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M e t r o
2007 METRO ATLANTA OPERATIONS FOR THE FORTUNE 1,000
THE LARGEST U.S. INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE CORPORATIONS
A t l a n t a
For the sixth year in a row, Atlanta headquarters fared well from last year. All list: Scientific Atlanta, bought by Cisco;
ranked third in the nation among but two (AGCO and BlueLinx) of the 13 Roper Industries that relocated to Florida;
cities with the most FORTUNE 500 Atlanta-headquartered FORTUNE 500 and Equifax that was No. 994 last year
headquarters, according to FORTUNE saw revenue increases since last year. and did not make the cut this year. A
magazine released April 30, 2007. Notably, Atlanta-based SunTrust climbed newcomer to the FORTUNE 1,000 list
Twenty-two companies headquartered in 66 spots on the F500 from No. 217 to this year, Exide Technologies relocated to
metro Atlanta are ranked among the latest No. 183 with healthy revenue returns. Atlanta from New Jersey.
C h a m b e r
FORTUNE 1,000 companies, with 13 Atlanta-based Newell-Rubbermaid and Metro Atlanta's FORTUNE 1,000
among the FORTUNE 500. Beazer Homes USA both posted approxi- companies generated $287.2 billion in
Two companies dropped from the mately 50 percent increases in profits sales revenue in 2007, and more than
FORTUNE 500 list from last year: since last year. $14.5 billion in profit among the area's
BellSouth, bought out by AT&T and Cox Atlanta saw some shakeup in the FORTUNE 500. More than 70 percent
Communications that went private at FORTUNE 1000 as well. Three compa- of all FORTUNE 1,000 companies have
year-end 2004. Atlanta's FORTUNE 500 nies dropped from the FORTUNE 1000 a presence in metro Atlanta.
o f
Metro Atlanta Headquartered Fortune 500 Corporations 13*
Top Cities
C o m m e r c e
(revenue in millions)
With The Most 1. The Home Depot 7. SunTrust Banks 13. Mirant
Fortune 500 Revenue: $90,837.00 Revenue: $13,260.40 Revenue: $4,684.00
Rank: 17 Rank: 183 Rank: 474
Headquarters
2. UPS 8. Genuine Parts
Rank Headquarters Georgia Fortune 500
Revenue: $47,547.00 Revenue: $10,457.90
1 New York 45 Companies Outside of
Rank: 43 Rank: 244
2 Houston 22 Metro Atlanta
3 Atlanta 12* 3. The Coca-Cola Company 9. Newell Rubbermaid AFLAC
4 Chicago 11 Revenue: $24,088.00 Revenue: $6,709.50 Revenue: $14,616.0
P o w e r f u l
4 Dallas 11 Rank: 94 Rank: 343 Rank: 164
5 Minneapolis 8 Columbus, GA
4. Coca-Cola Enterprises 10. Beazer Homes USA
5 Philadelphia 8
Revenue: $19,804.00 Revenue: $5,462.00
6 Charlotte 7 Mohawk Industries
Rank: 118 Rank: 420
6 Pittsburgh 7 Revenue: $7,905.80
6 St. Louis 7 5. Delta Air Lines 11. AGCO Rank: 304
Revenue: $17,171.00 Revenue: $5,435.00 Calhoun, GA
7 Cincinnati 6
7 Milwaukee 6 Rank: 136 Rank: 421
T h i n k i n g .
7 Seattle 6
6. Southern Company 12. BlueLinx Holdings
Source: FORTUNE magazine, Revenue: $14,356.00 Revenue: $4,899.40
April 30, 2007 Rank: 168 Rank: 456
Metro Atlanta Headquartered Fortune 1,000 Corporations 9
(revenue in millions)
1. Superior Essex 4. Spectrum Brands 7. Acuity Brands
Georgia Fortune 1,000
P o s i t i v e
Revenue: $2,938.20 Revenue: $2,568.10 Revenue: $2,393.10 Companies Outside of
Rank: 661 Rank: 729 Rank: 769 Metro Atlanta
2. Exide Technologies** 5. Georgia Gulf Corporation 8. Rock-Tenn Synovus Financial
Revenue: $2,819.9 Revenue: $2,451.90 Revenue: $2,138.10 Revenue: $4,150.1
Rank: 679 Rank: 754 Rank: 822 Rank: 514
Columbus, GA
3. AGL Resources 6. Graphic Packaging 9. Gold Kist Flowers Foods
C h a n g e .
Revenue: $2,621.00 Revenue: $2,413.00 Revenue: $2,127.40 Revenue: $1,888.7
Rank: 717 Rank: 766 Rank: 824 Rank: 889
Thomasville, GA
Source: Fortune Magazine, April 2007
Notes: increased or decreased rank or revenues from previous year Fortune listing.
* The city ranking (12) represents the FORTUNE 500 headquarters located where an Atlanta city address is reported in filings. The list of 13 companies
represents those FORTUNE 500 headquarters in the greater metropolitan Atlanta area.
** New to the Fortune list