major employers

These Chamber-member businesses employ one hundred or more people in the immediate area. (Listings as of November 2002)


Company Industry Number of Employees

Agilent Technologies

1601 California Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 485-6100
High Tech
1000+


Alza Corporation
P.O. Box 7210
Mountain View, CA 94039
650/ 564-2478
Pharmaceutical Mfg.
500-750


Andronico's Market
500 Stanford Shopping Center
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 327-5505
Food, Retail
100-200


Beckman, Spinco Division
1050 Page Mill Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 857-1150
Scientific Instruments
350-500


Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
2000 University Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650/ 331-8000
Law Firm
100-200


Cañada College
4200 Farm Hill Blvd.
Redwood City, CA 94061
650/ 306-3238
Colleges & Universities
201-350


City of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Ave.
Palo Alto, CA
94301
650/329-2392
City Government
1000+

CNF Transportation
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 494-2900
Transportation Services
100-200


Communications & Power Industries (CPI)
607 Hansen Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304-4042
650/ 594-4008
Electronics
500-750


Cooley Godward LLP
5 Palo Alto Square, Ste. 400
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650/843-5000
Law Firm
100-200


DNAX Research Institute
901 S. California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650-852-9196
Computer Software
101-200


Foothill College
12345 El Monte Rd.
Los Altos, CA 94022
650/ 949-7777
College
1000-1500


Genencor International, Inc.
925 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 846-7500
Biotechnology
100-200


Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich
400 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650/ 328-6561
Law Firm
200-350


Hewlett Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185
650/ 857-1501
Electronics
1,000+


The Home Depot
1781 E. Bayshore Rd.
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
650/ 462-6800
Home Improvement
101-200


Hyatt Rickeys in Palo Alto
4219 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650/ 493-8000
Hotel
200-350


Latham & Watkins
135 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650/ 328-4600
Law Firm 100-200

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
3251 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 424-2000
Technology 500-750


Lucile Packard Children's Health Services
725 Welch Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 497-8565
Health Services
751-1000


McKinsey & Company, Inc.
3075 A Hansen Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Consultants 100-200


Morrison & Foerster
755 Page Mill Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 813-5600
Law Firm
201-350


Palo Alto Golf Course
1875 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650/ 856-0881
Golf Courses - Public 200-350


Palo Alto Medical Foundation
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650/ 321-4121
Health Care
1,500+


Palo Alto Unified School District
25 Churchill Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650/ 329-3700
Education
750-1,000


Roche Bioscience
MS A2-118, PO Box 10850
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650/ 855-5050
Pharmaceutical Mfg.
1,000+


Santa Clara Valley Water District
5750 Almaden Expressway
San Jose, CA 95118
408/ 265-2607
Public Utility
500-750


SAP Labs
3475 Deer Creek Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 849-4000
Computer Software
200-350


Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
625 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650/ 328-2800
Hotel
100-200


Space Systems/LORAL
3825 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650/ 852-4000
Research & Development
3,000-5,000


Stanford Federal Credit Union
P.O. Box 10690
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650/ 694-1000
Credit Union
101-200


Stanford University
Building 170
Stanford, CA 94305
650/ 723-2300
Education
5,000+


Stanford University Hospital
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
650/ 723-4000
Health Care
750-1,000


TIBCO Software, Inc.
3303 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/846-1000
Computer Software
351-500

VA Palo Alto Health Care System
3801 Miranda Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 858-3925
Health Care
1000+


Varian, Inc.
3120 Hansen Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 213-8000
Instruments
351-500


Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VMSI)
3100 Hansen Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 493-4000
Medical Systems
501-750


Whole Foods Market
774 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650/ 326-8676
Food retail
100-200


Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
650/ 493-9300
Law Firm
1000+


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