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America’s 10 largest companies in 1985

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Dmitri O'Bannon

The 10 largest companies on the 1985 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:

  1. Exxon
  2. General Motors
  3. Mobile
  4. Ford
  5. Texaco
  6. International Business Machines
  7. DuPont
  8. AT&T
  9. General Electric
  10. Amoco

Between 1975 and 1985, three companies dropped out of the Fortune 500 Top 10: Chevron; Gulf Oil;and ITT Industries.

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