Fortune 500: See Which Wisconsin Companies Made The 2017 List

Fortune Magazine is out with its coveted Fortune 500 list for 2017 and of the companies on the list, which represent two-thirds of the United States GDP with $12 trillion in revenues, 9 of them are based in Wisconsin.

Companies are ranked by total revenues and topping the list nationally is Walmart, followed by Berkshire Hathaway and Apple. Walmart is also the biggest employer on the list with 2.3 million employees while Apple is the most profitable company on the list.

While 15 companies dropped off the list, there were 20 newcomers on the list, including Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla. Other than clearing the bar of at least $5.1 billion in annual revenue, Fortune explains how newcomers make it on the list.

The 2017 list also includes 32 female CEOs, which Fortune says it the highest number of female CEOs to ever make the list.

The Wisconsin companies that made the list are (dollar figure in millions):

97 Northwestern Mutual $28,799
146 ManpowerGroup $19,654
150 Kohl’s $18,686
315 American Family Insurance Group $8,829
368 WEC Energy Group $7,472
425 Oshkosh $6,279
435 Harley-Davidson $5,997
442 Rockwell Automation $5,880
471 Fiserv $5,505

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Other Notable Companies:
560 Quad/Graphics$4,330
587 Bemis$4,004
618 Snap-on$3,712
677 Alliant Energy$3,320
683 CUNA Mutual Group$3,272
690 Regal Beloit$3,225
720 Sentry Insurance Group$3,053
776 A.O. Smith$2,686
795 Plexus$2,556
843 Komatsu Mining$2,371
947 Roadrunner Transportation Systems$1,972

Click here to see all 500 companies and to explore the list in further detail.

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