Top 20
For the 20 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE’s survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.
| 1 | General Electric |
| 2 | Starbucks |
| 3 | Toyota Motor |
| 4 | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 5 | Southwest Airlines |
| 6 | FedEx |
| 7 | Apple1 |
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| 9 | Johnson & Johnson |
| 10 | Procter & Gamble |
| 11 | Goldman Sachs Group |
| 12 | Microsoft |
| 13 | Target |
| 14 | 3M |
| 15 | Nordstrom |
| 16 | United Parcel Service |
| 17 | American Express |
| 18 | Costco Wholesale |
| 19* | PepsiCo |
| 19* | Wal-Mart Stores |
