Save Mart, JD Heiskell on Forbes list of largest U.S. companies

JULY 20, 2016 12:38 PM

Save Mart is 91st on list of largest privately owned companies

Tulare-based JD Heiskell & Co. at No. 128 with annual revenue of $3.3 billion

Other San Joaquin Valley-based companies: No. 179 Hilmar Cheese, No. 199 Foster Farms

 Jefferson Davis Heiskell built this office space in 1900 and called it the “Yellow Building.” It is still in its original location in Tulare and being used today by J.D. Heiskell & Co., which ranks as the 128th-largest privately-owned company in the U.S. according to Forbes magazine.

Jefferson Davis Heiskell built this office space in 1900 and called it the “Yellow Building.” It is still in its original location in Tulare and being used today by J.D. Heiskell & Co., which ranks as the 128th-largest privately-owned company in the U.S. according to Forbes magazine. Photo courtesy Scott Hillman Fresno Bee archive

Save Mart and JD Heiskell & Co. claimed spots on Forbes magazine’s annual list of the largest privately owned U.S. companies.

Save Mart, based in Modesto, is ranked 91st with $4.5 billion in annual revenue. Its list of nearly 250 locations stretches as far south as Porterville.

Tulare-based JD Heiskell is ranked 128th with $3.3 billion in annual revenue. The company founded in 1886 deals primarily in grain and commodities.

Another San Joaquin Valley-based company, Hilmar Cheese, checked in at No. 179 with $2.5 billion in annual revenue. And Livingston-based Foster Farms is No. 199 at $2.3 billion. The list totals 223 companies.

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