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Ranked by 2005 revenue.
20062005CompanyRevenue (millions)1-year change (%)
1 1 Raytheon Co. $21,894.00 8.1
2 3 Staples $16,078.90 11.3
3 2 TJX Cos. $16,057.90 7.7
4 5 EMC Corp. $9,664.00 17.4
5 6 BJ's Wholesale Club $7,949.90 7.8
6 7 Boston Scientific Corp. $6,283.00 11.7
7 8 State Street Corp. $5,458.00 10.2
8 11 NStar $3,243.10 9.8
9 15 Genzyme Corp. $2,734.80 24.2
10 14 Thermo Electron Corp. $2,633.00 19.4
11 10 Hanover Insurance Group $2,624.30 -3.4
12 12 Analog Devices $2,429.60 -6.9
13 13 Biogen IDEC $2,422.50 9.5
14 16 Cabot Corp. $2,217.00 11.8
15 18 Iron Mountain $2,078.20 14.3
16 19 Commerce Group $1,884.40 4.3
17 21 Talbots $1,808.60 6.5
18 17 Perini Corp. $1,733.50 -5.9
19 22 PerkinElmer $1,473.80 3.1
20 23 Boston Properties $1,442.50 3.8
21 24 Novell $1,182.00 -0.6
22 25 Waters Corp. $1,158.20 4.9
23 32 CMGI $1,139.20 52.4
24 31 Charles River Laboratories International $1,122.20 46.3
25 20 Teradyne $1,075.20 -23.8
26 -- Beacon Roofing Supply $991.60 45.1
27 27 Millipore Corp. $991.00 12.2
28 26 Keane $955.90 4.9
29 34 American Tower Corp. $944.80 33.7
30 29 Watts Water Technologies $924.30 12.1
31 39 Affiliated Managers Group $916.50 38.9
32 40 Hospitality Properties Trust $834.40 29.3
33 -- Sepracor $820.90 115.5
34 30 Tweeter Home Entertainment Group $803.40 3.4
35 33 UniFirst Corp. $786.20 6.2
36 35 Eaton Vance Corp. $777.70 13.3
37 46 Avid Technology $775.40 31.5
38 28 Skyworks Solutions $770.50 -7.1
39 43 Five Star Quality Care $757.50 22.2
40 37 Parametric Technology Corp. $744.00 10.7
41 44 HRPT Properties Trust $726.60 17.8
42 38 3Com Corp. $716.20 8.9
43 41 Clean Harbors $711.20 10.6
44 36 Parexel International Corp. $699.70 4.6
45 45 Investors Financial Services Corp. $696.00 13.5
46 42 Safety Insurance Group $671.50 5.5
47 -- Bright Horizons Family Solutions $625.30 13.3
48 49 Stride Rite Corp. $621.00 8.4
49 50 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates $613.00 9.9
50 -- Yankee Candle Co. $601.20 8.5
NOTE: For banks and S&Ls, revenue equals the sum of net interest income, after provision for loan losses, and noninterest income. SOURCE: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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