Coral Gables: A Business Hub

By: Michelle Arean



Founder of Coral Gables, George Merrick, predicted that Coral Gables would serve as a gateway to Latin America as early as 1925. Coral Gables is currently the regional headquarters for about 155 multinational companies. Many of these multinationals have moved to the area to service South and Central America, though several companies have expanded their bussinesses to serve other parts of the globe. The ease of international travel and multilingual and multicultrual professional staff in the area has made ideal. About 100 countries are served from corporate offices located in Coral Gables.

Top 25 Companies in Coral Gables:
# EMPLOYEES COMPANY
3,163 University of Miami
900 Bayview Financial Trading Group
795 The Biltmore Hotel
687 Doctors Hospital Baptist Health
687 City of Coral Gables
534 Dade County Public Schools (Several schools) Education
500 Baptist Health South Florida
487 Coral Gables Hospital
366 Commercebank
342 Mercedes-Benz of Coral Gables
330 Bacardi U.S.A.
313 Del Monte Fresh Produce
280 Banco Mercantil Venezuela
248 Gables Engineering, Inc.
234 Yard House Restaurant
215 IBM Corporation
200 Univision Radio Florida
186 International Bank of Miami
168 Kindred Hospital S. Fla. C.Gables
165 Spillis Candela DMJM
150 Hyatt Regency Coral Gables
145 Odebrecht Construction
130 Gibraltar Bank
126 Richemont Latin Amer. & Carib.
125 Chevron Texaco Carib/Cent. Amer.
125 The Omni Colonnade Hotel
120 BMI Financial Group, Inc.
120 David William Hotel
115 Kraft Foods Caribbean Sales
115 Care-Plus Health Plans, Inc.
110 Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co.
108 Club Med
100 Cornerstone Group
100 Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell
100 T.Y. Lin Int’l./H.J. Ross
100 American Airlines



New Businesses Opening up in Coral Gables:
* Miller's Ale House

* Baptist Medical Plaza will offer urgent care, digital x-ray, ultrasound and other convenient services.

* Edible Arrangements freshly made fruit bouquets and baskets

* Ital Jewelry

* Estrada Furniture and Housewares

* Liberto Bridal Accessories

* The Local, a casual dining restaurant

* The Palace Senior Living

* Abuc Boutique, featuring women's clothing and accessories

* Armandeus Coral Gables Hair Salon

* CocoLimon serving frozen yogurt

* Hewryk offers women's and men's skin care

* Iris Optique

* Las Leñas Argentinean Steakhouse

* Mister Wings - casual dining

* My Best Friend's Closet features women's apparel

* No Boundary Sports

* Peace Love World features men's and women's clothing

* Sugar Mama Cupcakes


Companies located in Coral Gables:
ABC News
Accent Marketing
ACS Infrastructure Development
Adorno & Yoss
Adobe Systems
AECom
Alberto Culver Company
Alma DDB
American Airlines
America Economia Group
ANSAC
Apple
Arcor USA
Artefacto
Arthur Murray International
Astra Zeneca Latin America
AT&T
Bacardi
Banacol Marketing Corporation
Banco de Credito del Peru
Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
Banco Mercantil
Banco Popular
Bank of America
Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
Berlitz Language Center
Berna Products Corporation
BMI Financial Group
Bunge Latin America
Business Centers International
Campbell Soup Company
Capital International
Cargill
Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Assoc.
Carico International
CC1 Companies
Century 21
Chattem
CH2M Hill
Charles Schwab L.A. & Caribbean
Chevron Products Company L.A.
Christie's Fine Art Auctioneers
Cisneros
Citrix Systems
Coldwell Banker
Colemont
Colliers International
Copca
Crosswell International
CTF Holdings
Danone Foods
DDB Latin America
Del Monte Fresh Produce
Dragados
Egon Zehnder International
EMC Corporation
Enterprise Florida
ESPA International
ESPN International
Exxon Mobil Inter-America
Fabio Perini Latin America
FAG International
Fidelity Investments
Fleishman Hillard
Fox Latin America
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen& Loewy
FugiIndustries
Furniture Medic
Fyffes
GrupoKettal
H.J. Heinz Co.-Latin America
HBO Latin America
Hill and Knowlton/SAMCOR
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
Hines Holdings
Inelectra
Infante Zumpano Hudsone& Miloch
Inlingua Language Center
Intel Sat
Inter Orient Navigation
Jones Lang LaSales Hotels
JWT
JP Morgan Chase
Kettal North America
Kraft Foods Latin America
La Perla
Latin American Agribusiness Dev.
Leo Burnett Worldwide Latin America
Lexmark International Latin America
Lorina
LV MH Watch & Jewelry Carib. & L.A.
Lynch Sales Company
Maccaferri
Marriott
MasTec
Merrill Lynch
MetLife
Mexbrit
Mercantil Commercebank
MGM Networks Latin America
Mitsubishi Estate Company
MoneyGramLatin America
Movado Group
Network Shipping
OBM International
Odebrecht Construction
Ogilvy & Mather, Latina
Perkins + Will
Pedelta
Phelps Dodge International
Pilagro Corporation
Prudential
Ravenscroft Ship Management
Raymond James & Associates
RE/MAX
Richemont L.A. & Caribbean
R M G Connect
RSM
Robert Half International
RTKL Associates
S & K Worldwide Realty
Sice
Signode
Solutions WT
Sotheby's International Realty
Spencer Stuart
Starbucks Latin America
Starcom Media Vest Group
Steiner Management Services
SunGard
Swarovski
Tab Products
T. Y. Lin International
Team Port Services
Telemundo Internacional
Terra Networks
The Princeton Review
Thyssen krupp
Time Warner
Turbana
Tuthill Corporation
UBS International
Univision Communications
US Airways
U.S. Cariben
Venevision International
VR Business Brokers
Wachovia
Walt Disney Television International
Warner Brothers International
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
William Grant & Sons Distillers
Wrigley Sales Company
Yahoo!
Zenith Optimedia Latin America