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how many fortune 100 companies does your metro have? how many fortune 100 companies per capita? what companies are they? what effect does this have on your metro?
I think all factors are imprtant when evaluating, probably no single one tells the whole story. Many good and large companies are good (especially when they have good fundamentals). Economic output is also important, diversity of economy, growth industries, unemployment etc.
ConocoPhillips 6
Marathon Oil 41
Sysco 55
Enterprise GP Holdings 92
Plains All American Pipeline 128
Halliburton 158
National Oilwell Varco 182
Continental Airlines 183
KBR 193
Waste Management 196
Baker Hughes 243
Andarko Petroleum 260
Apache
CenterPoint Energy
Smith International
Kinder Morgan
Calpine
Enbridge Energy Partners
Cameron International
EOG Resources
Spectra Energy
El Paso
Group 1 Automotive
FMC Technologies
Frontier Oil
Top 6
New York (42)
Houston (25)
Dallas (12),
Atlanta (10),
Minneapolis (10)
Chicago (9)
Exxon Mobil Corp.
AT&T
AMR
Flour
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
J.C. Penney
Burlington No. Santa Fe
Texas Instruments
Dean Foods Company
Energy Future Holdings
Southwest Airlines
Commercial Metals
Tenet Healthcare Corp
Energy Transfer Equity
GameStop
Centex
XTO Energy
Atmos Energy
Celanese
D.R. Horton
Affiliated Computer Services
Holly
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
Blockbuster
Crosstex Energy
The real question on comparing corporate HQ's to an areas health, it might be risky at times to do that. If an area relies on too few employers and especially in one sector it can all fall apart fast. Another question is some places while they may not have the HQ there does have a large presence in a particular place who at times are more important.
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