Metropolitan areas that make the list of cities hosting the most Fortune 500 companies have good reason to feel accomplished. Cities that have a Fortune 500 company calling them home reap benefits of worldwide recognition and contributions to education, entertainment and city improvements. The New York metropolitan area comes in easily at number one with companies such as Citigroup, Verizon and Pfizer being headquartered here. Houston also makes it to the top with Conoco Phillips, Sysco, and Halliburton headquartered in the city.