{"id":253624,"date":"2026-06-03T11:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253624\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:56:17","slug":"amazon-overthrows-walmart-to-become-fortune-500s-top-company-ending-superstores-13-year-reign-at-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253624\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon overthrows Walmart to become Fortune 500&#8217;s top company &#8212; ending superstore&#8217;s 13-year reign at the top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has overtaken Walmart to claim the No. 1 spot on the Fortune 500, ending the retailer\u2019s 13-year run at the top of the annual ranking of America\u2019s biggest companies by revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The latest list, based on fiscal 2025 revenue, puts Amazon in the top spot, followed by Walmart and UnitedHealth Group.<\/p>\n<p>The shakeup marks the first time since 2013 that Walmart has not held the No. 1 position on the Fortune 500.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.46285714;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39565426\" width=\"863\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/general-view-pedal-assisted-amazon-106405410.jpg\" alt=\"An Amazon Prime delivery driver looks at their phone next to an Amazon Mubea U-Mobility E-Cargobike.\" class=\"wp-image-39565426\"  \/>An Amazon worker delivers packages from a Amazon Mubea U-Mobility E-Cargobike in New York City on June 12, 2025. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49707602;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39565432\" width=\"883\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/general-view-walmart-store-riverdale-89033562.jpg\" alt=\"The front of a Walmart store with its blue and gray facade, a large &quot;Walmart&quot; sign, and cars parked in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-39565432\"  \/>Walmart was at the top of the Fortune 500 list for 13 years. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n<p>Amazon generated roughly $717 billion in revenue during the most recent reporting period, narrowly surpassing Walmart\u2019s $713 billion. UnitedHealth Group rounded out the top three with $447.6 billion in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s ascent was fueled by rapid growth across its sprawling business lines, including e-commerce, cloud computing, advertising and third-party seller services.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s revenue grew about 12% year over year, significantly outpacing Walmart\u2019s roughly 5% increase.<\/p>\n<p>While Walmart remained bigger in core U.S. store-led retailing, Amazon\u2019s expanding mix of businesses helped it pull ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Web Services generated nearly $129 billion in revenue in 2025, while the company\u2019s advertising business brought in more than $68 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon has overtaken Walmart to claim the No. 1 spot on the Fortune 500, ending the retailer\u2019s 13-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[586,288,98874,9,11,10,14599],"class_list":["post-253624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-amazon","tag-business","tag-fortune-500","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-walmart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}