New York, Mar. 22–The Fortune 500 ranking of the nation’s largest companies are compiled by Fortune magazine on the basis of 2003 revenue. Each entry includes rank, name of company, headquarters, last year’s rank and 2003 revenue in billions of dollars. Listed below are the top five and companies of interest ot the flooring industry:
1. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark., 1, $258.681
2. Exxon Mobil Corp., Irving, Texas, 3, $213.199
3. General Motors Corp., Detroit, 2, $195.645
4. Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., 4, $164.496
5. General Electric Co., Fairfield, Conn., 5, $134.187
13. The Home Depot Inc., Atlanta, 13, $64.816
14. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Omaha, Neb., 28, $63.859
23. Target Corp., Minneapolis, 25, $48.163
29. Costco Wholesale Corp., Issaquah, Wash., 33, $42.546
32. Sears Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, Ill., 30, $41.124
43. J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Plano, Texas, 42, $32.923
44. The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., 51, $32.632
50. Lowe’s Cos. Inc., Mooresville, N.C., 60, $31.263
59. E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del., 67, $27.730
67. Kmart Holding Corp., Troy, Mich., 39, $26.032
76. Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, N.J., 78, $23.103
94. Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, 74, $20.255
95. Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., 96, $19.873
105. 3M, St. Paul, Minn., 110, $18.232
134. Federated Department Stores Inc., Cincinnati, 122, $15.264
147. The May Department Stores Co., St. Louis, 144, $13.343
189. Kohl’s Corp., Menomonee Falls, Wis., 204, $10.282
191. Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, Ill., 189, $10.138
222. Pulte Homes Inc., Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 250, $9.049
277. BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc., Natick, Mass., 295, $6.724
286. Nordstrom Inc., Seattle, 293, $6.4912
306. Saks, Inc., Birmingham, Ala., 294, $6.055
315. KB Home, Los Angeles, 332, $5.851
333. The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, 321, $5.408
342. Amazon.com Inc., Seattle, 407, $5.264
349. Mohawk Industries Inc., Calhoun, Ga., 361, $5.005
353. Monsanto Co., St. Louis, new to list, $4.936
397. Leggett & Platt, Inc., Carthage, Mo., 380, $4.388
407. Liz Claiborne Inc., New York, 429, $4.241
431. Collins & Aikman Corp., Troy, Mich., 411, $3.984
441. Lyondell Chemical, Houston, 467, $3.801
459. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., Union, N.J., 501, $3.665
463. ServiceMaster, Downers Grove, Ill., 437, $3.634
481. The Ryland Group Inc., Calabasas, Calif., 510, $3.444
495. Armstrong Holdings Inc., Lancaster, Pa., 478, $3.259
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