List of companies of Greece
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe. Greece's population is approximately 10.955 million as of 2015. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki, Patras and Larissa.
Greece is a democratic and developed country with an advanced high-income economy, a high quality of life, and a very high standard of living. A founding member of the United Nations, Greece was the tenth member to join the European Communities (precursor to the European Union) and has been part of the Eurozone since 2001. It is also a member of numerous other international institutions, including the Council of Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). Greece's unique cultural heritage, large tourism industry, prominent shipping sector and geostrategic importance[1][2][3] classify it as a middle power. It is the largest economy in the Balkans, where it is an important regional investor.
S.A. (Greek: A.E) is used as a suffix to denote a public limited company, as in Plc. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Greece".
Notable firms
This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct.
Active firms
State-owned firms
Defunct firms
Name | Industry | Sector | Headquarters | Founded | Notes | key people |
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Aegean Airlines | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | 1987 | airline | Theodoros Vassilakis |
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | Pireus | 1995 | petroleum refining and trading | Dimitris Melissanidis |
Aeolian Investment Fund S.A. | Financials | Financial services | Athens | 1992 | capital markets, investments | |
Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos | Consumer services | Retail | Athens | 1939 | supermarkets | Gerasimos Vasilopoulos |
Alpha Bank | Financials | Banks | Athens | 1879 | bank | Vasileios Repanos |
Aluminium of Greece | Basic materials | Basic resources | Marousi | 1960 | aluminium, part of Mytilineos Holdings | Spyros Kasdas |
ANEK Lines | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Chania | 1967 | shipping, ferry service to Crete and other Greek ports, and to Italy | Archbishop Irineos Galanakis |
ANT1 Group | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1989 | media company | Minos Kyriakou |
ANT1 | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1989 | television network | |
Apogevmatini | Consumer services | Media | Athens | defunct newspaper | Saratopoulos family | |
Astra Airlines | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Thessaloniki | 2008 | Airline | Ioannis Zlatanis |
Atcom | Technology | Software | Athens | 1997 | software and programming, content management, portal | kostas Theotokas |
Athens Mass Transit System | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | 2011 | transportations | - |
Athens Metro | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | Athens subway | ||
Atlas Maritime | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Athens | 2004 | shipping and oil transportation | Leon Patitsas |
Atlantic | Consumer services | Retail | Athens | 1980 | supermarkets | Panayiotis Apostolou |
Attica Bank | Financials | Banks | Athens | 1925 | bank | Panagiotis Roumeliotis |
Attica Group | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | 1918 | ferry service | Pericles Panagopoulos |
Attiki Odos | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Athens | supervises Athens' ringroad | ||
Avin International | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | Maroussi | 1977 | oil transportation | Giannis Vardinogiannis |
Babis Vovos International Construction | Industrials | Industrial engineering | Maroussi | 1974 | civil engineering, construction | Babis Vovos |
Bank of Greece | Financials | Banks | Athens | 1928 | central bank | Yannis Stournaras |
Berios | Industrials | Construction & materials | Athens, Abu Dhabi | 1984 | civil engineering, construction | Nikolaos Berios |
Biamax | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Athens | 1956 | defunct vehicles | |
Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Pireus | 1949 | ship management | George Livanos |
Chropei | Industrials | Defense | 1883 | defunct chemical and weapons firm | Sotiris Sofianopoulos | |
Coca-Cola HBC AG | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Zug | 1969 | beverages; world's second-largest Coca-Cola anchor bottler; bottler in 28 countries | Anastasios David |
Compupress | Consumer services | Media | 1982 | magazine and book publishing | ||
Cosmote | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | Athens | 1998 | mobile telephony operator | Michael Tsamaz |
Danaos Corporation | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Pireus | 1972 | shipping | Dimitris Coustas |
DEPA | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | Athens | 1988 | natural gas | Giorgos Spanoudis |
DESFA | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | Chalandri | 2007 | natural gas transmission | Antonios Natsikas |
Domenico | Consumer goods | Tobacco | Potamia | cigars | Yiannis Tsoutsos | |
DryShips Inc | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Athens | 2004 | shipping | George Economou |
EAS (Hellenic Defence Systems) | Industrials | Defense | Athens | 2004 | defense | Theofilos Vasileiou |
Eleftheros Typos | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1983 | defunct newspaper | Lilian Voudouri |
Eleftherotypia | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1975 | newspaper | Serafim Fintanidis |
Ellaktor | Industrials | Construction & materials | Kifissia | 1977 | construction | Anastasios Kallitsantsis, Leonidas Bobolas |
Ellinair | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Thessaloniki | 2013 | airline | I.Mouzenidis |
ELVO | Industrials | Autoindustrial | Thessaloniki | 1972 | manufacturer | |
ETEM | Basic materials | Basic resources | Athens | 1971 | Nikolaos Stasinopoulos, Evangelos Moustakas | aluminium |
Eurobank Ergasias | Financials | Banks | Athens | 1990 | bank | Nikolaos karamouzis |
Euroseas | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Maroussi | 1917 | shipping | Nikoolaos Pittas |
Evga S.A. | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Athens | 1934 | dairy | |
EYDAP | Utilities | Water | Galatsi | 1980 | water industry | Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Kostoulas |
Fage | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Strassen | 1926 | dairy | Fillipou familly |
FAMARS | Consumer services | Kosmetics | Alimos | 1949 | Products | Marinjopoulos family |
Fix Brewery | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Athens | 1864 | Greek lager beer | Karolos Ioannou |
Folli Follie | Consumer goods | Personal goods | Athens | 1982 | jewelry, watches, accessories | |
Forthnet | Telecommunications | Telecommunications | Athens | 1995 | telecommunications | Panos Papadopoulos |
Galaxias | Consumer services | Retail | Athens | 1982 | supermarkets | |
GEK Terna | Industrials | Construction & materials | Athens | 1969 | construction, energy | Nikolaos Kampas |
Germanos Group | Telecommunications | Telecommunications | Athens | 1980 | telecommunications | Zacharias Piperidis |
Greek Steamship Company | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Syros | 1856 | defunct shipping | |
Halyvourgiki Hellenic Steel Industry S.A. | Basic materials | Basic resources | Athens | 1937 | steel, aluminium | Giorgos Angelopoulos, Panagiotis Angelopoulos |
Hellas Online | Telecommunications | Telecommunications | Athens | 1993 | telecommunications | Dimitris Vassardanis |
Hellenic Aerospace Industry | Industrials | Aerospace | Tanagra | 1975 | aerospace | Panagiotis Manousos |
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1938 | public broadcasting | Dionysis Tsaknis |
Hellenic Duty Free Shops | Consumer services | Retail | Agios Stefanos | 1979 | travel retailer | Koutsolioutsos family |
Hellenic Financial Stability Fund | Financials | Financial services | Athens | 2010 | banking sector | Anastasia Sakellariou |
Hellenic Mathematical Society | Education | Education | Athens | 1918 | mathematics | Neilos Sakelariou |
Hellenic Petroleum | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | Athens | 1958 | oil Refining | Εustathios Tsotsoros |
Hellenic Post | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Athens | 1828 | postal services, courier | Kostis Melaxroinos |
Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund | Financials | Financial services | Athens | 2011 | asset management | Stergios Pitsorlas |
Hellenic Shipyards | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Skamarangas | 1957 | shipyards | Stavros Niarchos |
Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (OTE) | Telecommunications | Telecommunications | Maroussi | 1949 | telecommunications | Michael Tsamaz |
Hellenic Vehicle Industry | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Thessaloniki | 1972 | vehicle industry | Dimitrios Papakostas |
Heracles General Cement | Industrials | Construction & materials | Athens | cement manufacturer | Takis Athanasopoulos | |
Heron S.A. | Utilities | Electricity | Athens | 2000 | energy | Dimitris Georgantonis |
Hondos Center | Consumer goods | clothing | Athens | 1967 | Clothes | George Hondos, Stephanos Kostoulas |
Hotel Grande Bretagne | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | 1874 | hotel | Thanasis Laskaridis |
Ideal Bikes | Consumer goods | Leisure goods | Patras | 1977 | bicycles | Nikos Maniatopoulos |
Intracom | Technology | Software | Athens | 1977 | technology | Socrates Kokkalis |
Intralot | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | 1992 | gaming, betting technologies | Socrates Kokkalis |
Investment Bank of Greece | Financials | Financial services | Athens | financial services | Chris Pavlou | |
Ion | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Athens | 1930 | confectionery | |
Jumbo S.A. | Consumer goods | Leisure goods | 1986 | Athens | toy retailer | Tolis Vakakis |
Karelia Fine Tobaccos | Consumer goods | Tobacco | Kalamata | 1888 | tobaccos | Karelias family |
Kathimerini | Consumer services | Media | Neo Faliro | 1919 | newspaper | Giannis Alafouzos |
Kioleides | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Athens | 1968 | trailers, trucks | Nikos Kioleidis |
Korres Engineering | Industrials | Construction & materials | Athens | 1996 | building relocation, cars (Korres P4) | George Korres |
Korres | Health care | Pharmaceuticals | Athens | 1996 | pharmaceuticals | George Korres |
Kostoulas | Consumer services | Waste management | Athens | 1986 | recycling | Konstantinos Kostoulas |
Kotsovolos | Consumer services | Retail | Athens | 1950 | electronics retailer | |
KTEL | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | 1952 | public transport | |
Kyknos | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Ilia | 1911 | sauce, canning | Michail Manoussakis |
Lavipharm | Health care | Pharmaceuticals | Athens | 1911 | pharmaceuticals | Athanasios Lavidas |
Loux | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Patras | 1950 | Soft drinks | Panagiotis Marlafekas |
Makedonia | Consumer services | Media | Thessaloniki | 1911 | newspaper | Pantelis Savvidis, Kostas Zouraris |
Marfin Investment Group | Conglomerates | Nea Erythraia | 1998 | conglomerate | Stavros Lekakos | |
Marfin Investment Group | Industrials | General industries | Nea Erythraia | 1998 | industrials | Stavros Lekakos |
Marinopoulos Market | Consumer services | Retail | Athens | 1995 | supermarkets | Marinopoulos family, Gerasimos Sklavenitis |
Maritime Company of Lesvos | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Mytilene | 1972 | shipping | |
Masoutis | Consumer services | Retail | Thessaloniki | 1976 | supermarkets | Diamantis masoutis |
Mega Channel | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1989 | television network | |
Metaxa | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Athens | 1888 | distillery | Spyros Metaxas |
Metka | Industrials | Construction & materials | Athens | 1962 | manufacturing and construction | Evangelos Mytilineos |
Metro S.A. | Consumer services | Retail | Metamorfosi | 1976 | supermarkets | |
Mevgal | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Koufalia | 1950 | Dairy products | |
Mikel Coffee Company | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Larissa | 2008 | Coffee | Eleutherios Kyriakakis |
Minoan Lines | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Heraclion | 1972 | Ferry service | Emanuele Grimaldi |
Misko | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Athens | 1927 | pasta | Michailidis and Constantinidis families |
MLS (Making Life Simple) S.A. | Technology | Software | Thessaloniki | 1989 | technology | |
Motor Oil Hellas | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | Athens | 1970 | oil Company | Giannis Vardinogiannis |
Mytilineos Holdings | Conglomerates | Maroussi | 1990 | conglomerate | Evangelos Mytilineos | |
National Bank of Greece | Financials | Banks | Athens | 1841 | Bank | leonidas fragiadakis |
Navios Maritime Holdings | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Pireus | 1992 | Shipping, logistics | Angeliki Frangou |
Neorion | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Ermoupolis | 1820 | Shipyards | |
New TT Hellenic Postbank | Financials | Banks | Athens | 2013 | bank | |
Ocean Rig | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | Athens | 1996 | drilling | George Economou |
Olympic Airlines | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | 1957 | Re-branded as Olympic Air and finally bought by Aegean Airlines in 2013 | |
OPAP | Consumer services | Travel & leisure | Athens | 1958 | lotteries | Kamil Ziegler |
Papadopoulos | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Athens | 1930 | biscuits | |
Papastratos | Consumer goods | Tobacco | Pireus | 1830 | tobacco | Evangelos Papastratos |
Pelargos | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Paris | 1975 | tomato sauce | |
Philkeram Johnson | Consumer services | Building materials | Thessaloniki, Athens | 1961 | manufacturer | George and Christine Philipou |
Piraeus Bank | Financials | Banks | Athens | 1916 | bank | Giorgos Chatzinikolaou |
Pitsos | Consumer goods | Household goods | Kifissia | 1865 | appliances | Pitsos family |
Port of Piraeus | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Pireus | port | ||
Pouliadis Associates Corporation | Technology | Software | Athens | technology | Pouliadis family | |
Profile Systems and Software | Technology | Software | Athens | 1990 | financial and business software | Babis Stasinopoulos |
Prometheus Gas | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | Athens | 1991 | natural gas | Dimitrios Copelouzos |
Proton | Consumer services | Retail | supermarkets | |||
Public Power Corporation | Utilities | Electricity | Athens | 1950 | electric industry | Emmanuel Panagiotakis |
Pyramis | Basic materials | Basic resources | Thessaloniki | 1959 | kitchen fixtures | Alexandros Bakatselos |
Pyrkal | Consumer goods | Cauliflower producer | Egaleo | 1874 | manufacturer | John doumas, Athanasios Moutsopoulos |
Q-Telecom | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | Athens | 2002 | defunct mobile telephony operator, now part of WIND Hellas | |
Saracakis | Consumer goods | Automobiles | Athens | 1922 | automotive | Saracakis family |
SEKA | Oil & gas | Oil & gas producers | bunkering stations | Nikolaos Vardinogiannis | ||
Sfakianakis | Consumer goods | Automobiles | 1957 | automotive | Stratis Sfakianakis | |
Softex | Consumer goods | Personal goods | Athens | 1936 | paper towels | Apostolos Nikolaidis |
Star Channel | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1993 | television network | |
Superfast Ferries | Industrials | Industrial transportation | Athens | 1993 | transportation | |
Super-Markets Arvanitidis | Consumer services | Retail | Veria | 1986 | supermarkets | |
Ta Nea | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1931 | newspaper | Dimitrios Lamprakis |
Temax | Industrials | Industrial engineering | Athens | 1925 | firefighting vehicles | Petros Tangalakis |
Terna Energy | Utilities | Electricity | Athens | 1997 | energy, construction | George Peristeris |
Titan Cement | Industrials | Construction & materials | Athens | 1902 | cement | Nikolaos Canellopoulos |
To Vima | Consumer services | Media | Athens | 1922 | newspaper | Dimitris Lambrakis |
Tsantali | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | East Thrace | wine and liquor producer | ||
Veropoulos | Consumer services | Retail | Athens | 1973-2016 | supermarkets | Kostas and Alex Veropoulos |
Vianex S.A. | Health care | Pharmaceuticals | Athens | 1971 | pharmaceuticals | Pavlos Giannakopulos |
Viohalco | Basic materials | Basic resources | Brussels | 1937 | steel, aluminium | Nikolaos Stasinopoulos, Evangelos Moustakas |
Vivartia | Consumer services | Retail | Athens | 1968 | food and beverage | Andreas Vgenopoulos |
Vodafone Greece | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | Chalandri | 1992 | significant subsidiary of Vodafone | |
WIND Hellas | Telecommunications | Telecommunications | Athens | 1992 | telecommunications | |
- The main building of the Bank of Greece in Athens.
- Thessaloniki, the capital of Macedonia, important financial and industrial center of Northern Greece.
- OTE headquarters in Athens.
- Greece controls the largest merchant fleet in the world.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/the-geostrategic-value-of-greece-and-sweden-in-the-current-struggle-between-russia-and-nato
- ↑ http://europesworld.org/2013/06/01/greece-can-still-be-a-geopolitical-asset-for-the-eu/#.V-ljaCQbP9s
- ↑ http://www.bmiresearch.com/blog/geopolitical-consequences-of-grexit-would-be-huge