycling firms in the U.S.^[4]

Significant operations

• Duke Energy, provider of gas and electricity services in the Midwest and Carolina regions;acquired Cincinnati-based Cinergy in 2005
• Tata Consultancy Services, regional office of India-based IT services, consulting and outsourcing firm

Construction and real estate

Headquarters

• General Cable (NYSE: BGC), manufacturer of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products, located in Highland Heights, Kentucky

Significant operations

• Turner Construction, largest US construction company, Cincinnati business office

Food and beverage

Headquarters

• Givaudan, US headquarters and production site for this flavor and sensory company
• Grippo's, snack food company
• Perfetti Van Melle, marketer and manufacturer of candy including the brands AirHeads and Mentos; U.S. headquarters located in Erlanger, Kentucky
• Sunny Delight Beverages, marketer of Sunny Delight; owned by J.W. Childs private equity investment company
• Wild Flavors, maker of flavors, colors and ingredients for the food and beverage industry

Significant operations

• Boston Beer Company, operates a brewery for Sam Adams Beer; produces about 20% of the total production of Sam Adams
• The J.M. Smucker Co., operates a Crisco production site and maintains Folgers Coffee administrative functions locally

Government, education, and non-profit

Headquarters

• Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Roman Catholic diocese, includes parishes, schools, charitable organizations; employs 6,152^[3]
• Cincinnati Children's, provider of pediatric health care, research and education; employs 15,260^[5]
• Cincinnati Public Schools, school system; employs 5,055^[3]
• City of Cincinnati, city administration; employs 5,441^[3]
• 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]
• Hamilton County, county administration; employs 6,304^[3]
• Matthew 25: Ministries, humanitarian aid organization
• Mercy Health Partners, not-for-profit, integrated network of medical services and facilities; employs 6,948^[3]
• Miami University, public university of 16000 students; employs 4,399^[3]
• University of Cincinnati, public research university of over 41,000 students, founded in 1819; employs 15,862^[3]

Significant operations

• Internal Revenue Service (in Covington, Kentucky), employs 6,000^[3]
• United States Postal Service, employs 6,379^[3]

Health and biotechnology

Headquarters

• CareStar, home health care company specializing in case management for consumers and providers of home and community-based services
• Chemed (NYSE: CHE), parent of Roto-Rooter, the largest plumbing and drain-cleaning company in North America
• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgery and surgical procedures; a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (in Blue Ash, Ohio)
• LCA-Vision (Nasdaq: LCAV), provides laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus brand
• Medpace, 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^[6]
• 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
• Luxottica Retail, a division of Luxottica SpA of Milan, Italy (in Mason, Ohio); manages the Lenscrafters, Pearle Vision, Sunglass Hut, and Watch Station brands
• Procter & Gamble, (NYSE: PG), the world's largest consumer products company (#8 globally by market value, Fortune 500 #23); largest brands include Always, Ariel, Actonel, Bounty, Bounce, Braun, Crest, Dawn, Downy, Fusion, Gain, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Ivory, Nice N Easy, Olay, Oral B, Pampers, Pantene, Prilosec OTC, Puffs, Secret, Tide, Vicks, Wella & Whisper
• Totes, marketer of umbrellas, gloves, raincoats, rubber overshoes, and other weather-related accessories
• United States Playing Card Company, world's largest and most renowned playing card company; relocated to Erlanger, Kentucky in 2009

Industrial goods and services

Headquarters

• AK Steel, (NYSE: AKS), Fortune 500 #378; steel producer (in West Chester, Ohio)
• CFM International, manufacturer of jet engines; joint venture between Snecma (SAFRAN Group) and the General Electric Company
• Formica Corporation, surface material manufacturer, subsidiary of New Zealand-based Fletcher Building
• Fujitec America, elevator manufacturing (in Mason, Ohio)
• GE Aviation, aircraft engine manufacturer;a subsidiary of the General Electric conglomerate (in Evendale, Ohio); employs 7,400^[3]
• 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
• Milacron (NYSE: MZ), a plastics machinery producer, formerly Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
• Omya, North America headquarters of the Switzerland-based international white minerals company supplying calcium carbonate and talc
• Total Quality Logistics, a third-party logistics provider (in Milford, Ohio)

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
• Ohio National Life Insurance Company, personal and business insurance sales and services
• Western & Southern Financial Group, the flagship sponsor of the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament, which is part of the ATP Tour

Law

Headquarters

• 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.

Media

Headquarters

• E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP), a media company that owns many newspapers, cable channels and news stations; hosts the National Spelling Bee
• F+W Media, publishing company; publishes magazines and books and operates trade shows in several special-interest categories
• Townsquare Media, privately held radio broadcaster which owns approximately 70 stations in small and medium markets in the United States

Retail

Headquarters

• Cornerstone Brands, owner of catalog brands including Frontgate and Smith&Noble (in West Chester, Ohio); subsidiary of HSN Inc.
• KOI Auto Parts, chain of auto parts stores
• 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, and Turkey Hill
• Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M), parent company of Macy's and Bloomingdale's (formerly known as Federated Department Stores); employs 4,700^[3]
• United Dairy Farmers, regionally based convenience store and ice cream maker

Significant operations

• Wal-Mart Stores, international discount retailer; employs 7,500^[3]

Technology and telecom

Headquarters

• 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, privately held, SaaS real estate technology
• General Cable (NYSE: BGC), global wire & cable manufacturer (in Highland Heights, KY), incorporated in 1927. Fortune 500 #443^[7]
• 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
• Southern Air, a cargo carrier for DHL Aviation, which has its main hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
• Total Quality Logistics, North America's second largest freight brokerage firm
• Ultimate Air Shuttle, a charter airline providing daily service to numerous destinations across the United States

Significant operations

• Allegiant Air, an ultra-low cost airline which has its largest, non-vacation destination focus city 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]
• Gold Star Chili, Cincinnati style chili chain
• Graeters, ice cream, bakery, and candy shops; the New York Times has called it "the ice cream most connoisseurs feel to be the best in the world"
• LaRosa's Pizza, regional pizza chain
• Penn Station East Coast Subs, regional sandwich chain
• Skyline Chili, Cincinnati style chili chain
• Winegardner and Hammons, full service hotel management and development company established in 1961; one of the original franchisers of Holiday Inn

Significant operations

• Cedar Fair, one of the largest regional amusement-resort operators in the world; operates Kings Island theme park (in Mason, Ohio)

See also

• List of companies of the United States
• List of companies of the United States by state

References