Business & Tech

Fortune 500: 11 Colorado Companies Make 2020 List

The annual Fortune 500 list ranks the top revenue-generating companies in the United States.

Arrow Electronics, with headquarters in Centennial, was named Colorado's top Fortune 500 company in 2020.
Arrow Electronics, with headquarters in Centennial, was named Colorado's top Fortune 500 company in 2020. (Image via Google Maps Streetview)

Fortune Magazine has released its annual list of the 500 top companies in America, and 11 of those companies are based in Colorado.

Fortune ranks companies by total annual revenue and, for the eighth consecutive year, Walmart topped the 2020 list, followed by Amazon and Exxon Mobil. Apple and CVS Health ranked No. 4 and No. 5, rounding out the top five spots on the list.

To put the rankings in context, the 500 companies on the 2020 list make up two-thirds of the total U.S. gross domestic product.

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The 500 companies employ 29.2 million people worldwide.


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Here are the companies in Colorado that made the Fortune 500 list:

CompanyRevenues ($M)LocationIndustry
No. 110Arrow Electronics$28,916.8CentennialWholesalers - electronics and office equipment
No. 230 DaVita$14,101.5DenverHealthcare -Medical facilities
No. 233VF$13,870.6Greenwood VillageApparel
No. 239Qurate Retail$13,458EnglewoodInternet services and retailing
No. 251Dish Network$12,807.7EnglewoodTelecommunications
No. 279Ball$11,474BroomfieldPackaging, containers
No. 298Molson Coors Beverage$10,579.4DenverBeverages
No. 306Liberty Media$10,292EnglewoodEntertainment
No. 328Newmont$9,740Greenwood VillageMining, crude oil production
No. 413DCP Midstream$7,625DenverPipelines
No. 449Ovintiv$6,726DenverMining, crude oil production

The top 10 companies on the list are:

  1. Walmart
  2. Amazon
  3. Exxon Mobil
  4. Apple
  5. CVS Health
  6. Berkshire Hathaway
  7. UnitedHealth Group
  8. McKesson
  9. AT&T
  10. AmerisourceBergen

You can find the complete list of companies on the Fortune website.

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