Although Colorado Springs isn't home to the headquarters of an overabundance of well-known national companies, there are businesses that have a worldwide presence. In addition to Intel, Compaq, Agilent Technologies, Optika, Walter Drake, Focus on the Family, USURF and Front Range Solutions, other local companies have grown beyond the reaches of El Paso County and Colorado.

Some have acquired national companies. Others have grown their organizations nationwide or have been recognized at a national level.