Go to Business Source Ultimate.

• For the Fortune 500, enter 'largest U.S. corporations' into the first search box.

• Under Find Results, scroll down to Publication. Click the check box for Forbes. 

• For rankings of the Fortune 1000 by industries, enter "ranked within industries" into the search box and click search.

If you're having trouble accessing this database or getting an error code, try opening the link in a private or incognito window. For further assistance, contact bis@library.illinois.edu. 

Also go to Fortune and choose FORTUNE 500

Forbes also has rankings of companies.

For rankings of metropolitan areas by population look at the U.S. Census Metropolitan and Micropolitan website.

Lastly; you might take a look at these print materials:

• D&B Million Dollar Directory (Q. 658 D913mi) located in the Main Stacks
• D&B Principal International Businesses (Q. 382 P9351) located in the Main Stacks
• Ward's Business Directory (Q. 338.7402573 W217) available by request from Oak Street.