11 big-name companies based in small-town America

Some, in fact, are located a bit off the beaten path, in areas with relatively small populations.

Business Insider recently scoured the Fortune 500 list for such companies.

We skipped right over any organizations headquartered in the biggest US cities. From there, we ordered each company's location based on population size, using information from City Data.

As it turns out, there are a good number of companies that aren't based in the biggest US cities. Some, like Walmart, maintain a headquarters in smaller towns like Bentonville, Arkansas, which has a population of 41,613. But we went even smaller: The companies on this list are all based in locations with populations under 7,000, as of 2014.

Here are 11 companies that are based in small-town America:

11. Automatic Data Processing

Founded in 1949, ADP is a HR and management software service provider.

Location: Roseland, New Jersey

Population of Roseland, New Jersey: 5,826

10. Dick's Sporting Goods

Dick's Sporting Goods is a sporting goods retail company that was founded in 1948. Coming in at number 365 on the Fortune 500 list, the company employs 25,150 people.

Location: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

Population of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania: 5,624

9. MasterCard

Founded in 1966, Mastercard is a financial services company. With 11,300 employees in total, MasterCard ranks number 294 on the Fortune 500 list.

Location: Purchase, New York

Population of Purchase, New York: 5,391

8. PepsiCo

Pepsico is a food and beverage company that was founded in 1898. It has 263,000 workers and ranks 44 on the Fortune 500 list.

Location: Purchase, New York

Population of Purchase, New York: 5,391

7. AmerisourceBergen

Formed by a merger in 2001, AmerisourceBergen is a drug company. With 17,000 total employees, the company comes in at 12 in the Fortune 500 rankings.

Location: Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania

Population of Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania: 4,589

6. IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, known as IBM, is a tech company that was founded in 1911. IBM ranks 31 on the Fortune 500 list and employs 411,798 workers.

Location: Armonk, New York

Population of Armonk, New York: 4,330

5. US Foods

Founded in 1989, US Foods is a food service corporation. US Foods employs 25,000 workers and ranks 122 on the Fortune 500 list.

Location: Rosemont, Illinois

Population of Rosemont, Illinois: 4,226

4. Penske Automotive Group

A transportation services company, the Penske Automative group was founded in 1990. The company has 23,000 workers and comes in at number 143 on the Fortune 500 list.

Location: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Population of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: 3,990

3. Discover Financial Services

Founded in 1985, Discover Financial Services is a financial services company. Discover has 15,036 workers and comes in at number 283 on the Fortune 500 list.

Location Riverwoods, Illinois

Population of Riverwoods, Illinois:

2. Progressive

The Progressive Corporation was founded in 1937 and is one of the largest vehicle insurance providers in the US. 28,580 people work at Progressive, which is number 137 on the Fortune 500 list.

Location: Mayfield Village, Ohio

Population of Mayfield Village, Ohio: 3,413

1. NextEra Energy

NextEra Energy is an energy utility company that was founded in 1925. Coming in at 163 on the Fortune 500 list, NextEra Energy employs 14,300 people.

Location: Juno Beach, Florida

Population of Juno Beach, Florida: 3,363

11 big-name companies based in small-town America

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