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2026 U.S. FORTUNE 500 · COMPLETE COHORT

500 paths
to purpose.

An adoption path begins with the real legal entity and its incorporation jurisdiction. The state of a headquarters is not the governing corporate law.

Explore every company in the 2026 ranking. Each record pairs the entity evidence with an applicable state-law baseline or a specific entity-review gate.

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2026 roster · incorporation evidence reviewed October 11, 2026 · rank ties preserved

ACTUAL JURISDICTION + CURRENT STATE LAW

Company-by-company routes.

Open a company to inspect its evidence, entry rule, benefit purpose, management duty, reporting and remaining approval checks.

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Quoted amendment fees cover the stated filing-office charge. Professional work, annual taxes, foreign registrations, capital changes and optional priority services can add costs. Generic forms must be adapted to the actual benefit election and its approval rule.

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THE SIGNATURE IS THE BEGINNING

Intent → approval → legal status.

An authorized commitment.

An authorized representative can sign a voluntary commitment to present a benefit-adoption plan. That signature is a statement of intent. It is not a board resolution, owner vote or accepted charter amendment.

The right owner vote.

Apply the statute, all voting groups and the company’s charter. For a listed company, prepare the appropriate proxy/disclosure process. Non-stock, mutual, cooperative, partnership and federal entities require their own analysis.

Effective adoption.

Record adoption only after the authorized filing or transaction becomes effective. Preserve the accepted charter, effective date and evidence of the benefit duty and reporting plan.

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ALL 500 NAMES · 2026 EDITION

The complete cohort index.

Roster adapted from Installmap’s licensed 2026 data, CC BY 4.0, with attribution, four naming variants aligned and independently added incorporation research. Rank/name pairs were checked against the official Fortune ranking. Rank ties at 160 and 350 remain; there are 500 companies and 498 distinct rank numbers. No company endorsement is implied.

SEC submissions API methodology. Actual dated filing covers are preferred over SEC identity metadata; legal-formation registries and primary company documents support private and specialist entities. The selected jurisdiction evidence is distinguished from SEC identity metadata, with source dates and any conflict qualified in each record. Two filing-cover inputs are historical and flagged; current-charter verification remains required. None of these jurisdiction checks is a complete company-charter or approval audit.