Retail Landscape of San Francisco
1,689 Retail companies in San Francisco, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Retail in San Francisco
Shows 1,689 retail firms in San Francisco, highlighting which are hiring, which have disclosed funding, and which are noted for size or coverage, with 112 currently hiring and 508 reporting a funding round.
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Brilliant Earth11last posted Jun 2026
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Dolls Kill11last posted Jun 2026
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AppDirect10last posted Aug 2026
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Grocery Outlet10last posted May 2026
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Amada10last posted May 2026
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Booksy9last posted May 2026
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Farmgirl Flowers9last posted May 2026
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Huckberry8last posted Jun 2026
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Square$2.7BPost IPO · Mar 2020
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Faire$1.4BSeries I · Nov 2025
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Tradeshift$1.2BSeries G · Aug 2023
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Quince$969.5MSeries E · Mar 2026
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Bolt$947MSeries E · Dec 2021
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Wish Shopping$928.7MSeries H · Aug 2019
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SpotOn$923MSeries F · May 2022
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Heyday$800MSeries C · Nov 2021
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The Gap$15.4BFY2020 filing
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Williams-Sonoma$7.8BFY2024 filing
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Stitch Fix$1.3Bsnapshot Jul 2025
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Allbirds$152.5MFY2025 filing
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Grove$36.2MFY2025 filing
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Algonomy$19.7MFY2023 filing
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Molekule$753kFY2022 filing
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Algolia758tracked employees
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Williams-Sonoma12.2%164 tracked events
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Gap6.0%81 tracked events
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Afresh2.6%35 tracked events
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Simbe Robotics2.3%31 tracked events
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Eze≥1,038articles in the window
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Winnie≥995articles in the window
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Dor≥525articles in the window
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Bobbie≥412articles in the window
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Yola≥318articles in the window
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JUUL≥310articles in the window
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Fitbit≥297articles in the window
See all 1,689 Retail companies in San Francisco
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How the Retail ecosystem in San Francisco grew, 2016–2025
Lists the number of retail companies founded each year from 2016 to 2025, noting a peak of 120 new firms in 2020 and 13 in 2025.
The Retail market map of San Francisco: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories among the firms, with the largest groups in consumer digital (831) and B2C e‑commerce (732), and shows common revenue models such as product sales (825) and subscriptions (762).
The biggest kinds of Retail company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital831 companies · $9.8B raised · 52 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce732 companies · $9.7B raised · 52 hiring
- Enterprise Tech535 companies · $17.4B raised · 60 hiring
- Commerce Enablers416 companies · $14.3B raised · 44 hiring
- Enterprise Software374 companies · $10.1B raised · 40 hiring
- Internet First Brands295 companies · $3.7B raised · 22 hiring
- SaaS239 companies · $8.2B raised · 31 hiring
- Retail SaaS219 companies · $7B raised · 25 hiring
- Marketplaces184 companies · $4.8B raised · 10 hiring
- B2C Fashion E-Commerce183 companies · $1.6B raised · 12 hiring
- E-Commerce SaaS177 companies · $6.3B raised · 23 hiring
- Internet First Fashion Brands114 companies · $1.1B raised · 7 hiring
Monetization
How Retail companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Retail in San Francisco
- M&AWorldly, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, has acquired Bendi Software, a UK-based supply chain mapping and supplier risk intelligence company.2026-05-04
- FundingA trans‑Tasman startup has raised $2 million in pre‑seed funding to help advertising agencies better track and value their work amid the rapid adoption of AI across the sector.2026-04-28
- IPOLess than five years after the sneaker maker‘s $3 billion IPO, Vernachio is now asking shareholders to approve a deal, announced April 15, to sell the company’s assets to American Exchange Group for just $39 million.2026-04-28
- FundingOakland-based Afresh an AI-powered company selling software to track demand and manage orders for fresh produce in grocery stores.2026-04-27
- FundingDeliverr founder Harish Abbott raised an $85 million Series A round late last year to help automate work done by freight shippers and carriers.2026-04-17
- M&AIn December 2025, AppDirect acquired Tackle.io, the cloud go-to-market platform that supports more than $20 billion in hyperscaler marketplace transactions.2026-04-14
- FundingPower management company Claros recently raised $30m in a seed round to fund the development of an integrated voltage regulator – a type of electronic device placed beneath or on a chip to maintain a stable voltage that is meant to reduce power losses – and a direct current power distribution platform.2026-04-14
- FundingRubi, the company pioneering the next era of manufacturing with technology that transforms carbon into essential materials, today announces a $7.5 million funding round and significant commercial traction, including multi-year offtake term sheets worth over $60M with leading fashion brands and manufacturers, eight new commercial partnerships, and moving pilots into larger-scale production testing.2026-04-06
- FundingThe investment will be used to enhance SkySelect´s AI sourcing and procurement optimisation tools.2026-03-25
- FundingPivotal recently put $3 million into a company called Binti, Fortune is the first to report, a direct investment not attached to any fundraising round.2026-03-23
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Retail company in San Francisco was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Bendi Software Ltd | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-04 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-28 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-20 | ||
| $39M | Announced | 2026-04-16 | ||
| Tackle.io | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-14 | |
| $100M | Completed | 2026-04-14 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events like IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins for the sector’s companies.
FastClive Wilson · Appointment → Managing DirectorApr 2026
Rest.Darran Arnott · Appointment → general manager, digitalApr 2026
PawCoMagic Bars (Dog Food)Apr 2026
WorldlySupplier Compliance Management (Product)Apr 2026
RakutenShiba Inu (SHIB) (Cryptocurrency Token Listing)Apr 2026
PetcubeDog snacks (Pet treats)Apr 2026
ExtendERP integrations (Expense management platform)Mar 2026
ShippoShippo IntelligenceMar 2026
Eaze~45 roles reported · troubled cannabis marketMar 2026
Thumbtack~160 roles reported · cost reductionAug 2025
- Shareholder v grocery outletmisrepresentations regarding the Company’s restructuring plan · FiledApr 2026
- N, A v grocery outletsecurities fraud · OngoingApr 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +2.7%, half slower.
Who is building Retail in San Francisco
Profiles 1,064 founders and CEOs across 721 firms, noting frequent alma maters such as Stanford (65) and common prior employers like Google (25).
Ex-Lolli and Pops, Catterton Partners, Citi. University of Chicago BA 2008, Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA 2012
Ex-Founder Sites by Hand, Publix · Stanford University 2014
Ex-Founder CardPayment Solutions, CentralPayment Corp
Gerchen Capital Partners, Keller Postman, ex-Co-Founder Thora Capital, Gerchen Keller Capital. Brown University BA 2004, Harvard Law School JD 2007
Founder & Investor - Galaxy · Founder Athena, Powerset, Thumbtack · Yale University 2006
Ex-Lehman Brothers. Amherst College 2007
Ex-Serena Software, Salesforce, Walmart, Arc Worldwide. Georgia Institute of Technology BS 1998
Ex- Symphony Commerce. Northwestern University BA 2015
Ex-Q.AI, Behalf, PayPal, Elbit Systems
- flagged as repeat founders29
- no repeat-founder flag912
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Who funds Retail in San Francisco
Summarizes 1,001 funding rounds since 2016 from 1,447 investors, with a typical round size of $6.2 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Y Combinator | 90 | 40 | Dec 2025 |
| Accel | 18 | 12 | Feb 2026 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 18 | 10 | Feb 2025 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 17 | 8 | May 2026 |
| Forerunner Ventures | 16 | 9 | Nov 2025 |
| Founders Fund | 15 | 3 | Aug 2024 |
| Sequoia Capital | 14 | 10 | Aug 2024 |
| Techstars | 14 | 7 | Jan 2024 |
| Uncork Capital | 14 | 2 | Jan 2022 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 13 | 6 | Apr 2025 |
The typical round is $6.2M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Retail funding rounds in San Francisco
Lists the ten largest disclosed funding rounds, the biggest being Faire’s $596.2 million Series G round.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Gmega-round | $596.2M | Nov 2021 | Durable Capital Partners, Dragoneer Investment Group, D1 Capital Partners | |
| Series Cmega-round | $555M | Nov 2021 | The Raine Group, General Catalyst, Victory Park Capital Advisors +1 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $500M | May 2015 | DST Global | |
| Series Emega-round | $500M | Mar 2026 | IconiQ, Basis Set Ventures, Wellington +5 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $445.7M | Apr 2019 | Tao Capital Partners, Tiger Global Management, ArmaVir Partners | |
| Series Dmega-round | $399M | Oct 2021 | Untitled Investments, Willoughby Capital, Soma Capital +4 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $355M | Dec 2021 | BlackRock, Schonfeld, Invus Opportunities +6 more | |
| Series Hmega-round | $300M | Aug 2019 | General Atlantic | |
| Series Fmega-round | $300M | May 2022 | Dragoneer Investment Group, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global +3 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $300M | Sep 2021 | Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, 01 Advisors +7 more |
131 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Seed$14.7MMay 2026
AngelundisclosedApr 2026
Series A$9MMar 2026
Conventional Debt$5MMar 2026
Seed$5.7MFeb 2026
What the news says about Retail in San Francisco
Records 27,205 news articles in the last year, covering topics such as administrative subdivisions, geopolitical disputes, and international political relations.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Retail news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Administrative and political subdivisions≥4,359,391▲+20%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas≥320,881▲+34%
- International and transnational geographic entities≥320,718▲+34%
- International political relations≥202,879▲+36%
- Security and defense policies≥143,013▲+62%
- International relations and diplomacy≥91,526▲+24%
- Geographic naming conventions and etymology≥82,179▲+453%
- Trade policies and agreements≥77,571→+7%
- Human rights advocacy reports≥69,871→+3%
- Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets≥61,042▲+57%
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148 Retail companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Retail coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Retail coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Retail jobs in San Francisco: who is hiring and what they ask for
Shows 5,172 job postings from 253 employers in the past year, highlighting top skills like Python and React and a median advertised salary of $81 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Retail employers in San Francisco put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
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- excel57▲
- react53▲
- aws53▲
- sql37▲
- typescript35▲
- docker32▲
- ai31▲
- kafka30▲
- salesforce27▲
- Manager$106k/yr (n=162)
- Senior$130k/yr (n=51)
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