http://fortune.com/fortune500/
For many in business, this is a big day. Some consider a company's ranking on this list to be a big, BIG deal.
So how did Illinois companies do?
-- Thirty-three Illinois companies made the 2014 Fortune 500 list, up from 32 in 2013.
-- Having 33 companies on the 500 puts Illinois in 4th place... behind New York, California, and Texas (these 4 states make up nearly 40% of the 500)
-- Illinois' top 3: ADM (No. 27), Boeing (No. 30), Walgreen (No. 37)
-- 4 of the Illinois 33 had never made the list before: U S Foods, AbbVie, Integrys Energy Group, LKQ Corporation (like me, many of you are saying "who?")
-- 3 Illinois companies fell off the list this year: Office Max (since they were purchased by Office Depot), Hillshire Brands, Telephone & Data Systems
What about other big Illinois companies?
-- Caterpillar #49
-- John Deere #80
-- Sears #87
-- McDonalds #106
And a couple other pieces of info to close out this post:
-- Yahoo fell off the list this year.
-- The top 10 for 2014:
1.Wal-Mart Stores
2. Exxon Mobil
3. Chevron
4. Berkshire Hathaway
5. Apple
6. Phillips 66
7. General Motors
8. Ford Motor
9. General Electric
10. Valero Energy
Out for now.....
Matt