Well-known enterprises in Yantai include: Hyundai R&D Center (Korea), Delphi Parker Electric (USA), GM Dongyue (Sino-US joint venture), Jerry, Wanhua, Hongfutai Precision Electronics (Yantai) Co., Ltd., Daewoo Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Shanghai GM Dongyue Automobile Co., Ltd., Doosan Construction Machinery (China) Co., Ltd., Inspur Lejin Digital Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., Henkel Le Tai (Henkel).
Some of them are foreign-funded enterprises: Yantai hengfeng bank, Asia Pharmaceutical, Foxconn, Supley, Christie's, North Benz, Daewoo Shipbuilding, Raffles Shipbuilding and Penglai Beiben Heavy Truck.