Amazon takes number one spot on 2026 Fortune 500; regional shifts seen
Amazon has taken the No. 1 spot on the 2026 Fortune 500, Fortune said, unseating Walmart after 13 years at the top. The change put Amazon ahead for the first time in more than a decade and drove shifts in regional tallies for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New England. Fortune’s 72nd annual list put the collective revenue at $21.0 trillion, with profits at $2.1 trillion and a workforce of 30.5 million worldwide. Erie Insurance traded higher. The insurer out of Pennsylvania moved up 15 spots to No. 308 on the 2026 Fortune 500, now with 23 straight years on the list. Fortune listed Erie Insurance at $14.62 billion in revenue and $1.13 billion in profit. The company said its current streak on the Fortune 500 goes back to 2003.