| American Zoetrope | production company, film production company | San Francisco |
| Captain D's | fast food restaurant chain, business | Nashville |
| Council on Vertical Urbanism | publishing house, organization | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Cracker Barrel | restaurant chain, public company | Lebanon |
| First Data | business | Atlanta |
| Frogdesign | organization, business | San Francisco |
| Governors State University | public educational institution of the United States, university | — |
| Ling-Temco-Vought | conglomerate | Cleveland |
| MOS Technology | business, enterprise | Norristown |
| MSCI | business, public company | New York City |
| Oberheim Electronics | business | Oakland |
| Quiksilver | business, retail chain, enterprise, brick and mortar, public company | Huntington Beach |
| Richard Childress Racing | auto racing team, business | — |
| Sysco | business, public company | Houston |
| University of Illinois Springfield | public educational institution of the United States, university | — |
| Verbatim | business, enterprise | Charlotte |
| Walmart | hypermarket chain, organization, business, retail chain, enterprise, public company | Bentonville |
| Warner Bros. Pictures | film studio, company | Burbank |