Head offices
| Photo | Company | Address | Headquarters size |
|---|---|---|---|
 | BroadcomHeadquarters | 3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 | — |
 | HP Inc.Global headquarters & Customer Welcome Center | 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 | — |
Sizes are the companies’ own figures, as shown on each profile with the source. “—” means the company does not publish one.
Palo Alto in headquarters history
- TodayBroadcom · 3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto
Broadcom's filings now give its headquarters as 3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto. The company's 561,000 sq ft of Palo Alto property is on land leased from Stanford until 2046.
- 2023Broadcom · VMware joins
Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware on November 22, 2023. VMware's campus is on Hillview Avenue in Palo Alto.
- 2015Hewlett Packard Enterprise · 3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto
HPE became an independent company on November 1, 2015, when Hewlett-Packard Company (renamed HP Inc.) spun it off. Its first headquarters was 3000 Hanover Street in Palo Alto, California.
- 2013DoorDash · A website for Palo Alto restaurants
On January 12, 2013, the founders — then Stanford students — launched a website showing menus from local restaurants in Palo Alto. The company was incorporated that year as Palo Alto Delivery Inc., and the first delivery was completed in Palo Alto.
- 2013Figma · 453 Hawthorne Avenue, Palo Alto
Figma's first funding filing gave its address as 453 Hawthorne Avenue, Apt. D, in Palo Alto.
- 2013MongoDB · Into the former New York Times building
In April 2013 10gen moved its New York office to 29,391 sq ft at 229 West 43rd Street, the former New York Times building, with room for 162 staff. The office was custom-designed with an open layout that seats executives and employees together. Palo Alto was then a shared dual headquarters.
- 2011Cloudflare · Headquarters moves to San Francisco's SoMa
In February 2011 Cloudflare packed up the Palo Alto office and moved its headquarters up Highway 101 to the SoMa district, a block's walk from Caltrain and the Giants' stadium. The new office had a 7,000 lb freight elevator, a graffiti elephant and a ping-pong table.
- 2010–2021Tesla · 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto
When Tesla went public in 2010 its headquarters was 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, and it had 514 employees (end of 2009). Every 10-K through 2020 gives this address.
- 2009–10Cloudflare · First office in downtown Palo Alto
Cloudflare was incorporated in July 2009. On January 5, 2010 it opened its first office in downtown Palo Alto, as the team grew from three people to five — an open work area, break-out rooms and a sunny patio. The service launched on September 27, 2010.
- 2009Meta · 1601 California Avenue, Palo Alto
Facebook moved into this Palo Alto building on May 14, 2009, its last home before Menlo Park.
- 2005Palo Alto Networks · Founded
Nir Zuk left Juniper in 2005 and founded Palo Alto Networks that year. The company was incorporated in March 2005, began operations in April 2005 and shipped its first products in 2007.
- 2002PayPal · 303 Bryant Street, Mountain View
A 50,000 sq ft (≈ 4,645 m²) lease signed in August 2001; PayPal moved its California headquarters from Palo Alto to Mountain View in the second quarter of 2002.
Questions
Which big companies have their headquarters in Palo Alto?
On eciffo, 2 of the biggest companies have their head office in Palo Alto: Broadcom and HP Inc..