Built In NYC proudly presents the 2016 list of the Top 100 Digital Companies in New York City. The list ranks digital tech employers of all varieties, from direct-to-consumer e-commerce startups to software powerhouses, based on local, full-time employee count.
Top 100 Tech Companies Hiring
Employees: 114 | Founded: 2009 | Type: Consumer Web
Employees: 500 | Founded: 2015 | Type: Consumer Web
Employees: 100 | Founded: 2002 | Type: Consumer Web
Employees: 140 | Founded: 2011 | Type: Software
Employees: 275 | Founded: 2012 | Type: Software
Employees: 199 | Founded: 1999 | Type: eCommerce
Employees: 148 | Founded: 2012 | Type: B2B Web
Employees: 141 | Founded: 2007 | Type: Media Technology
Employees: 120 | Founded: 2010 | Type: Software
Employees: 493 | Founded: 2012 | Type: Software
Employees: 250 | Founded: 2005 | Type: Consumer Web
Employees: 117 | Founded: 2008 | Type: Software
Employees: 164 | Founded: 2007 | Type: B2B Web
Employees: 600 | Founded: 2006 | Type: Consumer Web
Employees by the numbers
In total, the number of people employed locally by the city’s major digital employers sums up to 52,177 workers. Of those, the top ten employers in New York tech have 29,610 people working for them, collectively.
In other words, 56 percent of employees work for the ten largest tech companies in New York, which include Bloomberg, Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, AOL, Facebook, Vice Media, Salesforce and E-Trade. All of these companies have over 800 employees locally.
NYC’s tech companies reflect the history of the local tech scene
Built In NYC’s Top 100 is a ranking of the largest digital tech employers in the New York City area based on local, full-time employee count as of September 1, 2016. This ranking is compiled by submissions to the Built In NYC website and market survey as well as public company database research.
To be eligible for inclusion, a company’s primary business and industry must be digital technology/innovation, including web and mobile applications, software, IoT, e-commerce, VR/AR and digital agency work. Employee numbers do not count part-time employees, interns, contractors or non-W2 workers. Both private and public companies have been surveyed.
Some companies that may have been eligible have been excluded because they have self-opted to not disclose headcount or have not supplied the required information requested in the survey.
