FORTUNE 500

Fortune 500

Fortune 500

The company has 8,400 stores worldwide. Wal-Mart Discount Stores average 107,000 square feet, employ an average of 225 associates and offer 120,000 items. Ending January 31, 2009, Wal-Mart reported a net income of $13.6 billion on $404 billion of revenue (3.4% profit margin). Wallmart rank is number one in the fortune 500 list.

For the fiscal year ending January 31, 2006, Wal-Mart's international operations accounted for about 20.1% of total sales. In 2000, H. Lee Scott became President and CEO, and Walmart's sales increased to $165 billion. In 2002, it was listed for the first time as America's ...