Economy of Portland OR

Since the 1990s, companies that have moved their world, North American, or U.S. headquarters to Portland include Adidas, Daimler Trucks, Vestas Wind Systems, KinderCare, and athletic and footwear manufacturers Keen, Hi-Tec Sports, The Combs Company and Li-Ning. Companies that have left Portland, largely through acquisition, include Louisiana-Pacific, U.S. Bancorp, Integra Telecom and Tazo Tea.

Other Portland-based companies include film animation studio Laika; advertising firm Wieden+Kennedy; financial services companies Umpqua Holdings and StanCorp Financial; Standard Insurance Company; law firms Stoel Rives and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt; data tracking firm Rentrak; utility providers PacifiCorp, NW Natural and Portland General Electric; retailers Fred Meyer, New Seasons and Storables; restaurant chains The Original Pancake House, The Old Spaghetti Factory, McMenamins and McCormick & Schmick's; Franz Bakery; brewers Henry Weinhard's and Portland Brewing Company; coffee makers Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Boyd Coffee Company; apparel companies Jantzen and LaCrosse Footwear; Rodda Paint; Banfield Pet Hospital; Powell's Books; toolmaker Leatherman; and architectural firms ZGF Architects LLP and Boora Architects.

Computer components manufacturer Intel is the Portland area's largest employer, providing jobs for more than 15,000 people, with several campuses to the west of central Portland in the city of Hillsboro. The metro area is home to more than 1,200 technology companies. This high density of technology companies has led to the nickname Silicon Forest being used to describe the Portland area, a reference to the abundance of trees in the region and to the Silicon Valley region in Northern California