The Most-Loved Company in Every State
What makes for a good company? High profits and sales revenue, a favorable brand image and happy employees are typically good indicators that a company holds a positive relationship with its consumers. After all, people aren’t likely to do business with a business they don’t respect.
GOBankingRates gathered revenue figures from the top three Fortune 500 companies in each state, along with the companies’ average employee review score on Glassdoor, to determine which company is the “most loved.” The assumption being companies met with high demand in the marketplace and viewed positively by the locals working for them are generally well-liked by consumers as well.
So, take a closer look at the companies that have managed to build a symbiotic relationship with U.S. consumers.
Last updated: July 10, 2020
Alabama
Company: Vulcan Materials
Headquarters: Birmingham
Revenue: $4,929,100,000
Number of employees: 9,173
Average employee review: 3.7
Alaska
Company: General Communication
Headquarters: Anchorage
Revenue: $894,733,000
Number of employees: 2,051
Average employee review: 3.7
Arizona
Company: Freeport-McMoRan
Headquarters: Phoenix
Revenue: $14,402,000,000
Number of employees: 27,500
Average employee review: 4.2
Arkansas
Company: Walmart
Headquarters: Bentonville
Revenue: $523,964,000,000
Number of employees: 2,200,000
Average employee review: 3.3
California
Company: Alphabet (Google)
Headquarters: Mountain View
Revenue: $161,857,000,000
Number of employees: 118,899
Average employee review: 4.4
Find Out: 20 Companies With the Happiest Employees
Colorado
Company: VF (Vans, The North Face, Timberland, etc.)
Headquarters: Denver
Revenue: $13,870,600,000
Number of employees: 75,000
Average employee review: 3.5
Connecticut
Company: Cigna
Headquarters: Bloomfield
Revenue: $153,566,000,000
Number of employees: 73,700
Average employee review: 3.6
Delaware
Company: DuPont
Headquarters: Wilmington
Revenue: $21,512,000,000
Number of employees: 35,000
Average employee review: 3.7
Florida
Company: Publix
Headquarters: Lakeland
Revenue: $38,462,800,000
Number of employees: 207,000
Average employee review: 3.8
Georgia
Company: Home Depot
Headquarters: Atlanta
Revenue: $110,225,000,000
Number of employees: 415,700
Average employee review: 3.6
Hawaii
Company: Hawaiian Electric Industries
Headquarters: Honolulu
Revenue: $2,874,600,000
Number of employees: 3,841
Average employee review: 3.3
Idaho
Company: Micron Technology
Headquarters: Boise
Revenue: $23,406,000,000
Number of employees: 37,000
Average employee review: 3.5
Illinois
Company: Boeing
Headquarters: Chicago
Revenue: $79,395,300,000
Number of employees: 57,672
Average employee review: 3.7
Indiana
Company: Cummins
Headquarters: Columbus
Revenue: $23,571,000,000
Number of employees: 61,615
Average employee review: 3.8
If You’re Looking: 40 Legit Companies That Will Pay You To Work From Home
Iowa
Company: Principal Financial
Headquarters: Des Moines
Revenue: $16,222,100,000
Number of employees: 17,601
Average employee review: 3.6
Kansas
Company: Seaboard
Headquarters: Merriam
Revenue: $6,840,000,000
Number of employees: 13,100
Average employee review: 3.9
Pictured: Butterball is a product of Seaboard.
Kentucky
Company: Humana
Headquarters: Louisville
Revenue: $64,888,000,000
Number of employees: 46,000
Average employee review: 3.6
Louisiana
Company: Entergy
Headquarters: New Orleans
Revenue: $10,878,700,000
Number of employees: 13,635
Average employee review: 3.5
Maine
Company: IDEXX Laboratories
Headquarters: Westbrook
Revenue: $2,406,900,000
Number of employees: 9,200
Average employee review: 3.4
Maryland
Company: Lockheed Martin
Headquarters: Bethesda
Revenue: $59,812,000,000
Number of employees: 110,000
Average employee review: 3.8
Massachusetts
Company: General Electric
Headquarters: Boston
Revenue: $95,214,000,000
Number of employees: 205,000
Average employee review: 3.8
Who Is Doing What? Uber Acquires Postmates and 14 Other Biggest Business Moves of 2020
Michigan
Company: Ford Motor
Headquarters: Dearborn
Revenue: $155,900,000,000
Number of employees: 190,000
Average employee review: 3.9
Minnesota
Company: Best Buy
Headquarters: Richfield
Revenue: $43,638,000,000
Number of employees: 125,000
Average employee review: 3.8
Mississippi
Company: Sanderson Farms
Headquarters: Laurel
Revenue: $3,440,300,000
Number of employees: 17,055
Average employee review: 2.9
Missouri
Company: Reinsurance Group of America
Headquarters: Chesterfield
Revenue: $14,300,000,000
Number of employees: 3,188
Average employee review: 3.8
Montana
Company: Glacier Bancorp
Headquarters: Kalispell
Revenue: $676,951,000
Number of employees: 2,826
Average employee review: 3.2
Nebraska
Company: Berkshire Hathaway
Headquarters: Omaha
Revenue: $254,616,000,000
Number of employees: 391,500
Average employee review: 3.3
Nevada
Company: Las Vegas Sands
Headquarters: Las Vegas
Revenue: $13,739,000,000
Number of employees: 50,000
Average employee review: 3.6
Read More: Bezos’ Billions, a New JumpStart Tax and 27 Things To Know About the Crazy Rich World of Amazon
New Hampshire
Company: Sprague Resources
Headquarters: Portsmouth
Revenue: $3,502,400,000
Number of employees: 770
Average employee review: 3.6
New Jersey
Company: Johnson & Johnson
Headquarters: New Brunswick
Revenue: $82,059,000,000
Number of employees: 132,200
Average employee review: 4.0
New Mexico
Company: PNM Resources
Headquarters: Albuquerque
Revenue: $1,457,603,000
Number of employees: 1,668
Average employee review: 3.0
New York
Company: JPMorgan Chase
Headquarters: New York
Revenue: $142,422,000,000
Number of employees: 256,981
Average employee review: 3.9
North Carolina
Company: Bank of America
Headquarters: Charlotte
Revenue: $113,589,000,000
Number of employees: 208,131
Average employee review: 3.7
North Dakota
Company: Investors Real Estate Trust
Headquarters: Minot
Revenue: $185,755,000
Number of employees: 392
Average employee review: 3.8
Struggling Businesses: Apple Closes Stores as the 2020 Retail Apocalypse Continues
Ohio
Company: Cardinal Health
Headquarters: Dublin
Revenue: $145,534,000,000
Number of employees: 49,500
Average employee review: 3.4
Oklahoma
Company: Oneok
Headquarters: Tulsa
Revenue: $10,164,400,000
Number of employees: 2,882
Average employee review: 3.5
Oregon
Company: Nike
Headquarters: Beaverton
Revenue: $39,117,000,000
Number of employees: 76,700
Average employee review: 4.1
Pennsylvania
Company: Comcast
Headquarters: Philadelphia
Revenue: $108,942,000,000
Number of employees: 190,000
Average employee review: 3.6
Rhode Island
Company: Textron
Headquarters: Providence
Revenue: $13,630,000,000
Number of employees: 35,000
Average employee review: 3.3
South Carolina
Company: Sonoco Products
Headquarters: Hartsville
Revenue: $5,374,200,000
Number of employees: 23,000
Average employee review: 3.9
South Dakota
Company: NorthWestern Corporation
Headquarters: Sioux Falls
Revenue: $1,257,910,000
Number of employees: 1,533
Average employee review: 3.8
Tennessee
Company: FedEx
Headquarters: Memphis
Revenue: $69,693,000,000
Number of employees: 389,500
Average employee review: 3.7
Take a Look: Companies Set To Make the Most Money During the Coronavirus Crisis
Texas
Company: Exxon Mobil
Headquarters: Irving
Revenue: $264,938,000,000
Number of employees: 74,900
Average employee review: 3.6
Utah
Company: SkyWest
Headquarters: St. George
Revenue: $2,972,000,000
Number of employees: 13,700
Average employee review: 4.0
Vermont
Company: NLV Financial
Headquarters: Montpelier
Revenue: $2,772,100,000
Number of employees: 1,278
Average employee review: 4.3
Virginia
Company: Freddie Mac
Headquarters: McLean
Revenue: $75,125,000,000
Number of employees: 6,892
Average employee review: 3.9
Washington
Company: Microsoft
Headquarters: Redmond
Revenue: $125,843,000,000
Number of employees: 144,000
Average employee review: 4.3
West Virginia
Company: United Bankshares
Headquarters: Charleston
Revenue: $913,046,000
Number of employees: 2,204
Average employee review: 3.5
Wisconsin
Company: Northwestern Mutual
Headquarters: Milwaukee
Revenue: $32,293,600,000
Number of employees: 5,964
Average employee review: 3.8
Wyoming
Company: Cloud Peak Energy
Headquarters: Gillette
Revenue: $832,400,000
Number of employees: 1,300
Average employee review: 4.0
More From GOBankingRates
Photo Disclaimer: Please note photos are for illustrative purposes only. As a result, some of the photos might not reflect the companies listed in this article.
Methodology: To determine the most-loved company in every state, GOBankingRates reviewed the 2020 Fortune 500 list to find the top three companies in every state in terms of revenue. Companies with high revenue figures were chosen for analysis to reflect that companies loved by consumers are presumably met with demand in the marketplace and sell well. GOBankingRates then scored each company against the others in its state on (1) estimated revenue from Fortune and (2) average employee review score (out of five) from Glassdoor. Factor No. 2 was intended to reflect that well-loved companies would not be negatively viewed by the locals who work for them. The most-loved company in each state was determined to be the company with the highest score after taking into account both factors.
For the seven states with no Fortune 500 company headquarter locations and the four states with less than three, GOBankingRates looked at the 2018-19 Fortune 500 lists and Forbes’ 2016 ranking of top companies in every state by market cap to identify major companies to analyze. Revenue data for these companies was then sourced directly from their most recent 10-K reports.
Headquarters location according to Glassdoor and the number of total employees each company has according to Fortune or its most recent 10-K report were provided as supplemental data. Companies with fewer than five employee reviews on Glassdoor were omitted from consideration for the final ranking. In the case of a tie, the company with the most positive employee reviews was selected. All data was collected on and up to date as of July 1-2, 2020.
This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com: The Most-Loved Company in Every State
