As of 2013 , the city has the headquarters of four corporations in the U.S. Fortune 500 , including Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company , American Electric Power , L Brands , and Big Lots ; Cardinal Health and Wendy 's corporations are also based in the Columbus metropolitan area .
In 2011 , the city had five corporations named to the U.S. Fortune 500 list including Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company , American Electric Power , Limited Brands , Momentive Specialty Chemicals , and Big Lots .