Economy Emeryville, California

as of 2 july 2015 businesses 55 or fewer employees working within geographic boundaries of city must pay each employee @ least $12.25 per hour, , large businesses 56 or more employees must pay @ least $14.44 per hour. many businesses have set headquarters in city. companies based in emeryville include:

aaa northern california, nevada , utah, auto club
alibris inc., online supplier , retailer of used , rare books founded in 1997 martin manley , richard weatherford.
alternative tentacles, independent record label launched in 1979, specializing in punk , alternative music, founded , run former dead kennedys singer/songwriter jello biafra. home music of biafra, wesley willis, dicks, d.o.a., , many other acts. although founded in san francisco (where post office box mailing address maintained), label s actual office , warehouse space in emeryville.
art.com, online art retailer
bayer, formerly novartis biopharma division (chiron corporation prior april 2006): biotech , research company , manufacturer of biopharmaceuticals
berkeley communications corporation, cloud storage , computer networking company.
berkeley research group, llc (brg), services , consulting firm co-founded david teece
bigfix (ibm), software company provides endpoint management services
bionovo, biotechnology company focused on discovery , development of drugs treat cancer , women s health issues such hot flashes , vaginal atrophy associated menopause
brandads, online video analytics company
the center investigative reporting, nonprofit investigative journalism organization
cetus corporation, (acquired chiron in 1991) 1 of first biotechnology companies. working old shell development buildings on horton street, produced 2 significant pharmaceuticals, betaseron , proleukin. developed pcr process, won nobel prize inventor in 1993.
clif bar, natural foods maker
electronic arts, world s largest video game maker, had wright s spore development team maxis based here until march 2015.
gracenote, company maintains , licenses internet-accessible database containing information contents of audio compact discs (acquired sony corporation of america in 2008
grocery outlet, discount supermarket chain
innovative interfaces, inc, supplier of integrated library system software
insight (the institute study of graphical heritage techniques), archaeology non-profit organization releases open source data , software
jamba juice restaurant retailer
kodak gallery (formerly ofoto.com), internet digital photo service product offerings include photo prints , gifts
leapfrog, educational toy company best known leappad, paper-based electronic reading toy
lithium technologies, social customer relationship management (scrm) company. (moving san francisco june, 2013.)
match analysis, maker of leading video , statistical analysis system professional soccer
novartis vaccines & diagnostics (chiron corporation prior apr 2006), global biotech leader , research company and, vaccines , blood testing kits, vaccines against meningitis, flu , rabies, immunodiagnostics testing kits hepatitis , hiv , nat testing kits west nile virus, hepatitis , hiv.
peet s coffee & tea, specialty coffee roaster , retailer
pixar, major animation , computer graphics firm known award-winning shorts, , feature films. in movie incredibles, map shown on dashboard of hero s car, recognizable part of emeryville near pixar s headquarters. also, welcome emeryville sign briefly seen in 2006 film cars. pixar bought walt disney company in 2006.
seeqpod, search , recommendation web site
sendmail inc., software , services company founded eric allman, creator of sendmail.
wham-o toys, toy company , inventor s workshop, home of original frisbee, hacky sack , hula hoop
ziprealty, internet-based realty company

retail centers

as part of urban renewal project, several shopping centers opened in late 1990s next intersection of interstate highways 80 , 580, capitalizing on emeryville s access san francisco east bay customers. among these centers anchor tenants ikea , home depot. new retail , residential development named bay street emeryville sits along highway 80 , home such merchants banana republic, gap, coach , apple store, , restaurants such california pizza kitchen , pasta pomodoro. complex anchored amc theatres , located next ikea.

prior company s dissolution, pets.com headquartered in emeryville.

top employers

according city s 2011 comprehensive annual financial report, top employers in city are: