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List of Michigan companies

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ6590233 ↗
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This is a list of notable companies located in the state of Michigan.

Companies based in Michigan

*Note: this list includes joint-ventures based in Michigan, subsidiaries of Michigan-based companies also located in Michigan, and companies based in Michigan currently owned or controlled by private equity, venture capital, or other similar entities. Below is a separate list of outside companies with a significant presence in Michigan.

A

Accuride Corporation

ACD

Acrisure

Adient

Airflow Sciences Corporation

Ally Financial

Altair Engineering

Alticor

American Axle

American Seating

Amway

Amway North America

Arcadia Brewing Company

Art Van

Asset Acceptance Capital Corp.

Auto-Owners Insurance

B

Bad Frog Beer

Baker Publishing Group

Bell's Brewery

Belle Tire

Better Made Potato Chips

Big Boy Restaurants

Biggby Coffee

Bissell

BorgWarner

Borroughs

Boyne Resorts

Burns & Wilcox

C

Carhartt

Celebration Cinema

Chrysler

CMS Energy

Coffee Beanery

Compuware

Consumers Energy

Cooper-Standard Automotive

Crain Communications

Crest Marine

CSA Air

D

D&W Fresh Market

Dark Horse Brewery

Dart Container

The Delfield Company

Detroit Media Partnership

Dickinson Wright

Dodge

Domino's Pizza

Doner Company

Dortch Enterprises

Dow Chemical Company

DTE Energy

Dunham's Sports

Dura Automotive Systems

E

EOTech

F

Fabri-Kal

Faygo

Federal-Mogul

Flagstar Bank

Ford & Ford Motor Credit Company

Founders Brewing Company

Franklin Cider Mill

Frankenmuth Brewery

G

Gemini Group

General Motors

Gentex

Gill Industries

Gilson Graphics

Goodrich Quality Theaters

Gordon Food Service

Guardian Industries

H

Halo Burger

Harley Ellis Devereaux

Haworth

Henry the Hatter

Henry Ford Hospital

Heritage Guitars

Herman Miller

HopCat

Hot 'n Now

Howard Miller Clock Company

Hungry Howie's Pizza

I

Ilitch Holdings

Image Space Incorporated

Independent Bank

J

Jiffy mix

JSTOR

Jet's Pizza

Jackson Financial

K

Kalitta Air

Keebler Company

Kellogg's

Kelly Services

KLC Ann Arbor

Koegel Meat Company

L

La-Z-Boy

Lake Michigan Credit Union

LECO Corporation

Lear Corporation

Little Caesars

M

Marketplace Homes

Masco

Meijer

Merillat Industries

Merit Network

Meritor

Michigan Sugar

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone

Monroe Bank & Trust

Moosejaw

Morley Companies

Motown Motion Picture Studios

Mr.

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