15 companies out of Fortune 500 brands are headquartered at Atlanta

Out of 1000 Fortune 1000 companies 27 of them are based out of and have headquarters at the  metropolitan areas of  Atlanta. Out of this 15 of the companies  are among the FORTUNE 500 brands
 Metro Atlanta’s headquartered FORTUNE 1000 companies generated aggregate revenues of $359.6 billion

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List of fortune 500 companies that are headquartered at ATLANTA from Sumit Roy

Georgia is one of the most business-friendly states in the country, largely due to their cost savings—state job-tax credits, exemptions, development funds and lower corporate-tax rates, for starters—and Atlanta’s strategic location, namely access to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the world.