Fortune 500 - 2007 City Update

c4smok · #1 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 10:12 AM**

*Metro numbers not in yet..
Cities:

City - State - *number of Forturne 500 Companies

New York New York - 45 +1
Houston Texas - 22 -1
Atlanta Georgia - 12 -2
Chicago Illinois - 11 +1
Dallas Texas - 11 0
Minneapolis Minnesota - 8 +1
Philadelphia Pennsylvania - 8 +1
Charlotte North Carolina - 7 0
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - 7 +1
St. Louis Missouri - 7 0
Cincinnati Ohio - 6 -1
Milwaukee Wisconsin - 6 0
Seattle Washington - 6 +1
Cleveland Ohio - 5 0
Columbus Ohio - 5 0
Fort Worth Texas - 5 +1
Los Angeles California - 5 +1
Omaha Nebraska - 5 0
Richmond Virginia - 5 -2
San Antonio Texas - 5 0
San Francisco California - 5 -1

States:
New York - 57
Texas - 56
California - 52
Illinois - 34
Ohio - 28
Pennsylvania - 25
New Jersey - 24
Michigan - 22
Minnesota - 20
Virginia - 17
Georgia - 15
North Carolina - 13
Florida - 12
Colorado - 12
Connecticut - 11
Massachusetts - 10
Washington - 10
Missouri - 10
Wisconsin - 9
Tennessee - 9
Kentucky - 6
Maryland - 6
Arkansas - 5
Indiana - 5
Nebraska - 5
Arizona - 4
Oklahoma - 4
Louisiana - 3
Idaho - 2
Nevada - 2
District of Columbia - 2
Rhode Island - 2
Utah - 1
Oregon - 1
South Carolina - 1
Alabama - 1
Maine - 1
Delaware - 1
Iowa - 1
Kansas - 1
Alaska - 0
Wyoming - 0
Vermont - 0
West Virginia - 0
South Dakota - 0
New Mexico - 0
Hawaii - 0
North Dakota - 0
Montana - 0
Mississippi - 0
New Hampshire - 0

c4smok · #2 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 10:37 AM**

2006 cities list

New York New York 44
Houston Texas 23
Atlanta Georgia 14
Dallas Texas 11
Chicago Illinois 10
Charlotte North Carolina 7
Cincinnati Ohio 7
Minneapolis Minnesota 7
Philadelphia Pennsylvania 7
Richmond Virginia 7
St. Louis Missouri 7
Milwaukee Wisconsin 6
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 6
San Francisco California 6
Cleveland Ohio 5
Columbus Ohio 5
Denver Colorado 5
Omaha Nebraska 5
San Antonio Texas 5
Seattle Washington 5

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...de.html?jump=3 <-- interactive Map

Peanuthead · #3 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 2:09 PM**

I am really suprised that Texas has more Fortune 500 companies than California and are about to surpass New York!

EuphoricOctopus · #4 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 2:09 PM**

Detroit - 2 | Metro - 15 (-1 Comerica. You should +1 Dallas, though)

All but something like 2 or 3 in Houston are oil or energy related companies. I smell Detroit 2.0 in a few decades. Take that as you will, I'm not trying to start an argument about anything.

Crawford · #5 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 2:18 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peanuthead

I am really suprised that Texas has more Fortune 500 companies than California and are about to surpass New York!

I am surprised that you would be able to predict the future.

Note that Houston lost a F500 last year.

c4smok · #6 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 3:17 PM**

ConocoPhillips 5 172,451.0 Houston
Marathon Oil 30 60,643.0 Houston
Sysco 65 32,628.4 Houston (Not Energy)
Halliburton 100 22,576.0 Houston
Plains All Amer. Pipeline 103 22,444.4 Houston
* Enterprise GP Holdings 177 13,991.0 Houston
Waste Management 181 13,363.0 Houston (Not Energy)
Continental Airlines 186 13,128.0 Houston (Not Energy)
* Kinder Morgan 201 12,208.0 Houston
Reliant Energy 229 10,985.4 Houston
TEPPCO Partners 259 9,612.2 Houston
CenterPoint Energy 270 9,319.0 Houston
Baker Hughes 278 9,034.1 Houston
Apache 293 8,288.8 Houston
Smith International 324 7,333.6 Houston
National Oilwell Varco 333 7,025.8 Houston
Enbridge Energy Partners 351 6,509.0 Houston
Group 1 Automotive 377 6,083.5 Houston (Not Energy)
El Paso 449 5,011.0 Houston
Frontier Oil 462 4,796.0 Houston
* BJ Services 495 4,367.9 Houston (Not Energy)

Houston F500... not sure the one we lost off the list =X

* are first year F500... I figure it was energy mergers..

ColDayMan · #7 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 5:23 PM**

Metro numbers for Ohio:

Cincinnati - 10
Cleveland-Akron - 9
Columbus - 6
Toledo - 3
Dayton - 1
Canton - 1

Reverberation · #8 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 6:02 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detroit5000

Detroit - 2 | Metro - 15 (-1 Comerica. You should +1 Dallas, though)

All but something like 2 or 3 in Houston are oil or energy related companies. I smell Detroit 2.0 in a few decades. Take that as you will, I'm not trying to start an argument about anything.

While we use mostly fossil fuels now thus "energy" to many means "oil", many of these companies realize that future of oil is grim and are investing in other energy sources. IE Shell-Wind, Shell-Hydrogen, Solar Power, Ethanol, Carbon Capturing, etc. Also, as long as we use plastic, rubber, paint, make up, etc. we will always need to refine oil.

Unlike the auto industry losing customers to Japanese and European cars, Houston will be necessary not only as a major port and medicine center, but also as a major hub of the global energy industry. So I disagree that Houston will become Detroit part two.

PhillyRising · #9 Posted **Apr 16, 2007, 11:31 PM**

Woo Hoo to Philly and Pittsburgh both picking up one apiece! We ain't dead!

Trae · #10 Posted **Apr 17, 2007, 12:13 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detroit5000

Detroit - 2 | Metro - 15 (-1 Comerica. You should +1 Dallas, though)

All but something like 2 or 3 in Houston are oil or energy related companies. I smell Detroit 2.0 in a few decades. Take that as you will, I'm not trying to start an argument about anything.

Houston will never become that. Oil may leave, but energy will always be there. Detroit is in a class of its own in the U.S., and always will be. Houston has the Port of Houston (sixth largest in the world), as well as the world's largest medical center.

rds70 · #11 Posted **Apr 17, 2007, 12:23 AM**

Denver = 4, Denver Metro Area = All 12 of Colorado's F 500s.

Avian001 · #12 Posted **Apr 17, 2007, 2:21 AM**

I realize your list does NOT currently include the metro rankings, which is odd because no one here honestly believes any single city ranking in nearly any category makes sense without the context of its metro area.

So I'll start with this. The Twin Cities ranks either 4 or 5 nationally. It's #2 in the Midwest after Chicago.

Minneapolis AND St. Paul are the headquarters of 19 F500 companies. MSP is one metro area by every standard, not two. And here are the companies:

Target
General Mills
Northwest Airlines
Best Buy
3M
Ameriprise
US Bancorp
Medtronic
Land O' Lakes
Mosaic
United Health Group
SuperValu
C.H. Robinson
Nash Finch
CHS
Travelers Co (St. Paul Travelers Insurance)
Ecolab
Xcel Energy
Thrivent Financial

austin356 · #13 Posted **Apr 17, 2007, 6:34 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reverberation

While we use mostly fossil fuels now thus "energy" to many means "oil", many of these companies realize that future of oil is grim and are investing in other energy sources. IE Shell-Wind, Shell-Hydrogen, Solar Power, Ethanol, Carbon Capturing, etc. Also, as long as we use plastic, rubber, paint, make up, etc. we will always need to refine oil.

Unlike the auto industry losing customers to Japanese and European cars, Houston will be necessary not only as a major port and medicine center, but also as a major hub of the global energy industry. So I disagree that Houston will become Detroit part two.

Yes agree 100%. Houston is a world leader in biotech and medical research, and industries other than energy are providing most of the growth. Energy as % of Houston's economy has been steadily declining since the 80s boom/bust, and even weathered the late nineties energy prices quite well.

austin356 · #14 Posted **Apr 17, 2007, 6:39 AM**

^^ Yes MN/SP is the most impressive out of all the metro areas. For just a few million people the metro is home to a bunch of top notch businesses.

I wish freakin Medtronic's stock will get off its ass though...... that

me.

Avian001 · #15 Posted **Apr 18, 2007, 12:15 AM**

^ I'm with you, brother.

From my experience with employees at Medtronic, they are healthy, wealthy, and - best of all - wise. They won't give up their dominance in the medical devices field anytime soon.

Hot Rod · #16 Posted **Apr 18, 2007, 8:27 AM**

I wonder what are Seattle's?

Washington Mutual - downtown
Amazon.com - Beacon Hill
Starbucks - SODO
Nordstrom - downtown

are the only three I can think of.

Paccar and Costco are in Bellevue, Microsoft is in Redmond, Wayerhauser is in Federal Way. Boeing is in Downtown Chicago.

Does anybody know the other two? is Tully's a F500 company? Is Real.com?

Would those be the other two?

Evergrey · #17 Posted **Apr 18, 2007, 11:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillyNation

Woo Hoo to Philly and Pittsburgh both picking up one apiece! We ain't dead!

Pittsburgh will be dropping back down to 6 here in a couple months once Bank of New York devours Mellon Bank... our 2nd Fortune 500 loss to NYC in 2 years... Alcoa moved its HQ there last year because the new CEO didn't like my city. Our Fortune 500 gain came from Allegheny Technologies... which used to be a Fortune 500 awhile back... and was at 536 last year... but has now broken back into the elite 500.

Geaux Tigers · #18 Posted **Apr 19, 2007, 2:43 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peanuthead

I am really suprised that Texas has more Fortune 500 companies than California and are about to surpass New York!

Texas has a much better business environment and a MUCH, MUCH lower cost of living. Couple that with no state income tax and there you have it.

Texas was actually #1 last year for all states.

Avian001 · #19 Posted **Apr 19, 2007, 4:12 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geaux Tigers

Texas has a much better business environment and a MUCH, MUCH lower cost of living. Couple that with no state income tax and there you have it.

Texas was actually #1 last year for all states.

Maybe a good business climate. But it's not a very good social one.

NDtexan · #20 Posted **Apr 19, 2007, 5:59 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avian001

Maybe a good business climate. But it's not a very good social one.

You really need to expand on that social comment. That's way too vague of a statement to attach to a state of 25 million people. But you're probably from the North, so that makes sense.

And by the way, DFW has 25 F500 cos. including Dallas-bound Comerica.