World's Largest Private Retail Companies - 2009 Forbes Largest Private List

When thinking of the world's largest retailers, most people think of the high-profile retail chains which are publicly-traded on the U.S. stock exchange. In the U.S. some of the largest chains in the retail industry have private ownership, and these privately-owned retail chains have a significant presence in U.S. retailing and create significant retail competition.

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 2009, 20% of the companies included on the Forbes annual business ranking were from the retail industry. Below is the list of those retailers, arranged according to the rank assigned to it by Forbes editors. The dollar figure attached to each company was its 2009 annual revenue as reported by the company, or estimated by Forbes.


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

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

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

77   Neiman Marcus
$3.69 billion

84   Michaels Stores
#3.89 billion

88   Roundy's Supermarkets
$3.80 billion

90   Hallmark Cards
$3.72 billion

96   Bass Pro Shops
$3.65 billion

97   Stater Bros
$3.62 billion

98   OSI Restaurant Partners
$3.60 billion

104  Belk
$3.35 billion

131  Golub
$3.30 billion

114  Demoulas Super Markets
$3.20 billion

116  Raley's
$3.20 billion

119  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  Mansfield Oil
$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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