From a review of SEC filings and individual Company information in MSN Money, I found 16 US Services Companies with stock market caps sometime in 2018 of more than $10 Bil.
The Services Cos below do not include ones which are also mainly Technology, Health Care, Financial, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Retail and Wholesale Cos.
My Focus is on Pretax Income rather than on After-Tax Net Income because Corporate Income Taxes are simply a transfer of financial wealth between US Corporations and the US Federal, US State and Foreign Governments. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Company Operating Performance.
The chart below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Total Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for the December 2018 (Jan 2019, Dec 2018 and Feb 2018), the December 2017, the September 2018 and the September 2017 Quarters for each of these 16 Largest US Services Cos.
| US | US | US | US | |||||
| GAAP | GAAP | GAAP | GAAP | |||||
| Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | |||||
| Income | Income | Income | Income | |||||
| (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | |||||
| Qtr | Qtr | Qtr | Qtr | |||||
| Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended | |||||
| Nov 18 | Nov 17 | Aug 18 | Aug 17 | |||||
| US | US Services Cos | Dec 18 | Dec 17 | Sept 18 | Sept 17 | |||
| State | Stock Market Caps > $10 Bil | or | or | % | or | or | % | |
| HQs | Jan 19, Dec 18 and Nov 18 Quarter Ends | Jan 19 | Jan 18 | Change | Oct 18 | Oct 17 | Change | |
| mils $ | mils $ | mils $ | mils $ | |||||
| NY | Accenture plc | 1,610 | 1,494 | 8% | 1,457 | 1,292 | 13% | |
| NY | Omnicom Group | 574 | 577 | -1% | 447 | 419 | 7% | |
| CA | CBRE Group | 496 | 428 | 16% | 387 | 277 | 40% | |
| NY | Interpublic Group of Cos | 405 | 404 | 0% | 224 | 227 | -1% | |
| GA | Fleetcor Technologies | 397 | 208 | 91% | 238 | 328 | -27% | |
| TX | Alliance Data Systems | 397 | 306 | 30% | 353 | 334 | 6% | |
| NY | Paychex | 309 | 305 | 1% | 323 | 319 | 1% | |
| CO | Vail Resorts | 282 | 252 | 12% | (147) | (125) | NM | |
| WI | Johnson Controls Intl plc | 244 | 170 | 44% | 892 | 1,062 | -16% | |
| NY | MSCI Inc | 187 | 127 | 47% | 147 | 121 | 21% | |
| CT | Gartner | 111 | 28 | 296% | 38 | (62) | NM | |
| GA | Rollins Inc | 71 | 69 | 3% | 90 | 83 | 8% | |
| GA | Equifax | 25 | 172 | -85% | 39 | 136 | -71% | |
| CA | Live Nation Entertainment | (130) | (233) | NM | 200 | 174 | 15% | |
| FL | ADT Inc | (153) | (87) | NM | (243) | (69) | NM | |
| NY | Nielsen Holdings | (1,273) | 246 | -617% | 157 | 242 | -35% | |
| Total all 16 US Services Cos | 3,552 | 4,466 | -20% | 4,602 | 4,758 | -3% |
