Dallas-Fort Worth’s claim on corporate America is spread across the map.
The region is now home to 49 Fortune 1000 companies, and their headquarters are sited in 11 cities, from Irving and Frisco to Plano and Fort Worth, according to the Dallas Regional Chamber. “Growth is happening in every direction,” said Brad Cheves, who became president and CEO of the chamber in January, in an email to Dallas Innovates. “From downtown Dallas and Fort Worth to Plano, Irving, McKinney, Frisco, Arlington and beyond, major companies are choosing communities throughout our region to invest, innovate, and grow.”
The Fortune 500 drew the headlines last week, when Texas reclaimed the national lead and Dallas-Fort Worth landed 24 companies on the list. The broader Fortune 1000 shows the fuller reach: The region added companies to that list this year to reach its 49.
Those 24 Fortune 500 names give DFW the fourth-largest concentration of any metro in the country, the chamber said. Together they generate nearly $1.1 trillion in annual revenue and employ more than 1.3 million people worldwide, while the full Fortune 1000 group spans 32 industry sectors.
DFW also lays claim to a distinction none of the larger U.S. metros can match: McKesson, the Irving-based pharmaceutical distributor, ranks No. 8 on the list, and no metro larger than DFW, including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, is home to a company among the country’s 10 biggest, according to the chamber.
Eleven cities, one corporate map
The region’s “broad geographic distribution is one of North Texas’ greatest strengths,” Cheves said, because it means “economic opportunity is shared across dozens of cities.” As companies establish headquarters and existing employers expand, the chamber wrote, DFW’s “concentration of major corporations continues to fuel investment, job creation and economic opportunity throughout the region,” reinforcing what Cheves called one of the nation’s “premier centers for corporate leadership.”
[Infographic: Dallas Regional Chamber]
Dallas itself accounts for the largest share by far. Counted across five business districts, downtown and Uptown, the LBJ Corridor, North Dallas, Love Field, and Cypress Waters, the city is home to 21 of the 49, from AT&T (No. 35) and CBRE Group (No. 118) to Energy Transfer (No. 53), Southwest Airlines (No. 163), and Texas Instruments (No. 252).
AT&T, the city’s highest-ranked company at No. 35, has announced it will move its headquarters from downtown Dallas to Plano, with its initial move into the new campus expected in the second half of 2028.
Irving holds the largest single cluster outside the city, with 11 headquarters anchored by McKesson, with Caterpillar (No. 65), Kimberly-Clark (No. 225), and Vistra (No. 251). Fort Worth and Plano follow with four apiece, Fort Worth led by American Airlines Group (No. 86) and Plano by Yum China Holdings (No. 375).
Frisco and Richardson hold two each, and Westlake, Southlake, McKinney, Grapevine, and Arlington round out the map with one apiece, including homebuilder D.R. Horton (No. 134) in Arlington and Charles Schwab (No. 165) in Westlake.
Two newcomers, and a year of mixed fortunes
The region added two companies to the Fortune 500 this year, Somnigroup International and Keurig Dr Pepper, the chamber said. Somnigroup, the mattress manufacturer that relocated its corporate headquarters to Dallas last year, posted the largest gain of any DFW company, climbing 178 spots to No. 499 on a 51.6% revenue increase, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Keurig Dr Pepper, which carries dual headquarters in Frisco and Burlington, Massachusetts, and was counted under Massachusetts a year ago, moved up 16 spots to No. 268 after being listed with Texas this year, the News reported. Across the wider Fortune 1000, the chamber’s newest additions all entered in the list’s back half: Public Storage at No. 690, Vistance Networks at No. 611, and Invitation Homes at No. 990.
Among the five DFW companies in the top 100, none reported a revenue drop: AT&T rose two spots to No. 35 and Energy Transfer held at No. 53, while Caterpillar at No. 65 and American Airlines at No. 86 each slipped.
Still, two-thirds of the region’s companies slipped in the rankings this year, though only nine saw revenue decline, according to the News, which noted that Dallas-based engineering firm Jacobs Solutions dropped 124 spots and recorded a 29.1% revenue decline.
Texas reclaims the headquarters crown
The regional gains fed a statewide milestone. Texas led all states with 57 Fortune 500 headquarters, up from 54 in 2025 and one ahead of California’s 56, reclaiming a title it had lost in 2024, according to the News. In a statement, Gov. Greg Abbott called Texas “the undisputed headquarters of headquarters” and said the state’s companies represent a combined $2.8 trillion in revenue.
Cheves said the newcomers show the region is “not only attracting world-class companies but also creating the conditions for businesses already here to scale and thrive.”
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