With car rental giant Hertz Corporation's decision to relocate to Lee County, Florida will soon have sixteen companies on the Fortune 500 list of the nation's biggest companies by revenue. According to the 2013 Fortune 500 list, with the loss of Winn-Dixie, the First Coast continues to stack up well when compared to Florida's other metropolitan areas.
Florida's Fortune 500 companies of 2013
State Rank - Fortune 1000 Rank - Company Name - Revenues ($ billions) - City
1. 74 World Fuel Services 38.9 Miami
2. 108 Publix Super Markets 27.7 Lakeland
3. 119 Tech Data 25.4 Clearwater
4. 163 Jabil Circuit 17.2 St. Petersburg
5. 177 AutoNation 15.7 Fort Lauderdale
6. 190 NextEra Energy 14.3 Juno Beach
7. 231 CSX 11.8 Jacksonville
8. 253 Office Depot 10.7 Boca Raton
9. 328 Darden Restaurants 8.0 Orlando
10. 345 WellCare Health Plans 7.4 Tampa
11. 353 Fidelity National Financial 7.3 Jacksonville
12. 376 Health Management Associates 6.8 Naples
13. 404 Ryder System 6.3 Miami
14. 429 Harris 6.0 Melbourne
15. 474 Fidelity National Information Services 5.9 Jacksonville
Source: 2013 Fortune 500 listing.
# of Fortune 500 companies by Metropolitan Area
5 Miami/South Florida
3 Jacksonville
3 Tampa/St. Petersburg
1 Orlando
1 Lakeland
1 Brevard County
1 Naples
source: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2013/full_list/
Article by Ennis Davis. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com
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