2010 U.S. Largest Private Retail Chains - Forbes Largest Private Companies List

Each year Forbes magazine publishes its list of "America's Largest Private Companies" list, which ranks major companies with private ownership by annual revenue. This is in contrast to the more famous Fortune 500 list, which focuses primarily (although not exclusively) on publicly traded corporations.

In 2010, 55 of the 223 companies included on the Forbes annual business ranking were from the retail industry. This is a slightly higher percentage of retail industry presence than was found on the 2009 Largest Private Companies. This indicates that in the 2010 year of economic recovery, the revenues of some members of the retail industry outpaced private companies in other industries. Below is the list of the privately-held retail chains that were the largest in terms of revenue, arranged according to the rank assigned to it by Forbes editors.


6    Chrysler      
$27.90 billion

8    Publix Super Markets      
$24.32 billion

12   Pilot Flying J
$17.0 billion

13   HE Butt Grocery
$15.10 billion

15   Meijer
$14.25 billion

16   Toys 'R Us      
$13.57 billion

29   Giant Eagle
$8.61 billion

32   Amway
$8.40 billion

37   QuikTrip      
$7.30 billion

38   CDW      
$7.16 billion

40   Menard
$6.95 billion

41   Hy-Vee
$6.80 billion

42   Sinclair Oil
$7.0 billion

44   Cumberland Farms   
$6.57 billion

50   Wawa
$5.89 billion               

55   Wegmans Food Markets
$5.15 billion

58   Save Mart Supermarkets
$5.10 billion

63   RaceTrac Petroleum
$4.70 billion

65   WinCo Foods
$4.63 billion

75   Levi Strauss & Co.
$4.11 billion

79   Sheetz
$4.41 billion

84   Michaels Stores
#3.89 billion

88   Roundy's Supermarkets
$3.80 billion

90   Hallmark Cards
$3.72 billion

93   Neiman Marcus
$3.69 billion

96   Bass Pro Shops
$3.65 billion

97   Stater Bros
$3.62 billion

98   OSI Restaurant Partners
$3.60 billion

110  Belk
$3.35 billion

112  Golub
$3.30 billion

114  Demoulas Super Markets
$3.20 billion

118  Raley's
$3.20 billion

126  Burlington Coat Factory
$3.06 billion

127  Sports Authority                           
$3.05 billion

132  Holiday Companies
$3.00 billion

148  General Parts                                      
$2.79 billion

149  Ashley Furniture Industries
$2.77 billion

155  Follett
$2.72 billion

158  Petco Animal Supplies
$2.70 billion

160  Houchens Industries
$2.67 billion

161  Discount Tire
$2.66 billion

170  Burger King
$2.50 billion

173  Mary Kay
$2.50 billion

174  Schnuck Markets
$2.50 billion

177  Smart & Final
$2.45 billion

181  Academy Sports & Outdoors
$2.40 billion

189  Bi-Lo Holdings
$2.30 billion

191  Newegg.com
$2.30 billion

193  Brookshire Grocery
$2.27 billion

196  Forever 21                                
$2.20 billion

198  Hobby Lobby Stores                         
$2.20 billion

204  Delaware North Cos
$2.15 billion

211  Fry's Electronics
$2.10 billion

217  Guitar Center
$2.00 billion

223  ShopKo Stores
$2.00 billion

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