The business strength of the Tampa Bay region is getting some validation from the newly released Fortune 500 list for 2016.
Tampa Bay now has five companies on the list, up from four in 2015, including a company that ranks among the 100 leading firms nationwide in what Fortune says is its key benchmark for business success.
Publix Super Markets Inc. comes in at No. 87 on the newly released Fortune 500 list for 2016, up from No. 101 in 2015. Publix, headquartered in Lakeland and with $32.6 billion in revenue in 2015, is the largest employee-owned company in the United States.
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