This is a list of major companies or subsidiaries headquartered in Houston, Texas and Greater Houston.
This is a list of major companies or subsidiaries headquartered in Houston, Texas and Greater Houston.
| Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1] | ||
| Rank | Company name | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | ExxonMobil | |
| 48 | Phillips 66 | |
| 60 | Sysco | |
| 105 | Enterprise Products Partners | |
| 106 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | |
| 127 | Plains GP Holdings | |
| 140 | Baker Hughes | |
| 156 | ConocoPhillips | |
| 183 | Occidental Petroleum | |
| 202 | Waste Management | |
| 211 | Halliburton | |
| 262 | Kinder Morgan | |
| 278 | Quanta Services | |
| 285 | EOG Resources | |
| 286 | Group 1 Automotive | |
| 328 | Cheniere Energy | |
| 333 | NRG Energy | |
| 342 | CenterPoint Energy | |
| 364 | Targa Resources | |
| 388 | Westlake Chemical | |
| 457 | NOV Inc. | |
| 460 | Huntsman Corporation | |
| 467 | Crown Castle | |
| 470 | KBR | |
| 475 | Academy Sports + Outdoors | |
| Companies in the petroleum industry | ||
In addition to the Fortune 500 companies above, many other companies in multiple fields are headquartered or have based their US headquarters in Houston.
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