Fortune 500: These 10 Illinois Companies Made The 2021 List

Chicago IL

08 June, 2021

12:18 PM

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ILLINOIS — Fortune Magazine on Wednesday released its annual list of the 500 top companies in America, and 10 of those companies are based in Illinois. This year marks the 67th edition of the Fortune 500, which ranks companies by total annual revenue. Combined, the corporations on this year's list employ about 29.1 million people worldwide and generated $13.8 trillion in revenue in the last fiscal year, accounting for about two-thirds of the total U.S. gross domestic product. The 10 Illinois companies to make the list employ about 911,000 people combined and bring in upward of $1.29 trillion in revenue annually. Here are the companies in Illinois that made this year's Fortune 500 list: Walgreens Boots Alliance, $140 billion in revenueState Farm Insurance, $79 billion in revenueArcher Daniels Midland, $64 billion in revenueBoeing, $58 billion in revenueAbbVie, $46 billion in revenueAllstate, $45 billion in revenueCaterpillar, $41 billion in revenueDeere, $36 billion in revenueAbbot Laboratories, $35 billion in revenueExelon, $33 billion in revenue The top 10 companies on this year's national list are: Walmart Amazon Apple CVS Health UnitedHealth Group Berkshire Hathaway McKesson Amerisource Bergen Alphabet Exxon Mobil This is the ninth year Walmart has topped the list of Fortune 500 companies. You can find the complete list of companies as well as the list methodology on Fortune's website. Like many things, the coronavirus pandemic took a mostly negative toll on this year's Fortune 500. As the world locked down, hitting pause on the global economy, the overall profits of Fortune 500 companies dropped from $1.24 trillion to $859 billion. More than 70 percent of Fortune 500 sectors saw a decline in profits. A few sectors saw increases, the list notes, including technology and household products, the latter of which reported a 106 percent increase in profits. Women hit some big milestones on this year's list. The number of women running businesses on the Fortune 500 hit an all-time record of 41; and, for the first time ever, two Black women are running Fortune 500 businesses (Roz Brewer of No. 16 Walgreens Boots Alliance and Thasunda Brown Duckett of No. 79 TIAA).