List of companies based in Hayward, California

Southland Mall is the largest shopping center in Hayward. It houses the anchor department stores Sears, Kohl's and Macy's, and other retailers. In addition to a Target store at the Skywest Commons mall, the city's major retailers include Home Depot and Office Depot. A Costco Business Center is located there.^[1]

Hayward has a large number of manufacturing businesses and corporate headquarters, including high-tech companies, and is considered part of a northern extension of Silicon Valley.^[2] (Companies manufacturing in Hayward are in bold text.)

• Alphabet Energy, cofounded in 2009 by Matthew L. Scullin and Peidong Yang, manufacturer of thermoelectric devices based on tetrahedrite
• Andersen Bakery, American branch of the Japan-based business Takaki Bakery^[3]
• Annabelle Candy, makers of Abba-Zaba bars, moved to Hayward in 1965^[4]
• Anthera Pharmaceuticals^[5]

• Berkeley Farms, opened a state-of-the-art processing plant in Hayward in 1998^[6][7]
• Bianchi Bicycles, American branch^[8][9]
• Columbus Salame, opened a new $31 million processing facility in 2011, replacing their former facility in South San Francisco^[10]
• Dust Networks, wireless sensor network manufacturer

• Gillig Corporation, manufacturer of low floor transit buses
• Illumina, operates a research and development center, formerly Solexa^[11]
• Impax Laboratories, drug manufacturer; headquarters and a 1.2 billion unit/year production facility^[12][13][14]
• Intarcia Therapeutics
• Kobe Steel, Japanese; operates a subsidiary, Kobe Precision^[15]
• Kosan Biosciences, founded in Hayward in 1995^[16]
• Manheim San Francisco Bay, a division of Manheim Auctions^[17]
• Marelich Mechanical, HVAC company, a subsidiary of Emcor^[18]
• Mendel Biotechnology, founded in Hayward in 1997^[19]
• Motiv Power Systems, manufacturer of all-electric powertrains that can be dropped into diesel truck chassis^[20]
• Mountain Mike's Pizza, restaurant chain, headquarters^[21]
• Nakagawa Manufacturing USA, a division of Nakagawa Manufacturing, Saitama, Japan, operates a thermal paper facility^[22]
• PepsiCo, operates its San Francisco Bay production and distribution center^[23]
• Plastikon, a plastics manufacturer with locations worldwide; based in Hayward and is its 10th largest employer in Hayward^[24]
• Recording King, guitar and banjo designers^[25]
• Rocket Dog, women's shoe designers
• Sakura Color Products of America, the American division of Sakura Color Products Corporation
• Shasta, soft drink company, headquarters

• Simms' Custom Cycles, founded by legendary custom motorcycle builder Ron Simms^[26][27]
• Sugar Bowl Bakery, founded in 1984 in San Francisco, facilities consolidated in Hayward from locations in Hayward and San Francisco

• Ace Hardware, owned by news reporter Jim Wieder; is in an historic building, built in 1900, where boxer Max Baer once trained^[28]
• All Pro Wrestling, wrestling venue
• Buffalo Bill's Brewery, one of the first brewpubs in California since Prohibition
• California State University, East Bay, operates its main campus in Hayward
• Chabot College, junior college
• Chapel of the Chimes, cemetery and funeral home
• Green Shutter Hotel, historic building, until 2017 was operated as a residential hotel, in addition to having retail businesses
• Russell City Energy Center, a 429 megawatt natural gas fired power plant; went online in 2013^[29]
• St. Rose Hospital

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

According to the city's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[30] the top employers in the city, representing 6.5% of total city employment, were:

#	Employer	# of employees
1	Hayward Unified School District†	2500
2	California State University, East Bay†	1447
3	Kaiser Permanente†	1200
4	City of Hayward†	845
5	St. Rose Hospital†	842
6	Gillig†	700
7	Impax Laboratories†	700
8	Chabot College†	600
9	Manheim Auctions (AKA Bay Cities Auto)	500
10	Marelich Mechanical	500

According to the city's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[31] the top employers in the city, representing 8.2% of total city employment, were:

#	Employer	# of employees
1	Kaiser Permanente†	2,500
2	California State University, East Bay†	2,207
3	Hayward Unified School District†	2200
4	Alameda County	1200
5	City of Hayward†	800
6	Gillig†	700
7	St. Rose Hospital†	700
8	Pentagon Technologies	650
9	Berkeley Farms	600
10	Impax Laboratories†	594

According to the city's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[32] the top employers in the city, representing 6.8% of total city employment, were:

#	Employer	# of employees
1	Hayward Unified School District†	2,200
2	California State University, East Bay†	1880
3	Kaiser Permanente†	1200
4	Alameda County	1114
5	St. Rose Hospital	842
6	City of Hayward†	786
7	Gillig†	700
8	Chabot College†	494
9	Kobe Precision	450
10	Plastikon†	400

According to the city's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[33] the top employers in the city, representing 8% of total city employment, were:

#	Employer	# of employees
1	Kaiser Permanente†	2,200
2	Alameda County	2,000
3	Hayward Unified School District†	1981
4	California State University, East Bay†	1500
5	St. Rose Hospital†	1065
6	City of Hayward†	812
7	Gillig†	600
8	Chabot College†	615
9	Kobe Precision	450
10	Plastikon†	400

According to the city's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[34] the top employers in the city that year, representing 7% of total city employment, were:

#	Employer	# of employees
1	Hayward Unified School District†	2,500
2	California State University, East Bay†	1,447
3	Kaiser Permanente	1,200
4	City of Hayward†	845
5	St. Rose Hospital†	842
6	Gillig†	700
7	Chabot College†	600
8	Marelich Mechanical	500
9	Bay Cities Auto Auction	500
10	Kobe Precision[35]	450
11	Injex Industries†[36]	425
12	Pepsi Beverages Company/Bottling Group[37]	400
13	Alameda Newspaper Group	300

According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[38] the top employers in the city that year were:

#	Employer	# of employees
1	Hayward Unified School District†	1,776
2	California State University, East Bay†	1,600
3	Kaiser Permanente	1,200
4	City of Hayward†	1,178
5	St. Rose Hospital†	842
6	Gillig†	700
7	Chabot College†	615
8	Marelich Mechanical	500
9	Manheim Auctions (AKA Bay Cities Auto)	500
10	Kobe Precision	450
11	Alameda Newspaper Group	425
12	Pepsi Beverages Company	400
13	Injex Industries†[39]	375

† indicates employers wholly located or headquartered in Hayward

Two businesses which had significant employment in fiscal year 2000–2001, Mervyns (2,000), and Pacific Bell (940), no longer operate in Hayward.