# Fortune API: List Fortune 500 companies > Lists the Fortune 500 for a year. You can filter by industry or sector and by headquarters state. Each company comes with its public financial and company details. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Fortune. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/fortune.com/list-fortune-500 - Method: `fortune.com/list_fortune_500`, version 1 - Website: fortune.com - Returns: year, currency, companies with rank, revenue, profit, assets, market value, employees, sector, industry, HQ, profile link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `year` | integer | no | `1996` | List year, such as 2025. Defaults to the latest available year. | | `state` | string | no | | Headquarters state name or two-letter code, such as Texas or TX. Defaults to all. | | `max_results` | integer | no | `3` | Maximum companies to return, such as 100. Default 100. | | `industry_or_sector` | string | no | | Industry or sector to match, such as Retail. Defaults to all. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026. Its input: ```json { "year": 1996, "max_results": 3 } ``` Its output: ```json { "year": 1996, "currency": "USD", "companies": [ { "rank": 1, "sector": null, "company": "General Motors", "industry": "Motor Vehicles and Parts", "employees": null, "headquarters_city": null, "headquarters_state": null, "assets_millions_usd": null, "profit_millions_usd": null, "fortune_profile_link": "https://fortune.com/company/general-motors/", "revenue_millions_usd": 168828.6, "profit_change_percent": null, "revenue_change_percent": null, "market_value_millions_usd": null }, { "rank": 2, "sector": null, "company": "Ford Motor", "industry": "Motor Vehicles and Parts", "employees": null, "headquarters_city": null, "headquarters_state": null, "assets_millions_usd": null, "profit_millions_usd": null, "fortune_profile_link": "https://fortune.com/company/ford-motor/", "revenue_millions_usd": 137137, "profit_change_percent": null, "revenue_change_percent": null, "market_value_millions_usd": null }, { "rank": 3, "sector": null, "company": "Exxon Corporation", "industry": "Petroleum Refining", "employees": null, "headquarters_city": null, "headquarters_state": null, "assets_millions_usd": null, "profit_millions_usd": null, "fortune_profile_link": "https://fortune.com/company/exxon-corporation/", "revenue_millions_usd": 110009, "profit_change_percent": null, "revenue_change_percent": null, "market_value_millions_usd": null } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"fortune.com/list_fortune_500","input":{"year":1996,"max_results":3}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Show me the Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Texas for 2025, with their revenue and profit. - Which Fortune 500 retail companies made the list in 2023? Include employee counts and HQ locations. - I need the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 list for 2021 along with their market values. - Pull up a list of energy sector firms from the Fortune 500 with their total assets and rankings. - On fortune.com, list the Fortune 500 companies based in California for 2019, ranked, with profile links. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "year": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1996, "description": "List year, such as 2025. Defaults to the latest available year." }, "state": { "type": "string", "description": "Headquarters state name or two-letter code, such as Texas or TX. Defaults to all." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 100, "maximum": 500, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum companies to return, such as 100." }, "industry_or_sector": { "type": "string", "description": "Industry or sector to match, such as Retail. Defaults to all." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "year", "currency", "companies" ], "properties": { "year": { "type": "integer" }, "currency": { "type": "string" }, "companies": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "rank": { "type": "integer" }, "sector": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "company": { "type": "string" }, "industry": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "employees": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "headquarters_city": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "headquarters_state": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "assets_millions_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "profit_millions_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "fortune_profile_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "revenue_millions_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "profit_change_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "revenue_change_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "market_value_millions_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } } } } } ``` ## See more - [Fortune API: Get company Fortune 500 rank](https://fous.com/methods/fortune.com/get-company-rank.md): Gets a company's Fortune 500 or Fortune 1000 rank and headline figures for a list year. 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