Well-known Cincinnati brands named to list of top 500 brands

Ten Cincinnati brands, including Fifth Third Bank, Kroger, Macy's, P&G and six P&G brands, made Brand Finance's list of top 500 international brands.

Brand Finance publishes its list every year, and at the top of this year's list is Google. It edged out Apple, which was no. 1 in 2016, for the top spot. Gillette is the top ranking local company, coming in at no. 54. Other local companies and their rankings are as follows:

#73: Pantene
#95: Kroger
#124: Macy's
#125: Head and Shoulders
#149: Tide/Ariel
#190: Olay
#239: P&G
#281: Fifth Third Bank
#389: Cintas Corp.

All of the above companies, except Macy's and P&G, jumped up in ranking from the 2016 list.

Check out all 500 companies and their ranking here.