Omaha continues to punch above its weight when it comes to corporate headquarters. The 2025 Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 lists have been released, and Omaha is the home to several of the nation’s biggest companies.
The Fortune 500, in its 71st year, ranks the biggest U.S. companies by revenue. In total, Fortune 500 companies represent two-thirds of U.S. GDP with $19.9 trillion in revenues, and they employ 31 million people worldwide. Last year, they combined to earn $1.87 trillion in profits, up 10 percent from last year—and a record in dollar terms.
Omaha hosts the headquarters of four companies in the Fortune 500 and an additional three in the Fortune 1000. That’s the same number of Fortune 500 companies as last year, but one less in the Fortune 1000 as Green Plains fell out of the rankings.
Here’s the list of Omaha’s Fortune 500 and 1000 companies with rankings and 2024 revenue totals:
#6 Berkshire Hathaway – $371.4 Billion
#177 Union Pacific Railroad – $24.3 Billion
#247 Kiewit – $16.8 Billion
#299 Mutual of Omaha – $14.6 Billion
#768 Valmont Industries, Inc. – $4.1 Billion
#879 First National of Nebraska – $3.2 Billion
#906 Werner Enterprises – $3.0 Billion
No other Nebraska city hosts a Fortune 500 or 1000 company headquarters.
The state of Iowa has two headquarters: #263 Principal Financial based in Des Moines and #297 Casey’s based in Ankeny
As far as Nebraska’s other border states are concerned, neither South Dakota nor Wyoming has a single Fortune 1000 company headquarters. Kansas has four. Missouri hosts 19, while Colorado has 24.
With four companies, Omaha has more Fortune 500 headquarters than many comparable cities. All of the cities below have fewer Fortune 500 headquarters than Omaha (actual cities only, not metro areas):
Austin – 3
Detroit – 3
Indianapolis – 3
Louisville – 3
Memphis – 3
Miami – 3
Providence – 3
San Diego – 3
St. Paul – 3
Birmingham – 2
Boise – 2
Las Vegas – 2
Oakland – 2
Philadelphia – 2
Raleigh – 2
San Antonio – 2
Tampa – 2
Toledo – 2
Tulsa – 2
Baltimore – 1
Buffalo – 1
Des Moines – 1
Fort Worth – 1
Hartford – 1
Long Beach – 1
Nashville 1
New Orleans – 1
Oklahoma City – 1
Orlando – 1
Reno – 1
Albany – 0
Albuquerque – 0
Colorado Springs – 0
Grand Rapids – 0
Honolulu – 0
Kansas City – 0
Little Rock – 0
Los Angeles – 0
Portland – 0
Rochester – 0
Sacramento – 0
Salt Lake City – 0
Spokane – 0
Syracuse – 0
Tucson – 0
Wichita – 0
What cities have the most Fortune 500 headquarters? Here are the top six:
New York – 43
Houston – 24
Chicago – 14
Atlanta – 13
Dallas – 9
San Francisco – 9
Here are the states with the most Fortune 500 headquarters:
California – 58
Texas – 54
New York – 53
Finally, here are the top 10 companies in the fortune 500 with their 2024 revenue and headquarters city in parentheses:
1. Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) $681 Billion
2. Amazon (Seattle) $638 Billion
3. UnitedHealth Group (Eden Prairie, Minn.) $400.3 Billion
4. Apple (Cupertino, Calif.) $391 Billion
5. CVS Health (Woonsocket, R.I.) $373 Billion
6. Berkshire Hathaway (Omaha) $371.4 Billion
7. Alphabet (Mountain View, Calif.) $350 Billion
8. Exxon Mobile (Spring, Texas) $350 Billion
9. McKesson (Irving, Texas) $309 Billion
10. Cencora (Conshohocken, Pa.) $294 Billion
Photo by Brad Williams
