headquartersLocateyourheadquartersinHoustonandyou'llbeinverygoodcompany.We'rehometoa"who'swho"ofbusinessesfromthelistsofFortune,DeloitteDevelopmentandForbes,anddozensoftheworld'smostsuccessfulmultinationalshaveaHoustonaddress.Weofferlowoperatingcosts,anexcellentlaborpoolandreadyaccesstoglobalmarkets.DiscoverhowaHoustonlocationputsyouinthecenteroftoday'sinternationalbusinesscommunity.Hometotheworld'sfastestgrowingcompaniesHoustonishomebaseformanyoftheworld'stopcompanies.We'rethirdonlytoNewYorkCityandChicagointhenumberofFortune500.Ourpopularityisn'tlimitedtodomesticbusinesses:oftheworld's100largestnon-U.S.-basedcorporations,60haveoperationsinHouston.Fortune500CorporateHeadquartersDuetothelowcostofdoingbusiness,aswellasmanyotheradvantages,HoustonisthirdamongmetropolitanstatisticalareasinthenumberofFortune500headquarters.AndthestateofTexasisnowtiedwithCaliforniaforthemostFortune500headquarteredcompanies.Fortune500HeadquarterLocationsNumberperSTATENumberperMSA*NumberperCITYRankingofStatesState#ofHQs**RankingofMetrosMSA#ofHQs**RankingofCitiesCity#ofHQs**1Texas571NewYork701NewYork421(Tie)California572Chicago282Houston243NewYork563Houston253Dallas124Illinois314Dallas254(Tie)Atlanta105Pennsylvania255Minneapolis184(Tie)Minneapolis10*MetropolitanStatisticalArea6Chicago9**NumberofFortune500companiesheadquarteredineachgeographicalarea.Source:Fortune,April,2010Fortune1000CorporateHeadquartersHoustonisamajorcorporatecenter.Fifty-ninecompaniesonthe2009Fortune1000list,numerousmultinationalsanddomesticconcernsmaintainoperationsintheHoustonregion.FORTUNE1000COMPANIESHEADQUARTEREDINHOUSTONCompanyRankRevenuesCompanyRankRevenues($millions)($millions)ConocoPhillips4230,764.0NobleEnergy5643,901.0MarathonOil2373,504.0QuantaServices5743,780.2Sysco6237,522.1WestlakeChemical5863,692.4EnterpriseGPHoldings6535,469.6Dynegy6053,549.0PlainsAllAmericanPipeline7930,061.0USOncologyHoldings6463,304.2Halliburton14118,279.0ExterranHoldings6623,178.7AnadarkoPetroleum16215,723.0SouthernUnion6793,070.2ContinentalAirlines16715,241.0OilStatesInternational6982,948.5NationalOilwellVarco20013,431.4BenchmarkElectronics7552,590.2WasteManagement20113,388.0AmericanNationalInsurance7722,526.8ReliantEnergy21412,553.2PrideInternational7872,468.8Apache21712,389.8PlainsExplorationandProduction8022,403.5Knight22312,094.8SouthwesternEnergy8192,311.6BakerHughes22711,864.0HCCInsuranceHoldings8272,279.4KBR23411,581.0NewfieldExploration8382,225.0CenterPointEnergy23811,322.0RowanCos.8402,212.7SmithInternational25010,770.8Patterson-UTIEnergy8412,209.1EnbridgeEnergyPartners26810,060.0Dresser-RandGroup8442,194.7Calpine2729,937.0MetalsUSAHoldings8582,156.2TargaResources3237,970.2ServiceCorp.International8592,155.6EOGResources3507,127.1HelixEnergySolutionsGroup8662,148.3FrontierOil3836,498.8OceaneeringInternational9011,977.4CameronInternational4215,848.9Men'sWearhouse9051,972.4Group1Automotive4285,703.3KeyEnergyServices9061,972.1BJServices4385,426.3CompleteProductionServices9251,898.1ElPaso4435,363.0NCIBuildingSystems9781,764.2SpectraEnergy4595,184.0EagleRockEnergyPartners9881,743.3FMCTechnologies4605,163.4BMCSoftware9941,731.6CVREnergy4725,016.1Administaff9971,724.4AdamsResources&Energy5404,159.7Source:Fortune,April20,2009HighTechHeadquartersFivecompaniesonthe2008Deloitte500listareheadquarteredinHouston.DELOITTE500COMPANIESHEADQUARTERE...
