39 Virginia companies make 2021 Fortune 1000 list

Hilton falls off Fortune 500 amid pandemic losses

Published June 2, 2021 by Richard Foster

Thirty-nine Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 67th annual Fortune 1000 list, which was released Wednesday. The list ranks the 1,000 largest United States corporations by total revenue.

Twenty-two companies made the elite Fortune 500 list, including Fortune 500 newcomer CACI International Inc., which was ranked at No. 473 this year. It was ranked No. 549 on the 2020 list.

Notably, McLean-based global hotelier Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., which saw major revenue losses during the pandemic, fell off the Fortune 500 list this year, plummeting from No. 338 on the 2020 Fortune 500 to No. 596 on the 2021 Fortune 1000. Hilton reported $720 million in losses for 2020 and its per-room revenue dropped more than 56%.

Companies that moved up significantly on the Fortune 500 this year include Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. (+59); Science Applications International Corp. (+54); Leidos Holdings Inc. (+41); CarMax (+37); NVR Inc. (+34); and Huntington Ingalls Industries (+30).

Richmond-based Arko Corp., a holding company for the nation’s sixth-largest convenience store chain, GPM Investments LLC, debuted on the 2021 Fortune 1000 list at No. 681. With brands including Fas Mart and E-Z Mart, GPM has been growing aggressively and acquired the ExpressStop chain in May.

Nine Fortune 500 companies and 17 Fortune 1000 companies on this year’s list are headquartered in Fairfax County. Seven Fortune 500 companies and 12 Fortune 1000 companies are based in the Richmond area, including Goochland, Hanover and Henrico counties.

These are the Virginia-based companies that made the 2021 Fortune 1000 list, in order of ranking:

47) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  (“Freddie Mac”), McLean, Virginia

84) General Dynamics Corp., Falls Church 

86) Northrop Grumman Corp., Falls Church

99) Capital One Financial Corp., McLean

111) Dollar Tree Stores Inc., Chesapeake

114) Performance Food Group Co., Goochland County

136) CarMax, Goochland County

138) Altria Group Inc., Henrico County

152) DXC Technology, Tysons

193) Dominion Energy Inc., Richmond

248) Leidos Holdings Inc., Reston

307) Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk

311) Markel Corp., Glen Allen

313) AES Corp., Arlington

327) Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News

345) Owens & Minor Inc., Mechanicsville

348) Genworth Financial, Henrico County

383) NVR Inc., Reston

391) Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., McLean

412) Science Applications International Corp., Reston

420) Beacon Roofing Supply, Herndon

473) CACI International Inc., Arlington

575) Perspecta, Chantilly

596) Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., McLean

622) ASGN Inc., Glen Allen

625) Parsons Corp., Centreville

650) Brink’s Co., Henrico County

677) Maximus Inc., Reston

681) Arko Corp., Richmond

683) Gannett, McLean

756) Tegna Inc., McLean

768) Graham Holdings Co., Arlington

797) Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE), Falls Church

835) ManTech International Corp., Fairfax

896) AvalonBay Communities Inc., Arlington

924) Franchise Group Inc., Virginia Beach

932) BWX Technologies Inc., Lynchburg

954) NewMarket Corp., Richmond

981) Universal Corp., Richmond

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