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FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Top industries
Most Bang For The Buck: Revenues Per Employee
1 Pipelines 5,182,646.5
2 Petroleum Refining 3,449,209.6
3 Energy 2,164,637.1
4 Mining, Crude-Oil Production 1,911,059.4
5 Wholesalers: Health Care 1,362,092.7
6 Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services 1,160,199.7
7 Homebuilders 1,101,386.4
8 Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment 1,054,291.2
9 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) 983,589.3
10 Securities 975,466.3
11 Utilities: Gas & Electric 866,624.6
12 Health Care: Insurance & Managed Care 811,524.8
13 Automotive Retailing, Services 715,851.3
14 Insurance: P & C (stock) 701,514.7
15 Wholesalers: Food and Grocery 637,514.0
16 Metals 599,947.6
17 Wholesalers: Diversified 560,587.6
18 Internet Services and Retailing 536,496.7
19 Chemicals 484,484.8
20 Entertainment 474,447.5
21 Diversified Financials 457,142.9
22 Beverages 448,812.0
23 Network and Other Communications Equipment 421,748.8
24 Pharmaceuticals 377,137.3
25 Commercial Banks 343,295.8
26 Telecommunications 326,848.1
27 Computers, Office Equipment 320,767.6
28 Apparel 317,534.4
29 Food Consumer Products 314,500.0
30 Household and Personal Products 292,851.8
31 Packaging, Containers 287,833.3
32 Airlines 283,531.5
33 Medical Products & Equipment 282,160.4
34 Railroads 277,208.0
35 Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 274,040.2
36 Aerospace and Defense 254,611.7
37 Motor Vehicles & Parts 246,161.3
38 Industrial & Farm Equipment 242,051.5
39 Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 238,445.4
40 Electronics, Electrical Equipment 238,247.6
41 Engineering, Construction 233,906.2
42 Food Production 224,782.8
43 Specialty Retailers 214,033.7
44 Food & Drug Stores 211,681.7
45 Publishing, Printing 211,416.2
46 Information Technology Services 175,529.9
47 General Merchandisers 150,250.2
48 Health Care: Medical Facilities 136,572.2
49 Hotels, Casinos, Resorts 80,769.2
50 Food Services 50,578.7
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
How the states stack up
Texas 56
New York 55
California 52
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
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130.0
Citigroup 24,589.0
Bank of America Corp. 16,465.0
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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