Arkansas Business Book of Lists 2009 - (Page 51) G E N E RAL I NTE R E ST Largest 75 Private Companies Largest 75 Private Companies Ranked by 2007 revenue of Arkansas-based, Arkansas-owned private companies Company Address, Phone, Fax Top Executive(s), Web Site, E-mail 1 Truman Arnold Cos. 701 S. Robison Road, Texarkana 75501, (903) 794-3835, (903) 838-5803 Greg Arnold, CEO www.tacenergy.com, www.tacair.com, smcmillen@tacenergy.com Stephens Inc. 111 Center St., Little Rock 72201, (501) 377-2000, (501) 377-2666 Warren A. Stephens www.stephens.com Mountaire Corp. 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock 72114, (501) 372-6524, (501) 372-3972 Ronald M. Cameron, CEO www.mountaire.com Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield 601 S. Gaines St., Little Rock 72203-2181, (501) 378-2000, (501) 378-2969 Robert Shoptaw www.arkansasbluecross.com, kcraley@arkbluecross.com Riceland Foods Inc. P.O. Box 927, Stuttgart 72160, (870) 673-5500, (870) 673-5667 Karl D. Kennedy, CEO, President www.riceland.com, riceland@riceland.com O.K. Industries Inc. 4601 N. Sixth St., Fort Smith 72904, (479) 783-4186, (479) 784-1338 Collier Wenderoth, Chairman www.okfoods.com Baptist Health 9601 Interstate 630, Little Rock 72205-7202, (501) 202-2200, (501) 202-1740 Russell D. Harrington, CEO www.baptist-health.org, margotv@baptist-health.org Affiliated Foods Southwest Inc. 12103 Interstate 30, Little Rock 72203, (501) 455-3590, (501) 455-6549 John R. Mills, CEO www.affiliatedfoods.com, rweiss@afslr.com E-Z Mart Inc. 602 W. Falvey Ave., Texarkana, TX 75501, (903) 832-6502, (903) 838-6825 Sonja Hubbard, CEO www.e-zmart.com, shubbard@e-zmart.com Frank Fletcher Cos. 6301 Forbing Road, Little Rock 72209, (501) 562-1000, (501) 374-6461 Frank Fletcher, CEO www.frankfletcher.com Vratsinas Construction Co. (VCC) 216 Louisiana St., Little Rock 72201, (501) 376-0017, (501) 376-4145 Sam K. Alley www.vccusa.com, gvratsinas@vccusa.com Simmons Foods Inc. 601 N. Hico St., Siloam Springs 72761, (479) 524-8151, (479) 524-6562 Mark C. Simmons, CEO www.simmonsfoods.com Allens Inc.K 305 E. Main St., Siloam Springs 72761, (479) 524-6431, (479) 524-6150 Roderick "Rick" Allen, Joshua C. Allen, Nicholas E. Allen www.allens.com Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. 8000 Scott Hamilton Drive, Little Rock 72219-4208, (501) 570-2200, (501) 570-2900 Gary C. Voigt, CEO www.aecc.com, communications@aecc.com CDI Contractors LLC 3000 Cantrell Road, Little Rock 72202, (501) 666-4300, (501) 666-4741 William E. Clark www.cdicon.com, vsewell@cdicon.com Stephen LaFrance Pharmacy Inc. 3017 N. Midland Drive, Pine Bluff 71603, (870) 535-5171, (870) 850-8303 Stephen LaFrance, CEO www.usadrug.com, customerservice@usadrug.com Bruce Oakley Inc. 3700 Lincoln Ave., North Little Rock 72114, (501) 945-0875, (501) 945-6970 Dennis Oakley, President www.bruceoakley.com 2007 Revenue 2006 Revenue (millions) % Change $1,950.0B $1,900.0B 2.6% $1,835.0C $1,835.0C 0.0% $1,150.0D $900.0E 27.8% $981.8 $981.4 0.0% No. of Year Employees Established Business Description 450 1964 Petroleum wholesaler and aviation services provider. 2 NA 1933 Full-service securities brokerage firm. 3 6,700 1914 Integrated poultry under the Mountaire Foods and Mountaire Farms brands. Mutual insurance company offering group and individual health insurance coverage. Subsidiaries include Health Advantage (50%), Blue Advantage Administrators of Arkansas, USAble Corp., USAble Life, USAble Administrators and Pinnacle Business Solutions Inc. Farmer-owned marketing cooperative that stores, processes and markets milled, brown and parboiled rice, rice flour, rice bran oil, soybean meal, food oils and feed ingredients, and merchandises rice, soybeans and wheat for its 7,500 farmer-members. Poultry, livestock feeds; slaughtered, dressed and processed poultry; raising broiler chickens. Subsidiaries include O.K. Farms Inc., O.K. Foods Inc., O.K. Transportation Inc. and Ecology Management Inc. Nonprofit organization operates six hospitals, a retirement center, a physician service organization, an HMO (with Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield), schools of nursing and allied health and other healthrelated services Retailer-owned cooperative providing food distribution and related services to members in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Subsidiaries: Supermarket Investors (Harvest Foods), Conservation Fiber Compress, Southwest Grocers Insurance Services. Convenience store chain selling traditional grocery, snack and petroleum products in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Includes subsidiary JEY Investments Ltd. Diverse conglomerate including Cheyenne Lamps & Furniture, Silverwood Mirrors & Art, Wyndham Hotel, Riverfront Steakhouse, Benihana Japanese Steakhouse, Fletcher-Bensky Furs and 12 auto stores. General contractor, construction manager. 4 1,784 1948 5 $947.0F $937.0F 1.1% $928.3G $928.3C 0.0% $895.1 $847.7 5.6% $763.2H $773.0H -1.3% 1,650 1921 6 4,600 1933 7 7,750 1920 8 2,700 1957 9 $751.0 $698.0I 7.6% $710.0 $705.0J 0.7% $710.0 $635.0 11.8% $652.0 $575.0 13.4% $610.0L $443.0 37.7% $587.0M $620.1N -5.3% $575.0 $413.0 39.2% $560.0O $560.0O 0.0% $526.8B $419.5P 25.6% 2,240 1970 10 1,000 1980 11 325 1986 12 2,450 1949 Frozen poultry, further processed poultry, pet foods. 13 4,000 1926 14 199 1949 Canned and frozen vegetables. Brands: Veg-All, Allens, Popeye, Freshlike, Royal Prince, Sugary Sam, East Texas Fair, Princella, Sunshine, Garden Classics and Chill Ripe. Generation and transmission cooperative providing wholesale electricity to 17 distribution cooperatives in Arkansas. General building contractor. 15 750 1987 16 NA 1968 17 179 1968 Wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and health and beauty products; operator of almost 150 drug stores, mostly under the USA Drug name, in five states. Bulk transportation, trucking, barge lines, grain, river ports (at Morrilton, Dardanelle, North Little Rock, Dumas, Shreveport and Caruthersville, MO) and a fertilizer bagging facility. Subsidiaries are Oakley Trucking Inc., Oakley Fertilizer Inc., Oakley Grain Inc., Oakley Barge Lines Inc., Oakley Louisiana Inc. and Oakley Missouri Inc. Researched by Gwen Moritz 1 Fiscal year ended Sept. 30 2 Most recent estimate by Thomson Gale Competitive Intelligence 3 Fiscal year ended Oct. 31 4 Estimated by Thomson Gale Competitive Intelligence 5 Fiscal year ended July 31 6 Most recent estimate by Hoover's Inc. 7 Fiscal year ended June 30 8 Fiscal year ended Sept. 28 9 Estimated and not confirmed by company 10 Formerly Allen Canning Co. 11 Fiscal year ended Feb. 29, 2008 12 For fiscal year ended Oct. 31. Revenue for calendar year 2007 was $584,325,885. 13 For fiscal year ended Oct. 31. Revenue for calendar year 2006 was $605,562,276. 14 Most recent estimate by Drug Store News 15 Fiscal year ended Sept. 25 Download the Book of Lists as a spreadsheet. www.arkansasbusiness.com/lists 2009 BOOK of LISTS 51 http://www.tacenergy.com http://www.tacair.com http://www.stephens.com http://www.mountaire.com http://www.arkansasbluecross.com http://www.riceland.com http://www.okfoods.com http://www.baptist-health.org http://www.affiliatedfoods.com http://www.e-zmart.com http://www.frankfletcher.com http://www.vccusa.com http://www.simmonsfoods.com http://www.allens.com http://www.aecc.com http://www.cdicon.com http://www.usadrug.com http://www.bruceoakley.com http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/lists
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