Radnor-based Lincoln National, also known as Lincoln Financial Group, rose 126 spots on the Fortune 500 rankings in 2025 to 228th, the third largest jump on the entire national list, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal.
The recovery comes after it dropped 132 spots last year.
Lincoln National had a nearly 60 percent increase in revenue to $18.4 billion.
The annual Fortune 500 list ranks America’s largest public companies by revenue.
In 2025, nine Philadelphia-area companies made the list, down from 11 last year and 13 for the previous three years,
Lincoln Financial, namesake of the Philadelphia Eagles stadium, is the third-highest ranked Greater Philadelphia company on the list, behind Comcast, which ranked 35th, and Cencora in Conshohocken, which placed 10th.
The only other Delaware County-based company on the list, Radnor-based Avantor, a life science tools company, dropped from No. 485 in 2023 to No. 506 last year and No. 529 in 2025.
Philadelphia-based Rite Aid is off the Fortune 500 list after ranking No. 171st last year.
The drugstore chain came out of bankruptcy protection in September as a private company. It filed for bankruptcy again in May with plans to close all of its stores.
See more details and the entire list in The Philadelphia Business Journal.
