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Corporations Headquartered In Birmingham
- Alabama Power, Division of Southern Company
- Alagasco, an Energen Company
- Altec Industries
- American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO)
- Associated Grocers of the South
- B.L. Harbert International - international construction company
- BBVA Compass
- BE&K, Inc. - international construction and engineering company
- Balch & Bingham
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
- Burr & Forman
- Coca-Cola Bottling Company, United
- Birmingham Speed of America, Inc.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
- BioHorizons
- Books-A-Million - third largest bookstore chain in the U.S.
- Brasfield & Gorrie
- Bruno's Supermarkets
- Buffalo Rock Company
- Chester's International
- Citation Corporation
- Colonial Properties Trust
- Diagnostic Health Corporation
- Drummond Company
- DST Health Solutions
- EBSCO Industries
- Energen Corporation
- Energen Resources Corporation
- Harbert Management Corporation
- HealthSouth Corporation - nations largest rehabilitative services company
- Hibbett Sports, Inc.
- Hoar Construction
- Infinity Property & Casualty Corporation
- Liberty National Life Insurance Company
- McWane, Inc.
- Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
- Motion Industries
- O'Neal Steel, Inc.
- Protective Life Corporation - insurance provider
- ProAssurance Corporation
- Regions Financial Corporation
- Royal Cup Coffee, Inc.
- SourceMedical Solutions, Inc.
- Southeastern Conference - SEC
- Southern Company Generation
- Southern Company Services
- Southern Natural Gas Company
- Southern Nuclear - nuclear division of Southern Company
- Southern Progress Corporation - publisher of Southern Living magazine, owned by Time Warner
- Southern Research Institute
- Southwestern Athletic Conference - SWAC
- Surgical Care Affiliates
- Torchmark Corporation - insurance provider
- United Investors Life
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) college and medical center
- U.S. Pipe
- Vulcan Materials Company - largest aggregates producer
- Walter Energy, Inc.
Fortune 500
As of 2007, Birmingham has one Fortune 500 public company: Regions Financial Corporation (#312). Five more Birmingham companies rank in the top 1000: Saks Incorporated (#570) , Vulcan Materials Company (#595), HealthSouth Corporation (#637), Compass Bancshares (#686), and Protective Life Corporation (#700). [1]
Private Companies With Revenue Over One Billion
Several privately-held companies headquartered in Birmingham have annual revenues exceeding one billion dollars. These include American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Brasfield & Gorrie, BE&K, Drummond Company, EBSCO Industries, Harbert Management Corporation, McWane, and O'Neal Steel.
Corporations With Large Operations In Birmingham
- AT&T (previously BellSouth) - South Central Bell was headquartered in Birmingham, significant operations in the metro area
- Belk - Regional Headquarters
- Caremark Rx
- El Paso Corporation
- Jack Henry & Associates
- Metavante Corporation
- Mueller Water Products - Administrative Headquarters
- RBC Bank - Administrative Operations
- Southern Company
- State Farm Insurance Companies
- SunGard - Operations Center, Regional and Division Headquarters
- Synovus Financial
- U.S. Steel Corporation
- UnitedHealth Group
- Wachovia Corporation - Regional Headquarters
- Washington Group International
Corporations Either Defunct Or Formerly Headquartered In Birmingham
- Alabama National Bancorporation - merged with RBC Bank
- AmSouth Bancorporation - merged with Regions
- Big B Drugs - merged with Revco, now part of CVS
- Caremark Rx - moved headquarters in 2004
- Golf Channel - moved production to Orlando
- Just For Feet - ceased operations in 2004
- MedPartners - changed name to Caremark Rx
- Sonat, Inc. - merged with El Paso Corporation
- SouthTrust Corporation - merged with Wachovia
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