Business & Tech
Fortune 500: 11 Washington Companies Make 2020 List
The annual Fortune 500 list ranks the top revenue-generating companies in the United States.
WASHINGTON — Fortune Magazine has released its annual list of the 500 top companies in America, and 10 of those companies are based in Washington.
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. The 500 companies also employ 29.2 million people worldwide.
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Here are the companies in Washington that made the Fortune 500 list:
| Rank | Company | Revenue (in millions) |
| 2 | Amazon | $280,522 |
| 14 | Costco Wholesale | $152,703 |
| 21 | Microsoft | $125,843 |
| 114 | Starbucks | $26,508 |
| 118 | Paccar | $25,599 |
| 205 | Nordstrom | $15,524 |
| 263 | Expedia Group | $12,067 |
| 360 | Alaska Air Group | $8,781 |
| 389 | Expeditors Intl. of Washington | $8,175 |
| 422 | Fortive | $7,326 |
| 457 | Weyerhaeuser | $6,554 |
The worldwide top 10 companies on the list are:
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- Walmart
- Amazon
- Exxon Mobil
- Apple
- CVS Health
- Berkshire Hathaway
- UnitedHealth Group
- McKesson
- AT&T
- AmerisourceBergen
You can find the complete list of companies on the Fortune website.
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