Top 10 Largest Corporations

The list of the top 10 largest corporations in the United States for 2009, according to the Fortune 500 magazine, included three financial institutions, three petroleum refiners, one telecommunications company, one technology company, one motor vehicle company and one very large retailer.

Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, Wal-Mart earned $408 billion in revenues and $14.3 billion in profits in 2009.

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Exxon Mobil earned $284.6 billion in revenues and $19.3 billion in profits in 2009. Exxon Mobil topped Fortune's list for most profitable companies in the U.S. in 2009.

Despite a difficult year, Chevron earned $163.5 billion in revenues and $10.5 billion in profits in 2009. Chevron is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, GE earned $156.8 billion in revenues and $11.0 billion in profits in 2009.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bank of America earned $150.4 billion in revenues and $6.3 billion in profits in 2009.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ConocoPhillips earned $139.5 billion in revenues and $4.9 billion in profits in 2009.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, AT&T earned $123.2 billion in revenues and $12.5 billion in profits in 2009.

Headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, Ford earned $118.3 billion in revenues and $2.7 billion in profits in 2009.

Headquartered in New York, NY, J.P. Morgan Chase earned $115.6 billion in revenues and $11.7 billion in profits in 2009.

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, HP earned $114.5 billion in revenues and $7.7 billion in profits in 2009.