Houston is home to half of the Fortune 500 companies in Texas.
WASHINGTON — Fortune Magazine’s 2018 list of the 500 largest U.S. companies by revenue includes 15 that are based in the D.C. region, unchanged from last year, and Fairfax County dominates the.

For the fourth year in a row, six companies with headquarters in the Richmond region have made Fortune magazine’s list of the 500 biggest U.S. companies.

Fortune 500 Excel List is the ranked list of largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years.According to Fortune methodology, Fortune U.S. companies should be incorporated in the U.S. and operate in the U.S. and file financial statements with a government agency.

Medtronic, long a star of the prestigious Fortune 500 roster, is on course to be kicked off the list as a result of its plan to relocate its headquarters to tax-friendly Ireland. The move is part.

Cities with 5 or more Fortune 500 headquarters according to the 2009 Fortune 1000 list -- Fortune magazine's annual ranking of America's largest corporations.

Since 1955, when the first FORTUNE 500 was created, more than 1,800 companies have appeared on the list. Many of these companies have changed names over this period, owing to mergers, acquisitions, and bankruptcies. Other companies have gone private, or simply changed their names. Companies are listed by the name with which they were associated.

Six Fortune 500 headquarters and a total of 14 Fortune 1000 headquarters call the region home. More importantly, more than 200 of the Fortune 500 companies have made a commitment to Charlotte by placing one or more of their facilities within the Charlotte region. The biggest winners on this year's list were Nucor, which advanced 31 spaces in.