Industries + Employers

With breakthrough technology companies and research organizations, the largest energy industry concentration in the world, and a globally connected professional services industry, Downtown Houston has one of the most diverse, dynamic economies in the U.S.

Downtown boasts the premier global address for business, from Fortune 500 companies to startups and entrepreneurs. With an impressive 9 Fortune 500 headquarters located in Downtown and a total 22 total throughout Metro Houston—including Kinder Morgan, Waste Management, CenterPoint Energy and Enterprise Products Partners, just to name a few — Downtown leads Texas as the hub for HQs.

Largest Private Employers

• Andrews Kurth
• Baker Botts
• Bank of America
• Bracewell
• Calpine
• CenterPoint Energy
• Chevron Corporation
• Deloitte
• Energy Transfer Partners
• EnerVest
• Enterprise Products Partners
• EOG Resources
• Ernst & Young LLP
• Gensler
• Grant Thornton
• Hess Corporation
• Hilcorp Energy Co.
• JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• KBR, Inc.
• Kinder Morgan
• KPMG
• Locke Lord
• LyondellBasell
• Motiva Enterprises
• Plains All American Pipeline
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• NRG Energy
• Porter Hedges
• Saudi Aramco
• Targa Resources
• TC Energy
• United Airlines
• Vinson & Elkins
• Walter P Moore
• Waste Management, Inc.
• Wells Fargo