Headcount with the year, headquarters, open jobs today, and one click to every job at each company.
By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 09/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
These are the companies that put the most people on a payroll. Each card shows the headcount with its year, where the headquarters is, and the jobs open right now. Click All jobs to see every opening at that employer by state, city and field, with the cost of living where the jobs are.
Retail · HQ Arkansas
Conglomerate · HQ Seattle, Washington
Event Staffing, Janitorial, Security, Security Systems, Surv · HQ Santa Ana, California
Retail (home improvement) · HQ Georgia
Courier · HQ Sandy Springs, Georgia
E-commerce, Services, Transportation · HQ Memphis, Tennessee
Hospitality · HQ Bethesda, Maryland
Retail · HQ Minneapolis, Minnesota
Retail · HQ Cincinnati, Ohio
Healthcare, Managed care, Insurance · HQ Minnetonka, Minnesota
Conglomerate · HQ Omaha, Nebraska
Information technology, Consulting, Outsourcing · HQ New Jersey
Retail · HQ Framingham, Massachusetts
Retail · HQ Washington
Retail, Grocery · HQ Idaho
Financial services · HQ New York City, New York
Healthcare · HQ Nashville, Tennessee
Retail and pharmaceuticals · HQ Deerfield, Illinois
Beverages, Food processing · HQ Purchase, New York
Healthcare, Managed care, Insurance, Retail · HQ Rhode Island
| # ⇅ | Company ⇅ | Industry ⇅ | HQ state ⇅ | Employees (global) ⇅ | Year ⇅ | Open jobs now ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | Retail | Arkansas | 2,100,000 | 2025 | 0 |
| 2 | Amazon.com | Conglomerate | Washington | 1,576,000 | n/a | 0 |
| 3 | Allied Universal | Event Staffing, Janitorial, Security, Security Sys | California | 800,000 | n/a | 0 |
| 4 | Home Depot | Retail (home improvement) | Georgia | 470,000 | 2025 | 0 |
| 5 | United Parcel Service of America | Courier | Georgia | 460,000 | 2026 | 0 |
| 6 | FedEx | E-commerce, Services, Transportation | Tennessee | 452,000 | 2026 | 0 |
| 7 | Marriott International | Hospitality | Maryland | 418,000 | 2024 | 0 |
| 8 | Target | Retail | Minnesota | 415,000 | n/a | 0 |
| 9 | Kroger | Retail | Ohio | 410,000 | 2025 | 0 |
| 10 | UnitedHealth Group | Healthcare, Managed care, Insurance | Minnesota | 390,000 | 2025 | 0 |
| 11 | Berkshire Hathaway | Conglomerate | Nebraska | 387,800 | 2025 | 0 |
| 12 | Cognizant Technology Solutions | Information technology, Consulting, Outsourcing | New Jersey | 349,800 | 2025 | 0 |
| 13 | TJX Companies | Retail | Massachusetts | 349,000 | n/a | 461 |
| 14 | Costco Wholesale | Retail | Washington | 341,000 | n/a | 0 |
| 15 | Albertsons Companies | Retail, Grocery | Idaho | 325,000 | 2020 | 0 |
| 16 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Financial services | New York | 318,512 | 2026 | 1,507 |
| 17 | HCA Healthcare | Healthcare | Tennessee | 316,000 | n/a | 0 |
| 18 | Walgreens Boots Alliance | Retail and pharmaceuticals | Illinois | 312,000 | n/a | 0 |
| 19 | PepsiCo | Beverages, Food processing | New York | 306,000 | 2025 | 0 |
| 20 | CVS Health | Healthcare, Managed care, Insurance, Retail | Rhode Island | 300,000 | 2025 | 0 |
| State ⇅ | Companies in the top 20 ⇅ |
|---|---|
| Washington | 2 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| Tennessee | 2 |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| New York | 2 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| California | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
| New Jersey | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Idaho | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 1 |
| Industry ⇅ | Companies in the top 20 ⇅ |
|---|---|
| Retail | 6 |
| Healthcare | 3 |
| Conglomerate | 2 |
| Event Staffing | 1 |
| Retail (home improvement) | 1 |
| Courier | 1 |
| E-commerce | 1 |
| Hospitality | 1 |
| Information technology | 1 |
| Financial services | 1 |
| Retail and pharmaceuticals | 1 |
| Beverages | 1 |
We ranked the 200 largest US-headquartered employers in our list by their worldwide headcount, the figure printed in each company's Wikipedia infobox with the year of that figure. These 20 together report about 10,796,112 employees, roughly the population of North Carolina (10,730,404 residents, Census ACS).
Honest limits. Headcount is global, not US-only, and counts part-time and seasonal staff the way each company reports it. This is a list of the biggest employers, not a rating of what it is like to work there: we do not use employee reviews from other sites. Open-job counts come from public company career boards and Jobs Private USA and are updated several times a day; companies such as Walmart or Amazon hire through closed systems we do not copy, so they show zero here.
Walmart, with about 2,100,000 employees worldwide (2025), followed by Amazon.com (1,576,000).
No. The figures are each company's worldwide headcount as reported publicly; the US share is not stated for most of them.
No. It is a ranking by size. We do not use employee-review sites, so we make no claim about culture or pay beyond what the employer posts in its own job ads.