FORTUNE 500

Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

Top companies: Biggest

Rank	Company	500 Rank	2009 Number of Employees
1	Wal-Mart Stores	1	2,100,000
2	United Parcel Service	43	408,000
3	International Business Machines	20	399,409
4	McDonald's	108	385,000
5	Target	30	351,000
6	Kroger	23	334,000
7	Sears Holdings	48	322,000
8	Hewlett-Packard	10	304,000
8	General Electric	4	304,000
10	Bank of America Corp.	5	283,717
11	AT&T	7	282,720
12	Wells Fargo	19	267,300
13	Citigroup	12	267,150
14	Home Depot	29	255,185
15	FedEx	60	247,908
16	Verizon Communications	13	222,927
17	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	9	222,316
18	Berkshire Hathaway	11	222,000
19	General Motors	15	217,000
20	Aramark	189	210,000
21	United Technologies	37	206,700
22	PepsiCo	50	203,000
23	Lowe's	42	202,500
24	Walgreen	32	202,000
25	Yum Brands	216	199,500
26	Ford Motor	8	198,000
27	Safeway	52	186,000
28	Darden Restaurants	311	179,000
29	Supervalu	47	178,000
30	CVS Caremark	18	169,000
31	HCA	77	165,500
32	Macy's	103	161,300
33	Boeing	28	157,100
34	Best Buy	45	155,000
35	J.C. Penney	133	154,000
35	TJX	119	154,000
37	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	438	145,000
38	Walt Disney	57	144,000
39	Starbucks	241	142,000
40	Lockheed Martin	44	140,000
41	Marriott International	213	137,000
42	Gap	162	135,000
42	Procter & Gamble	22	135,000
44	Johnson Controls	83	130,000
45	Emerson Electric	117	129,000
46	Honeywell International	74	122,000
47	Northrop Grumman	61	120,700
48	Tyson Foods	87	117,000
49	Pfizer	40	116,500
50	Johnson & Johnson	33	115,500

Issue date: May 3, 2010.

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