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Several North Texas companies appear on Forbes’ Best Large Employers list for 2026.
The publication recently released its annual list that ranks companies with more than 5,000 employees. Some of the metrics factored by Forbes are employee count, location, industry category, number of years in business and more.
California-based Trader Joe’s topped the list of 700 companies, with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Google, Microsoft and Stanford University not far behind.
Here’s a look at which North Texas employers made the list.
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Cook Children’s Health Care System is the top North Texas entry on the list at No. 41.
The Fort Worth-based company employs more than 9,000 people, according to Forbes. Cook Children’s was founded in 1993.
Here’s which other North Texas companies made the list:
52. Toyota North America in Plano95. Atmos Energy in Dallas99. Texas Health Resources in Arlington111. Southwest Airlines in Dallas112. JPS Health Network in Fort Worth143. Energy Transfer in Dallas165. Christus Health in Irving199. D.R. Horton in Arlington255. CMC in Irving259. Tyler Technologies in Plano367. Jacobs Solutions in Dallas373. Brink’s in Dallas382. Texas Instruments in Dallas407. ExxonMobil in Irving412. Kimberly-Clark in Irving442. 2020 Companies in Southlake478. Taco Cabana in Addison514. McKesson in Irving566. Fluor in Irving578. Caliber in Lewisville579. City of Fort Worth in Fort Worth592. Brinker International in Coppell596. NCH Corporation in Irving608. Lennox International in Richardson639. Alcon in Fort Worth675. Cinemark Holdings in Plano679. Global Medical Response in Lewisville689. CBRE Group in Dallas
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Brayden Garcia is a service journalism reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Brayden mainly writes about weather and all things Taylor Sheridan-related.