RANK COMPANY 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
SALESPEOPLE
Hartford Financial Services Group, The 111,000 AFLAC
Lincoln National
One America Financial Partners Progressive
WellCare Health Plans Allstate
American International Group State Farm Insurance Kemper
RANK COMPANY 1
AT&T
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
Verizon Communications Comcast Sprint
Viacom
CenturyLink iHeartMedia
Charter Communications United States Cellular Frontier Communications
RANK COMPANY 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
71,000 57,000 40,921 35,000 28,000 24,800 24,800 19,000 17,850
SALESPEOPLE 39,876
37,247 7,384 7,380 5,000 4,221 2,957 2,646 2,541 1,837
Edward Jones Bank of America Citigroup
Fidelity National Financial Ameriprise Financial Synovus Financial JPMorgan Chase Morgan Stanley
Fifth Third Bancorp UBS Financial Services
SALESPEOPLE 16,095
15,007 14,813 11,000 9,900 9,700 8,338 8,030 8,000 7,000
RANK COMPANY 1
Apple
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 Microsoft Cisco Systems
International Business Machines Dell
Oracle
Amazon Xerox
Salesforce.com Google
RANK COMPANY 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
PepsiCo Sysco
Coca-Cola U.S. Foods
Anheuser-Busch InBev General Mills
Monster Beverage McCormick
Hershey Company Dr Pepper Snapple Group
RANK COMPANY 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
Ecolab Pfizer
GlaxoSmithKline Eli Lilly
Teva Pharmaceuticals Merck Stryker
Abbott Laboratories AstraZeneca-US Bayer
SALESPEOPLE 16,435
16,000 14,000 14,000 11,726 11,445 10,166 7,920 6,256 4,982
SALESPEOPLE 24,343
13,000 9,130 5,067 2,676 2,271 2,114 2,000 1,442 1,324
SALESPEOPLE 26,500
7,466 7,000 6,470 6,150 6,135 5,486 5,000 5,000 4,643
measure up to your competition and the average in your industry. Check which companies have decreased their sales forces and which are gearing up for expansion. SALESPEOPLE – Use the SP 500 as your best-prospect list. There is no other source that gives you access to those companies that purchase products for a large number of salespeople. This is your ideal list if you sell sales training, sales-incentive services, customer relationship manage- ment solutions, automotive fleets, sales meetings, or trade show services. Begin your account planning by researching company Websites.
JOB SEEKERS – Use the SP 500 to plan your sales career. These 500 companies employ the largest sales forces in America. Large companies invest heavily in recruiting, training, and rewarding sales staff. To find job openings,
log onto the companies’ Websites. EDUCATORS – Use the SP 500 as a tool to build next
year’s curriculum. Every year, SP 500 companies seek to recruit more than 500,000 college graduates. There are more than a dozen colleges that offer sales curricula, and all of their graduates can look forward to solid careers in sales. Prepare your future students for a lucrative career in sales. (Note: Media research shows that the average Selling Power magazine reader has a college degree, works in sales management, and has a household income of more than $174,000 per year.)
Special thanks go to our corporate research team for collecting the data. To have your company listed in the Selling Power 500 next year, please write to SP 500 Re- search, P.O. Box 5467, Fredericksburg, VA 22403.
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