90%
Percentage of the businesses in North America that are family-owned.

35%
Percentage of Fortune 500 companies that are “family firms” (controlled and/or managed by a family).

$400 Billion
The largest family business is …
Wal-Mart, with almost $400 billion in sales and 2.1 million employees worldwide.

Family businesses in the United States account for 78% of all new job creation, 60% of the nation’s employment and 50% of the gross domestic product. (Yeah, it does.)

ON THE HOME FRONT
A smattering of local
family businesses

Alpine Gas Fireplace
Bank of American Fork
Bee Safe Systems
Bennett Communications (that would be us)
Bluefin Office Group
Checknet
Clyde Companies
Corporate Alliance
Cowboy Leaders
Dastrup Insurance
Dexter & Dexter
Dippidee
Forrest Motors
Garden Path
Geneva Pipe
JCW’s
Johnson Tire
Lehi Roller Mills
McGee’s Stamp & Trophy
Nu Skin
Ream’s
Shirley J
Sound Concepts
Wing Enterprises
Zions Bank

AT HOME AND ABROAD
Famous family businesses around the world

American Eagle Outfitters
BMW
Dillard’s
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Estee Lauder Cos.
Fidelity Investments
Ford Motor Co.
Gap
Hallmark Cards
Hasbro
Huntsman Corp.
Hyundai Motor
Ikea
Levi Strauss
LL Bean
L’Oreal
Marriott International
Mary Kay
McGraw-Hill
Motorola
New York Times
Nordstrom
News Corp.
Samsung
S.C Johnson & Co.
Tyson Foods
Viacom
Wal-Mart
Washington Post
Winn-Dixie

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