World's Corporate Capitals-Here's the US'

According to the 2006 Fortune 500 and 1000

Here are the US Metros with the highest concentration of the nation's largest corporations.

Fortune 500 Companies by Metro, 20+
1 New York.............83
2 San Francisco.......29
3 Chicago...............27
4 Dallas..................22
4 Houston...............22
6 Los Angeles..........20

Fortune 1000 Companies by Metro, 40+
1 New York...........139
2 San Francisco......62
3 Chicago..............57
4 Dallas.................43
5 Los Angeles.........42
6 Houston..............41


New York Metro
Fortune 500 Cos. 83
Fortune 1000 Cos. 139
1 General Electric 7 157,153.0 Fairfield
1 Citigroup 8 131,045.0 New York
2 American Intl. Group 9 108,905.0 New York
3 Intl. Business Machines 10 91,134.0 Armonk
4 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 17 79,902.0 New York
5 Verizon Communications 18 75,111.9 New York
6 Altria Group 20 69,148.0 New York
7 Morgan Stanley 30 52,498.0 New York
8 Pfizer 31 51,353.0 New York
1 Johnson & Johnson 32 50,514.0 New Brunswick
9 Merrill Lynch 34 47,783.0 New York
10 MetLife 35 46,983.0 New York
11 Time Warner 40 43,652.0 New York
12 Goldman Sachs Group 41 43,391.0 New York
2 Medco Health Solutions 51 37,870.9 Franklin Lakes
13 PepsiCo 61 32,562.0 Purchase
14 Lehman Brothers 62 32,420.0 New York
3 Prudential Financial 64 31,708.0 Newark
15 American Express 69 30,080.0 New York
4 Honeywell Intl. 71 28,862.0 Morristown
16 New York Life Insurance 74 28,051.0 New York
17 Alcoa 79 26,601.0 New York
18 TIAA-CREF 81 25,916.8 New York
4 International Paper 82 25,797.0 Stamford
19 News Corp. 86 23,859.0 New York
20 Amerada Hess 88 23,255.0 New York
5 Aetna 91 22,885.0 Hartford
21 Bristol-Myers Squibb 110 20,222.0 New York
5 Merck 95 22,011.9 Whitehouse Station
22 Cendant 114 19,471.0 New York
6 Wyeth 119 18,755.8 Madison
6 Xerox 142 15,701.0 Stamford
23 Loews 145 15,363.3 New York
24 CBS 149 14,536.4 New York
7 Chubb 156 14,082.3 Warren
8 Public Service Enterprise Group 178 12,661.0 Newark
26 Marsh & McLennan 186 12,109.0 New York
27 Pepsi Bottling 192 11,885.0 Somers
28 Consolidated Edison 199 11,732.0 New York
29 Bear Stearns 202 11,552.4 New York
30 Colgate-Palmolive 204 11,396.9 New York
9 Toys "R" Us 208 11,194.0 Wayne
31 Arrow Electronics 209 11,164.2 Melville
32 Omnicom Group 225 10,481.1 New York
10 American Standard 230 10,264.4 Piscataway
33 Viacom 241 9,817.6 New York
11 Schering-Plough 250 9,508.0 Kenilworth
34 L-3 Communications 253 9,444.7 New York
12 Lucent Technologies 255 9,441.0 Murray Hill
35 Guardian Life of America 256 9,377.4 New York
13 Automatic Data Proc. 271 8,499.1 Roseland
36 Bank of New York Co. 278 8,312.0 New York
37 Avon Products 281 8,149.6 New York
38 ITT Industries 291 7,844.7 White Plains
39 KeySpan 295 7,695.8 Brooklyn
7 Praxair 297 7,656.0 Danbury
40 Assurant 306 7,497.7 New York
41 IAC/InterActiveCorp 313 7,118.8 New York
9 MeadWestvaco 322 6,882.0 Stamford
42 Estee Lauder 340 6,336.3 New York
43 Dover 342 6,307.0 New York
44 Interpublic Group 348 6,274.3 New York
10 Terex 355 6,117.0 Westport
45 McGraw-Hill 359 6,003.6 New York
46 Starwood Hotels & Rsrts. 360 5,977.0 White Plains
47 Asbury Automotive Group 364 5,874.2 New York
48 Foot Locker 383 5,653.0 New York
49 CIT Group 384 5,652.6 New York
15 Quest Diagnostics 392 5,503.7 Lyndhurst
11 Pitney Bowes 394 5,492.2 Stamford
16 Becton Dickinson 397 5,464.4 Franklin Lakes
50 Cablevision Systems 414 5,224.7 Bethpage
18 Bed Bath & Beyond 419 5,147.7 Union
51 Barnes & Noble 422 5,103.0 New York
12 W.R. Berkley 428 4,996.8 Greenwich
19 Avaya 434 4,902.0 Basking Ridge
52 Liz Claiborne 440 4,847.8 New York
53 Henry Schein 445 4,788.7 Melville
13 Emcor Group 448 4,730.7 Norwalk
20 Engelhard 454 4,618.1 Iselin
54 Corning 456 4,579.0 Corning
21 Sealed Air 489 4,085.1 Saddle Brook
22 Pathmark Stores 497 3,980.5 Carteret
57 NTL 526 3,628.4 New York
58 CA 539 3,530.0 Islandia
59 Warner Music Group 542 3,502.0 New York
60 North Fork Bancorp. 543 3,484.0 Melville
61 New York Times 557 3,372.8 New York
62 Polo Ralph Lauren 567 3,305.4 New York
63 Jarden 585 3,189.1 Rye
64 Forest Laboratories 588 3,159.6 New York
24 New Jersey Resources 592 3,148.3 Wall
26 Cytec Industries 617 2,999.7 West Paterson
65 MasterCard 627 2,937.6 Purchase
66 Leucadia National 631 2,903.5 New York
29 Linens 'n Things 656 2,649.3 Clifton
67 ETrade Financial 679 2,550.7 New York
68 Vornado Realty Trust 681 2,550.1 New York
17 Silgan Holdings 694 2,495.6 Stamford
30 IDT 698 2,468.5 Newark
69 Reader's Digest Assn. 711 2,389.7 Pleasantville
70 Tiffany 727 2,346.8 New York
71 MBIA 742 2,284.9 Armonk
72 Volt Info. Sciences 766 2,177.6 New York
18 Citizens Communications 768 2,167.1 Stamford
73 Scholastic 782 2,079.9 New York
74 Systemax 784 2,077.5 Port Washington
75 AnnTaylor Stores 786 2,073.1 New York
20 Crane 790 2,061.2 Stamford
77 Sequa 808 1,997.6 New York
78 Intl. Flavors & Frag. 812 1,993.4 New York
79 Phillips-Van Heusen 832 1,908.8 New York
80 Pall 835 1,902.3 East Hills
22 Applera 852 1,845.1 Norwalk
25 UST 859 1,801.4 Greenwich
32 C.R. Bard 866 1,771.3 Murray Hill
81 Dow Jones 867 1,769.7 New York
82 Symbol Technologies 868 1,765.6 Holtsville
26 IMS Health 872 1,754.8 Fairfield
27 Cenveo 874 1,749.4 Stamford
83 NBTY 880 1,737.2 Bohemia
84 Moody's 885 1,731.6 New York
85 Mutual of America Life 892 1,713.0 New York
86 Coach 893 1,710.4 New York
87 Jetblue Airways 896 1,701.3 Forest Hills
34 Selective Insurance Group 898 1,696.8 Branchville
35 Children's Place 908 1,668.7 Secaucus
88 Ambac Financial Group 911 1,661.7 New York
36 Suburban Propane Partners 924 1,620.2 Whippany
28 Blyth 934 1,591.3 Greenwich
89 Duane Reade 935 1,589.5 New York
90 Warnaco Group 968 1,504.6 New York
91 Jefferies Group 971 1,497.9 New York
37 Dun & Bradstreet 993 1,443.6 Short Hills

San Francisco Bay Area
Fortune 500 Cos. 29
Fortune 1000 Cos. 62
1 Chevron 4 189,481.0 San Ramon
2 Hewlett-Packard 11 86,696.0 Palo Alto
3 McKesson 16 80,514.6 San Francisco
4 Wells Fargo 46 40,407.0 San Francisco
5 Intel 49 38,826.0 Santa Clara
6 Safeway 50 38,416.0 Pleasanton
10 Cisco Systems 83 24,801.0 San Jose
13 Gap 139 16,023.0 San Francisco
15 Apple Computer 159 13,931.0 Cupertino
20 Oracle 196 11,799.0 Redwood City
22 Sanmina-SCI 198 11,734.7 San Jose
23 PG&E Corp. 200 11,703.0 San Francisco
24 Sun Microsystems 211 11,070.0 Santa Clara
25 Solectron 227 10,456.3 Milpitas
27 Calpine 275 8,384.7 San Jose
30 Applied Materials 317 6,991.8 Santa Clara
31 Agilent Technologies 319 6,935.0 Palo Alto
32 Golden West Financial 326 6,662.0 Oakland
33 Google 353 6,138.6 Mountain View
35 Advanced Micro Devices 367 5,847.6 Sunnyvale
39 Yahoo 412 5,257.7 Sunnyvale
41 Charles Schwab 418 5,151.0 San Francisco
42 Ross Stores 431 4,944.2 Pleasanton
45 Longs Drug Stores 450 4,670.3 Walnut Creek
46 eBay 458 4,552.4 San Jose
47 Clorox 460 4,475.0 Oakland
49 Franklin Resources 474 4,310.1 San Mateo
50 CNF 481 4,169.6 San Mateo
51 Levi Strauss 484 4,125.2 San Francisco
53 URS 503 3,917.6 San Francisco
54 Maxtor 507 3,890.2 Milpitas
57 Williams-Sonoma 537 3,538.9 San Francisco
60 Robert Half Intl. 562 3,338.4 Menlo Park
61 Del Monte Foods 581 3,209.0 San Francisco
62 Bell Microproducts 584 3,193.8 San Jose
63 Electronic Arts 594 3,129.0 Redwood City
65 UTStarcom 613 3,006.7 Alameda
66 Knight-Ridder 614 3,004.0 San Jose
68 Building Materials Holding 629 2,912.2 San Francisco
72 Granite Construction 657 2,641.4 Watsonville
74 ABM Industries 664 2,612.5 San Francisco
75 Symantec 672 2,582.8 Cupertino
79 Nvidia 718 2,375.7 Santa Clara
81 SanDisk 737 2,306.1 Sunnyvale
82 Intuit 779 2,098.5 Mountain View
83 KLA-Tencor 780 2,085.2 San Jose
84 Juniper Networks 789 2,064.0 Sunnyvale
85 Gilead Sciences 801 2,028.4 Foster City
86 Spansion 806 2,002.8 Sunnyvale
88 Adobe Systems 817 1,966.3 San Jose
90 Chiron 828 1,919.7 Emeryville
91 LSI Logic 829 1,919.3 Milpitas
92 National Semiconductor 830 1,913.1 Santa Clara
93 Pacer International 848 1,860.1 Concord
98 Atmel 905 1,675.7 San Jose
99 Maxim Integrated Products 907 1,671.7 Sunnyvale
100 VeriSign 912 1,661.2 Mountain View
104 Network Appliance 929 1,598.1 Sunnyvale
105 Xilinx 938 1,573.2 San Jose
107 Autodesk 960 1,523.2 San Rafael
108 Lam Research 969 1,502.5 Fremont
110 Siebel Systems 999 1,429.1 San Mateo

Chicago Metro
Fortune 500 Cos. 27
Fortune 1000 Cos. 57
2 Boeing 26 54,848.0 Chicago
3 Sears Holdings 33 49,124.0 Hoffman Estates
4 Walgreen 45 42,201.6 Deerfield
5 Motorola 54 36,843.0 Schaumburg
8 Allstate 58 35,383.0 Northbrook
9 Abbott Laboratories 93 22,337.8 Abbott Park
11 McDonald's 109 20,460.2 Oak Brook
12 Sara Lee 111 19,727.0 Chicago
13 UAL 124 17,379.0 Elk Grove Township
14 Exelon 144 15,405.0 Chicago
15 Illinois Tool Works 173 12,921.8 Glenview
16 Navistar International 201 11,696.0 Warrenville
17 Aon 237 10,030.0 Chicago
18 Baxter International 240 9,849.0 Deerfield
19 OfficeMax 258 9,157.7 Itasca
20 R.R. Donnelley & Sons 265 8,651.4 Chicago
21 Smurfit-Stone Container 274 8,396.0 Chicago
22 Fortune Brands 305 7,498.5 Deerfield
23 CDW 343 6,291.8 Vernon Hills
24 Brunswick 363 5,923.8 Lake Forest
25 Ryerson 371 5,782.0 Chicago
26 Tribune 388 5,595.6 Chicago
27 W.W. Grainger 391 5,526.6 Lake Forest
28 USG 420 5,139.0 Chicago
29 Tenneco 463 4,441.0 Lake Forest
30 United Stationers 468 4,408.5 Des Plaines
31 Wm. Wrigley Jr. 482 4,159.3 Chicago
32 ServiceMaster 494 4,004.4 Downers Grove
33 Anixter International 509 3,847.4 Glenview
34 Old Republic Intl. 514 3,805.9 Chicago
35 Laidlaw International 523 3,672.7 Naperville
36 Northern Trust Corp. 533 3,554.4 Chicago
37 Alberto-Culver 538 3,531.2 Melrose Park
38 Pactiv 548 3,450.5 Lake Forest
39 Nicor 561 3,357.8 Naperville
40 Nalco Holding 566 3,312.4 Naperville
41 Equity Office Properties 587 3,162.6 Chicago
42 General Growth Properties 604 3,073.4 Chicago
44 Unitrin 608 3,048.1 Chicago
45 Hewitt Associates 633 2,898.5 Lincolnshire
46 Hospira 660 2,626.7 Lake Forest
47 Peoples Energy 669 2,599.6 Chicago
48 Molex 682 2,548.7 Lisle
49 Solo Cup 702 2,437.7 Highland Park
50 Corn Products Intl. 721 2,360.4 Westchester
51 Equity Residential 793 2,049.1 Chicago
52 True Value 798 2,043.0 Chicago
53 Career Education 800 2,034.6 Hoffman Estates
54 Packaging Corp. of America 811 1,993.7 Lake Forest
55 Andrew 819 1,961.2 Orland Park
56 CF Industries 833 1,908.4 Long Grove
57 Tellabs 838 1,883.4 Naperville
58 Metal Management 895 1,702.0 Chicago
59 Dade Behring Holdings 915 1,658.1 Deerfield
60 Sauer-Danfoss 947 1,547.8 Lincolnshire
61 Hub Group 954 1,531.5 Downers Grove
62 Arthur J. Gallagher 973 1,494.9 Itasca

Dallas Metro Area
Fortune 500 Cos. 22
Fortune 1000 Cos. 43
1. Exxon Mobil 1 339,938.0 Irving
2. AMR 105 20,712.0 Fort Worth
3. Electronic Data Systems 108 20,537.0 Plano
4. J.C. Penney 118 18,781.0 Plano
5. Kimberly-Clark 140 15,902.6 Irving
6. D.R. Horton 162 13,863.7 Fort Worth
7. Texas Instruments 167 13,392.0 Dallas
8. Fluor 169 13,161.1 Irving
9. Burlington No. Santa Fe 171 12,987.0 Fort Worth
10. Centex 175 12,859.7 Dallas
11. Dean Foods 216 10,900.3 Dallas
12. TXU 228 10,449.0 Dallas
13. Tenet Healthcare 236 10,052.0 Dallas
14. Southwest Airlines 300 7,584.0 Dallas
15. Commercial Metals 329 6,592.7 Irving
16. Energy Transfer Partners 347 6,274.3 Dallas
17. Celanese 356 6,070.0 Dallas
18. Blockbuster 366 5,864.4 Dallas
19. RadioShack 423 5,081.7 Fort Worth
20. Atmos Energy 430 4,973.3 Dallas
21. Triad Hospitals 432 4,916.6 Plano
22. Affiliated Computer Svcs. 471 4,351.2 Dallas
23. Brinker International 504 3,912.9 Dallas
24. Neiman Marcus 512 3,821.9 Dallas
25. Michaels Stores 522 3,676.4 Irving
26. XTO Energy 541 3,519.0 Fort Worth
27. Lennox International 560 3,366.4 Richardson
28. Holly 578 3,212.7 Dallas
29. GameStop 601 3,091.8 Grapevine
30. Crosstex Energy 610 3,033.0 Dallas
31. Trinity Industries 632 2,902.0 Dallas
32. Sabre Holdings 683 2,521.3 Southlake
33. Pioneer Natural Resources 708 2,417.1 Irving
34. Zale 715 2,383.1 Irving
35. Rent A Center 729 2,339.1 Plano
36. Builders FirstSource 730 2,337.8 Dallas
37. UICI 773 2,123.2 N. Richland Hills
38. Perot Systems 807 1,998.3 Plano
39. Texas Industries 822 1,951.2 Dallas
40. Pier 1 Imports 836 1,897.9 Fort Worth
41. Alliance Data Systems 946 1,552.4 Dallas
42. Belo 962 1,521.2 Dallas
43. AmeriCredit 988 1,450.8 Fort Worth

Los Angeles Metro Area
Fortune 500 Cos. 20
Fortune 1000 Cos. 42
7 Walt Disney 63 31,944.0 Burbank
8 Northrop Grumman 67 30,721.0 Los Angeles
9 Ingram Micro 72 28,808.3 Santa Ana
11 Countrywide Financial 122 18,536.9 Calabasas
12 Occidental Petroleum 133 16,286.0 Los Angeles
14 Computer Sciences 141 15,849.1 El Segundo
16 DIRECTV Group 168 13,164.5 El Segundo
17 Amgen 181 12,430.0 Thousand Oaks
18 Health Net 191 11,940.5 Woodland Hills
19 Edison International 194 11,852.0 Rosemead
26 KB Home 254 9,441.7 Los Angeles
28 First American Corp. 284 8,061.8 Santa Ana
34 Dole Food 365 5,870.6 Westlake Village
37 Jacobs Engineering Grp. 386 5,635.0 Pasadena
38 Avery Dennison 393 5,496.3 Pasadena
40 Mattel 416 5,179.0 El Segundo
43 Pacific Life 441 4,840.4 Newport Beach
44 Ryland Group 444 4,817.6 Calabasas
48 Hilton Hotels 464 4,437.0 Beverly Hills
52 Standard Pacific 493 4,011.4 Irvine
55 Gateway 508 3,854.1 Irvine
56 Western Digital 525 3,638.8 Lake Forest
58 Stater Bros. Holdings 558 3,372.2 Colton
59 Reliance Steel & Alum. 559 3,370.7 Los Angeles
64 DaVita 605 3,072.4 El Segundo
67 Mercury General 618 2,991.9 Los Angeles
69 CB Richard Ellis Group 630 2,910.6 El Segundo
70 Unified Western Grocers 634 2,866.9 Commerce
71 Broadcom 653 2,670.8 Irvine
73 Fleetwood Enterprises 662 2,623.5 Riverside
77 Beckman Coulter 700 2,443.8 Fullerton
78 New Century Financial 701 2,443.1 Irvine
80 Allergan 734 2,319.2 Irvine
89 Univision Communications 821 1,952.5 Los Angeles
94 William Lyon Homes 850 1,856.4 Newport Beach
95 Guitar Center 862 1,782.5 Westlake Village
96 Quiksilver 863 1,780.9 Huntington Beach
97 Indymac Bancorp 869 1,765.3 Pasadena
101 Molina Healthcare 916 1,650.1 Long Beach
102 Watson Pharmaceuticals 917 1,646.2 Corona
103 Earle M. Jorgensen 927 1,608.9 Lynwood
109 Apria Healthcare Group 979 1,474.1 Lake Forest


Houston Metro Area
Fortune 500 Cos. 22
Fortune 1000 Cos. 41
2 ConocoPhillips 6 166,683.0 Houston
4 Marathon Oil 23 58,958.0 Houston
7 Plains All Amer. Pipeline 65 31,177.3 Houston
8 Sysco 68 30,281.9 Houston
9 Halliburton 103 20,994.0 Houston
13 Lyondell Chemical 121 18,606.0 Houston
19 Waste Management 170 13,074.0 Houston
22 Enterprise Products 183 12,257.0 Houston
24 Continental Airlines 207 11,208.0 Houston
26 Reliant Energy 220 10,708.0 Houston
29 Kinder Morgan Energy 243 9,787.1 Houston
30 CenterPoint Energy 244 9,784.0 Houston
32 TEPPCO Partners 267 8,618.5 Houston
33 Burlington Resources 298 7,587.0 Houston
34 Apache 299 7,584.2 Houston
36 Baker Hughes 310 7,218.0 Houston
37 Anadarko Petroleum 314 7,100.0 The Woodlands
43 Group 1 Automotive 361 5,969.6 Houston
47 Smith International 390 5,579.0 Houston
53 National Oilwell Varco 452 4,644.5 Houston
54 El Paso 455 4,596.0 Houston
56 Frontier Oil 496 4,001.2 Houston
60 EOG Resources 528 3,620.2 Houston
63 BJ Services 573 3,243.2 Houston
64 FMC Technologies 576 3,226.7 Houston
72 US Oncology 684 2,518.6 Houston
73 Cooper Cameron 685 2,517.8 Houston
74 Stewart Information Services 703 2,430.6 Houston
79 Adams Resources & Engy. 746 2,269.7 Houston
81 Noble Energy 761 2,186.7 Houston 83 Pride International 799 2,034.6 Houston
84 Southern Union 803 2,019.4 Houston
86 Quanex 809 1,996.9 Houston
90 Quanta Services 849 1,858.6 Houston
91 Newfield Exploration 870 1,762.0 Houston
92 Service Corp. Intl. 879 1,738.5 Houston
93 Men's Wearhouse 887 1,724.9 Houston
94 HCC Insurance Holdings 918 1,644.3 Houston
95 Kinder Morgan 932 1,594.5 Houston
96 ExpressJet Holdings 942 1,562.8 Houston
100 Pogo Producing 978 1,478.5 Houston
101 BMC Software 984 1,463.0 Houston>