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Source: 1. MarketCapWatch 2. Wccftech

 

This heatmap shows the number of publicly listed companies headquartered in each U.S. state, based on MarketCapWatch data. Darker blues mark states with higher corporate density, lighter blues indicate fewer listings.

  • California dominates with 1,242 listed companies — more than the bottom 25 states combined.
  • New York (612) and Texas (498) follow, reflecting their finance and energy hubs.
 

This chart maps the world’s 30 most valuable companies — from Bank of America (founded 1784, Bank of America market cap is $375B) to NVIDIA (founded 1993, Nvidia market cap is $4.32T) — showing how corporate age and market value intersect.

Older institutions like JPMorgan Chase (1799) and Procter & Gamble (1837) remain global heavyweights, but the upper‑right corner is dominated by younger tech titans: Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta. Outliers like Saudi Aramco (1933, $1.49T) prove that energy can still rival tech in scale.

 

Starting at $163B in 2000, Oracle’s market cap was halved by the dot‑com crash, bottoming near $57B in 2002. The company rebuilt through the mid‑2000s, only to face another dip during the 2008 financial crisis. Its 2015–2018 cloud pivot laid the groundwork for renewed growth, but the real inflection came post‑2020 — fueled by cloud infrastructure dominance, database leadership, and the AI wave — propelling Oracle to $865B by 2025.

 

This map spotlights the largest publicly traded company headquartered in each U.S. state, ranked by market capitalization as of September 2025. Source: MarketCapWatch

 

Source: MarketCapWatch

 

Source: MarketCapWatch

 

Charting the top 20 publicly listed CPG companies by market cap shows Procter & Gamble way out in front at $374.5 B, followed by Coca-Cola ($292.5 B), L’Oréal ($251.5 B) and Philip Morris ($251.5 B). US firms claim half the leaderboard, backed by household names like PepsiCo ($200.4 B) and Colgate-Palmolive ($68.8 B), while European heavyweights Nestlé ($243.1 B), Unilever ($160.3 B) and British American Tobacco ($122.1 B) firmly hold the middle tiers. Source: MarketCapWatch

 

The chart plots annual market caps (in USD B) for Walmart (orange) and Amazon (black) from 2005 ($195B vs. $20B) through 2025 (projected $801B vs. $2,478B). Amazon overtook Walmart in 2015 ($317B vs. $196B), then surged to a $1.7T peak in 2021 and maintains a commanding lead. Source: MarketCapWatch