Leading Employers
Plano is a smart place for business.
Plano is home to a number of global companies who selected Plano as the smart place for business. Visionary companies quickly discover that Plano’s smart workforce is key to their success.
Plano is home to Fortune 1000 Companies.
Leading Fortune 1000 employers include corporate headquarters for JCPenney, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Rent-A-Center and Cinemark Holdings. These industry leaders highlight the diverse range of market sectors found in Plano.
Other national and international corporations with a major presence in Plano include Frito-Lay, Alcatel-Lucent, Bank of America Home Loans, Capital One, Texas Instruments, PepsiCo, Intuit, HP (formerly EDS), Raytheon, Ericsson, AT&T Wireless, McAfee, CA, Dell (formerly Perot Systems) and Flextronics just to name a few. These stellar corporate citizens enjoy the benefits of being located in a thriving community with a highly motivated, well-educated workforce in excess of 300,000 within a 30-mile radius.
Texas ranks No. 1 on the 2009 Forture 500 and 1000 lists.
Texas ranks No. 1 on the 2009 Fortune 500 and 1000 lists for the second year in a row
. The State has seen unprecedented growth by company headquarters over the last year, spurred in part by its top-ranked business climate. Texas is home to the most Fortune 500 companies headquartered in state with 64 companies (up from 58 in 2008) and the most Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in state with 118 companies (up from 113 in 2008). Twenty-five headquarters in North Texas help position Texas as the leader. North Texas topped last year's total of 23 Fortune 500 companies with 25 in 2009.
Visionary Entrepreneurs
Plano is not just for big business. An impressive number of visionary entrepreneurs have launched their own successful businesses, shaped new technologies and created new jobs. These farsighted start-ups are poised to become the titans of tomorrow. In 2008, five Plano companies were recognized by SMU’s Cox School of Business Caruth Institute for entrepreneurship and The CEO Institute. Named among The Dallas 100™ fastest-growing private companies in the North Texas are: Genband, Quickoffice, Inc., Aspire HR, Keste LLC, and Texas Advanced Opteoelectronic Solutions (TAOS).