William Dalrymple (historian)

This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the annually ranked Fortune Global 500 published by Fortune magazine, as well as other sources.[2] Out of 50 largest companies 23 are American, 17 Asian and 10 European.[2]
This is limited to the largest 50 companies, all of which have annual revenues exceeding US$130 billion. This list is incomplete, as not all companies disclose their information to the media or general public.[3] Information in the list relates to the most recent fiscal year (mostly FY 2023 or 2024).
List
Rank | Name | Industry | Revenue | Profit | Employees | Headquarters[note 1] | State-owned | Ref. |
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1 | Walmart | Retail | ![]() |
$19,436 | 2,100,000 | ![]() |
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[1] |
2 | Amazon | Retail information technology |
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$59,248 | 1,556,000 | ![]() |
[4] | |
3 | State Grid Corporation of China | Electricity | ![]() |
$9,204 | 1,361,423 | ![]() |
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[5] |
4 | Saudi Aramco | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$106,246 | 73,311 | ![]() |
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[6] |
5 | China Petrochemical Corporation | ![]() |
$9,393 | 513,434 | ![]() |
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[7] | |
6 | China National Petroleum Corporation | ![]() |
$25,250 | 1,026,301 | ![]() |
[8] | ||
7 | UnitedHealth Group | Healthcare | ![]() |
$14,405 | 400,000 | ![]() |
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[9] |
8 | Apple | Information technology | ![]() |
$93,736 | 164,000 | ![]() |
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[10] |
9 | Berkshire Hathaway | Financials | ![]() |
$88,995 | 392,400 | ![]() |
[11] | |
10 | CVS Health | Healthcare | ![]() |
$8,344 | 259,500 | ![]() |
[12] | |
11 | Alphabet | Information technology | ![]() |
$100,118 | 183,323 | ![]() |
[13] | |
12 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | ![]() |
$17,945 | 684,025 | ![]() |
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[14] |
13 | ExxonMobil | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$36,010 | 61,500 | ![]() |
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[15] |
14 | Vitol | Commodities | ![]() |
$13,000 | 1,560 | ![]() |
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[16][17] |
15 | Shell | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$19,359 | 103,000 | ![]() |
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[18] |
16 | China State Construction Engineering | Construction | ![]() |
$4,272 | 382,894 | ![]() |
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[19] |
17 | Toyota | Automotive | ![]() |
$34,214 | 380,793 | ![]() |
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[20] |
18 | McKesson | Healthcare | ![]() |
$3,002 | 48,000 | ![]() |
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[21] |
19 | Cencora | Healthcare | ![]() |
$1,745 | 44,000 | ![]() |
[22] | |
20 | Microsoft | Information technology | ![]() |
$88,136 | 228,000 | ![]() |
[23] | |
21 | Trafigura | Commodities | ![]() |
$7,393 | 12,479 | ![]() |
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[24] |
22 | Costco | Retail | ![]() |
$6,292 | 316,000 | ![]() |
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[25] |
23 | JPMorgan Chase | Financials | ![]() |
$49,552 | 309,926 | ![]() |
[26] | |
24 | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China | ![]() |
$51,417 | 419,252 | ![]() |
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[27] | |
25 | TotalEnergies | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$21,384 | 102,579 | ![]() |
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[28] |
26 | Glencore | Commodities | ![]() |
$4,280 | 83,426 | ![]() |
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[29] |
27 | BP | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$15,239 | 79,400 | ![]() |
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[30] |
28 | Cardinal Health | Healthcare | ![]() |
$261 | 47,520 | ![]() |
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[31] |
29 | Stellantis | Automotive | ![]() |
$20,103 | 258,275 | ![]() |
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[32] |
30 | Chevron | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$21,369 | 45,600 | ![]() |
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[33] |
31 | China Construction Bank | Financials | ![]() |
$46,990 | 376,871 | ![]() |
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[34] |
32 | Samsung Electronics | Electronics | ![]() |
$11,082 | 267,860 | ![]() |
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[35] |
33 | Foxconn | ![]() |
$4,563 | 621,393 | ![]() |
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[36] | |
34 | Cigna | Healthcare | ![]() |
$5,164 | 71,413 | ![]() |
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[37] |
35 | Agricultural Bank of China | Financials | ![]() |
$38,049 | 451,003 | ![]() |
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[38] |
36 | Schwarz Gruppe | Retail | ![]() |
$16,988 | 575,000 | ![]() |
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[39] |
37 | China Railway Engineering Corporation | Construction | ![]() |
$2,152 | 314,149 | ![]() |
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[40] |
38 | Cargill | Conglomerate | ![]() |
$17,641 | 160,000 | ![]() |
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[41] |
39 | Ford Motor Company | Automotive | ![]() |
$4,347 | 177,000 | ![]() |
[42] | |
40 | Bank of China | Financials | ![]() |
$32,758 | 306,931 | ![]() |
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[43] |
41 | Bank of America | ![]() |
$26,515 | 212,985 | ![]() |
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[44] | |
42 | General Motors | Automotive | ![]() |
$10,127 | 163,000 | ![]() |
[45] | |
43 | Elevance Health | Healthcare | ![]() |
$5,987 | 104,900 | ![]() |
[46] | |
44 | BMW Group | Automotive | ![]() |
$12,205 | 154,950 | ![]() |
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[47] |
45 | Tata Group | Conglomerate | ![]() |
$12,205 | 1,028,000 | ![]() |
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[48] |
46 | Mercedes-Benz Group | Automotive | ![]() |
$15,417 | 166,056 | ![]() |
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[49] |
47 | China Railway Construction Corporation | Construction | ![]() |
$1,701 | 336,433 | ![]() |
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[50] |
48 | Baowu | Steel | ![]() |
$2,494 | 258,697 | ![]() |
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[51] |
49 | Citigroup | Financials | ![]() |
$9,228 | 237,925 | ![]() |
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[52] |
50 | Enel | Energy | ![]() |
$3,400 | 61,060 | ![]() |
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[53] |
By country
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See also
- List of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue
- List of largest companies in Africa by revenue
- List of largest companies in Asia
- List of largest companies in Europe by revenue
- Forbes Global 2000
- List of largest employers
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- List of most valuable brands
- List of companies by research and development spending
- List of wealthiest religious organizations
- List of the largest software companies
- List of largest Internet companies
- List of largest technology companies by revenue
- Largest airlines in the world
Explanatory notes
- ^ As reported by source.
References
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- ^ a b "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
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- ^ "Amazon". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "State Grid". Fortune. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Saudi Aramco Annual Report 2024" (PDF). Aramco. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Sinopec Group". Fortune. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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- ^ "UnitedHealth Group". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ "Apple". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Berkshire Hathaway". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
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- ^ "Volkswagen". Fortune. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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- ^ "Cigna". Fortune. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Agricultural Bank of China". Fortune. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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