RANK COMPANY 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
Hartford Financial Services Group, The AFLAC
Lincoln National Progressive
OneAmerica Financial Partners American International Group State Farm Insurance Allstate
Globe Life Kemper
RANK COMPANY 1
AT&T
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 T-Mobile
Verizon Communications Comcast
Charter Communications iHeartMedia Lumen eBay
Walt Disney Liberty Media
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
SALESPEOPLE 95,000
71,000 57,000 35,000 30,921 24,800 19,000 17,164 17,000 15,000
SALESPEOPLE 33,206
19,500 16,625 9,393 3,500 2,873 2,458 2,322 2,093 1,275
Edward Jones Citigroup
Bank of America JPMorgan Chase
Raymond James Financial U.S. Bancorp
PNC Financial Servcies Group Capital One Financial Barclays Capital Wells Fargo
SALESPEOPLE 20,425
14,497 13,682 9,226 8,953 7,682 4,274 3,510 2,867 2,841
from 2025. AI or no AI, the data indicates the importance of the human sales force in terms of the health of an or- ganization. These companies employ a total sales force of almost one million, who produce almost $15 trillion in sales and ensure the employment of over 25.5 million people.
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE SELLING POWER 500 Top executives – Use the Selling Power 500 to benchmark your company’s productivity per salesperson. Find out how you 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 Selling Power 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 management solutions, automotive fleets, sales meetings, or trade show services. Begin your account
RANK COMPANY 1
Amazon 2
Salesforce.com
3 AMD 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
Cisco Systems Oracle
Microsoft Apple
International Business Machines Dell
ServiceNow
RANK COMPANY 1
PepsiCo
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
Starbucks U.S. Foods Sysco
Coca-Cola Keurig Dr Pepper
Performance Food Group Mars
General Mills Tyson Foods
RANK COMPANY 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
Ecolab Stryker
Teva Pharmaceuticals Abbott Laboratories Pfizer
AstraZeneca-US Eli Lilly Merck GSK
Novartis
SALESPEOPLE 15,174
13,816 10,300 10,201 8,187 7,835 7,510 6,985 6,500 4,171
SALESPEOPLE 14,636
13,850 7,069 6,725 3,182 2,416 2,070 1,691 1,549 1,512
SALESPEOPLE 25,000
8,544 6,150 5,846 5,097 4,667 3,392 3,281 2,938 2,695
planning by researching company Websites. Job seekers – Use the Selling Power 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 on to the companies’ Websites. Educators – Use the Selling Power 500 as a tool to build next year’s curriculum. Every year, Selling Power 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 digital magazine reader has a college degree, works in sales management, and has a household income of over $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 email us at
research@sellingpower.com.
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