Fortune Global 500
The Fortune Global 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by Fortune magazine.
Until 1989 it listed only non-US industrial corporations under the title "International 500", while the Fortune 500 contained and still contains exclusively US corporations. In 1990, US companies were added to compile a truly global list of top industrial corporations as ranked by sales. In 2005, more than 450 of them were headquartered in Europe (195), the United States (176), and Japan (80).[1]
Since 1995, the list has had its current form, listing also top financial corporations and service providers by revenue.
2008 list
This is the top 10 as published in July 2008. It is based on the companies' fiscal year ended on or before 31 March 2008.[1]
- Wal Mart - United States (retail)
- ExxonMobil Corporation - United States (oil)
- Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands/United Kingdom [2] (oil)
- BP - United Kingdom (oil)
- Toyota Motor - Japan (automobiles)
- Chevron - United States (oil)
- ING Group - Netherlands (banking)
- Total - France (oil)
- General Motors - United States (automobiles)
- ConocoPhillips - United States (oil)
The top ten includes six oil companies, two automobile manufacturers, one retailer, and one banking corporation. The complete list is available online.
2008 breakdown by country
Only countries with five or more Global 500 companies are listed.
1 United States (173)
2 Japan (64)
3 France (39)
4 Germany (37)
5 United Kingdom (34)
6 China (29)
7 South Korea (15)
8 Canada (14)
8 Switzerland (14)
10 Netherlands (13)
11 Spain (11)
12 Italy (10)
13 Australia (8)
14 India (7)
15 Sweden (6)
15 Taiwan (6)
2008 breakdown by city
Breakdown by cities proper (not metropolitan areas) as provided by Fortune Magazine ([2]). Only cities with five Global 500 companies or more are listed.
| Rank | City | Country | Number of Global 500 companies |
Global 500 revenues ($ millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | Japan | 47 | 1,858,608 |
| 2 | Paris | France | 25 | 1,419,933 |
| 3 | London | United Kingdom | 22 | 1,183,769 |
| 4 | Beijing | China | 21 | 943,768 |
| 5 | New York | United States | 20 | 1,166,469 |
| 6 | Seoul | South Korea | 13 | 576,919 |
| 7 | Toronto | Canada | 9 | 229,308 |
| 8 | Madrid | Spain | 8 | 357,927 |
| 9 | Munich | Germany | 7 | 455,821 |
| 9 | Zürich | Switzerland | 7 | 354,657 |
| 9 | Osaka | Japan | 7 | 267,296 |
| 12 | Houston | United States | 6 | 344,028 |
| 13 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 5 | 324,940 |
| 13 | Atlanta | United States | 5 | 203,379 |
| 13 | Mumbai | India | 5 | 139,615 |
Notes
- ^ "PDF-Human Rights Policies and Management Practices: Results from questionnaire surveys of Governments and Fortune Global 500 firms" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ^ While Fortune lists Shell as a Dutch company, the company itself asserts that it is both Dutch and British. Source