Largest Space Companies
215Space industry companies ranked by disclosed employee headcount. Companies that haven't published headcount are excluded; for funded-only ranking, see /companies/funded.
| Company ↑ | HQ | Status | Tags | |
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| Austin, Texas | OPERATING | → | ||
| Louisiana | OPERATING | → | ||
| Denver, Colorado | OPERATING | → | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | OPERATING | → | ||
| Kent, Washington | OPERATING | → | ||
| Redondo Beach, California | OPERATING | → | ||
| Colorado | OPERATING | → | ||
| Torrance, California | OPERATING | → | ||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | OPERATING | → | ||
| Gilching, Germany | OPERATING | → | ||
| Germany | OPERATING | → | ||
| San Francisco, California | OPERATING | → | ||
| Chennai, India | OPERATING | → | ||
| Vilnius, Lithuania | OPERATING | → | ||
| Aalborg East, Denmark | OPERATING | → | ||
| Los Angeles, California | OPERATING | → | ||
| San Francisco, California | OPERATING | → | ||
| Herndon, Virginia | OPERATING | → | ||
| Évry-Courcouronnes, France | OPERATING | → | ||
| Centennial, Colorado | OPERATING | → | ||
| El Segundo, California | OPERATING | → | ||
| Beijing, China | OPERATING | → | ||
| Hyderabad, India | OPERATING | → | ||
| Beijing, China | OPERATING | → | ||
| Paris, France | OPERATING | → |
Designs, manufactures, and integrates software-defined phased array communications systems, payloads, and satellites for space, airborne, and ground platforms
Operates a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation providing mobile voice, data, and IoT connectivity services, and licenses Band n53 terrestrial spectrum for private 5G networks
Develops defense electronics, solid and electric propulsion systems, commercial space station infrastructure, and mission-critical space solutions for government and commercial customers
Designs and operates lunar landers and rovers, providing payload delivery, surface exploration, and data services to build cislunar infrastructure
Develops fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift launch vehicles for orbital access, in-space mobility, and cargo return
Designs and operates orbital transfer vehicles that move payloads between orbits using high-thrust chemical propulsion, delivering to GEO in under a day
Designs and manufactures liquid rocket engines, solid rocket motors, and hypersonic propulsion systems for commercial launch and U.S. defense applications
Operates autonomous precision manufacturing factories producing components for aerospace and defense companies, powered by AI-driven factory automation software
Develops lunar landers, rovers, surface power systems, and reusable suborbital rockets for payload delivery and infrastructure on the Moon
Manufactures optical communications terminals for satellite-to-satellite and airborne laser links, supplying inter-satellite connectivity hardware for government and commercial constellations
Designs small-lift orbital launch vehicles using oxygen-rich staged combustion engines and serial manufacturing techniques from commercial industries
Operates a satellite-as-a-service platform that integrates, deploys, and operates customer payloads and AI applications on standardized LEO spacecraft
Designs, manufactures, and launches small-lift orbital rockets powered by single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic engines for dedicated small-satellite missions
Manufactures standardized nanosatellite and microsatellite buses and provides end-to-end small satellite mission integration services
Designs, manufactures, and integrates nanosatellites and small satellite subsystems, with constellation operations and advanced mission capabilities for defense, civil, and commercial customers
Designs and mass-manufactures standardized satellite bus platforms for commercial and government constellation deployments across LEO, MEO, and GEO orbits
Designs, manufactures, and operates X-band synthetic aperture radar satellites delivering sub-meter resolution Earth observation imagery in all weather conditions
Operates a high-revisit Earth observation constellation and AI-powered Spectra platform for real-time geospatial intelligence and automated monitoring
Operates Ariane 6 and Vega C launch vehicles from the Guiana Space Centre, serving European institutional and global commercial satellite customers
Designs and builds autonomous spacecraft, mission software, and payloads exclusively focused on space defense and superiority operations
Operates a hyperspectral Earth observation satellite constellation and analytics platform for agriculture, energy, environment, and mining
Designs, manufactures, and operates liquid oxygen-methane launch vehicles for commercial satellite deployment and space station cargo missions
Builds satellite platforms, orbital deployers, and ground stations, providing full-stack space engineering solutions for civilian and defense clients
Develops and operates solid-propellant orbital launch vehicles and liquid-fueled reusable rockets for commercial satellite constellation deployment
Develops a partially reusable methane-fueled mini-launcher for small satellite delivery to low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits