Companies

Use this page to find the manufacturers, utilities, shippers, service providers and major employers that make this region great. Fortunately for the residents of metro Rochester, this list is too long for one page. Select your industry of interest and see what Rochester has to offer.

Important: For the most part, companies on this list do not sell directly to consumers, but collectively, they employ hundreds of thousands of people in and around Rochester. Consumers interested in spending their hard earned money from these jobs should look elsewhere. Since some of these companies do a lot, they may appear in multiple listings.

• Aerospace & Defense
  

• Automotive
  

• Biotechnology
  

• Consulting & Outsourcing
  

• Construction
  

• Education & Training
  

• Electronics
  

• Energy
  

• Entertainment Industry
  

• Fashion
  

• Financial Services
  

• Human Resources
  

• Information Technology
  

• Food & Beverage
  

• Furnishings
  

• Health Care
  

• Legal
  

• Manufacturing
  

• Marketing
  

• Nanotechnology
  

• Optics & Photography
  

• Packaging & Printing
  

• Recycling & Waste Management
  

• Shipping & Transportation
  

• Telecommunications
  

• Wholesalers

• American Packaging Manufacture of stamps and flexible food packaging.
  

• Baldwin Richardson Foods Canned Foods. Creator of Richardson's jams and jellies.
  

• Bausch & Lomb Optics and contacts manufacturer.
  

• Birds Eye Foods Frozen Foods.
  

• Bluetie Office management suite software.
  

• Carestream Health and radiology equipment.
  

• Century Mold Company Molded plastic parts.
  

• Concentrix Marketing.
  

• Constellation Brands Wine and Spirits. They own well known brands such as Arbor Mist, Manichewitz, Robert Mondavi, St Pauli Girl, and Svedka Vodka.
  

• Crane-Hogan Structural Systems Structural concrete and bridges.
  

• Current Communications Telecommunications.
  

• Datrose Industries Business process outsourcing.
  

• Dick Ide Pontiac & Honda Automobile dealer.
  

• Dorschel Automotive Group Automobile dealer.
  

• Doyle Chevrolet & Subaru Automobile dealer.
  

• Element K Online learning solutions, technical textbooks.
  

• Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Healthcare provider.
  

• Frontier Communications Telecommunications.
  

• Gleason Works Metal manufacturing.
  

• Griffith Energy Energy marketing.
  

• Hammer Packaging
  

• Harter Secrest & Emery Law Firm.
  

• Harris Beach Giant Law Firm.
  

• Harris Interactive #1 Internet survey firm in the world.
  

• Hickey Freeman Makes the finest suit in America.
  

• High Falls Brewing Company Brewery. Best known for Honey Brown beer.
  

• Horizons Solutions Industrial/electrical supplies.
  

• Kodak Invented photography and film.
  

• LeChase Construction Services General contractor.
  

• Lewis Tree Service Tree and shrub trimming for utilities.
  

• Lidestri Foods Creator of Newman's Own products and Francesco Ranaldi pasta sauce.
  

• Motts Apple products manufacturer.
  

• Nixon Peabody Law Firm.
  

• One Communications - Telecommunications.
  

• PAETEC Telecommunications.
  

• Paychex Payroll and human resources provider.
  

• Preferred Care Healthcare provider.
  

• Rochester Institute of Technology University and research incubator.
  

• Seneca Foods Canned Foods. Known for Libbys, Blue Boy, and Chiquita brands.
  

• Sentry Safe Maker of safes and lockboxes.
  

• Stone Construction Equipment Constructs construction equipment.
  

• Sutherland Global Services Business Process outsourcing
  

• The Pike Company General contractor.
  

• Unity Health System Part of Park Ridge and St Mary's hospital.
  

• University of Rochester Not just a University. It also controls the local Memorial Art Gallery, the Eastman School of Music, so many research labs it's ridiculous, and Strong and Highland hospitals.
  

• Wilmorite Mall management. Built Tysons Corners, Freehold Raceway, and Danbury Fair malls.
  

• Wegmans #1 grocery store in America.

• 5Linx Enterprises Direct marketing.
  

• Abbotts Ice Cream Chain of frozen custard stores. Located throughout upstate NY, Florida, and even Japan.
  

• Abrasive-Tool Industrial tools.
  

• ABR Wholesalers HVAC.
  

• Admar Supply Company Construction equipment rental, sales and service.
  

• AdviStor Computer reseller.
  

• AJL Manufacturing Sheet metal.
  

• Ameritherm Generator manufacture.
  

• Auragen Communications Interactive media.
  

• Benefit Resources Employee benefits administration.
  

• B&L Wholesale Supply Building materials.
  

• Bob Johnson Chevrolet Automobile retailer.
  

• Bond Financial Network Employee benefits consulting.
  

• BlueFrog Internet Dial Up ISP
  

• Bonadio Group Nationally recognized accounting firm.
  

• Butler/Till Media Services Media planning and buying.
  

• Calvalry Automation Automated systems manufacturing.
  

• CUnet Online marketing firm for colleges and universities.
  

• CGI Communications Internet video corporation. They work with Google and Youtube.
  

• Cochran, Cochran & Yale Employee recruitment.
  

• Computer Supply Source IT.
  

• Continental Service Group Collections processing.
  

• Crosman Airgun and paintball manufacturing.
  

• Delmonte Corp Owns a slew of Marriott branded hotels in the Northeast. Invented the easy build system for hotels.
  

• Dibella's Chain of submarine sandwich stores in the Northeast and Midwest.
  

• Diamond Packaging
  

• E-CHX Payroll processing.
  

• Ecovation Waste to energy.
  

• Elmer W. Davis Industrial and sheet metal roofing.
  

• EMA Design Automation CAD
  

• Entre Computer Services Computer application and web services.
  

• Ebaum's World Humor Website.
  

• Fibertech networks Fiber optics.
  

• FM Office Express Office supplies distributor.
  

• Frank Lill & Son Power plant construction.
  

• Gatehouse Media Owns hundreds of small newspapers all around the nation.
  

• Global Communications Systems Telecommunications.
  

• Gorbel Construction equipment.
  

• Gray Metal Products Sheet metal and HVAC ducts.
  

• GRIPA Health care.
  

• Heluva Good Cheese.
  

• Henderson Automotive Family Automobile retailer.
  

• iCardiac
  

• Ifolo Web design.
  

• Impact Technologies Supports aviation, energy and defense industries.
  

• Info Directions Telecommunications billing.
  

• Integrated Facility Solutions Facility management.
  

• J Fiorie & Co Commercial Retail Leasing.
  

• John Holtz Automobile dealer.
  

• Kaplan Container Corp Creates boxes and metal containers.
  

• Klein Steel Service Steel, stainless, aluminum and fiberglass.
  

• Markdown Monkey Shopping Website.
  

• Liberty Pumps Submersible pumps.
  

• Martino Flynn Advertising and public relations.
  

• M/E Engineering Commercial/industrial engineering consulting.
  

• Microwave Data Systems
  

• Mirror Show Management Trade show exhibits.
  

• MWI Engineered graphite.
  

• M&T Trucking Hauling.
  

• Nalgene Manufacturing, plastics.
  

• Napier and Napier Law firm.
  

• Next Step Publishing Produce Next Step magazine for college students.
  

• Northern Air Systems Sheet metal and air conditioning.
  

• Nymat Machine Tool Machine tool sales, service, training.
  

• Ontario Exteriors Roofing and siding. Residential and commercial.
  

• OnCell Systems Provides location-specific multimedia content via cell phones or other mobile devices.
  

• Optimation Technology Industrial design.
  

• OptiPro Systems CAM, optics tools.
  

• Parlec Tools and tool measuring devices.
  

• Partners and Napier PR/Advertising firm.
  

• PICS Telecom Telecommunications equipment.
  

• Pictrometry International Global positioning company.
  

• Power Management Energy services.
  

• Ramar Steel Erectors Structural steel.
  

• Rel Comm Telecommunications.
  

• Roberts Communications PR/Advertising firm.
  

• Rochester Collision Autobody painting, Collision Repair and Air Brush Work
  

• Rochester Marketing Group website development | analytics.
  

• Rochester Midland Corporation Chemical manufacturing.
  

• SenDEC Digital gauges.
  

• ServerWare - IT.
  

• Skooba Design - Designers of tech/laptop carrying bags.
  

• Spectracom Time and Frequency company. They hold 95% share for synchronization of 911 centers nationwide.
  

• Spex-Precision Machine Precision manufacturing.
  

• Systems Management/Planning IT.
  

• Telecomp Fundraising for non-profit groups
  

• TLF Graphics Labels, decals, stickers.
  

• Vocal Net (formerly Net Access and ISP Direct) ISP and VOIP Provider
  

• VP Supply Corp. Regional Wholesale Plumbing & HVACR distributor
  

• Wall Street Financial Group Financial planning.
  

• Wet Planet Beverages Creator of Jolt Cola.
  

• Whole Latte Love - Online retailer of espresso machines and accessories
  

• Wireless World Wide Verizon, DiSH Network retailer.
  

• Zeller Electrical supplies and engineering.

• ADT Home security call center.
  

• Barilla Pasta Pasta manufacturing plant.
  

• Charles Schwab Financial.
  

• Citigroup Upstate NY HQ. Financial.
  

• Coopervision Optics and contacts manufacturing.
  

• Delphi Research and Development and some manufacturing.
  

• Fuji Film American operations located here.
  

• Gannett Democrat and Chronicle newspaper. The Northeasts USA Today's are printed here. Founded here, moved HQ to Virginia in 70's.
  

• General Motors Hydrogen power research and development plant.
  

• Getinge Stainless steel instruments.
  

• Global Crossing Telecommunications Eastern operations center.
  

• Goldwell NY Haircare products.
  

• Harris RF Communications Engineers radios and communication equipment. (founded here, purchased.)
  

• ITT Space Systems division. (founded here, purchased.)
  

• Johnson & Johnson Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics division. (founded here, purchased.)
  

• JP Morgan/Chase Financial.
  

• Kraft foods All Cool Whip for this country is made here, as well as all Lunchables for the Northeast.
  

• Lenel - Security systems (badges, software/hardware) company founded here and now a division of UTC
  

• M & T Bank Banking/Mortgage.
  

• Frito-Lay Northeast distribution center.
  

• Pyramid Brokerage Commercial Retail leasing.
  

• Rochester Gas & Electric Energy provider. (founded here, purchased.)
  

• Siteworx - IT.
  

• Staples Northeast distribution center.
  

• Smith Barney Financial.
  

• Time Warner Cable Cable and Internet service provider.
  

• Thomson West Publisher of law books. (founded here, purchased.)
  

• Ultralife Batteries.
  

• Verizon Wireless Northeast call center and HQ.
  

• Xerox Xerography equipment. Manufacturing and operations are located here. Founded here, HQ moved to Connecticut in the 70's.

• Champion
  

• Dibella's Subs
  

• Fanny Farmer chocolates
  

• French's Mustard
  

• Gannett Newspapers (USA Today was founded in Rochester. The D and C is created here.)
  

• Jello
  

• Kodak (Still HQ here)
  

• Nalgene
  

• Ragu
  

• Ray Ban (by Bausch and Lomb, they are still HQ here)
  

• Western Union
  

• Xerox (Majority of company still in ROC)