Ranked 18th in the nation in metro population, the St. Louis region continues to excel as a Top 10 leading center for corporate headquarters. Fortune Magazine's just released annual ranking of the nation's top companies by revenue, which will be published in the May 4th issue, includes 8 Fortune 500 firms in the St. Louis region and a total of 21 in the Fortune 1000 (the latter is the same number as 2008). These totals include Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., which maintains dual corporate headquarters in both St. Louis and Chicago, but whose CEO and top officers are located here.
The total of 8 Fortune 500 firms positions St. Louis in 7th place among the regions that Fortune identifies with 5 or more Fortune 500 headquarters. Fortune's 2009 data place St. Louis ahead of Charlotte; Cincinnati; Columbus; Denver; Los Angeles; Milwaukee; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Richmond; San Antonio; and San Francisco.
Jones Financial (Edward Jones) was added to the 2009 Fortune 1000 list, at #568. One company, Anheuser-Busch Companies, fell off the 2009 Fortune 1000 list with the InBev acquisition, although St. Louis is now the North American HQ for the firm.
In an added bonus for our region, Emerson has moved into the ranks of the prestigious Fortune 100 at #94.
Here are the St. Louis Fortune 500 Companies in 2009:EMERSON (94, from 111 in 2008)EXPRESS SCRIPTS (115, from 135)MONSANTO (235, from 305)AMEREN (327, from 329)PEABODY ENERGY (353, from 432)SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER (356, from 334)CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS (385, from 409)GRAYBAR ELECTRIC (439, from 455)
Rounding out the remainder of the St. Louis region's Fortune 1000 are:Energizer Holdings (522)Solutia (565)Jones Financial (568)Centene Corp. (609)Arch Coal (692)Ralcorp Holdings (713)Brown Shoe Co. (828)Laclede Group (829)Sigma-Aldrich (842)Belden (898)MEMC Electronic Materials (899)Olin Corp. (976)Furniture Brands International (982)
In a related national ranking, Institutional Investor Magazine named three St. Louis CEOs among the "Best CEOs in the Nation" --- David Farr of Emerson, Hugh Grant of Monsanto and George Paz of Express Scripts. Congratulations to David, Hugh, and George on this well deserved recognition. |
