Major employers in Waterloo
34 employers, 22 of them head offices: 22 worldwide, 0 national and 0 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.
Waterloo — the /local page · Who represents Waterloo · Companies
Employers34
Worldwide HQ22
National HQ0
Regional HQ0
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Employers, largest first
People employed at the site in this city where a source publishes it; head offices without a published count follow.
| Company | Here | Employees here | Worldwide HQ | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerator CentreBusiness support — startup accelerator (non-profit) | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | — |
| AppLogic Networks (formerly Sandvine)Technology — network application-quality analytics software | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| AstrusTechnology — AI software for analog chip layout | Worldwide HQglobal (Toronto and Waterloo) | — | Toronto and Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Auvik Networks Inc.Technology — cloud network management SaaS | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Axonify Inc.Technology — frontline employee training and communications software | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| BlackBerry LimitedTechnology — QNX embedded software and secure communications | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Definity Financial (Definity Insurance, formerly Economical Insurance)Finance — property and casualty insurance | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | — |
| Dejero Labs Inc.Technology — live video transport and connectivity (hardware + cloud software) | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Equitable Life of CanadaFinance — mutual life insurance, group benefits, savings | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| eSentire, Inc.Technology — managed detection and response (cybersecurity) | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| ISARA CorporationTechnology — quantum-safe cryptography software | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Mappedin Inc.Technology — indoor mapping and wayfinding software | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| NDI (Northern Digital Inc.)Manufacturing — optical and electromagnetic tracking for medical devices | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| OpenText CorporationTechnology — enterprise information management software | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| OTIP RAEO (Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan)Finance — insurance and benefits for the education community | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Palitronica Inc.Technology — electronics supply-chain cybersecurity testing | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Perimeter Institute for Theoretical PhysicsResearch — theoretical physics institute | Worldwide HQglobal (independent research institute) | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| RideCo Inc.Technology — on-demand transit software | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| SkyWatch Space Applications Inc.Technology — satellite imagery data platform | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| TextNowTechnology — free/low-cost mobile phone service and app | Worldwide HQglobal (co-headquartered with San Francisco) | — | Waterloo, Ontario and San Francisco, California | Careers → |
| The Descartes Systems Group Inc.Technology — logistics and supply-chain software | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| VueReal Inc.Technology — microLED / micro-semiconductor printing | Worldwide HQglobal | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| AGFA HealthCareTechnology — medical imaging softwarepart of Agfa-Gevaert Group | Major site | — | Mortsel, Belgium | Careers → |
| Arctic Wolf NetworksTechnology — security operations (cybersecurity) | Major site | — | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | Careers → |
| City of WaterlooPublic administration — municipal government | Major site | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Conestoga College — Waterloo CampusEducation — college | Major site | — | Kitchener, Ontario | Careers → |
| Faire Wholesale, Inc.Technology — online wholesale marketplace | Major site | — | San Francisco, California | Careers → |
| Magnet ForensicsTechnology — digital forensics and investigation softwarepart of Thoma Bravo | Major site | — | — | Careers → |
| ManulifeFinance — life and health insurance, wealth | Major site | — | Toronto, Ontario | Careers → |
| SAP Canada — WaterlooTechnology — enterprise software R&Dpart of SAP SE | Major site | — | Walldorf, Germany | — |
| Sun LifeFinance — life and health insurance, wealth | Major site | — | Toronto, Ontario | Careers → |
| Teledyne DALSA (Teledyne Vision Solutions)Manufacturing — image sensors, cameras, machine visionpart of Teledyne Technologies | Major site | — | Thousand Oaks, California | Careers → |
| University of WaterlooEducation — university | Major site | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
| Wilfrid Laurier UniversityEducation — university | Major site | — | Waterloo, Ontario | Careers → |
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Notes on this record
- Only organisations with a site in the City of Waterloo are listed. Kitchener and Cambridge employers are in their own files. Left out as Kitchener: Google (Waterloo EDC lists it as Kitchener), D2L, ApplyBoard, EPAM, Oracle NetSuite, BinSentry, Cavelo, Scispot, FluidAI, Cobionix, EnPowered, Acerta, Shinydocs, RouteThis. Left out as elsewhere: Trusscore (Palmerston), Brickeye (Toronto), ProNavigator (now part of Guidewire). Hospitals, the Region of Waterloo and both school boards have their head offices in Kitchener.
- Headcounts: neither the City of Waterloo nor Waterloo EDC publishes a ranked top-employers list with numbers in HTML, and Waterloo EDC's resource booklets (resources.waterlooedc.ca) were 403 for the Kitchener pass. The City says insurers (Economical, Equitable, Manulife, Sun Life, OTIP and others) 'employ about 8,500 people in our community'. employeesHere is therefore null; worldwide counts come from the OpenText and BlackBerry 10-Ks.
- Blocked or not read: sunlife.ca (robots.txt 403); definityfinancial.com (Cloudflare challenge); economical.com (bot-check script on a second request); cigionline.org (Cloudflare 403, so CIGI has no row); jobs.sap.com (Cloudflare 403); properties.zoomprospector.com (robots disallows); careers.conestogac.on.ca (did not resolve).
- Not yet verified, candidates for a later pass: Canon Medical (Waterloo site named by the City), Spectramedx, Carta's Waterloo office, Huawei's Waterloo R&D, Teledyne FLIR (formerly Aeryon), Scribenote, Nfinite Nanotech, Code (micropayments), QuantumCore, Kuzu (acquired by Apple), Starling Community Services (formerly Lutherwood).
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-30. Each headcount links to the page it is read from; each company to its own site or its /company page.
- City of Waterloo — Key sectors and employers · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: site Terms of Use and Privacy page linked; robots.txt disallows only CMS paths
- Waterloo EDC — The 10 Biggest Tech Companies in Waterloo (updated 2023-07-17) · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: none stated on page
- Waterloo EDC — Fintech industry page · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: none stated on page
- SEC EDGAR — OpenText 10-K, BlackBerry 10-K, Descartes submissions · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: public filings; data.sec.gov and www.sec.gov/Archives only
- BetaKit — Kitchener-Waterloo tag and articles cited per row · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: public article pages only; robots.txt allows
- Accelerator Centre — success stories · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: none stated on page
- Company and institution websites (contact / careers / about pages) as cited per row · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: per site; only public pages read