Five years ago, we took a look at the biggest companies in the world. Today we update that look with a few tables, based on the data provided in the annual Fortune magazine Global 500 lists. You can see the shift from a US-centered (and to some degree European) economy to a more global economy. […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
Today we publish the last of our series of four annual animated charts on the top American public companies, focused on the largest employers. This list may seem to change more gradually than our prior lists based on revenues, stock market valuations, and profits. Yet a look at the first frame of the animation, shown […] The post The Largest American Corporate Employers 1994-2024 appeared first on Business History - The American Business History Center.| Business History – The American Business History Center
In our last article, we presented a history and chart on the most valuable companies in America over the past three decades. In this issue, we take a look at another interesting measure, the twenty American companies that made the highest annual dollar profits in each year over the same time span, based on the […] The post Highest Profit American Companies: 1994-2024 appeared first on Business History - The American Business History Center.| Business History – The American Business History Center
In our last article, we presented a history and chart on the largest companies in America over the past three decades. In this issue, we take a look at another interesting measure, the twenty most valuable American companies over the same time span, based on the annual Fortune 500 list. In the paragraphs below, we […] The post Most Valuable American Companies over 30 Years: 1995-2025 appeared first on Business History - The American Business History Center.| Business History – The American Business History Center
In the paragraphs below, we take a visual tour of the evolution of the largest American companies over the past thirty years. We’ve posted updates of our annual charts of America’s biggest companies from the recently published Fortune 500. The first chart shows the 25 US public companies with the largest annual revenues (sales) from 1994 […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
Here we continue with our series of annual updates on America’s biggest companies from the recently published Fortune 500. This chart shows the 20 US public companies with the largest market capitalizations from 1995 through 2024. You can pause and move to any year between 1994 and 2023. (There is also a video with sound […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
Here we continue with our series of annual updates on America’s biggest companies. This chart shows the 20 biggest employers among US public companies from 1994 through 2023. You can pause and move to any year between 1994 and 2023. (There is also a video with sound on YouTube.) Studying the chart is an education […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
Here we continue with our series of annual updates on America’s biggest companies. This chart shows the 20 highest profit US public companies from 1994 through 2023. You can pause and move to any year between 1994 and 2023. (There is also a video with sound on YouTube.) embed code: Studying the chart is an […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
We’re delighted to present our annual update of our charts on the largest American companies, ranked by revenue, reflecting full year results for 2023. Here are two charts which you can pause and move to any year between 1994 and 2023. One chart is the top 25 companies, which can be seen on one screen; […]| Business History - The American Business History Center