Find your top companies
 High revenue growth  High profit growth
 High EPS growth  High return to investors
 Top 5 in its industry  Best company to work for
 Big employer  Small employer


Download the Fortune 500
(HOW THIS TOOL WORKS)

Video
  • NEXT
    Wal-Mart by the numbers
    A look inside the retail giant, the No. 1 company on the Fortune 500 list - from salaries to its biggest-selling product. Watch
  • NEXT
    BACK
    Customize a Dreamliner
    Boeing, No. 27 on the Fortune 500, relies on thousands of workers around the globe to manufacture each unique 787. Watch
  • NEXT
    BACK
    Nike's run-up to the Olympics
    A major footwear supplier to the Games, and no. 153 on this year's list, says it's not their job to address concerns over human rights in China. Watch
  • BACK
    Apparel giant's success secret
    VF, no. 335 on this year's list, boosts growth by buying successful cult brands, like shoemaker Vans, and giving them freedom to flourish. Watch
FAQ and methodology
Included in the survey are U.S. incorporated companies filing financial statements with a government agency. This includes private companies... More
Current Issue
100 Best Companies to Work For
100 Best Companies to Work For
  • Give the gift of Fortune
  • Get the Fortune app
  • Subscribe

Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

  • All
    companies
  • All
    industries
Top companies: Best Investments
1 Apple 103 94.2
2 Tesoro 116 84.6
3 Allegheny Technologies 441 72.1
4 Williams 208 69.4
5 Monsanto 305 65.5
6 Terex 287 63.7
7 Precision Castparts 444 63.2
8 Frontier Oil 462 58.5
9 Cummins 206 58.1
10 Holly 484 57.9
11 United States Steel 146 57.3
12 Peabody Energy 432 56.6
13 Perini 499 56.3
14 Reliant Energy 237 52.3
15 Valero Energy 16 51.0
16 Commercial Metals 303 50.4
17 Humana 98 49.8
18 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 140 49.1
19 Corning 417 48.7
20 Wesco International 408 48.5
21 AES 183 47.9
22 National Oilwell Varco 268 46.4
23 Nucor 151 45.6
24 Pantry 405 45.5
25 Marathon Oil 36 45.2
26 Tenneco 393 45.2
27 XTO Energy 436 44.2
28 Express Scripts 135 43.5
29 Occidental Petroleum 123 43.1
30 Hess 77 42.6
31 AK Steel Holding 351 42.0
32 Aetna 85 41.3
33 FMC Technologies 498 40.9
34 Fluor 148 40.8
35 Reliance Steel & Aluminum 345 40.2
36 Jacobs Engineering Group 308 40.0
37 Chesapeake Energy 324 39.7
38 MGM Mirage 323 38.5
39 Edison International 205 38.0
40 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea 357 37.6
41 Amazon.com 171 37.4
42 Sunoco 56 36.6
43 Paccar 169 36.6
44 Western Digital 439 36.4
45 Smith International 302 35.8
46 Coventry Health Care 266 35.6
47 Deere 102 34.7
48 NCR 391 34.6
49 Goodrich 375 34.2
50 Halliburton 167 34.0
From the May 5, 2008 issue
Top 50
Headquarters
MAPS
What Readers Say
They speak out on Wal-Mart and other 500 companies...
And to tell me government doesn't subsuide oil. But wait it's not j...
 
The worst company to work for is Lockheed Martin, Moorestown NJ
 
This company was bailed in 2005 already
 
Have your say
Contact Us Closed Captioning Manage Cookies+ Site Map

Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.