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94 BCBUSINESS JULY/AUGUST 2021 DISCLAIMER BCBusiness prepares the Top 100 list using various sources, but it makes no representation regarding the completeness, accuracy or timeliness of any information presented. RANK COMPANY REVENUE 2020 ($000) REVENUE 2019 ($000) 1 Jim Pattison Group 12,700,000 10,900,000 2 H.Y. Louie Co. 6,000,000 e 5,800,000 e 3 Lululemon Athletica 5,338,226 c 4,363,270 c 4 Best Buy Canada 4,192,188 c 4,264,657 c 5 BC Liquor Distribution Branch 3,841,426 3,593,613 6 London Drugs 2,900,000 e 2,700,000 e 7 OpenRoad Auto Group 1,272,399 1,385,331 8 Inland Kenworth 1,249,943 1,383,178 9 7-Eleven Canada 1,150,000 e 1,200,000 e 10 Aritzia 990,589 874,296 RANK COMPANY REVENUE 2020 ($000) REVENUE 2019 ($000) 1 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 5,218,435 c 4,883,655 c 2 British Columbia Lottery Corp. 2,530,882 2,590,126 3 Mark Anthony Group of Companies 1,200,000 e 750,000 e 4 British Columbia Ferry Services 941,394 925,653 5 Vancouver Airport Authority 279,755 571,752 6 Gateway Casinos & Entertainment 241,470 c, e 696,623 c, e 7 Black Press 221,000 324,000 8 Glacier Media 151,304 184,790 9 BC Pavilion Corp. 125,833 132,541 10 Coast Hotels 117,934 252,982 e=estimate; c=converted from USD at 1.3415 (2020) and 1.3269 (2019) Revenue is by fiscal year e=estimate; c=converted from USD at 1.3415 (2020) and 1.3269 (2019) Revenue is by fiscal year place over the flight of talent to Microsoft Corp. and other U.S. companies. Now those businesses are heading north for skilled workers. "I don't think that incentivizing the likes of Microsoft and Amazon to open up big development shops here helps," Harries says. "It just drives up the cost of engineers, but you're not training good business managers. And people get trapped there because they get paid so well." As one of the most expensive parts of Canada, B.C. needs good-paying jobs. But it also needs strong business leadership as the next generation of companies comes to the fore in the brave new world emerg- ing from the pandemic. • RETAIL TOURISM + CULTURE Need a new recipe? Subscribe to the Newsletter at westernliving.ca