Virginia’s Fortune 500 list grows

Published June 8, 2017 by Veronica Garabelli

The commonwealth’s list of Fortune 500 companies continue to grow. Virginia has 23 businesses on the annual ranking of the nation’s largest corporations, up from 21 in 2016.

Two companies not on the 2016 list made the cut this year: Reston-based Leidos Holdings and Arlington-based CalAtlantic Group. The majority of the Virginia-based companies on this year’s Fortune 500 moved up in ranking from last year.

The list, compiled by Fortune magazine, ranks the publicly traded companies in the U.S. based on gross revenue.

The companies on this year’s list are:
          

Freddie Mac, McLean, No. 39, up from No. 43, revenue of  $65.7 billion, up 3.4 percent

General Dynamics, Falls Church, No. 90, down from No. 88, revenue of  $31.4 billion, down 0.4 percent

Capital One Financial, McLean, No. 100, up from No. 112, revenue of $27.5 billion, up 9.6 percent

Northrop Grumman, Falls Church, No. 114, up from No. 118, revenue of  $24.5 billion, up 4.2 percent

Dollar Tree, Chesapeake, No. 136, up from No. 180, revenue of  $20.7 billion, up 33.7 percent

Altria Group, Richmond, No. 148, up from No. 149, revenue of  $19.3 billion, up 2.6 percent

Performance Food Group, Richmond, No. 171, up from No. 185, revenue of  $16.1 billion, up 5.5 percent

CarMax, Richmond, No. 174, up from No. 191, revenue of  $15.8 billion, up 6.4 percent

WestRock, Richmond, No. 190, up from No. 251, revenue of  $14.7 billion, up 29.2 percent

AES, Arlington, No. 194, down from No. 190, revenue of  $14.3 billion, down 4.5 percent

Dominion Energy, Richmond, No. 238, up from No. 243, revenue of  $11.7 billion, up .5 percent

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, McLean, No. 241, up from No. 254, revenue of  $11.7 billion, up 3.5 percent

Norfolk Southern, Norfolk, No. 284, down from No. 270, revenue of  $9.9 billion, down 5.9 percent

Owens & Minor, Mechanicsville, No. 288, up from No. 291, revenue of $9.7 billion, down 0.5 percent

Advance Auto Parts, Roanoke, No. 292, up from No. 293, revenue of  $9.6 billion, down 1.7 percent

Genworth Financial, Richmond,  No. 329, down from No. 306, revenue of  $8.4 billion, down 9.5 percent

Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), Falls Church, No. 379, down from No. 233, revenue of  $7.1 billion, down 41.7 percent

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News,  No. 380, down from No. 378, revenue of  $7 billion, up 0.7 percent

Leidos Holdings, Reston, No. 381, revenue of $7 billion

CalAtlantic Group, Arlington, No. 415, revenue of $6.5 billion

NVR, Reston, No. 446, up from No. 498, revenue of  $5.8 billion, up 12.9 percent

Markel, Glen Allen, No. 460, up from No. 476, revenue of  $5.6 billion, up 4.5 percent

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, No. 481, up from No. 487, revenue of  $5.4 billion, up 2.5 percent