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3. RSA Security Inc.
4. EMC Corp.
5. Brooktrout Inc.
6. Biogen Inc.
7. Staples Inc.
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9. Millipore Corp.
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The Sales 100

Companies ranked by net revenue.

Rank Previous
rank
Company 1999 Revenues
(millions)
% change
1998 to 1999
1 1 Raytheon Co. $20,041.00 1.58
2 5 FleetBoston Financial Corp. $12,783.00 18.08
3 2 Gillette Co. $9,897.00 -1.58
4 4 Staples Inc. $8,936.81 25.46
5   TJX Cos. $8,795.35 10.65
6 8 EMC Corp. $6,715.61 23.54
7   Northeast Utilities $4,471.25 18.67
8 10 BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. $4,206.25 18.41
9 14 State Street Corp. $3,304.00 21.25
10 11 Allmerica Financial Corp. $3,145.20 3.67
11 12 Reebok International Ltd. $2,899.87 -10.07
12 17 Boston Scientific Corp. $2,842.00 27.22
13 15 Neiman-Marcus Group Inc. $2,745.00 11.55
14 16 New England Electric System $2,623.50 8.39
15 9 Thermo Electron Corp. $2,471.19 20.21
16 6 Harcourt General Inc. $2,157.93 11.46
17 18 Polaroid Corp. $1,978.60 7.19
18 20 Nstar $1,851.10 14.09
19 21 Teradyne Inc. $1,790.91 20.26
20 19 Cabot Corp. $1,779.00 9.95
21 26 Analog Devices $1,640.16 35.18
22   Bradlees Inc. $1,506.91 11.65
23 23 PerkinElmer Inc. $1,363.13 59.55
24 27 Talbots Inc. $1,290.92 13.02
25 25 Liberty Financial Cos. $1,218.70 0.14
26 24 Stone & Webster Inc. $1,167.85 -3.84
27 30 Parametric Technology Corp. $1,046.52 3.70
28 28 Keane Inc. $1,041.09 -3.26
29 29 Perini Corp. $1,019.48 0.81
30 41 Cyrk Inc. $988.84 30.48
31 35 Commerce Group Inc. $987.54 15.86
32 33 Eastern Enterprises $978.70 4.64
33 34 Houghton Mifflin Co. $920.12 6.79
34 32 United Asset Mgmt Corp. $882.31 -8.27
35 39 SLI Inc. $874.82 13.16
36 51 Biogen Inc. $794.44 42.48
37 43 Millipore Corp. $771.19 10.28
38 38 Renaissance Worldwide Inc. $742.58 4.57
39 44 Friendly Ice Cream Corp. $709.02 4.56
40 46 Waters Corp. $704.40 13.83
41 77 ACT Manufacturing Inc. $696.28 17.52
42 50 J. Baker Inc. $665.46 13.89
43 65 Arch Communications Group $641.82 55.17
44 45 Genzyme General $635.37 11.60
45   Dynatech Corp. $630.45 28.89
46 48 Cambridge Technology Partner $628.11 2.63
47   Tucker Anthony Sutro $590.67 26.70
48 52 Stride Rite Corp. $572.70 6.17
49 53 Eastern Utilities Assoc. $553.77 2.78
50 62 Iron Mountain Inc. $519.55 35.31
51 90 Affiliated Managers Group Inc. $518.73 117.50
52 42 Watts Industries $505.99 13.46
53 56 Unifirst Corp. $502.56 11.19
54 60 Primark Corp. $494.62 13.83
55 40 Elcom International Inc. $485.83 -36.38
56 59 New England Business Service Inc. $481.37 9.78
57 58 Thermo Optek Corp. $453.87 1.47
58 54 Avid Technology Inc. $452.56 -6.18
59 61 American Biltrite Inc. $426.39 -0.27
60 64 GC Cos. $379.62 -2.84
61   CMGI Inc. $376.49 212.52
62 79 Eaton Vance Corp. $375.72 39.06
63 68 Mestek Inc. $375.27 10.91
64 69 Parexel International Corp. $367.52 13.03
65 66 Ionics Inc. $358.22 1.96
66 63 PictureTel Corp. $323.28 -20.40
67   Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. $321.32 31.44
68 73 Thermo Terratech Inc. $310.56 1.66
69   Syratech Corp. $305.27 5.12
70 76 Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. $304.64 3.88
71 91 GenRad Inc. $301.95 34.33
72 89 Progress Software Corp. $286.15 19.28
73 78 Haemonetics Corp. $282.50 4.24
74   Sapient Corp. $276.84 67.92
75 81 Trend-Lines Inc. $274.87 7.58
76 93 Kronos Inc. $265.79 25.96
77 75 Analogic Corp. $265.45 -9.16
78   American Tower Corp. $258.08 149.25
79 88 Kollmorgen Corp. $253.95 4.10
80 82 Quaker Fabric Corp. $250.82 -0.69
81 92 J Jill Group Inc. $250.28 14.43
82 70 Pioneer Group Inc. $249.90 0.95
83   Bright Horizons Family Solutions $243.29 16.20
84 87 Applied Extrusion Tech $241.75 -1.07
85 85 L.S. Starrett Co. $232.79 -6.04
86 72 Converse Inc. $231.77 -24.84
87 86 Thermo Fibertek Inc. $228.04 -7.84
88   LTX Corp. $226.83 53.68
89 83 Aspen Technology Inc. $225.95 -10.07
90 71 Thermedics Inc. $223.50 7.12
91 97 Uno Restaurant Corp. $218.63 12.09
92   RSA Security Inc. $218.12 27.31
93   Investors Financial Services Corp. $205.31 34.85
94   Lycos Inc. $204.62 126.33
95 96 Clean Harbors Inc. $202.97 2.80
96   Thermo Ecotek Corp. $199.04 -1.24
97   Provant Inc. $195.92 141.32
98 95 Designs Inc. $192.19 -4.68
99 100 Dynamics Research Corp. $191.62 5.09
100   Vicor Corp. $189.89 15.34

For banks and S&Ls, revenue equals the sum of net interest income, after provisions for load losses, and non-interest income. Data compiled by COMPUSTAT.
 

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