Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

States
State
Rank ▾
Company Fortune 500 rank City Revenues
($ millions)
1 Bank of America Corp. 13 Charlotte 115,074.0
2 Lowe's 54 Mooresville 50,208.0
3 Nucor 138 Charlotte 20,023.6
4 Duke Energy 186 Charlotte 14,529.0
5 BB&T Corp. 267 Winston-Salem 9,998.0
6 VF 277 Greensboro 9,459.2
7 Progress Energy 286 Raleigh 8,907.0
8 Family Dollar Stores 301 Matthews 8,547.8
9 Reynolds American 302 Winston-Salem 8,541.0
10 Goodrich 319 Charlotte 8,074.9
11 Sonic Automotive 330 Charlotte 7,871.3
12 Pantry 347 Cary 7,271.8
13 Laboratory Corp. of America 443 Burlington 5,542.3
14 SPX 446 Charlotte 5,461.9
Issue date: May 21, 2012
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California 53
Texas 52
New York 50
Company Rank
Google 73
NetApp 474
NuStar Energy 377
Company 2011 $ (millions)
Exxon $41,060.0
Chevron $26,895.0
Apple $25,922.0
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