Publix, Rooms to Go crack elite list

In Forbes' list of the largest 223 private companies headquartered in the United States, two are based in the Gulf Coast of Florida region.

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets, with $32.6 billion in revenues, and Seffner-based Rooms to Go, with $2.1 billion in revenues, ranked eighth and 216th, respectively.

Overall, seven Florida companies cracked the top 223. Joining Publix and Rooms to Go are Southern Glazer's (17), JM Family Enterprises (21), Southeastern Grocer (26), Oxbow (143) and Crowley Maritime (210).