Company Research

This page lists the Fortune 500 & Fortune 1000. It takes a lot of patience to scroll through the entire list!

Alternatively, you can search for a specific company, pull up a list of the Fortune 1000 companies from a particular industry, or a list by state location of the headquarters. (Note: you may have to scroll past ads to see the full lists)

You can also sort the lists by various financial factors, such as sales, profits, profits as a % of sales, etc.

Note: As of Fall 2021, the Fortune website no longer makes these lists freely available.

Fortune compiles an annual list of America's largest corporations. There are also links to related lists such as Global 500, Fastest-Growing Companies, Fortune 1000 companies by state, America's Most Admired Companies, Best Companies to Work For, etc. Note that these are no longer fully available for free from the Fortune website.

Forbes publishes lists/rankings, such as Largest Private Companies, World's Largest Companies, Best Small Companies, Fastest-Growing Techs, Global High Performers, Richest Americans, etc.
To find related articles use Forbes via ProQuest

"The IndustryWeek 1000 is IW's exclusive annual ranking of the world's largest public manufacturers, based on revenue."

Ranking by Ethisphere magazine.

Information Week's Ranking of the "nation's most innovative users of business technology."

Fortune magazine does an "annual ranking of companies that rank high with employees." There is brief information on "what makes it so great for each company." Also statistics on number of employees, percent of minority employees, percent of women employees, job growth, number of applicants per year, percent voluntary turnover, and salaries. Besides the top 100 list, the site has lists for best benefits and top-paying companies.

This site presents a ranking that "rates the performance of agencies and specialized subagencies related to employee satisfaction."

"Computerworld conducts an annual survey to identify the 100 best places to work for IT professionals." This survey includes only large companies with at least 75 IT professionals.

"The CEI report, released each fall, provides an in-depth analysis and rating of large U.S. employers and their policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees."

Latina Style magazine surveys corporations and ranks them using a number of criteria related to "sensitivity to hispanic professional women."

This lists ranks best companies for "innovative time-off and maternity leave policies, work/life flexibility and child-care programs.