Fortune 1000 of the Texas Triangle

2007

• Houston [49]
• Dallas-Fort Worth [43]
• Austin-San Antonio [9]

Fortune 1000 Braggin' Rights for Lone Star State

Texas emerges as dominant state and region for business

As Fortune Magazine released its seminal list of big companies online, the numbers came in big for Texas. According to the site, the Lone Star state had more companies in the top 500 than other state. Additionally, Irving-based Exxon-Mobil edged out Wal-Mart to become the only member of the Fortune 1 list.

Rank # of Fortune 500 Companies
Texas	64
New York	56
California	51

In the overall top 1000, Texas took 118 spots and, of those, 114 companies were based in Texas Triangle.



Within the Triangle, here's how the regions breakout:

1. Houston Area - 56
2. Dallas-Fort Worth - 48
3. Austin/San Antonio - 10

The four remaining Fortune 1000 firms were 1 in El Paso, 1 in Corpus Christi, 1 in Pittsburg, and 1 in Angleton.

With these numbers, it's now undeniable that Texas and the Texas Triangle has emerged as a dominant business community in the United States and the world.

2007

• Houston [49]
• Dallas-Fort Worth [43]
• Austin-San Antonio [9] .:.
  

Houston Fortune 1000

Below is a list of the 49 Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in the Houston area.

#5 ConocoPhillips [Houston ]
#30 Marathon Oil [Houston ]
#65 Sysco Corp [Houston ]
#103 Plains All American Pipeline [Houston ]
#106 Lyondell Chemical [Houston ]
#177 Enterprise GP Holdings [Houston ]
#181 Waste Management [Houston ]
#186 Continental Airlines [Houston ]
#201 (TAKEN PRIVATE '07) Kinder Morgan [Houston ]
#229 Reliant Energy [Houston ]
#233 Anadarko Petroleum [The Woodlands ]
#259 TEPPCO Partners [Houston ]
#270 CenterPoint Energy [Houston ]
#278 Baker Hughes [Houston ]
#293 Apache [Houston ]
#324 Smith International [Houston ]
#333 National Oilwell Varco [Houston ]
#351 Enbridge Energy Partners [Houston ]
#377 Group 1 Automotive [Houston ]
#449 El Paso [Houston ]
#462 Frontier Oil [Houston ]
#495 BJ Services [Houston ]
#537 FMC Technologies [Houston ]
#539 EOG Resources [Houston ]
#553 Cameron International [Houston ]
#616 (TAKEN PRIVATE '07) EGL [Houston ]
#632 American National Ins. [Galveston ]
#660 Noble Energy [Houston ]
#664 Benchmark Electronics [Angleton ]
#674 Southern Union [Houston ]
#681 US Oncology Holdings [Houston ]
#745 Pride International [Houston ]
#747 Westlake Chemical [Houston ]
#750 Stewart Information Services [Houston ]
#796 Adams Resources & Engy. [Houston ]
#823 Quanta Services [Houston ]
#836 HCC Insurance Holdings [Houston ]
#848 Quanex [Houston ]
#855 Dynegy [Houston ]
#879 Oil States International [Houston ]
#892 Men's Wearhouse [Houston ]
#910 Grant Prideco [Houston ]
#921 Metals USA [Houston ]
#925 Goodman Global [Houston ]
#931 Service Corp. Intl. [Houston ]
#933 Pogo Producing [Houston ]
#950 ExpressJet Holdings [Houston ]
#953 Newfield Exploration [Houston ]
#954 Hanover Compressor [Houston ]



Weighted heavily to energy, Houston's economy has the densest concentration of large companies in Texas. For every 1 million residents, Houston has 8.8 Fortune 1000 companies. Dallas-Ft. Worth has nearly as many, with 7.6 per 1 million, and San Antonio-Austin have 2.6 per 1 million. .:.

Metroplex Fortune 1000

Below is a list of the 43 Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in the DFW Metroplex.

#2 Exxon Mobil [Irving ]
#101 AMR Corp [Fort Worth ]
#111 Electronic Data Systems [Plano ]
#116 J.C. Penney [Plano ]
#137 Kimberly-Clark [Irving ]
#155 D.R. Horton [Fort Worth ]
#157 Burlington Northern Santa Fe [Fort Worth ]
#162 Texas Instruments [Dallas ]
#174 Fluor [Irving ]
#234 (TAKEN PRIVATE Oct. '07) TXU [Dallas ]
#246 Dean Foods [Dallas ]
#258 Tenet Healthcare [Dallas ]
#276 Southwest Airlines [Dallas ]
#306 Energy Transfer Equity [Dallas ]
#316 Commercial Metals [Irving ]
#346 Celanese [Dallas ]
#372 Atmos Energy [Dallas ]
#410 Blockbuster [Dallas ]
#417 Triad Hospitals [Plano ]
#424 Affiliated Computer Svcs. [Dallas ]
#426 GameStop [Grapevine ]
#466 RadioShack [Fort Worth ]
#482 XTO Energy [Fort Worth ]
#502 Brinker International [Dallas ]
#517 Neiman Marcus [Dallas ]
#518 Holly [Dallas ]
#541 Michaels Stores [Irving ]
#559 Lennox International [Richardson ]
#586 Torchmark [Mckinney ]
#603 Trinity Industries [Dallas ]
#627 Crosstex Energy [Dallas ]
#645 Flowserve [Irving ]
#678 Sabre Holdings [Southlake ]
#723 Pioneer Natural Resources [Irving ]
#758 Zale [Irving ]
#759 Rent A Center [Plano ]
#788 Perot Systems [Plano ]
#799 Builders FirstSource [Dallas ]
#826 HealthMarkets [N. Richland Hills ]
#859 Alliance Data Systems [Dallas ]
#903 Pier 1 Imports [Fort Worth ]
#913 ENSCO International [Dallas ]
#916 AmeriCredit [Fort Worth ]

Of note is that DFW has 7.60 Fortune 1000 companies per 1 million residents. Much higher than San Antonio-Austin, at 2.60, but less than Houston, with 8.8 Fortune 1000 per 1 million residents. Interstingly, also, is the fact the the Metroplex has just 1 company in the top 100, but it's a real giant, #2 Exxon Mobil. .:.

Austin-San Antonio Fortune 1000

Below is a list of the Fortune 1000 companies in Austin-San Antonio corridor.

#34 Dell Inc. [Round Rock ]
#16 Valero Energy Corp [San Antonio ]
#27 AT&T [San Antonio ]
#128 Tesoro [San Antonio ]
#180 USAA [San Antonio ]
#330 (TAKEN PRIVATE Sep. '07) Clear Channel Comm. [San Antonio ]
#411 Whole Foods Market [Austin ]
#414 Temple-Inland [Austin ]
#779 Rush Enterprises [New Braunfels ]

That means the combined San Antonio-Austin region, with 2.45 million people, has 2.60 Fortune 1000 companies per 1 million residents. By contrast, DFW has 7.16 such companies per 1 million residents, and Houston has the highest ratio at 8.8 companies per 1 million residents. This indicates a relative lack of large enterprises in the southwest corner of the Texas Triangle. .:.

10-Gallon Headquarters

Big business thrives deep in the heart of Texas

Texas is home to some of the biggest companies on the planet. And the vast majority of the more than 100 Fortune 1000 companies are concentrated in the Texas Triangle. Below is a list of 22 firms that fall within 200 largest public companies in the U.S. (Clicking on a company will take you to a list of their annual reports filed with the SEC going as far back as 1994.)

#2 Exxon Mobil [Irving]
#5 ConocoPhillips [Houston]
#16 Valero Energy Corp [San Antonio]
#27 AT&T [San Antonio]
#30 Marathon Oil [Houston]
#34 Dell Inc. [Round Rock]
#65 Sysco Corp [Houston]
#101 AMR Corp [Fort Worth]
#103 Plains All American Pipeline [Houston]
#106 Lyondell Chemical [Houston]
#111 Electronic Data Systems [Plano]
#116 J.C. Penney [Plano]
#128 Tesoro [San Antonio]
#137 Kimberly-Clark [Irving]
#155 D.R. Horton [Fort Worth]
#157 Burlington Northern Santa Fe [Fort Worth]
#162 Texas Instruments [Dallas]
#174 Fluor [Irving]
#177 Enterprise GP Holdings [Houston]
#180 USAA [San Antonio]
#181 Waste Management [Houston]
#186 Continental Airlines [Houston]

In addition to these, there are scores of other giant companies in the Texas Triangle. In fact, 79 other Fortune 1000 firms are at home inside the Texas Three-Step. .:.