Business & Tech

Fortune 500: These Wisconsin Companies Make 2020 List

The annual Fortune 500 list ranks the top revenue-generating companies in the United States.

The 500 companies employ 29.2 million people worldwide.
The 500 companies employ 29.2 million people worldwide. (Image Via Google Street Map)

MILWAUKEE, WI — Fortune Magazine has released its annual list of the 500 top companies in America, and 10 of those companies are based in Wisconsin.

Fortune ranks companies by total annual revenue and, for the eighth consecutive year, Walmart topped the 2020 list, followed by Amazon and Exxon Mobil. Apple and CVS Health ranked No. 4 and No. 5, rounding out the top five spots on the list.

To put the rankings in context, the 500 companies on the 2020 list make up two-thirds of the total U.S. gross domestic product.

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The 500 companies employ 29.2 million people worldwide.

Here are the companies in Wisconsin that made the Fortune 500 list:

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102. Northwestern Mutual
Number of Employees: 5,964
Annual Revenue (in millions): $32,239.6

158: Manpower Group
Number of Employees: 28,000
Annual Revenue (in millions): $20,863.5

165: Kohl's
Number of employees: 79,500
Annual Revenue (in millions): $19,974

254. American Family Insurance
Number of employees: 13,531
Annual Revenue (in millions): $12,633.2

311. Fiserv
Number of employees: 44,000
Annual Revenue (in millions): $10,187

377. Oshkosh
Number of employees: 15,400
Annual Revenue (in millions): $8,382

416: WEC Energy Group
Number of employees: 7,509
Annual Revenue (in millions): $7,523.1

452: Rockwell Automation
Number of employees: 23,000
Annual Revenue (in millions): $6,694.8

519. Harley-Davidson
Number of employees: 5,600
Annual Revenue (in millions): $5,361.8

571: Schneider National
Number of employees: 15,650
Annual Revenue (in millions): 4,747

The top 10 companies on the list are:

  1. Walmart
  2. Amazon
  3. Exxon Mobil
  4. Apple
  5. CVS Health
  6. Berkshire Hathaway
  7. UnitedHealth Group
  8. McKesson
  9. AT&T
  10. AmerisourceBergen

You can find the complete list of companies on the Fortune website.

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