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With 19,334 faculty and staff as of 2023, the University of Miami in Coral Gables is Miami-Dade County's second-largest employer after Baptist Health South Florida. Palm Tree Walkway.jpg
With 19,334 faculty and staff as of 2023, the University of Miami in Coral Gables is Miami-Dade County's second-largest employer after Baptist Health South Florida.

This is a list of major companies or subsidiaries headquartered in the Miami metropolitan area.

The economy in Miami has largely diversified with less emphasis on tourism, a number of companies are based in the area, many with connections to Latin America. Because of its proximity to Latin America, Greater Miami serves as the headquarters of Latin American operations for more than 1,100 multinational corporations that adds up to more than $221 billion in annual revenues., including AIG, American Airlines, Cisco, Disney, Exxon, Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Oracle, SBC Communications, Sony, Visa International, and Wal-Mart. [2]

The following five companies are Fortune 500 companies based in the metropolitan area: [3]

(Ranking. Company Name (City) Annual Revenues)

126. Lennar (Miami), $34.2 billion
192. Office Depot (Boca Raton), $12.1 billion
205. World Kinect Corporation (Miami), $11.3 billion
212. AutoNation (Fort Lauderdale), $11 billion
426. Ryder System (Miami), $5 billion

The following are major companies with US/Americas HQ in the metropolitan area that also do business in the US. [4]

The following companies are major companies with regional HQ in the metropolitan area with a Latin American focus. [4]

The following companies are the largest 20 local employers with a HQ in the metropolitan area. [4]

  1. American Airlines - 9,000
  2. Precision Response Corporation - 5,000
  3. Costa Farms - 5,000 [5]
  4. Royal Caribbean International - 4,000
  5. Office Depot - 3,800
  6. Carnival Corporation & plc - 3,500
  7. Wackenhut Corp- 3,000
  8. Motorola - 2,500
  9. Assurant Solutions - 2,100
  10. Burger King - 2,000
  11. Pollo Tropical - 2,000
  12. Beckman Coulter - 1,800
  13. Cordis - 1,800
  14. NCL Corp - 1,500
  15. Interval Leisure Group - 1,130
  16. Boston Scientific - Miami - 1,000
  17. OHL USA - 1,000
  18. Securitas Security Services USA - 1,000
  19. UPS - 1,000

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References

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  4. 1 2 3 South Florida Multinationals Oversee $221 Billion in Annual Revenues, Says Study From WorldCity and UM School of Business. Dated February 27 2009
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