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Special Report

America's Largest Private Companies

Edited by Shlomo Reifman and Andrea D. Murphy, 11.03.08, 06:00 PM EST

The 441 companies on this year's list employ 6.2 million people and account for $1.8 trillion in revenues.

Capital is the fuel that makes it possible for private companies to go public, or public companies to withdraw into private status. No surprise, the turnover between public and private companies slowed to a crawl over the last year. Renaissance Capital reports that during the latest 12 months only three private companies with revenues over $1 billion had public offerings, down from 15 over the same period a year earlier.

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America's Largest Private Companies
The 441 companies that made this year's roster employ 6.2 million people and account for $1.8 trillion in revenues.

Private Companies With The Most Employees
These businesses are the largest employers on this year's list.

Newcomers
Companies making their first appearance (or reappearance) on our list.

Drop-Offs
They ranked among America's Largest Private Companies in 2007, but today these businesses don't make the cut.

Private Companies That Want To Go Public
These seven companies announced IPOs in the past year, but have not gone public yet or have canceled their offering.

Private Companies and The Forbes 400
Big, closely-held companies help make many of America's richest people.

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