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COVID-19, as expected, affected the overall performance of Chicago’s largest publicly traded companies in 2020.
On average, the 136 companies on the list saw revenue fall by 1.9 percent in 2020. By comparison, the companies on last year’s list saw revenue rise by an average of 5.7 percent in 2019.
Likewise, employment at companies on the list fell by 4.1 percent during 2020, compared to a 2.1 percent increase on last year’s list.
Predictably, the two companies that saw the largest revenue declines are in travel and hospitality United Airlines fell from No. 6 to No. 17 with a 64.5 percent revenue decrease, and Hyatt Hotels dropped from No. 42 to No. 64 with a 58.8 percent decrease.