The Dallas/Fort Worth Area home to many of the countries best known corporate headquarters. In fact, the area is has the largest corporate headquarter concentration in the U.S. Here is a list of some of the most well known corporations that make their home in DFW.
Exxon Mobile
At&t
AMR (parent company of American Airlines)
J.C. Penney
Texas Instruments
Southwest Airlines
GameStop
Dr. Pepper/Snapple
Atmos Energy
Radio Shack
Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad
Alcon
Frito-Lay
Chili's
Pier 1 Imports
FedEx
This is just a few of the bigger names. DFW is actually home to over 10,000 corporate headquarters. There are many reason why this is important to our area including the obvious...jobs, jobs, jobs. Also, all of DFW benefits from the presence of these companies by way of their contributions to local charities, as well as museums, schools, etc. Another result of these companies setting up base in DFW is the status of DFW International Airport. DFW Airport is the worlds 3rd busiest airport, partly due to the high volume of corporate headquarters in the area.
And even though they may not technically rank with the nation's top corporations, we do have great professional sports franchises which call DFW home. The Dallas Mavericks are the reigning NBA Champions. The Texas Rangers are the defending American League Champions and made their first World Series appearance 2010. The Dallas Cowboys are of course America's Team and are certain to be in the Super Bowl this year right where they belong. And the Dallas Stars...hey they won a Stanley Cup a dozen or so years ago.
With DFW attracting more and more corporations to make their home here every year, we continue to be one of the metropolitan areas to stay afloat in a difficult economy.
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