America's Largest Private Companies

Companies

Rank	Company	State	Industry	Revenue ($bil)	Employees
1	Cargill	MN	Farm Products	110.63 e	152,600
2	Koch Industries	KS	Chemicals - Major Diversified	98.00 e	80,000
3	Chrysler	MI	Auto Manufacturers - Major	59.70 e	66,409
4	GMAC Financial Services	MI	Financial Services	31.49	26,700
5	PricewaterhouseCoopers	NY	Business Services	28.19	154,000
6	Mars	VA	Confectioners	27.40 1	64,400
7	Bechtel	CA	Heavy Construction	27.00	42,500
8	HCA	TN	Hospitals	26.86	180,000
9	Ernst & Young	NY	Business Services	24.52	135,730
10	Publix Super Markets	FL	Grocery Stores	23.19	145,000
11	US Foodservice	IL	Food - Major Diversified	20.16	27,091
12	C&S Wholesale Grocers	NH	Food Wholesale	19.45	17,100
13	HE Butt Grocery	TX	Grocery Stores	15.50 2	70,000
14	Fidelity Investments	MA	Asset Management	14.90	44,000
15	Cox Enterprises	GA	Entertainment - Diversified	14.59	79,660
16	Flying J	UT	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	14.32	15,900
17	Toys "R" Us	NJ	Toy & Hobby Stores	13.79	70,000
18	Meijer	MI	Grocery Stores	13.65 e	68,800
19	Platinum Equity	CA	Conglomerates	13.50 2	50,000
20	Aramark	PA	Business Services	13.20 e	250,000
21	Enterprise Rent-A-Car	MO	Rental & Leasing Services	13.10 2	78,000
22	TransMontaigne	CO	Oil & Gas Pipelines	12.25 e	730
23	JM Family Enterprises	FL	Auto Manufacturers - Major	12.20	4,700
24	Tenaska Energy	NE	Diversified Utilities	11.60	624
25	Love's Travel Stops	OK	Lodging	11.46	5,900
26	Reyes Holdings	IL	Food Wholesale	11.20 1	10,000
27	Harrah's Entertainment	NV	Gaming Activities	10.83	87,000
28	Capital Group Cos	CA	Asset Management	9.90 e	9,000
29	Dollar General	TN	Discount, Variety Stores	9.50	71,500
30	Performance Food Group	VA	Food Wholesale	9.48 e	10,600
31	SC Johnson & Son	WI	Personal Products	8.75 e	12,000
32	Transammonia	NY	Agricultural Chemicals	8.34	356
33	Southern Wine & Spirits	FL	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	8.30	10,300
34	CDW	IL	Computer Based Systems	8.15	6,300
35	Cumberland Farms	MA	Grocery Stores	8.10 e	6,500
36	Hilton Hotels	CA	Lodging	8.09	100,000
37	QuikTrip	OK	Grocery Stores	8.09	10,472
38	First Data	CO	Business Services	8.05 1	27,000
39	Giant Eagle	PA	Grocery Stores	8.02	37,000
40	Energy Future Holdings	TX	Electric Utilities	7.99	7,600
41	Advance Publications	NY	Publishing - Newspapers	7.97 e	29,100
42	Murdock Holding Company	CA	Farm Products	7.90 1	90,204
43	Menard	WI	Home Improvement Stores	7.80 e	40,000
44	Alticor	MI	Personal Products	7.10	13,000
45	Sinclair Oil	UT	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	7.00 e	7,000
46	Gordon Food Service	MI	Food Wholesale	6.70 2	12,000
47	Aleris International	OH	Metal Fabrication	6.60 1	8,800
48	Hy-Vee	IA	Grocery Stores	6.27 e	54,000
49	Peter Kiewit Sons'	NE	Heavy Construction	6.24	19,100
50	Colonial Group	GA	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	6.20 2	1,100
51	Hexion Specialty Chemicals	OH	Specialty Chemicals	5.81	6,400
52	Freescale Semiconductor	TX	Semiconductor - Specialized	5.72	23,200
53	Gulf States Toyota	TX	Auto Manufacturers - Major	5.70 2	1,275
54	Allegis Group	MD	Information Technology Services	5.60	10,000
55	Keystone Foods	PA	Meat Products	5.58	13,000
56	RaceTrac Petroleum	GA	Grocery Stores	5.52 e	3,812
57	MBM	NC	Food Wholesale	5.50	3,400
58	Guardian Industries	MI	Auto Parts	5.47 e	19,000
59	Bloomberg	NY	Information & Delivery Services	5.40 2	10,800
60	McKinsey & Co	NY	Research Services	5.33 e	15,600
61	International Automotive Components	MI	Auto Parts	5.31	28,000
62	Unisource Worldwide	GA	Packaging & Containers	5.30 2	6,000
63	Graybar Electric	MO	Electronics Wholesale	5.26	8,600
64	Kohler	WI	General Building Materials	5.23 e	32,000
65	Avaya	NJ	Communication Equipment	5.10 e	18,000
66	Mansfield Oil	GA	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	5.10 2	285
67	Save Mart Supermarkets	CA	Grocery Stores	5.10 2	23,000
68	Tribune Company	IL	Entertainment - Diversified	5.06	19,600
69	Wawa	PA	Grocery Stores	5.05	16,426
70	Pro-Build Holdings	CO	Building Materials Wholesale	5.00	14,123
71	SunGard Data Systems	PA	Business Software & Services	4.98 1	17,900
72	Southwire	GA	Industrial Equipment & Components	4.98 e	4,200
73	Kinray	NY	Drugs Wholesale	4.80 2	1,000
74	NewPage	OH	Paper & Paper Products	4.66 1	8,500
75	OSI Group	IL	Meat Products	4.62 e	22,000
76	DeBruce Grain	MO	Farm Products	4.62	535
77	Neiman Marcus Group	TX	Department Stores	4.60	17,000
78	Charmer Sunbelt Group	NY	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	4.60	7,000
79	Kingston Technology Company	CA	Semiconductor- Memory Chips	4.50	4,500
80	Wegmans Food Markets	NY	Grocery Stores	4.50	37,385
81	Ergon	MS	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	4.49 e	2,500
82	Sheetz	PA	Grocery Stores	4.41	11,500
83	JR Simplot	ID	Farm Products	4.40	10,000
84	Hearst	NY	Publishing - Newspapers	4.38 e	17,070
85	CH2M Hill Cos	CO	Heavy Construction	4.38	22,000
86	Levi Strauss & Co	CA	Textile - Apparel Clothing	4.36	11,550
87	Carlson Cos	MN	Lodging	4.36 e	55,000
88	Republic National Distributing Company	TX	Beverages - Wineries & Distillers	4.32 e	4,000
89	Perdue	MD	Meat Products	4.30	21,000
90	Scoular	NE	Farm Products	4.30	530
91	Washington Cos	MT	Conglomerates	4.30 2	1,900
92	Clark Enterprises	MD	General Contractors	4.22	4,200
93	Hallmark Cards	MO	Entertainment - Diversified	4.17 e	15,724
94	Edward Jones	MO	Investment Brokerage - National	4.15	37,868
95	OSI Restaurant Partners	FL	Restaurants	4.15 1	109,000
96	Global Hyatt	IL	Lodging	4.00 e	90,000
97	Renco Group	NY	Steel & Iron	4.00 e	11,400
98	Whiting-Turner Contracting	MD	Heavy Construction	3.97 e	2,200
99	McJunkin Red Man	WV	Oil & Gas Equipment & Services	3.95	2,737
100	Red Apple Group	NY	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	3.95 e	7,800