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Chronicle 100 leaders extend well beyond energy
Chronicle 100 leaders extend well beyond energy
Where once the Chronicle's annual list of top-performing companies would be dominated by oil and gas businesses, a new crop of companies has emerged.
Welcome to the Chronicle 100
You can't know the players without a scorecard, and this is your scorecard.
Oil slump slammed many companies' revenues
Falling oil prices crushed corporate revenue streams across Houston last year, plunging sales in the region to even lower levels than in the Great Recession eight years ago.
Employers seem to be in no hurry on hiring
Houston's biggest non-government employers have been hesitant over the past year, as even the largest hospitals have slowed the runaway growth they enjoyed that had buoyed the local market while energy sagged.
Private companies account for chunk of local economy
Houston's public entities aren't the only movers and shakers in town. Private companies, ranging from retail chains to construction companies and beer distributors, are also pumping a significant amount of ...
Riverstone community still resides at the top
Riverstone maintained its top position in the Chronicle's list of most active master-planned communities based on 2016 housing starts, outperforming other residential developments across the Houston area.
'Affordable' brand a moneymaker for Lennar
New single-family home sales posted their second consecutive annual decline in Houston in 2016, a trend that persisted into the first quarter of 2017.
Just being a bigger hospital isn't enough anymore
As the winds of uncertainty continue to blow through the nation's health care industry, the hospital sector in Houston appears to have mostly weathered the storms.
Grocery titans duke it out as they adapt to shoppers' needs
As Houston's grocery scene becomes increasingly competitive, Kroger, Walmart and H-E-B will again dominate the market this year.
Banks find ways to grow their way out of the oil bust
Although oil and gas activity has returned with the relative rise of oil prices, many banks continue to proactively reduce their exposure to oil and gas assets, according to reports from the Texas ...
Banks and drillers launch IPOs amid oil recovery
Rising oil prices, a stock market rally and a resurgent Houston economy convinced Paul Murphy the time had finally come to take his $10 billion private bank on an eight-day Wall Street roadshow.
How the rankings were determined
The Houston Chronicle 100 rankings are based on the financial results of publicly traded Houston-area companies, which were collected and analyzed by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
No. 1: Major chemical player Kraton expands rapidly
Kraton Corp., a chemical and polymer company, went relatively unnoticed for years, but it suddenly doubled in size in a late 2015 acquisition and became the region's top performer in the Chronicle 100 ...
No. 1: Gulf States Toyota gets ahead of local car sale slump
Gulf States Toyota defended its No. 1 spot among Houston's private companies for the sixth year in a row, even as volatile oil and gas prices hampered vehicle sales in the region. The largest independent ...
Welcome to the Chronicle 100
You can't know the players without a scorecard, and this is your scorecard.
Oil slump slammed many companies' revenues
Falling oil prices crushed corporate revenue streams across Houston last year, plunging sales in the region to even lower levels than in the Great Recession eight years ago.
Employers seem to be in no hurry on hiring
Houston's biggest non-government employers have been hesitant over the past year, as even the largest hospitals have slowed the runaway growth they enjoyed that had buoyed the local market while energy sagged.
Private companies account for chunk of local economy
Houston's public entities aren't the only movers and shakers in town. Private companies, ranging from retail chains to construction companies and beer distributors, are also pumping a significant amount of ...
Riverstone community still resides at the top
Riverstone maintained its top position in the Chronicle's list of most active master-planned communities based on 2016 housing starts, outperforming other residential developments across the Houston area.
'Affordable' brand a moneymaker for Lennar
New single-family home sales posted their second consecutive annual decline in Houston in 2016, a trend that persisted into the first quarter of 2017.
Just being a bigger hospital isn't enough anymore
As the winds of uncertainty continue to blow through the nation's health care industry, the hospital sector in Houston appears to have mostly weathered the storms.
Grocery titans duke it out as they adapt to shoppers' needs
As Houston's grocery scene becomes increasingly competitive, Kroger, Walmart and H-E-B will again dominate the market this year.
Banks find ways to grow their way out of the oil bust
Although oil and gas activity has returned with the relative rise of oil prices, many banks continue to proactively reduce their exposure to oil and gas assets, according to reports from the Texas ...
Banks and drillers launch IPOs amid oil recovery
Rising oil prices, a stock market rally and a resurgent Houston economy convinced Paul Murphy the time had finally come to take his $10 billion private bank on an eight-day Wall Street roadshow.
How the rankings were determined
The Houston Chronicle 100 rankings are based on the financial results of publicly traded Houston-area companies, which were collected and analyzed by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
