The Largest Private Companies

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Values Calculated November 2012

Rank	Company	State	Industry	Revenue ($ bil)	Employees
1	Cargill	MN	Food, Drink & Tobacco	133.90	140,000
2	Koch Industries	KS	Multicompany	115.00	60,000
3	Mars	VA	Food, Drink & Tobacco	33.00	70,000
4	Bechtel	CA	Construction	32.90	53,000
5	PricewaterhouseCoopers	NY	Business Services & Supplies	31.50	180,529
6	Pilot Flying J	TN	Convenience Stores & Gas Stations	29.23	25,000
7	Publix Super Markets	FL	Food Markets	26.97	152,000
8	Ernst & Young	NY	Business Services & Supplies	24.42	167,000
9	Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores	OK	Convenience Stores & Gas Stations	22.04	9,600
10	C&S; Wholesale Grocers	NH	Food, Drink & Tobacco	21.70	12,700
11	US Foods	IL	Food, Drink & Tobacco	20.00	25,000
12	HE Butt Grocery	TX	Food Markets	18.70	76,000
13	Gavilon Group	NE	Business Services & Supplies	17.85	2,100
14	Reyes Holdings	IL	Food, Drink & Tobacco	15.00	14,000
15	Meijer	MI	Food Markets	14.78	74,000
16	Cox Enterprises	GA	Media	14.70	60,000
17	TransMontaigne	CO	Oil & Gas Operations	14.20	20,000
18	Toys 'R' Us	NJ	Retailing	13.91	70,000
19	Aramark	PA	Business Services & Supplies	13.50	250,000
20	Enterprise Holdings	MO	Services	13.50	74,200
21	Fidelity Investments	MA	Diversified Financials	12.76	39,700
22	Performance Food Group	VA	Food, Drink & Tobacco	12.25	11,000
23	Platinum Equity	CA	Multicompany	11.40	54,000
24	Transammonia	NY	Trading Companies	11.30	450
25	Amway	MI	Household & Personal Products	10.90	20,000
26	QuikTrip	OK	Convenience Stores & Gas Stations	10.77	12,929
27	First Data	GA	Business Services & Supplies	10.71	24,000
28	Kiewit Corporation	NE	Construction	10.38	26,000
29	Giant Eagle	PA	Food Markets	9.90	36,000
30	Cumberland Farms	MA	Convenience Stores & Gas Stations	9.80	6,500
31	CDW	IL	Technology Hardware & Equip	9.60	6,700
32	Southern Wine & Spirits	FL	Food, Drink & Tobacco	9.50	12,500
33	BI-LO Holding	SC	Food Markets	9.40	63,000
34	SC Johnson & Son	WI	Household & Personal Products	9.40	13,000
35	Tenaska Energy	NE	Multicompany	9.34	720
36	RaceTrac Petroleum	GA	Convenience Stores & Gas Stations	9.06	5,991
37	JM Family Enterprises	FL	Consumer Durables	8.90	3,800
38	Hilton Worldwide	VA	Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure	8.70	145,000
39	Gordon Food Service	MI	Food, Drink & Tobacco	8.60	13,000
40	Wawa	PA	Convenience Stores & Gas Stations	8.46	18,000
41	Allegis Group	MD	Business Services & Supplies	8.28	10,000
42	Momentive Performance Materials Holdings	OH	Chemicals	7.84	10,050
43	Sinclair Oil	UT	Oil & Gas Operations	7.75	7,000
44	HD Supply	GA	Retailing	7.72	14,400
45	Bloomberg	NY	Business Services & Supplies	7.60	15,000
46	Menard	WI	Retailing	7.60	40,500
47	McKinsey & Company	NY	Business Services & Supplies	7.50	17,000
48	Kingston Technology Company	CA	Technology Hardware & Equip	7.40	4,700
49	Hy-Vee	IA	Food Markets	7.18	56,000
50	Energy Future Holdings	TX	Utilities	7.04	9,300
51	Capital Group Cos	CA	Diversified Financials	7.00	7,000
52	Advance Publications	NY	Media	6.78	26,000
53	MBM	NC	Food, Drink & Tobacco	6.70	3,400
54	Mansfield Oil	GA	Oil & Gas Operations	6.60	500
55	Wegmans Food Markets	NY	Food Markets	6.20	44,102
56	Scoular	NE	Food, Drink & Tobacco	6.09	660
57	Lansing Trade Group	KS	Business Services & Supplies	6.00	260
58	Brightstar	FL	Telecommunications Services	5.90	4,100
59	JR Simplot	ID	Food, Drink & Tobacco	5.80	10,000
60	Renco Group	NY	Materials	5.75	16,000
61	Sheetz	PA	Convenience Stores & Gas Stations	5.75	13,600
62	Guardian Industries	MI	Construction	5.60	18,000
63	CH2M Hill Cos	CO	Construction	5.56	30,000
64	Colonial Group	GA	Oil & Gas Operations	5.46	900
65	Graybar Electric	MO	Capital Goods	5.38	7,400
66	Southwire	GA	Capital Goods	5.23	5,300
67	Avaya	NJ	Telecommunications Services	5.20	18,900
68	WinCo Foods	ID	Food Markets	5.07	14,200
69	Gulf States Toyota	TX	Consumer Durables	5.00	2,000
70	Kohler	WI	Construction	5.00	30,000
71	Republic National Distributing Company	TX	Food, Drink & Tobacco	4.90	6,000
72	Aleris International	OH	Materials	4.83	6,900
73	Golden State Foods	CA	Food, Drink & Tobacco	4.80	4,000
74	HCR ManorCare	OH	Health Care Equipment & Svcs	4.80	60,000
75	JD Heiskell & Co	CA	Food, Drink & Tobacco	4.80	260
76	Perdue	MD	Food, Drink & Tobacco	4.80	21,335
77	Levi Strauss & Co	CA	Retailing	4.76	17,000
78	Eby-Brown	IL	Food, Drink & Tobacco	4.72	2,000
79	Medline Industries	IL	Health Care Equipment & Svcs	4.70	8,800
80	Save Mart Supermarkets	CA	Food Markets	4.60	19,200
81	Edward Jones	MO	Diversified Financials	4.58	37,000
82	ABC Supply	WI	Construction	4.50	7,000
83	Carlson	MN	Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure	4.50	60,245
84	SunGard Data Systems	PA	Software & Services	4.50	17,500
85	Apex Oil	MO	Oil & Gas Operations	4.39	700
86	Neiman Marcus Group	TX	Retailing	4.34	15,800
87	Unisource Worldwide	GA	Materials	4.30	4,500
88	Clark Enterprises	MD	Construction	4.28	3,800
89	Michaels Stores	TX	Retailing	4.21	45,300
90	VWR Funding	PA	Multicompany	4.16	8,200
91	Charmer Sunbelt Group	NY	Food, Drink & Tobacco	4.10	7,000
92	Dot Foods	IL	Food, Drink & Tobacco	4.10	3,400
93	World Wide Technology	MO	Technology Hardware & Equip	4.10	1,800
94	Consolidated Elec Distributors	CA	Capital Goods	4.05	6,200
95	InterTech Group	SC	Chemicals	4.00	15,000
96	Oxbow	FL	Utilities	4.00	1,100
97	Red Apple Group	NY	Oil & Gas Operations	4.00	8,000
98	Hunt Consolidated/Hunt Oil	TX	Oil & Gas Operations	3.98	4,700
99	Bass Pro Shops	MO	Retailing	3.92	18,250
100	Central National-Gottesman	NY	Materials	3.90	1,035