FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Companies
101 3M 21,167
93 Abbott Laboratories 22,338
639 Abercrombie & Fitch 2,785
664 ABM Industries 2,613
983 ABX Air 1,464
767 Acuity Brands 2,173
746 Adams Resources & Engy. 2,270
817 Adobe Systems 1,966
477 Advance Auto Parts 4,265
367 Advanced Micro Devices 5,848
221 AES 10,692
91 Aetna 22,885
471 Affiliated Computer Svcs. 4,351
151 AFLAC 14,363
399 AGCO 5,450
904 Agere Systems 1,676
319 Agilent Technologies 6,935
922 Agilysys 1,623
647 AGL Resources 2,718
923 AIMCO 1,621
282 Air Products & Chem. 8,144
709 Airgas 2,411
989 Airtran Holdings 1,451
385 AK Steel Holding 5,647
621 Alaska Air Group 2,975
776 Albemarle 2,108
538 Alberto-Culver 3,531
47 Albertson's 40,397
79 Alcoa 26,601
704 Aleris International 2,429
910 Alexander & Baldwin 1,663
572 Allegheny Energy 3,256
536 Allegheny Technologies 3,540
734 Allergan 2,319
946 Alliance Data Systems 1,552
549 Alliant Energy 3,446
638 Alliant Techsystems 2,801
376 Allied Waste Industries 5,735
58 Allstate 35,383
251 Alltel 9,487
920 Alpha Natural Resources 1,632
20 Altria Group 69,148
272 Amazon.com 8,490
911 Ambac Financial Group 1,662
857 AMC Entertainment 1,807
88 Amerada Hess 23,255
805 Amerco 2,008
324 Ameren 6,780
556 American Axle & Mfg. 3,387
736 American Eagle Outfitters 2,310
185 American Electric Power 12,117
69 American Express 30,080
323 American Family Ins. Grp. 6,864
492 American Financial Grp. 4,038
825 American Greetings 1,934
9 American Intl. Group 108,905
609 American National Ins. 3,046
815 American Power Conversion 1,980
230 American Standard 10,264
988 AmeriCredit 1,451
732 Amerigroup 2,330
27 AmerisourceBergen 54,590
925 AmerUs Group 1,615
997 Ametek 1,435
181 Amgen 12,430
913 Amica Mutual Insurance 1,660
778 Amkor Technology 2,100
856 Amphenol 1,808
105 AMR 20,712
554 AmSouth Bancorp. 3,396
314 Anadarko Petroleum 7,100
712 Analog Devices 2,389
819 Andrew 1,961
146 Anheuser-Busch 15,036
509 Anixter International 3,847
786 AnnTaylor Stores 2,073
974 Anteon International 1,493
237 Aon 10,030
299 Apache 7,584
750 Apollo Group 2,252
159 Apple Computer 13,931
852 Applera 1,845
888 Applied Ind. Technologies 1,717
317 Applied Materials 6,992
979 Apria Healthcare Group 1,474
760 Aquila 2,194
215 Aramark 10,963
691 Arch Coal 2,509
56 Archer Daniels Midland 35,944
847 Arkansas Best 1,860
919 Armor Holdings 1,637
532 Armstrong Holdings 3,558
209 Arrow Electronics 11,164
973 Arthur J. Gallagher 1,495
242 ArvinMeritor 9,816
364 Asbury Automotive Group 5,874
239 Ashland 9,860
306 Assurant 7,498
39 AT&T 43,862
905 Atmel 1,676
430 Atmos Energy 4,973
960 Autodesk 1,523
351 Autoliv 6,205
271 Automatic Data Proc. 8,499
115 AutoNation 19,468
426 Auto-Owners Insurance 5,014
378 AutoZone 5,711
434 Avaya 4,902
393 Avery Dennison 5,496
212 Avnet 11,067
281 Avon Products 8,150
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
Best investments
Best Investments By Industry: Total Return to Shareholders (1 Year)
Petroleum Refining 60.7%
Mining, Crude-Oil Production 53.6%
Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 51.6%
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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