Largest Private Companies List

Seventeen private companies owned and headquartered in Arkansas are believed to have had revenue of more than $1 billion in 2023. read more >

Mountaire Corp. of Little Rock remained the largest private company headquartered in Arkansas as measured by revenue in fiscal 2022. read more >

When it comes to the largest private companies, what has stayed the same is as notable as what has changed. read more >

Data collected for this week’s list of private companies illustrated the uneven and sometimes counterintuitive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries. read more >

Since I’m not at all sure any of us have a good grasp on how much our worlds will have been changed by the pandemic, I think of this week’s list as a final snapshot of the old normal that will be valuable when it comes time to document the new normal. read more >

The 33rd annual list of the state’s largest private companies serves as a baseline for pre-pandemic revenue. read more >

The departures of five companies that were acquired in the past year made room at the bottom of the list for companies that had not made the cutoff last year — or ever. The price of entry to the list? $100 million read more >

Oh, to have the power to subpoena people who could answer my burning questions and then force them to speak under oath! Some of the questions I still want answered date back a decade and more: read more >

Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Little Rock, with revenue doubling in the past five years to nearly $2.5 billion, has taken the top spot on Arkansas Business’ annual list of the state’s largest private companies. read more >

The 75 largest private companies in Arkansas generated total revenue — self-reported and estimated — of $34.2 billion in their most recent fiscal years, up more than 4 percent in a year. read more >

The 75 largest private companies in Arkansas generated total revenue — self-reported and estimated — of $31.15 billion in their most recent fiscal years, and the price of entry to the list was $88.8 million. read more >

This year’s list of private energy companies hews very closely to the previous year’s, with a few major changes. The biggest change is that this year, Truman Arnold Cos., which last year was the largest company on the list with annual revenue of $3 billion, is missing completely. read more >

The scales tipped slightly in favor of 2012 revenue gainers among the nine construction/real estate firms on this year’s list of the 75 largest private companies in Arkansas. read more >

Every time we reach out to scores of businesses around the state — large by private-company standards — and ask for data on revenue and employment, we are reminded just how important many of these companies are to their hometowns and their regions. read more >

National reports of slowing growth in health care spending were reflected in Arkansas Business’ list of the largest private companies. read more >

Truman Arnold Cos. worked its way up to No. 1 for the first time in 2001 and held that position most years since then. But their subtraction from the 2013 list means Stephens Inc. is on top of Arkansas Business' list of top private firms. read more >

A look at seven of the state's major industries show ups and downs across the board. read more >

The largest Arkansas-based, Arkansas-owned private companies ranked by reported or estimated revenue (in millions) for fiscal year listed. read more >