Editing Forbes 500 (section)

{{short description|Annual list of large companies}}
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The '''''Forbes'' 500''' was an annual listing of the top 500 [[United States|American]] companies produced by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web | title=Forbes 500 | website=Investopedia | url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/forbes500.asp | language= | access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Forbes 500 | website=TheFreeDictionary.com | url=https://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Forbes+500 | access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> The list was calculated by combining five factors: [[sales]], [[Profit (accounting)|profits]], [[assets]], [[market value]], and [[employees]].<ref>{{cite web | title=The Forbes 500s | website=Forbes | date=March 28, 2003 | url=https://www.forbes.com/2003/03/26/500sland.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618093705/http://www.forbes.com/2003/03/26/500sland.html | archive-date=June 18, 2013 | url-status=live | access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> The list was last issued in March 2003 (based on 2002 data for the companies); it is no longer calculated each year and has been replaced by the [[Forbes Global 2000]], which includes non-U.S. companies but is calculated on a similar basis as the old Forbes 500 (although it does not include employees).