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# Fortune 500 Companies by City 2026: New York City Leads With 43 Headquarters
- URL: https://www.bestfirms.org/fortune-500-companies-by-city-2026/
- Published: 2026-10-19T06:25:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T06:25:14.000Z
- Description: Fortune 500 companies by city for 2026: New York City leads with 43 headquarters, then Houston (25), Chicago (14), Atlanta (13) and Dallas (11). Full city ranking, revenue, metro clusters, and city answers. Checked 19 October 2026.
- Author: Best Firms Editorial
- Tags: Business, Report, Rankings, Statistics, 2026

**New York City** is home to 43 Fortune 500 headquarters in 2026, more than Houston (25) and Chicago (14) combined ([Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org)).

This report ranks every US city with three or more Fortune 500 headquarters, adds revenue and 2025 comparisons, and answers the city questions people search most, from Atlanta to Kansas City.

Checked 19 October 2026 against the live 2026 ranking on [Fortune](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org). City counts use Fortune's headquarters city field, so suburbs such as Irving, Texas, count on their own.

## Key Takeaways

- New York City leads with 43 headquarters; Houston has 25, Chicago 14, Atlanta 13, Dallas 11 ([Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org))
- The 2026 Fortune 500 spans 229 cities in 39 states ([Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org))
- New York City's companies booked $1.96 trillion in revenue, about 9% of the list ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org))
- Dallas (9 to 11) and Oklahoma City (1 to 3) posted the biggest city gains since 2025 ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/2025/?ref=bestfirms.org))
- Count the suburbs and Dallas-Fort Worth reaches 24 headquarters, the Houston area 27 ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org))

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Best Firms tip: city limits undercount business hubs. When you map Fortune 500 buyers or hiring competition, look at the named suburbs too. Irving, Santa Clara, and McLean each host more Fortune 500 headquarters than most big cities.

## Which city has the most Fortune 500 companies in 2026?

**New York City** has the most, with 43 headquarters, the same count as on the 2025 list ([Fortune 2025 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/2025/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Those 43 companies reported $1.96 trillion in combined revenue and employ about 1.99 million people worldwide ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)). Finance dominates: 24 of the 43 sit in Fortune's Financials sector.

The biggest New York City names by revenue are **JPMorgan Chase** (No. 12), **Citigroup** (No. 24), **Verizon Communications** (No. 28), **StoneX Group** (No. 31), **Goldman Sachs Group** (No. 36).

Here's how the top five cities stack up, per [Fortune's 3 June 2026 release](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org):

- **New York City**: 43 headquarters
- **Houston**: 25 headquarters
- **Chicago**: 14 headquarters
- **Atlanta**: 13 headquarters
- **Dallas**: 11 headquarters

Texas is the only state with two cities in the top five. No California city makes the top five, even though California has 56 Fortune 500 companies ([Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org)).

## Fortune 500 companies by city: the full 2026 ranking

The table ranks all 39 cities with three or more Fortune 500 headquarters. Only 19 cities have five or more ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

| #  | City              | 2026 HQs | 2025 HQs | Combined revenue | Largest company                             |
| -- | ----------------- | -------- | -------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| 1  | New York City, NY | 43       | 43       | $1.96T           | **JPMorgan Chase** (No. 12)                 |
| 2  | Houston, TX       | 25       | 24       | $908.2B          | **Chevron** (No. 21)                        |
| 3  | Chicago, IL       | 13\*     | 14       | $358.6B          | **Archer Daniels Midland** (No. 58)         |
| 4  | Atlanta, GA       | 13       | 13       | $510.3B          | **Home Depot** (No. 25)                     |
| 5  | Dallas, TX        | 11       | 9        | $389.0B          | **AT&T** (No. 35)                           |
| 6  | San Francisco, CA | 9        | 9        | $315.0B          | **Wells Fargo** (No. 38)                    |
| 7  | Irving, TX        | 8        | 8        | $512.1B          | **McKesson** (No. 8)                        |
| 8  | Santa Clara, CA   | 7        | 6        | $363.3B          | **Nvidia** (No. 16)                         |
| 9  | San Jose, CA      | 7        | 7        | $164.3B          | **Cisco Systems** (No. 83)                  |
| 10 | Pittsburgh, PA    | 7        | 7        | $114.3B          | **PNC Financial Services Group** (No. 136)  |
| 11 | Charlotte, NC     | 6        | 6        | $342.1B          | **Bank of America** (No. 20)                |
| 12 | Cincinnati, OH    | 6        | 6        | $277.6B          | **Kroger** (No. 27)                         |
| 13 | St. Louis, MO     | 6        | 5        | $249.9B          | **Centene** (No. 19)                        |
| 14 | Minneapolis, MN   | 6        | 6        | $211.9B          | **Target** (No. 42)                         |
| 15 | Seattle, WA       | 5        | 6        | $817.6B          | **Amazon** (No. 1)                          |
| 16 | Boston, MA        | 5        | 5        | $108.2B          | **Liberty Mutual Insurance Group** (No. 95) |
| 17 | Milwaukee, WI     | 5        | 5        | $101.0B          | **Northwestern Mutual** (No. 109)           |
| 18 | Phoenix, AZ       | 5        | 4        | $87.8B           | **Freeport-McMoRan** (No. 177)              |
| 19 | Cleveland, OH     | 5        | 5        | $82.1B           | **Sherwin-Williams** (No. 194)              |
| 20 | Omaha, NE         | 4        | 4        | $429.7B          | **Berkshire Hathaway** (No. 7)              |
| 21 | McLean, VA        | 4        | 4        | $225.0B          | **Freddie Mac** (No. 33)                    |
| 22 | Arlington, VA     | 4        | 3        | $204.1B          | **Boeing** (No. 47)                         |
| 23 | Stamford, CT      | 4        | 4        | $134.6B          | **Charter Communications** (No. 85)         |
| 24 | Richmond, VA      | 4        | 5        | $124.8B          | **Performance Food Group** (No. 80)         |
| 25 | Reston, VA        | 4        | 5        | $88.8B           | **General Dynamics** (No. 91)               |
| 26 | Jacksonville, FL  | 4        | 4        | $72.1B           | **GuideWell Mutual Holding** (No. 140)      |
| 27 | Denver, CO        | 4        | 4        | $55.0B           | **Newmont** (No. 200)                       |
| 28 | Greenwich, CT     | 4        | 4        | $46.5B           | **W.R. Berkley** (No. 305)                  |
| 29 | Indianapolis, IN  | 3        | 3        | $281.7B          | **Elevance Health** (No. 18)                |
| 30 | Detroit, MI       | 3        | 3        | $216.1B          | **General Motors** (No. 23)                 |
| 31 | Washington, D.C.  | 3        | 3        | $192.8B          | **Fannie Mae** (No. 26)                     |
| 32 | Louisville, KY    | 3        | 3        | $152.0B          | **Humana** (No. 34)                         |
| 33 | Memphis, TN       | 3        | 3        | $133.0B          | **FedEx** (No. 50)                          |
| 34 | Columbus, OH      | 3        | 3        | $99.3B           | **Nationwide** (No. 69)                     |
| 35 | San Diego, CA     | 3        | 3        | $75.0B           | **Qualcomm** (No. 108)                      |
| 36 | Providence, RI    | 3        | 3        | $58.6B           | **United Natural Foods** (No. 146)          |
| 37 | Parsippany, NJ    | 3        | 3        | $50.5B           | **PBF Energy** (No. 154)                    |
| 38 | St. Paul, MN      | 3        | 3        | $49.7B           | **3M** (No. 183)                            |
| 39 | Oklahoma City, OK | 3        | 1        | $37.0B           | **Devon Energy** (No. 259)                  |

Source: Best Firms tally of the headquarters city field in the [2026 Fortune 500 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org) and the [2025 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/2025/?ref=bestfirms.org), checked 19 October 2026\. Revenue is fiscal 2025 revenue as listed by Fortune. \*[Fortune's release](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org) counts 14 Chicago headquarters; the ranking data tags 13 companies with a Chicago HQ city. Washington, D.C. combines two spellings in the data.

Two patterns stand out. Houston and Dallas both added headquarters, and every Texas city in the table held or gained ground ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/06/03/which-state-has-the-most-fortune-500-companies-texas-2026/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Silicon Valley splits across suburbs. Santa Clara and San Jose each have 7, which is why no single California city reaches the top five ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

## Which cities have the most Fortune 500 revenue?

Count tells one story. Revenue tells another, because a single giant can put a small city near the top ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

| #  | City              | HQs | Combined revenue | Largest company                |
| -- | ----------------- | --- | ---------------- | ------------------------------ |
| 1  | New York City, NY | 43  | $1.96 trillion   | **JPMorgan Chase** (No. 12)    |
| 2  | Houston, TX       | 25  | $908.2 billion   | **Chevron** (No. 21)           |
| 3  | Seattle, WA       | 5   | $817.6 billion   | **Amazon** (No. 1)             |
| 4  | Bentonville, AR   | 1   | $713.2 billion   | **Walmart** (No. 2)            |
| 5  | Irving, TX        | 8   | $512.1 billion   | **McKesson** (No. 8)           |
| 6  | Atlanta, GA       | 13  | $510.3 billion   | **Home Depot** (No. 25)        |
| 7  | Eden Prairie, MN  | 2   | $463.8 billion   | **UnitedHealth Group** (No. 3) |
| 8  | Omaha, NE         | 4   | $429.7 billion   | **Berkshire Hathaway** (No. 7) |
| 9  | Mountain View, CA | 2   | $421.7 billion   | **Alphabet** (No. 5)           |
| 10 | Cupertino, CA     | 1   | $416.2 billion   | **Apple** (No. 4)              |

Source: Best Firms tally of fiscal 2025 revenue in the [2026 Fortune 500 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org), checked 19 October 2026.

**Seattle** ranks third on revenue with only 5 headquarters, because **Amazon** is now No. 1 on the list. **Bentonville** ranks fourth on one company, **Walmart**, at $713.2 billion ([Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Atlanta punches above its count on jobs. Its 13 companies employ about 1.20 million people, more than Chicago's headquarters do ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

## Fortune 500 companies in the most-searched cities

Searches for specific cities are climbing. Atlanta is the top city query on Google Trends for Fortune 500 companies, so Best Firms answers it first, followed by the other cities people look up.

### How many Fortune 500 companies are in Atlanta?

Atlanta has 13 Fortune 500 headquarters in 2026, fourth among US cities, with $510.3 billion in combined revenue ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Transportation and retail anchor the list, led by **Home Depot**, **UPS**, and **Delta Air Lines**.

- **Home Depot**: No. 25, Specialty Retailers: Other
- **UPS**: No. 48, Mail, Package, and Freight Delivery
- **Delta Air Lines**: No. 71, Airlines
- **Coca-Cola**: No. 98, Beverages
- **Southern Company**: No. 152, Utilities: Gas and Electric
- **Genuine Parts**: No. 188, Wholesalers: Diversified
- **Asbury Automotive Group**: No. 246, Automotive Retailing, Services
- **PulteGroup**: No. 256, Homebuilders
- **Assurant**: No. 345, Insurance: Property and Casualty (Stock)
- **Intercontinental Exchange**: No. 347, Securities
- **Norfolk Southern**: No. 359, Railroads
- **Global Payments**: No. 415, Financial Data Services
- **Graphic Packaging Holding**: No. 460, Packaging, Containers

Add **AGCO** in suburban Duluth and the Atlanta area reaches 14 ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

### How many Fortune 500 companies are in Houston and Dallas?

Houston has 25, and 17 of them are energy companies such as **Chevron**, **Phillips 66**, and **ConocoPhillips** ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/06/03/which-state-has-the-most-fortune-500-companies-texas-2026/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Dallas has 11, led by **AT&T** (No. 35), **Energy Transfer** (No. 53), **CBRE Group** (No. 118). Neighboring Irving adds 8 more, including **McKesson** at No. 8 ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Texas cities with Fortune 500 headquarters in 2026:

- **Houston**: 25
- **Dallas**: 11
- **Irving**: 8
- **Austin**: 2
- **San Antonio**: 2
- **Spring**: 2
- **Arlington**: 1
- **Fort Worth**: 1
- **Frisco**: 1
- **Midland**: 1
- **Plano**: 1
- **Round Rock**: 1
- **Westlake**: 1

Austin, the state capital, has just two ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/06/03/which-state-has-the-most-fortune-500-companies-texas-2026/?ref=bestfirms.org)). The full state picture is in the [Fortune 500 companies by state](https://www.bestfirms.org/fortune-500-companies-by-state-2026/) report.

### How many Fortune 500 companies are in Chicago?

Fortune's release counts 14 Chicago headquarters, third among US cities ([Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org)). The ranking data tags 13 companies with a Chicago HQ city, worth $358.6 billion in revenue ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

- **Archer Daniels Midland**: No. 58, Food Production
- **United Airlines Holdings**: No. 81, Airlines
- **Mondelēz International**: No. 122, Food Consumer Products
- **McDonald's**: No. 170, Food Services
- **Jones Lang LaSalle**: No. 175, Real estate
- **Kraft Heinz**: No. 184, Food Consumer Products
- **Exelon**: No. 189, Utilities: Gas and Electric
- **GE HealthCare**: No. 217, Medical Products and Equipment
- **Northern Trust**: No. 317, Commercial Banks
- **Motorola Solutions**: No. 378, Network and Other Communications Equipment
- **Conagra Brands**: No. 381, Food Consumer Products
- **Molson Coors Beverage**: No. 390, Beverages
- **Old Republic International**: No. 439, Insurance: Property and Casualty (Stock)

Chicago's suburbs matter even more. Count the named Illinois suburbs and the area reaches 27, with **AbbVie**, **Allstate**, and **Abbott Laboratories** all outside city limits ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

### How many Fortune 500 companies are in St. Louis?

St. Louis has 6 inside city limits, up from 5 in 2025, led by **Centene** at No. 19 ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

- **Centene**: No. 19, Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care
- **Emerson Electric**: No. 245, Industrial Machinery
- **Graybar Electric**: No. 342, Wholesalers: Diversified
- **Ameren**: No. 466, Utilities: Gas and Electric
- **Post Holdings**: No. 479, Food Consumer Products
- **Core & Main**: No. 495, Wholesalers: Diversified

Suburban **Reinsurance Group of America** (Chesterfield) and **Edward Jones** (Des Peres) bring the St. Louis area to 8 ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

### How many Fortune 500 companies are in Boston?

Boston has 5, with $108.2 billion in combined revenue ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

- **Liberty Mutual Insurance Group**: No. 95, Insurance: Property and Casualty (Stock)
- **State Street**: No. 202, Commercial Banks
- **Wayfair**: No. 353, Internet Services and Retailing
- **Vertex Pharmaceuticals**: No. 370, Pharmaceuticals
- **American Tower**: No. 408, Real estate

The Boston area reaches 13 when you add Cambridge, Waltham, Marlborough, Framingham, and Wilmington, home to **TJX**, **Thermo Fisher Scientific**, and **GE Vernova** ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

### Does Kansas City have any Fortune 500 companies?

Not inside city limits in 2026\. The only Fortune 500 headquarters in the Kansas City area is **Seaboard** (No. 426) in Merriam, Kansas ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Missouri's other Fortune 500 companies sit around St. Louis, plus **O'Reilly Automotive** in Springfield.

### How many Fortune 500 companies are in San Diego?

San Diego has 3: **Qualcomm** (No. 108), **LPL Financial Holdings** (No. 264), **Sempra** (No. 330). Together they reported $75.0 billion in revenue ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

### Are there Fortune 500 companies in Los Angeles?

No company in Fortune's 2026 data lists Los Angeles itself as its headquarters city. **Farmers Insurance Exchange** is in Woodland Hills, a Los Angeles neighborhood ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Elsewhere in Los Angeles County you'll find **Walt Disney** (Burbank), **Molina Healthcare** (Long Beach), **Live Nation Entertainment** (Beverly Hills), and **Edison International** (Rosemead).

### Which Fortune 500 companies are in Oregon?

Oregon has two: **Nike** (No. 99) in Beaverton and **Lithia Motors** (No. 123) in Medford ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

### How many Fortune 500 companies are in Florida and Tampa?

Florida has 22 Fortune 500 companies spread across 15 cities. Jacksonville leads with 4 ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

Tampa has 2, **Crown Holdings** and **Mosaic**, and nearby St. Petersburg adds 2 more.

### How many Fortune 500 companies are in New Jersey?

New Jersey has 15 across 12 towns, and no single city has more than 3\. Parsippany leads, home to **PBF Energy**, **Avis Budget Group**, and **Zoetis** ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

## Metro clusters: why city limits undercount

Fortune lists one headquarters city per company, not a metro. Adding named suburbs changes the order behind New York City ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

| Cluster                      | HQs | Cities counted                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Combined revenue |
| ---------------------------- | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| San Francisco Bay Area       | 42  | San Francisco 9, Santa Clara 7, San Jose 7, Mountain View 2, Palo Alto 2, Fremont 2, Oakland 2, Cupertino 1, Menlo Park 1, Los Gatos 1, Foster City 1, Dublin 1, Milpitas 1, Sunnyvale 1, Newark 1, Pleasanton 1, Redwood City 1, San Mateo 1 | $2.29T           |
| Houston area                 | 27  | Houston 25, Spring 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | $1.27T           |
| Chicago and Illinois suburbs | 27  | Chicago 13, Lake Forest 2, North Chicago 1, Northbrook 1, Abbott Park 1, Rosemont 1, Northfield 1, Vernon Hills 1, Glenview 1, Rolling Meadows 1, Bolingbrook 1, Deerfield 1, Oak Brook 1, Downers Grove 1                                    | $721.1B          |
| Dallas-Fort Worth            | 24  | Dallas 11, Irving 8, Fort Worth 1, Arlington 1, Westlake 1, Frisco 1, Plano 1                                                                                                                                                                 | $1.05T           |
| Washington, D.C. area        | 20  | Arlington 4, McLean 4, Reston 4, Washington 3, Bethesda 2, Falls Church 1, Chantilly 1, Ashburn 1                                                                                                                                             | $881.0B          |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul         | 16  | Minneapolis 6, St. Paul 3, Eden Prairie 2, Richfield 1, Inver Grove Heights 1, Arden Hills 1, Eagan 1, New Brighton 1                                                                                                                         | $835.2B          |
| Atlanta area                 | 14  | Atlanta 13, Duluth 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | $520.4B          |
| Boston area                  | 13  | Boston 5, Cambridge 2, Waltham 2, Marlborough 2, Framingham 1, Wilmington 1                                                                                                                                                                   | $332.2B          |
| St. Louis area               | 8   | St. Louis 6, Chesterfield 1, Des Peres 1                                                                                                                                                                                                      | $291.5B          |

Source: Best Firms tally of the headquarters city field in the [2026 Fortune 500 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org), checked 19 October 2026\. Clusters list only the named cities shown; they are not official metro (MSA) totals.

The Bay Area cluster (42) would rank second only to New York City, and its $2.29 trillion in combined revenue tops New York City's $1.96 trillion ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

The Washington, D.C. area reaches 20\. Defense contractors such as **Boeing**, **RTX**, **Lockheed Martin**, and **Northrop Grumman** sit alongside mortgage giants **Fannie Mae** and **Freddie Mac** ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

## Biggest city gains and losses from 2025 to 2026

Most cities held steady between the 2025 and 2026 lists. The changes that did happen trace to energy, Texas, and consolidation ([Fortune 2025 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/2025/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

- **Dallas**: 9 to 11
- **Oklahoma City**: 1 to 3, all energy companies
- **Houston**: 24 to 25
- **St. Louis**: 5 to 6
- **Phoenix**: 4 to 5
- **Seattle**: 6 to 5
- **Richmond**: 5 to 4
- **Reston**: 5 to 4

One footnote for 2027: [**Devon Energy**](https://investors.devonenergy.com/investors/press-releases/press-release-details/2026/Devon-Energy-and-Coterra-Energy-Complete-Merger/?ref=bestfirms.org), counted in Oklahoma City on the 2026 list, completed its merger with Houston-based **Coterra Energy** on 7 May 2026, and the combined company is headquartered in Houston. That could move one seat from Oklahoma City to Houston next year.

## What the city map means for B2B sellers and hiring teams

If you sell to enterprise buyers, the city table is a territory plan. New York City concentrates finance buyers, Houston concentrates energy, and the Bay Area concentrates technology budgets ([Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org)).

If you hire, the same table shows where you compete for talent. Atlanta's 13 headquarters employ more people than Chicago's, so logistics, airline, and retail employers are a big part of the local hiring competition.

Role-by-role hiring guides live on the [Best Firms hire hub](https://www.bestfirms.org/hire/).

[Browse Best Firms hire guides](https://www.bestfirms.org/hire/)

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## Best Firms' take

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Best Firms' take: the headline city count flatters New York City and undersells Texas, the Bay Area, and the Washington, D.C. suburbs. If you plan sales territories, offices, or recruiting around Fortune 500 headquarters, count clusters, not city limits. Then weight by revenue, because one-company towns like Bentonville and Cupertino outrank most big cities.

The downside of this view is that headquarters aren't where most employees work. **Amazon** and **Walmart** employ millions far from Seattle and Bentonville, so pair this map with your own customer and job data.

## Related Best Firms reading

[Fortune 500 Companies List 2026The full 2026 Fortune 500: rankings, revenue, sectors, employment, and CEO pay.![](https://www.bestfirms.org/favicon.ico)Best Firms](https://www.bestfirms.org/fortune-500-companies-list/)

[Fortune 500 Companies by State 2026Texas leads with 57 headquarters; California and New York round out the top three.![](https://www.bestfirms.org/favicon.ico)Best Firms](https://www.bestfirms.org/fortune-500-companies-by-state-2026/)

[Largest Companies by Market Cap 2026Top 50 companies by market capitalization and the Trillion-Dollar Club.![](https://www.bestfirms.org/favicon.ico)Best Firms](https://www.bestfirms.org/largest-companies-by-market-cap-2026/)

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## FAQ

#### Which city has the most Fortune 500 companies?

New York City, with 43 headquarters in 2026\. Houston (25), Chicago (14), Atlanta (13), and Dallas (11) round out the top five. Source: [Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org).

#### How many Fortune 500 companies are in Atlanta?

Thirteen, led by Home Depot, UPS, and Delta Air Lines. Counting AGCO in suburban Duluth, the Atlanta area has 14\. Source: [Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org).

#### How many Fortune 500 companies are in Texas cities?

Texas has 57 in total. Houston has 25, Dallas 11, and Irving 8, with the rest spread across ten other cities. Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/06/03/which-state-has-the-most-fortune-500-companies-texas-2026/?ref=bestfirms.org).

#### How many Fortune 500 companies are in St. Louis?

Six inside city limits, led by Centene at No. 19, and 8 counting Chesterfield and Des Peres. Source: [Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org).

#### Are there any Fortune 500 companies in Kansas City?

None inside city limits in 2026\. Seaboard, in Merriam, Kansas, is the only Fortune 500 headquarters in the area. Source: [Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org).

#### How many cities have a Fortune 500 company?

229 cities across 39 states host at least one 2026 Fortune 500 headquarters. Source: [Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org).

#### Why do Houston and Dallas counts differ from metro totals?

Fortune uses each company's headquarters city, so suburbs count separately. With named suburbs, the Houston area has 27 and Dallas-Fort Worth 24\. Source: [Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org).

#### Which California city has the most Fortune 500 companies?

San Francisco, with 9, ahead of Santa Clara and San Jose at 7 each. Source: [Fortune 2026 ranking](https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/?ref=bestfirms.org).

## What to watch before the 2027 list

Fortune publishes the list each June; the 2026 edition came out on 3 June 2026 ([Fortune](https://fortunemedia.mediaroom.com/2026-06-03-Amazon-Claims-No-1-Spot-on-the-Fortune-500?ref=bestfirms.org)). Watch Texas relocations, energy mergers, and Bay Area tech growth, because those three forces moved the city table this year.

Best Firms will refresh this report when the 2027 list lands. Until then, pair it with the [Fortune 500 companies list](https://www.bestfirms.org/fortune-500-companies-list/) for company detail and the [Fortune 500 companies by state](https://www.bestfirms.org/fortune-500-companies-by-state-2026/) report for state totals.