Industry Profiles
Top 50 Employers.  NOV 2000
Economic Diversification
Target Industries
Target Missouri II Studies. FALL 2000
Predicting IT Employment in Rural Missouri.  NOV 2000
Information Technology in Missouri.  OCT 2000
Information Technology Access
Households Wired for the Information Superhighway
Kansas City and St. Louis Among the Nation´s Most Wired Cities
Missouri´s Public Airports: An Illustrated Guide.  JUL 2000
Transportation and Economic Prosperity.  JAN 2000
Transportation Map
The Energy Crunch:  Nuclear Power Profile  MAY 2001
The Electric Environment of Missouri and California.  FEB 2001
Health Science Biotechnology in Missouri.  DEC 2000
Life Sciences in Missouri: Agri-Chemical Industry.  JUN 2001
Retail Trade in Missouri.  AUG 2000
The Potential Impact to Missouri of China´s Accession to the WTO.  APR 2000
Manufacturing in Missouri: Skills-Mismatch.  SEP 2000
Manufacturing in Missouri: Diversification and Specialization. SEP 2000
Advanced Manufacturing Industry Analysis.  JUL 2001
Manufacturing in Missouri: Diversification and Specialization. SEP 2000
The Economic Impacts of Tourism in Missouri.  MAR 2001
Film Industry Tax Incentives. OCT 2000



Fortune's Top Companies
Missouri is home to nine top businesses

Fortune Magazine recently released the Fortune 500 list for 2008. The top five U.S. companies, by 2007 revenues, were Wal-Mart ($378.7 billion), Exxon Mobil ($372.8 billion), Chevron ($210.7 billion), General Motors ($182.3 billion), and Conoco Phillips ($178.5 billion).

While many of the Fortune 500 companies continue to experience increased revenues, a growing percentage of these companies have seen profits decline. Of the companies on the Fortune 500 list in 2006, 156 reported lower profits than the year before, and 43 lost money- a total of $48.4 billion. In 2007, the downward trend is evident; 183 companies saw their profits fall, and 57 companies lost money: a total of $116.7 billion.

Nine Missouri-based companies made this year’s list of the 500 companies with the greatest revenues. Emerson Electric (111th) was the state’s highest-ranking company for 2008 with revenues of $22.5 billion.

All of the Missouri companies are headquartered in the St. Louis area, with the exception of Leggett & Platt in Carthage. H&R Block in Kansas City fell out of the Fortune 500 this year to 544th.

These nine companies employ more than 22,000 people in Missouri and pay wages totaling over $2.5 billion (Source: MERIC, QCEW Program).

Missouri Fortune 500 Companies
Company Rank Previous Rank Revenues ($mil) Profits ($mil) Headquarters Primary Business
Emerson Electric 111 115 $22,572.00 $2,136.00 St. Louis Electronic Components
Express Scripts 135 132 $18,377.80 $567.80 Maryland Heights Pharmacy Benefits Management
Anheuser-Busch 149 146 $16,685.70 $2,115.30 St. Louis Malt Beverages; Aluminum Products; Amusement Parks
Monsanto 305 323 $8,607.00 $993.00 St. Louis Agriculture and Biotechnology
Ameren 329 339 $7,546.00 $618.00 St. Louis Utilities
Charter Communications 409 409 $6,002.00 ($1,616.00) St. Louis Cable and other TV Services
Peabody Energy 432 431 $5,599.20 $264.30 St. Louis Coal Mining and Processing
Graybar Electric 455 450 $5,258.30 $83.40 St. Louis Electronic Parts and Equipment
Leggett & Platt 456 419 $5,258.90 $11.20 Carthage Furniture and Fixtures


Missouri ranked 19th among the states in the number of Fortune 500 company headquarters with 9. Of the surrounding states, only Illinois had more with 33. Texas led the states with 58 Fortune 500 headquarters, followed by New York (55) and California (52). Eleven states had no Fortune 500 company headquarters. The map below illustrates the number of Forture 500 companies located in each state.

Fortune 500 Map of USA


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