Metro Atlanta's Fortune 1000 Companies
Previously, we offered detailed profiles of the Fortune 500 companies headquartered in metropolitan Atlanta. Following are encapsulated profiles of the remaining Fortune 1000 companies that call Atlanta home.
Asbury Automotive Group
Marietta| Industry: | Automotive Retailing, Services | |
| Fortune Rank: | 537 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $4.3 billion | |
| Employees: | 6,800 |
Asbury is one of the largest automobile retailers in the U.S., and currently operates 81 retail auto stores, encompassing 106 franchises for the sale and servicing of 37 different brands of American, European and Asian automobiles. The company offers customers an extensive range of automotive products and services, including new and used vehicle sales and related financing and insurance, vehicle maintenance and repair services, replacement parts and service contracts.
Graphic Packaging
Marietta| Industry: | Packaging, Containers | |
| Fortune Rank: | 556 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $4.2 billion | |
| Employees: | 12,300 |
Graphic Packaging is a leading provider of paperboard packaging solutions for a wide variety of products to food, beverage and other consumer products companies. The company is one of the largest producers of folding cartons and holds a leading market position in coated-recycled boxboard and specialty bag packaging.
Georgia Gulf
Atlanta| Industry: | Chemicals | |
| Fortune Rank: | 661 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $3.2 billion | |
| Employees: | 3,744 |
Georgia Gulf is a leading North American manufacturer and international marketer of two integrated chemical product lines, chlorovinyls and aromatics. The company's primary chlorovinyls products are chlorine, caustic soda, vinyl chloride monomer, vinyl resins and vinyl compounds, and their aromatics products are cumene, phenol and acetone.
Exide Technologies
Milton| Industry: | Motor Vehicles and Parts | |
| Fortune Rank: | 709 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $2.9 billion | |
| Employees: | 9,988 |
Exide Technologies is one of the world’s largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The company's four global business groups provide a comprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and transportation applications.
AGL Resources
Atlanta| Industry: | Utilities: Gas and Electric | |
| Fortune Rank: | 825 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $2.3 billion | |
| Employees: | 6,400 |
AGL Resources is an energy services holding company whose principal business is the distribution of natural gas to more than 2.2 million customers in six states. The company is also engaged in retail natural gas marketing; natural gas asset management and related logistics activities; natural gas storage arbitrage and related activities; and the development and operation of high-deliverability natural gas storage assets.
Carter's
Atlanta| Industry: | Apparel | |
| Fortune Rank: | 892 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $2.1 billion | |
| Employees: | 8,673 |
Carter's, Inc. is the largest branded marketer in the United States of apparel exclusively for babies and young children. Carter's markets its Carter's and OshKosh B'Gosh brands through more than 4,000 department and national chain stores and 351 Company-operated stores. The OshKosh B'Gosh brand is also sold in more than 50 countries worldwide. Carter's Child of Mine and Just One Year brands are available at Wal-Mart and Target, respectively. OshKosh B'Gosh's Genuine Kid's brand is sold at Target.
Aaron's
Atlanta| Industry: | Retailers, General Merchandisers | |
| Fortune Rank: | 916 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $2.0 billion | |
| Employees: | 11,200 |
Aaron's is the leader in lease ownership and specialty retailing of office furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances, and electronics with more than 1,700 company-operated and franchised stores in 48 states and Canada. There are two operating divisions of Aaron's: sales and lease ownership and manufacturing.
Equifax
Atlanta| Industry: | Financial Data Services | |
| Fortune Rank: | 937 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $1.9 billion | |
| Employees: | 6,500 |
Equifax is one of the largest sources of consumer and commercial data. The company is one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the U.S. Equifax also offers fraud, portfolio management, compliance, bankruptcy, debt recovery, data breach, direct marketing and other services.
Global Payments
Atlanta| Industry: | Financial Data Services | |
| Fortune Rank: | 957 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $1.9 billion | |
| Employees: | 3,796 |
Global Payments processes billions of business and consumer transactions annually through their electronic information network. Organizations and consumers using Global Payments' electronic transaction processing services include: consumers, merchants, Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), financial institutions, government agencies, utilities, healthcare providers and multi-national corporations.
Gentiva Health Services
Atlanta| Industry: | Health Care: Medical Facilities | |
| Fortune Rank: | 972 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $1.8 billion | |
| Employees: | 14,800 |
Gentiva Health Services is the one of the nation's largest providers of home health and hospice services. The company is a single source for skilled nursing; physical, occupational, speech and neurorehabilitation services; hospice services; social work; nutrition; disease management education; help with daily living activities; and other therapies and services.
RPC
Atlanta| Industry: | Oil and Gas Equipment, Services | |
| Fortune Rank: | 978 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $1.8 billion | |
| Employees: | 3,400 |
RPC provides oilfield services and equipment to independent and major oilfield companies in exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties, domestically and in selected international markets. The company offers a wide range of oil and gas services required throughout the life cycle of a well.
Acuity Brands
Atlanta| Industry: | Electronics, Electrical Equipment | |
| Fortune Rank: | 985 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $1.8 billion | |
| Employees: | 6,000 |
Acuity Brands designs, produces, and distributes a broad array of indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures and related products and services for commercial and institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications for various markets throughout North America and select international markets. The company is one of the world's leading providers of lighting fixtures for new construction, renovation, and facility maintenance applications.
BlueLinx
Atlanta| Industry: | Wholesalers: Diversified | |
| Fortune Rank: | 1000 | |
| 2011 Revenue: | $1.8 billion | |
| Employees: | 1,900 |
BlueLinx is a leading distributor of building products in the United States. The company distributes products in two principal categories: structural products, which include plywood, oriented strand board, rebar and remesh, lumber and other wood products; and specialty products, which include roofing, insulation, specialty panels, moulding, engineered wood products, vinyl products, composite decking, and metal products.







