17 Florida Companies Make Fortune 500 2017 List

LAKELAND, FL — Fortune Magazine has named the companies across the country that managed to earn ranking on its coveted Fortune 500 list. The 500 firms included represent two-thirds of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) with a $12 trillion in revenues combined. Seventeen of those companies happen to have their headquarters in Florida.

Companies that made the list are ranked by total revenues. Topping the list nationally is Walmart, followed by Berkshire Hathaway and Apple. Walmart also happens to be the biggest employer represented on the list with 2.3 million employees. Apple earns the honor of being the most profitable company on the list.

While 15 companies dropped off the list, there were 20 newcomers on the list, including Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla. Other than clearing the bar of at least $5.1 billion in annual revenue, Fortune explains how newcomers make it on the list.

The 2017 list also includes 32 female CEOs, which Fortune says it the highest number of female CEOs to ever make the list.

The Florida companies that made the list are:

• No 85. Publix Super Markets
• No. 103 World Fuel Services
• No. 107 Tech Data
• No. 129 AutoNation
• No. 152 Jabil Circuit
• No. 170 NextEra Energy
• No. 195 WellCare Health Plans
• No. 203 Office Depot
• No. 257 CSX
• No. 260 Lennar
• No. 293 Fidelity National Financial
• No. 296 Hertz Global Holdings
• No. 301 Fidelity National Information Services
• No. 363 Harris
• No. 385 Darden Restaurants
• No. 394 Ryder System
• No. 469 Raymond James Financial

Click here to see all 500 companies and to explore the list in further detail.

Companies on the Fortune list are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years. The figure shown is a fiscal year-end number as published by the company in its annual report.

This Fortune 500 Directory includes income statements and balance sheet data provided by the companies that were reviewed and verified against published earnings releases and annual reports.

Patch’s Deb Belt contributed to this report.

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