The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2,000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value.[1] The list has been published since 2003.

The Forbes Global 2000 is a useful indicator of which are the leading public companies in the world, but it is only an interpretation, as only public companies are listed. The results are not definitive; any change to the criteria would produce a different list.

• 12019 list
• 22018 list
  • 2.1By country
  • 2.2By industry sector
• 32017 list
• 42016 list
• 5See also
• 6References
• 7External links

2019 list[edit]

In 2019, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[2]

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	175.9	45.2	4034.5	305.1
2	JPMorgan Chase	New York	Banking, financial services	132.9	32.7	2737.2	368.5
3	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, financial services	150.3	38.8	3382.4	225
4	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	137.5	30.9	3293.1	197
5	Bank of America	Charlotte	Banking, financial services	111.9	28.5	2377.2	287.3
6	Apple	Cupertino	Computing	261.7	59.4	373.7	961.3
7	Ping An Insurance Group	Shenzen	Insurance	151.8	16.3	1038.3	220.2
8	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	126.7	27.5	3097.6	143
9	Royal Dutch Shell	The Hague	Oil & Gas	382.6	23.3	399.2	264.9
10	Wells Fargo	San Francisco	Banking, financial services	101.5	23.1	1887.8	214.7

Forbes' ranking of the world's largest public companies in 2019, account for more than $40 trillion in annual revenue and upwards of $186 trillion in global assets

2018 list[edit]

In 2018, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[3]

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	165.3	43.7	4210.9	311
2	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, financial services	143.2	37.1	3631.6	261.2
3	JPMorgan Chase	New York	Banking, financial services	118.2	26.5	2609.8	387.7
4	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	Conglomerate	235.2	39.7	702.7	491.9
5	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	129.3	29.6	3439.3	184.1
6	Bank of America	Charlotte	Banking, financial services	92.2	16.6	2196.8	231.9
7	Wells Fargo	San Francisco	Banking, financial services	103.0	21.7	1915.4	265.3
8	Apple	Cupertino	Computing	247.5	53.3	367.5	926.9
9	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	118.2	26.4	3204.2	158.6
10	Ping An Insurance Group	Shenzen	Insurance	141.6	13.9	1066.4	181.4

As a group, the Forbes Global 2000 in year 2018 accounts for $39.1 trillion in sales, $3.2 trillion in profit, $189 trillion in assets and $56.8 trillion in market value

By country[edit]

Rank	Country	Companies
1	United States (Including Puerto Rico)	525***
2	China (Including Hong Kong)	305***
3	Japan	125**
4	United Kingdom (including (BOTS) )	95*
5	Germany (Including Liechtenstein)	95*
6	France (Including DORM)	90*
7	Republic of India	75***
8	South Korea	65*
9	Canada (Excluding Quebecois)	55*
10	Indonesia	45*
11	Saudi Arabia	40*
12	Australia	35***
13	Sweden	20
14	Italy	20*
15	Russia	25*
16	Spain	20**
17	Netherlands	20
18	Turkey	20**
19	Ireland	18
20	Brazil	18***
21	Thailand	16
22	South Africa	12
23	Denmark	12
24	Malaysia	12
25	Mexico	12
26	Israel	11
27	Singapore	11
28	Algeria	11*
29	United Arab Emirates	10*
30	Belgium	10
31	Norway	9
32	Chile	10*
33	Finland	9
34	Oman	8**
35	Austria	8
36	Qatar	6*
37	Taiwan	6**
38	Colombia	6
39	Poland	6
40	Philippines	6
41	Portugal	5
42	Morocco (including (SADR) )	6**
43	Vietnam	4
44	Libya	6
45	Kuwait	3
46	Argentina	3
47	Nigeria	2
48	Lebanon	2
49	Peru	2
50	Greece	2
51	Hungary	2
52	Venezuela	2*
53	Cyprus	1
54	Czech Republic	1
55	Jordan	1
56	Kazakhstan	1
57	Kenya	1

By industry sector[edit]

The top-ranked companies in each industry sector are as follows.

Sector	Company	Headquarters	Overall rank	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
Advertising	WPP	London	301	18.7	1.8	42.4	30.1
Aerospace & Defense	Boeing	Chicago	76	96.1	5.2	94.4	85.3
Air Courier	United Parcel Service	Sandy Springs	146	58.1	4.8	38.3	93.3
Airline	Delta Air Lines	Atlanta	170	40.5	4.7	53.3	34.4
Aluminum	Alcoa	New York	757	21.7	-0.3	36.1	13.7
Apparel/Accessories	Christian Dior	Paris	216	41.6	1.7	68.1	31.4
Apparel/Footwear Retail	Inditex	A Coruña	310	23.1	3.2	18.8	103.2
Auto & Truck Manufacturers	Toyota Motor	Toyota	10	235.8	19.3	406.7	177.0
Auto & Truck Parts	Continental	Hanover	209	43.5	3.0	36.7	43.7
Beverages	Anheuser-Busch InBev	Leuven	56	43.6	8.3	136.5	204.6
Biotechs	Gilead Sciences	Foster City	118	32.2	18.1	51.8	138.1
Broadcasting & Cable	Comcast	Philadelphia	35	74.5	8.2	166.6	148.2
Business & Personal Services	Alibaba	Hangzhou	174	15.0	11.0	56.2	200.7
Business Products & Supplies	Canon	Tokyo	254	31.4	1.8	36.8	40.4
Casinos & Gaming	Las Vegas Sands	Paradise	301	11.4	1.8	21.0	37.2
Communications Equipment	Cisco Systems	San Jose	63	49.6	10.3	112.6	141.7
Computer & Electronics Retail	Best Buy	Richfield	637	39.5	0.9	13.5	10.7
Computer Hardware	Apple	Cupertino	8	233.3	53.7	293.3	586.0
Computer Services	Alphabet	Mountain View	27	77.2	17.0	149.7	500.1
Computer Storage Devices	EMC	Hopkinton	231	24.6	2.0	45.7	51.9
Conglomerates	Siemens	Munich	51	85.5	6.5	133.9	91.8
Construction Materials	Saint-Gobain	Courbevoie	256	43.9	1.4	48.7	25.6
Construction Services	China State Construction Engineering	Beijing	114	135.0	4.1	165.6	25.6
Consumer Electronics	Sony	Tokyo	192	67.9	1.1	142.2	34.1
Consumer Financial Services	American Express	New York	95	34.6	5.0	159.0	63.2
Containers & Packaging	Amcor	Hawthorn	966	9.3	0.7	8.2	13.6
Department Stores	Macy's	Cincinnati	515	27.1	1.1	20.6	12.8
Discount Stores	Wal-Mart Stores	Bentonville	15	482.1	14.7	199.6	215.7
Diversified Chemicals	BASF	Ludwigshafen	94	78.1	4.4	80.1	73.2
Diversified Insurance	Ping An Insurance Group	Shenzhen	20	98.7	8.7	732.3	90.0
Diversified Metals & Mining	China Shenhua Energy	Beijing	167	27.3	2.6	85.3	43.1
Diversified Utilities	Veolia Environnement	Paris	526	27.7	0.5	39.0	13.3
Drug Retail	CVS Health	Woonsocket	62	153.3	5.2	93.7	110.8
Electric Utilities	Korea Electric Power	Seoul	97	52.1	11.7	149.5	33.1
Electrical Equipment	Schneider Electric	Rueil-Malmaison	117	29.5	1.6	46.3	39.3
Electronics	Hon Hai Precision	New Taipei City	117	141.2	4.6	70.3	39.2
Environmental & Waste	Waste Management	Houston	549	13.0	0.8	20.9	25.1
Food Processing	Nestlé	Vevey	33	92.2	9.4	123.9	235.7
Food Retail	Kroger	Cincinnati	223	109.8	2.0	34.9	34.2
Forest Products	Empresas CMPC	Santiago	1943	4.8	0.3	14.8	5.4
Furniture & Fixtures	Steinhoff International	Stellenbosch	440	13.3	1.4	25.1	22.8
Healthcare Services	Express Scripts	St. Louis	145	101.8	2.5	54.0	46.5
Heavy Equipment	Caterpillar	Peoria	155	47.0	2.1	78.5	45.6
Home Improvement Retail	Home Depot	Atlanta	112	88.5	7.0	42.5	169.8
Hotels/Motels	Carnival	Miami	311	15.8	1.9	38.4	37.8
Household Appliances	Midea Group	Foshan	402	22.0	2.0	19.8	20.2
Household/Personal Care	Procter & Gamble	Cincinnati	39	69.4	8.4	129.1	218.9
Insurance Brokers	Aon	London	420	11.7	1.4	27.2	27.9
Internet & Catalog Retail	Amazon.com	Seattle	237	107.0	0.6	67.7	292.6
Investment Services	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	4	210.8	24.1	561.1	360.1
Iron & Steel	Citic Pacific	Hong Kong	61	53.8	5.4	877.8	45.4
Life & Health Insurance	Japan Post Holdings	Tokyo	29	129.8	4.4	2,450.7	62.6
Major Banks	ICBC	Beijing	1	171.1	44.2	3,420.3	198.0
Managed Health Care	UnitedHealth Group	Minnetonka	41	165.9	6.0	117.9	127.5
Medical Equipment & Supplies	Johnson & Johnson	New Brunswick	32	70.2	15.4	133.4	312.6
Natural Gas Utilities	Gas Natural Fenosa	Barcelona	287	28.8	1.7	52.3	20.6
Oil & Gas Operations	ExxonMobil	Irving	9	236.8	16.2	336.8	363.3
Oil Services & Equipment	Schlumberger	Houston	176	31.7	1.6	69.1	111.1
Other Industrial Equipment	Eaton	Dublin	315	20.9	2.0	31.0	28.9
Other Transportation	Møller-Maersk	Copenhagen	306	40.3	0.7	64.1	30.7
Paper & Paper Products	International Paper	Memphis	426	22.4	0.9	30.6	17.8
Pharmaceuticals	Pfizer	New York	46	48.9	7.7	167.5	205.7
Precision Healthcare Equipment	Thermo Fisher Scientific	Waltham	267	17.0	2.0	40.9	57.8
Printing & Publishing	Thomson Reuters	New York	405	12.2	1.3	29.1	30.9
Property & Casualty Insurance	Travelers	New York	165	26.9	3.4	102.0	32.4
Railroads	Union Pacific	Omaha	172	21.0	4.6	55.8	75.4
Real Estate	China Vanke	Shenzhen	185	31.1	2.9	94.1	27.7
Recreational Products	Activision Blizzard	Santa Monica	842	4.6	0.9	15.3	25.5
Regional Banks	China Construction Bank	Beijing	2	146.8	36.4	2,826.0	162.8
Rental & Leasing	Mitsubishi UFJ Lease	Tokyo	1075	6.7	0.5	42.3	4.2
Restaurants	McDonald's	Oak Brook	189	25.4	4.8	37.9	110.1
Security Systems	Secom	Tokyo	854	7.1	0.6	13.2	18.1
Semiconductors	Samsung Electronics	Seoul	18	177.3	16.5	206.5	161.6
Software & Programming	Microsoft	Redmond	23	86.6	10.2	181.9	407.0
Specialized Chemicals	Air Liquide	Paris	313	18.2	1.9	31.4	40.5
Specialty Stores	Richemont	Bellevue	416	12.4	1.7	21.2	37.6
Telecommunications services	AT&T	Dallas	12	146.8	13.2	402.7	234.2
Thrifts & Mortgage Financing	Aareal Bank	Wiesbaden	1381	1.4	0.4	57.2	2.1
Tobacco	British American Tobacco	London	177	20.0	6.6	46.5	111.0
Trading Companies	Mitsubishi Corp	Tokyo	136	59.8	2.7	135.7	27.7
Trucking	Yamato Holdings	Tokyo	1306	11.7	0.3	9.3	8.6

2017 list[edit]

In 2017, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[4]

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	ICBC	Beijing	Banking, financial services	151.4	42.0	3473.2	229.8
2	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, financial services	134.2	35.0	3016.6	200.5
3	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	Conglomerate	222.9	24.1	620.9	409.9
4	JPMorgan Chase	New York	Banking, financial services	102.5	24.2	2513.0	306.6
5	Wells Fargo	San Francisco	Banking, financial services	97.6	21.9	1943.4	274.4
6	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	115.7	27.8	2816.0	149.2
7	Bank of America	Charlotte	Banking, financial services	92.2	16.6	2196.8	231.9
8	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	113.1	24.9	2611.5	141.3
9	Apple	Cupertino	Computing	217.5	45.2	331.1	752.0
10	Toyota Motor	Toyota	Automotive	249.9	17.1	412.5	171.9

2016 list[edit]

In 2016, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[5]

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	ICBC	Beijing	Banking, financial services	171.1	44.2	3,420.2	198
2	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, financial services	146.8	36.4	2,826	162.8
3	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	131.9	28.8	2,739.8	152.7
4	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	Conglomerate	210.8	24.1	561.1	360.1
5	JPMorgan Chase	New York	Banking, financial services	99.9	23.5	2,423.8	234.2
6	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	122	27.2	2,589.6	143
7	Wells Fargo	San Francisco	Banking, financial services	91.4	22.7	1,849.2	256
8	Apple	Cupertino	Computing	233.3	53.7	293.3	586
9	ExxonMobil	Irving	Oil and gas	236.8	16.2	336.8	363.3
10	Toyota Motor	Toyota	Automotive	235.8	19.3	406.7	177

See also[edit]

• Forbes 500
• Fortune Global 500
• Fortune India 500
• Financial Times Global 500
• Bentley Infrastructure 500
• List of largest employers
• List of largest companies by revenue
• List of corporations by market capitalization
• List of largest Nordic companies

References[edit]

1. ^ Andrea Murphy (6 May 2015). 2015 Global 2000: Methodology. Forbes. Accessed December 2015.
2. ^ "Global 2000: The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes.com. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
3. ^ Stoller, Kristin (June 6, 2018). "Global 2000: The World's Largest Public Companies 2018". Forbes. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
4. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies 2017". Forbes.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
5. ^ "The World's Largest Companies 2016". Forbes.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.

External links[edit]

• Forbes.com: full list of the Forbes 2019 Global 2000

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