Bay Area companies rule 2019 list of most powerful brands. See how they rank.


In a new ranking of the most powerful U.S. brands, 22 of the top 100 are based in Silicon Valley or San Francisco, making the region by far the most represented on the list from Brand Finance.

Among the local companies on the list is Los Gatos-based Netflix Inc., which claimed the title of the fastest-growing brand of any U.S. company this year.

Cupertino-based Apple Inc. and Mountain View-based Google, the primary company of Alphabet Inc., came in at No. 2 and 3, respectively.

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