Editing Economy of the United States (section)

==Notable companies and markets==
{{See also|Forbes 500|Fortune 500}}
{{Further|List of largest companies in the United States by revenue}}
[[File:Walmart exterior.jpg|thumb|right|A typical Walmart discount department store (location: [[Laredo, Texas]])]]
America's largest companies are ranked every year by revenue in the ''[[Fortune 500]]''. Between 2000 and 2022's edition of the list, the top spot on the Fortune 500 was occupied by either the auto manufacturer [[General Motors]] (GM), the oil and gas giant [[ExxonMobil]], or the retailer [[Walmart]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoover |first=Gary |date=June 26, 2022 |title=2022 UPDATED Largest Companies Charts |url=https://americanbusinesshistory.org/2022-updated-largest-companies-charts/ |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=Business History - The American Business History Center |language=en-US}}</ref> The US is also home of many of the world's largest companies by [[market capitalization]]; {{As of|2023|February|9|df=US}}, the largest American companies by market cap are [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Microsoft]], [[Google]] (through holding company [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]]), [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Berkshire Hathaway]], [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]], [[Nvidia]], [[Visa Inc.|Visa]], ExxonMobil, and [[Meta Platforms]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Companies ranked by Market Cap - CompaniesMarketCap.com |url=https://companiesmarketcap.com/ |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=companiesmarketcap.com |language=en-us}}</ref> Moreover, many of these companies are the most valuable brands, with many of the largest companies by revenue and market cap on the annual ranking of most valuable brands by [[Forbes]] being joined by [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]], [[The Walt Disney Company]], and [[McDonald's]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2020 World's Most Valuable Brands |url=https://www.forbes.com/the-worlds-most-valuable-brands/ |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

Some industries within America are defined by a few major companies, often deriving terms such as "Big Three" or "Big Four". Examples of this phenomenon include the Big Three credit reporting agencies ([[Equifax]], [[Experian]], and [[TransUnion]]), the [[Big Three (automobile manufacturers)|Big Three automobile makers]] ([[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[General Motors]], and [[Stellantis]]), the [[Big Four accounting firms]] ([[Deloitte]], [[Ernst & Young]], [[KPMG]], and [[PwC]]), and the Big Four communications carriers ([[Verizon Communications|Verizon]], [[AT&T]], [[T-Mobile US|T-Mobile]]/[[Sprint Corporation|Sprint]], and [[Dish Network]]).<ref>{{Cite news |title=How to protect yourself against the theft of your identity |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2017/09/14/how-to-protect-yourself-against-the-theft-of-your-identity |access-date=February 10, 2023 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Big 4 wireless carriers spent $100B on 5G spectrum: Was it worth it? |url=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/big-4-wireless-carriers-spent-100b-on-5g-spectrum-was-it-worth-it-68488095 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=www.spglobal.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
The [[Energy in the United States|American energy industry]] is among the largest and consists of large companies in [[Petroleum industry|oil, natural gas]], [[Coal mining in the United States|coal]], and renewable energy sources. America's largest energy companies by market are in oil and gas, with ExxonMobil being joined by [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]], [[ConocoPhillips]], and [[Schlumberger]]; British oil companies [[BP]] and [[Shell plc|Shell]] also have significant presence in the United States and trade on both the [[London Stock Exchange]] and [[New York Stock Exchange]]. Many large American petroleum companies, as well as BP, can trace some origin back to [[Standard Oil]], a former monopoly run by [[John D. Rockefeller]]. In coal, the $30 billion industry is dominated by [[Peabody Energy]], which is the largest coal company in the world with almost $23 billion in revenue for 2021. Much of the nation's coal mining occurs in Wyoming and Appalachian states like West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/global500/list/filtered?hqcountry=U.S.|title=Global 500 2016|work=Fortune|access-date=June 22, 2017|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921142659/http://fortune.com/global500/list/filtered?hqcountry=U.S.|url-status=dead}} Number of companies data taken from the "Country" filter.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 10 Largest Coal Mining Companies In The United States – Zippia |date=July 26, 2022 |url=https://www.zippia.com/advice/largest-coal-mining-companies/ |access-date=February 10, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Desjardins |first=Jeff |date=November 24, 2017 |title=Chart: The Evolution of Standard Oil |url=https://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-evolution-standard-oil/ |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Visual Capitalist |language=en-US}}</ref>

A 2012 Deloitte report published in ''STORES'' magazine indicated that of the world's top 250 largest retailers by retail sales revenue in fiscal year 2010, 32% of those retailers were based in the United States, and those 32% accounted for 41% of the total retail sales revenue of the top 250.<ref>Deloitte, ''Switching Channels: Global Powers of Retailing 2012'', ''STORES'', January 2012, G20.</ref>

America is the foremost country in the world when it comes to semiconductor production. In 2011, half of the world's 20 largest semiconductor manufacturers by sales were based in America. More recently, Congress under the [[presidency of Joe Biden]] passed a bipartisan bill, the [[CHIPS and Science Act]], which bolstered semiconductor production. Some of America's largest semiconductor firms and chip companies are [[Broadcom Inc.|Broadcom]], [[Intel]], [[AMD]], and [[Qualcomm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuppli.com/PublishingImages/Press%20Releases/2011-12-01_Market_Share_Table1.jpg |title=IHS iSuppli Semiconductor preliminary rankings for 2011 |access-date=April 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214152106/http://www.isuppli.com/PublishingImages/Press%20Releases/2011-12-01_Market_Share_Table1.jpg|archive-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Semiconductor Manufacturers in the U.S. - IndustrySelect® |url=https://www.industryselect.com/blog/top-10-semiconductor-manufacturers-in-the-us |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=www.industryselect.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=August 9, 2022 |title=FACT SHEET: CHIPS and Science Act Will Lower Costs, Create Jobs, Strengthen Supply Chains, and Counter China |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/ |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref>

Many of the United States' largest firms by market cap are technology companies. These companies are dominated by the [[Big Tech|Big Five tech giants]] (Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta), though numerous software firms also dominate the American technology industry. These firms range from hardware manufacturers like [[Dell Technologies]], [[IBM]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], and [[Cisco]], to software and computing infrastructure programmers like [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Salesforce]], [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe]], and [[Intuit]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Girardin |first=McKayla |date=September 22, 2022 |title=Top Tech Companies in 2022 |url=https://www.theforage.com/blog/companies/what-companies-in-technology-field |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Forage |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 1000 Technology Companies United States 2023 |url=https://disfold.com/united-states/sector/technology/companies/ |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Disfold Data |language=en}}</ref>

In film, American producers create nearly all of [[List of highest-grossing films|the world's highest-grossing films]]. Many of [[List of best-selling music artists|the world's best-selling music artists]] are based in the United States. Some of America's largest media companies are The Walt Disney Company, [[Warner Bros. Discovery]], [[Netflix]], [[Comcast]], [[Paramount Global]], and [[Fox Corporation|Fox]].