Editing Richmond, Virginia (section)

===Corporations===
[[File:City of Richmond Business District.jpg|thumb|Six [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]] companies are headquartered in the Richmond area.]]

Greater Richmond was named the third-best city for business by [[MarketWatch]] in September 2007, ranking behind Minneapolis and Denver and above Boston. The area is home to six [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]] companies: electric utility [[Dominion Energy]]; [[CarMax]]; [[Owens & Minor]]; [[Genworth Financial]]; [[MeadWestvaco]]/ [[WestRock]]; and [[Altria Group]].<ref name="Fortune500" /> Dominion Energy is the only headquartered in the city of Richmond. The others are located in neighboring [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]] and [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover]] counties.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.richmond.com/business/local/richmond-area-now-home-to-fortune-companies-up-from-last/article_d027a921-761a-5245-8966-383cc6936306.html |title=Richmond area now home to 8 Fortune 500 companies, up from 6 last year |first=Anna |last=Akins |website=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=June 7, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826180527/https://www.richmond.com/business/local/richmond-area-now-home-to-fortune-companies-up-from-last/article_d027a921-761a-5245-8966-383cc6936306.html |archive-date=August 26, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2006, [[MeadWestvaco]] announced a 2008 move from [[Stamford, Connecticut]], to Richmond with assistance from the Greater Richmond Partnership,<ref name="ATL Business Chronicle - MWV">{{cite web |title=City's bid for corporate HQ lost in traffic |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/03/19/story2.html?page=all |work=Atlanta Business Chronicle |access-date=July 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223133815/http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/03/19/story2.html?page=all |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> a regional economic development organization that also helped locate [[Aditya Birla Minacs]],<ref name="Yahoo Finance - Minacs">{{cite news |title=Minacs to Hire 250+ in Richmond, VA: Invites Applications |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/minacs-hire-250-richmond-va-130000178.html |access-date=July 15, 2013 |newspaper=Yahoo Finance |date=March 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113172218/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/minacs-hire-250-richmond-va-130000178.html |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Amazon.com]],<ref name="Retailing Today - Amazon">{{cite web |title=Amazon.com to open two fulfillment centers in Va. |url=http://retailingtoday.com/article/amazoncom-open-two-fulfillment-centers-va |work=Retailing Today |access-date=July 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113084903/http://retailingtoday.com/article/amazoncom-open-two-fulfillment-centers-va |archive-date=January 13, 2014}}</ref> and [[Honeywell International]]<ref name="Business Facilities - Honeywell">{{cite web |title=Honeywell Expands Advanced Fiber Production in Virginia |url=http://businessfacilities.com/honeywell-expands-advanced-fiber-production-in-virginia/ |work=Business Facilities |access-date=February 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105192328/http://businessfacilities.com/honeywell-expands-advanced-fiber-production-in-virginia/ |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> to the region. In 2008, Altria moved its corporate HQ from New York City to Henrico County. In July 2015, MeadWestvaco merged with Georgia-based Rock-Tenn Company creating [[WestRock]] Company.
[[File:Philip Morris Ads.JPG|thumb|An old advertisement for Philip Morris, now [[Altria]].]]
Other [[Fortune 500]] companies without headquarters but with a significant presence in the Richmond area include [[SunTrust Banks]] (based in [[Atlanta]]), [[Capital One]] (officially based in [[McLean, Virginia]], but founded in and with its operations center and most employees in the Richmond area), and medical and pharmaceutical giant [[McKesson Corporation]] (based in Las Colinas, Texas). [[Thermo Fisher Scientific]] came to the Richmond area in December 2021 when it acquired the contract research organization [[PPD, Inc.|PPD]]. Capital One and Philip Morris USA are two of the largest private Richmond-area employers. [[DuPont]] maintains a production facility in South Richmond known as the Spruance Plant. [[UPS Freight]], the less-than-truckload division of [[United Parcel Service]] has its corporate headquarters in Richmond.

Other companies based in Richmond include engineering specialists [[CTI Consultants]]; chemical company [[NewMarket Corporation|NewMarket]]; [[Brink's]], the security and armored car company; [[Estes Express Lines]], a freight carrier; [[Universal Corporation]], a tobacco merchant; [[Cavalier Telephone and TV|Cavalier Telephone]], now Windstream, a telephone, internet, and digital television provider formed in Richmond in 1998; [[Cherry Bekaert & Holland]], a top 30 accounting firm serving the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]]; the law firm of [[McGuireWoods]]; [[Elephant Insurance]], an insurance company subsidiary of [[Admiral Group]]; and [[Media General]], a company specializing in broadcast media.