FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Top industries
Most Bang For The Buck: Revenues Per Dollar of Assets
1 Wholesalers: Health Care 3.9
2 Wholesalers: Food and Grocery 3.7
3 Automotive Retailing, Services 3.0
4 Food & Drug Stores 2.9
5 Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services 2.6
6 Engineering, Construction 2.5
7 Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment 2.5
8 Wholesalers: Diversified 2.2
9 Food Production 2.1
10 Petroleum Refining 2.0
11 Specialty Retailers 1.8
12 Food Services 1.7
13 Apparel 1.5
14 General Merchandisers 1.5
15 Pipelines 1.5
16 Motor Vehicles & Parts 1.3
17 Information Technology Services 1.3
18 Household and Personal Products 1.3
19 Chemicals 1.2
20 Metals 1.2
21 Electronics, Electrical Equipment 1.1
22 Health Care: Insurance & Managed Care 1.1
23 Health Care: Medical Facilities 1.1
24 Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 1.1
25 Food Consumer Products 1.1
26 Homebuilders 1.1
27 Industrial & Farm Equipment 1.1
28 Computers, Office Equipment 1.0
29 Aerospace and Defense 0.9
30 Airlines 0.8
31 Beverages 0.8
32 Medical Products & Equipment 0.8
33 Packaging, Containers 0.8
34 Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 0.8
35 Energy 0.7
36 Publishing, Printing 0.7
37 Network and Other Communications Equipment 0.7
38 Pharmaceuticals 0.6
39 Entertainment 0.5
40 Hotels, Casinos, Resorts 0.5
41 Internet Services and Retailing 0.5
42 Mining, Crude-Oil Production 0.4
43 Railroads 0.4
44 Utilities: Gas & Electric 0.4
45 Telecommunications 0.4
46 Insurance: P & C (stock) 0.3
47 Diversified Financials 0.2
48 Commercial Banks 0.1
49 Securities 0.1
50 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) 0.1
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
How the states stack up
Texas 56
New York 55
California 52
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Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2006 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
FedEx 212,241
Intel 48,655
Starbucks 91,056
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Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130.0
Citigroup 24,589.0
Bank of America Corp. 16,465.0
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Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies
Andrea JungThere are more women running FORTUNE 500 companies this year than there were last year. Currently, 10 FORTUNE 500 companies are run by women (up from 9 last year), and a total of 20 FORTUNE 1000 companies have women in the top job (up from 19). (more)
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