# What is the largest company in the U.S?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-company-in-the-u-s/142464 "2002-12-13T07:18:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-company-in-the-u-s/142464/1 "2002-12-13T07:18:28Z")

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What corporation rakes in the most dough in a year?

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-company-in-the-u-s/142464/2 "2002-12-13T07:23:56Z")

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The Federal Government.

Or R J Reynolds parent company, Who bought them?

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-company-in-the-u-s/142464/3 "2002-12-13T07:43:46Z")

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[Fortune 500](http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fortune500) says Wal-Mart is no. 1, at nearly $220 billion in revenues. If that’s not what you’re looking for, you can also click on that page’s “Tool: Custom Ranking” link to sort companies by other measures, such as market capitalization, profits, assets, etc.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-company-in-the-u-s/142464/4 "2002-12-13T08:02:59Z")

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[Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/lists/results.jhtml?passListId=38&passYear=2002&passListType=Company&searchParameter1=3Num%7C%7CNotNull&searchParameter2=&resultsStart=1&resultsHowMany=25&resultsSortProperties=%2Bnumberfield3%2C%2Bnumberfield6&resultsSortCategoryName=profits+rank&passKeyword=&category1=&category2=&fromColumnClick=true) ranks Wal-Mart first in revenue, but ExxonMobil is first in profit.

Hey, my employer is in the top 10! Where’s my bonus?

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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-company-in-the-u-s/142464/5 "2002-12-13T13:50:55Z")

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I believe Wal-Mart also has the most employees.  
Yes I just checked the above site and they outshine McD`s by a million employees. Amazing.