Companies to Know
Northeast Florida is home to three Fortune 500 companies, four Fortune 1,000 companies
and several other industry leaders.
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Fortune 500/1000 Companies
Fanatics’ remarkable success story
began as a single store in a Jacksonville
mall two decades ago that grew into an
online sports merchandising giant that
has partnerships with every major pro
sports league and many college sports
teams.
Black Knight has gone through
several ownership and name changes
since it was founded in Jacksonville
more than a half-century ago, The firm
has dominated the mortgage technology
field. It provides end-to-end technology
for every step of the mortgage process
for nearly every top lender, with about
two-thirds of all U.S. mortgage loans
processed through its systems.
Southeastern Grocers would
be a Fortune 500 company with more than
$10 billion in annual revenue, but as a
privately owned business, it does not report
exact sales figures. Southeastern Grocers
was formed in 2012 by the merger of grocery
chains Winn-Dixie and Bi-Lo and has expanded
to include Harveys and Fresco y Más.
CSX is the largest company headquartered
in Northeast Florida and
operates a rail system covering 23,000
track miles in the Eastern U.S. from its
downtown Jacksonville headquarters.
$11.1 billion revenue
Fidelity National
Financial is the largest U.S. title
insurance company and moved its headquarters
to Jacksonville from California
in 2003 to take advantage of a more
favorable business climate.
$9.6 billion revenue
Acosta for nearly 100 years provided
sales and marketing services for product
manufacturers across the country
to help them get their wares on store
shelves.
Web.com helps businesses develop
their websites and Internet marketing
capabilities. The firm became a household
brand name when it became the
title sponsor of the PGA Tour’s secondlevel
golf tour in 2012.
Regency Centers is one of the largest
operators of neighborhood shopping centers
and has 427 retail properties across the
country, mainly centers anchored by supermarkets.
Crowley Maritime, a privately
owned shipping and logistics company,
has more than $2 billion in annual
revenue and more than 5,000 employees,
with a fleet of 200 vessels.
Stein Mart started more than a century
ago in Mississippi and had a handful of
stores when Jay Stein, grandson of its
founder, moved the headquarters to Jacksonville
in 1984. It has grown into a nationwide
chain of 293 retail fashion stores.
Rayonier owns 2.7 million acres of
timberland in the Southeast and Northwest
U.S., and in New Zealand. The timber and
real estate company recently moved its
headquarters to Yulee in Nassau County.
Industry Leaders
FIS Fidelity National Information
Services was spun off from FNF in
2006 but became a Fortune 500
company on its own. FIS provides
technology services to major banks
globally. $9.2 billion revenue
Landstar is unique in
the industry because it doesn’t
own trucks or employ drivers. It
contracts with drivers who own
their own trucks to transport freight
throughout North America.
$3.2 billion revenue
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