The Houston region has a thriving business community and is a major corporate center. The region is home to twenty-nine 2009 Fortune 500 companies and many more multinational and domestic companies maintain operations here.
Fortune 500 CompaniesHouston is tied for second among metropolitan statistical areas in the number of Fortune 500 Headquarters. Many other Fortune 500 companies maintain U.S. administrative headquarters in Houston.
| Company |
Rank
|
Revenues ($000,000)
|
| ConocoPhillips |
4
|
$230,764.0
|
| Marathon Oil |
23
|
$73,504.0
|
| Sysco |
62
|
$37,522.1
|
| Enterprise GP Holdings |
65
|
$35,469.6
|
Plains All American Pipeline
|
79
|
$30,061.0
|
| Halliburton |
141
|
$18,279.0
|
| Anadarko |
162
|
$15,723.0
|
| Continental Airlines |
167
|
$15,241.0
|
| National Oilwell Varco |
200
|
$13,431.4
|
| Waste Management |
201
|
$13,388.0
|
| Reliant Energy |
214
|
$12,553.2
|
| Apache |
217
|
$12,389.8
|
| Knight |
223
|
$12,094.8
|
| Baker Hughes |
227
|
$11,864.0
|
| KBR |
234
|
$11,581.0
|
| CenterPoint Energy |
238
|
$11,322.0
|
| Smith International |
250
|
$10,770.8
|
| Enbridge Energy Partners |
268
|
$10,060.0
|
| Calpine |
272
|
$9,937.0
|
| Targa Resources |
323
|
$7,970.2
|
| EOG Resources |
350
|
$7,127.1
|
| Frontier Oil |
383
|
$6,498.8
|
| Cameron International |
421
|
$5,848.9
|
| Group 1 Automotive |
428
|
$5,703.3
|
| BJ Services |
438
|
$5,426.3
|
| El Paso |
443
|
$5,363.0
|
| Spectra Energy |
459
|
$5,184.0
|
| FMC Technologies |
460
|
$5,163.4
|
| CVR Energy |
472
|
$5,016.1
|
Minority owned businesses
Minority- and women-owned businesses have high potential for success in Houston.
- Second in the number of Hispanic-owned businesses
- Third in the number of Asian-owned businesses
- Third in the number of women-owned businesses
- Fifth in the nation in the number of black-owned businesses
