The Fortune 1000 are the 1,000 largest American companies ranked by revenues, as compiled by the American business magazine Fortune. It only includes companies which are incorporated or authorized to do business in the United States, and for which revenues are publicly available (regardless of whether they are public companies listed on a stock market). The Fortune 500 is the subset of the list that is its 500 largest companies.
Fortune 1000 company headquarters locations. Top 20 companies labeled[1]
The list draws the attention of business readers seeking to learn the influential players in the American economy and prospective sales targets, as these companies tend to have large budgets and staff needs. Walmart was number one on the list for five of the seven years from 2007 to 2014, interrupted only by ExxonMobil in 2009 and 2012.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
The following is a list of urban areas by the number of companies on the 2014 Fortune 1000 list that are located there:
| Urban area | Number of Fortune 1000 companies | Population (2010 census) |
|---|---|---|
| New York—Newark, NY—NJ—CT | 114 | 18,351,295 |
| Chicago, IL—IN | 62 | 8,608,208 |
| San Jose--San Francisco--Oakland, CA | 55 | 4,945,700 |
| Houston, TX | 46 | 4,944,332 |
| Dallas—Fort Worth—Arlington, TX | 40 | 5,121,892 |
| Los Angeles—Long Beach—Anaheim, CA | 32 | 12,150,996 |
| Washington, DC—VA—MD | 30 | 4,586,770 |
| Atlanta, GA | 27 | 4,515,419 |
| Minneapolis—St. Paul, MN—WI | 26 | 2,915,899 |
| Philadelphia, PA—NJ—DE—MD | 26 | 5,441,567 |
| Boston, MA—NH—RI | 23 | 4,181,019 |
| Bridgeport—Stamford, CT—NY | 19 | 923,311 |
| Denver—Aurora, CO | 19 | 2,374,203 |
| St. Louis, MO—IL | 18 | 2,150,706 |
| Detroit, MI | 17 | 3,734,090 |
| Charlotte, NC—SC | 15 | 1,249,442 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 15 | 1,733,853 |
| Seattle, WA | 15 | 3,059,393 |
| Cincinnati, OH—KY—IN | 14 | 1,624,827 |
| Cleveland, OH | 14 | 1,780,673 |
| Columbus, OH | 14 | 1,368,035 |
| Miami, FL | 13 | 5,502,379 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 13 | 1,376,476 |
| Phoenix—Mesa, AZ | 13 | 3,629,114 |
| Nashville-Davidson, TN | 10 | 969,587 |
| Omaha, NE—IA | 10 | 725,008 |
| Richmond, VA | 10 | 953,556 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 9 | 1,487,483 |
| Kansas City, MO—KS | 8 | 1,519,417 |
| Baltimore, MD | 7 | 2,203,663 |
| Las Vegas—Henderson, NV | 7 | 1,886,011 |
| Providence, RI—MA | 7 | 1,190,956 |
| San Antonio, TX | 7 | 1,758,210 |
| Tampa—St. Petersburg, FL | 7 | 2,441,770 |
| Tulsa, OK | 7 | 655,479 |
| Hartford, CT | 6 | 924,859 |
| Memphis, TN—MS—AR | 6 | 1,060,061 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 5 | 861,505 |
| San Diego, CA | 5 | 2,956,746 |
| Toledo, OH—MI | 5 | 507,643 |
| Birmingham, AL | 4 | 749,495 |
| Conroe—The Woodlands, TX | 4 | 239,938 |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 4 | 569,935 |
| Harrisburg, PA | 4 | 444,474 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 4 | 1,065,219 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY—IN | 4 | 972,546 |
| Portland, OR—WA | 4 | 1,849,898 |
| Akron, OH | 3 | 569,499 |
| Allentown, PA—NJ | 3 | 664,651 |
| Boise City, ID | 3 | 349,684 |
| Concord, CA | 3 | 615,968 |
| Des Moines, IA | 3 | 450,070 |
| Evansville, IN—KY | 3 | 229,351 |
| Fayetteville—Springdale—Rogers, AR—MO | 3 | 295,083 |
| Knoxville, TN | 3 | 558,696 |
| Madison, WI | 3 | 401,661 |
| Raleigh, NC | 3 | 884,891 |
| Reading, PA | 3 | 266,254 |
| Rochester, NY | 3 | 720,572 |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 3 | 214,811 |
| Twin Rivers—Hightstown, NJ | 3 | 64,037 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 3 | 1,439,666 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 3 | 391,024 |
| Appleton, WI | 2 | 216,154 |
| Bloomington—Normal, IL | 2 | 132,600 |
| Buffalo, NY | 2 | 935,906 |
| Canton, OH | 2 | 279,245 |
| Columbus, GA—AL | 2 | 253,602 |
| Dayton, OH | 2 | 724,091 |
| El Dorado, AR Urban Cluster | 2 | 18,944 |
| Findlay, OH Urban Cluster | 2 | 48,441 |
| Greensboro, NC | 2 | 311,810 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 2 | 290,263 |
| Little Rock, AR | 2 | 431,388 |
| New Haven, CT | 2 | 562,839 |
| Riverside—San Bernardino, CA | 2 | 1,932,666 |
| Salt Lake City—West Valley City, UT | 2 | 1,021,243 |
| San Juan, PR | 2 | 2,148,346 |
| Springfield, MA—CT | 2 | 621,300 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 2 | 802,459 |
| Warsaw, IN Urban Cluster | 2 | 30,166 |
| York, PA | 2 | 232,045 |
| Albany—Schenectady, NY | 1 | 594,962 |
| Allegan, MI Urban Cluster | 1 | 6,322 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | 306,022 |
| Asheville, NC | 1 | 280,648 |
| Austin, MN Urban Cluster | 1 | 25,103 |
| Austin, TX | 1 | 1,362,416 |
| Barre—Montpelier, VT Urban Cluster | 1 | 21,675 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 1 | 594,309 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 1 | 78,393 |
| Beloit, WI—IL | 1 | 63,835 |
| Benton Harbor—St. Joseph—Fair Plain, MI | 1 | 61,022 |
| Bismarck, ND | 1 | 81,955 |
| Bristol—Bristol, TN—VA | 1 | 69,501 |
| Burlington, NC | 1 | 119,911 |
| Calhoun, GA Urban Cluster | 1 | 31,493 |
| Cape Coral, FL | 1 | 530,290 |
| Carthage, MO Urban Cluster | 1 | 15,496 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 1 | 177,844 |
| Chattanooga, TN—GA | 1 | 381,112 |
| Columbia, SC | 1 | 549,777 |
| Columbus, IN | 1 | 54,933 |
| Corning, NY Urban Cluster | 1 | 20,477 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | 320,069 |
| Danbury, CT—NY | 1 | 168,136 |
| Davenport, IA—IL | 1 | 280,051 |
| Decatur, IL | 1 | 93,863 |
| Durham, NC | 1 | 347,602 |
| East Aurora, NY Urban Cluster | 1 | 9,841 |
| El Paso, TX—NM | 1 | 803,086 |
| Elkhart, IN—MI | 1 | 143,592 |
| Erie, PA | 1 | 196,611 |
| Fargo, ND—MN | 1 | 176,676 |
| Fort Collins, CO | 1 | 264,465 |
| Fort Smith, AR—OK | 1 | 122,947 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 1 | 313,492 |
| Galveston, TX Urban Cluster | 1 | 44,022 |
| Hartsville, SC Urban Cluster | 1 | 15,125 |
| Hickory, NC | 1 | 212,195 |
| High Point, NC | 1 | 166,485 |
| Jackson, MI | 1 | 90,057 |
| Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | 209,703 |
| Kenosha, WI—IL | 1 | 124,064 |
| Kingsport, TN—VA | 1 | 106,571 |
| Kissimmee, FL | 1 | 314,071 |
| Lake Jackson—Angleton, TX | 1 | 74,830 |
| Lakeland, FL | 1 | 262,596 |
| Lancaster, PA | 1 | 402,004 |
| Lansing, MI | 1 | 313,532 |
| Laurel, MS Urban Cluster | 1 | 26,131 |
| Lebanon, TN Urban Cluster | 1 | 27,653 |
| Mandeville—Covington, LA | 1 | 88,925 |
| Manitowoc, WI Urban Cluster | 1 | 46,360 |
| Marysville, OH Urban Cluster | 1 | 22,348 |
| Mauldin—Simpsonville, SC | 1 | 120,577 |
| Medford, OR | 1 | 154,081 |
| Midland, MI | 1 | 59,014 |
| Midland, TX | 1 | 117,807 |
| Mission Viejo—Lake Forest—San Clemente, CA | 1 | 583,681 |
| Monroe, LA | 1 | 116,533 |
| Muscatine, IA Urban Cluster | 1 | 25,342 |
| Nashua, NH—MA | 1 | 226,400 |
| New Orleans, LA | 1 | 899,703 |
| Newton, NJ Urban Cluster | 1 | 11,941 |
| Orlando, FL | 1 | 1,510,516 |
| Orrville, OH Urban Cluster | 1 | 8,563 |
| Oshkosh, WI | 1 | 74,495 |
| Palm Bay—Melbourne, FL | 1 | 452,791 |
| Peoria, IL | 1 | 266,921 |
| Portsmouth, NH—ME | 1 | 88,200 |
| Provo—Orem, UT | 1 | 482,819 |
| Quincy, IL Urban Cluster | 1 | 45,228 |
| Reno, NV—CA | 1 | 392,141 |
| Roanoke, VA | 1 | 210,111 |
| Rock Hill, SC | 1 | 104,996 |
| Sarasota—Bradenton, FL | 1 | 643,260 |
| Sidney, NE Urban Cluster | 1 | 6,373 |
| Smithfield, VA Urban Cluster | 1 | 10,215 |
| Spokane, WA | 1 | 387,847 |
| Springfield, MO | 1 | 273,724 |
| St. George, UT | 1 | 98,370 |
| Stevens Point, WI Urban Cluster | 1 | 44,223 |
| Sunbury, PA Urban Cluster | 1 | 29,541 |
| Thomasville, GA Urban Cluster | 1 | 24,139 |
| Topeka, KS | 1 | 150,003 |
| Trenton, NJ | 1 | 296,668 |
| Warren, PA Urban Cluster | 1 | 15,420 |
| Waterbury, VT Urban Cluster | 1 | 2,971 |
| Watsonville, CA | 1 | 73,534 |
| Winona, MN Urban Cluster | 1 | 30,712 |
| Worcester, MA—CT | 1 | 486,514 |
See also
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