In what is becoming an annual tradition, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana once again tops Business Report‘s annual ranking of Top 100 private businesses, with 2017 revenues of $3.6 billion.
The health insurance company, founded in 1934, saw its revenues rise 3.6% from the previous year. More than 2,500 people are employed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Maintaining its hold on the No. 2 was Turner Industries Group, despite a 5.5% decline in revenues to $2.5 billion.
Rounding out the top 5: Performance Contractors ($1.1 billion, down 26.6%), Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers ($975 million, up 31%) and Brown & Root ($820 million, down 1.2%).
Raising Cane’s surpassed Brown & Root this year, claiming the industrial services firm’s former No. 4.
Overall, the collective revenue of this year’s Top 100 class, which includes six newcomers, as detailed in Business Report’s recent cover story, was $24.1 billion, a slight 1% increase from 2016’s $24 billion. Â
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No. 1 on the List: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
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