The Corporate 100: Alaska's business elite: Alaska business monthly selects 100 top companies for the 13th year.

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For the past 13 years, ABM has been compiling a list of 100 top companies operating in Alaska. It is not an easy task.

The Corporate 100, unlike our Top 49ers listing, is not just Alaskan-owned and--operated businesses. It is those businesses that have a huge impact on the state, through jobs provided, donations to the community, services offered, etc. These companies, which operate from Southeast to Barrow, are truly Alaska's business elite.

So how do we come up with this list of 1007 We send surveys out to hundreds of worthy businesses asking for information such as 2004 revenue (statewide and worldwide), employee totals, services offered, community involvement and locations of operation.

Many of these businesses have been sent surveys for 13 years. Each year we add new companies to our list. Alaska Business Monthly purchases and has access to several databases that describe Alaska businesses and provide a variety of information including revenue range. We also look at the largest employers in the state. For example, the Alaska Department of Labor compiles a list of the top 100 employers in the state. These companies were each sent a survey. Our staff has contact with thousands of businesses. Through these contacts, we add even more names to the list. Once surveys have been distributed, we follow up with phone calls to those who had not responded, but only those who returned fully completed surveys are considered for inclusion in our listing.

A panel reviewed returned surveys, and with careful consideration the 100 companies comprising the Corporate 100 were selected.

"In this process, some top companies get replaced," said Vern McCorkle, publisher of ABM. "This may have little to do with the value they contribute to our state and its economy."

Of the 100, 40 have headquarters outside of Alaska. The combined total of employees for all who provided employee totals is nearly 60,000. The average length of years in...

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