Forbes Global 2000
The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: Sales, Profit, Assets and Market value. 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.
Exclusions and inconsistencies
As the list is published early in the calendar year, Forbes has to use out of date information for the many non U.S companies which have year ends early in the calendar year, including Japanese companies, which all have 31 March year ends. No adjustments are made to reflect different accounting practices in different countries, which leads to some major anomalies. For example Vodafone is ranked 377 in the 2005 list due to losses created by huge writedowns of purchased goodwill, but if amortisation of purchased goodwill were not charged against statutory profits in the UK, it would be in the top 20. It should also be noted that wholly state-owned corporations are excluded because no market valuation exists and in some cases accounts are not publicly available either. Some of these state companies would rank highly if they were eligible, for example the national oil companies of some of the OPEC countries.
2009 list
Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2009 list.
Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Revenue (billion $) |
Profits (billion $) |
Assets (billion $) |
Market Value (billion $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01![]() |
General Electric | ![]() |
Conglomerate | 182.52 | 17.41 | 797.77 | 88.77 |
02![]() |
Royal Dutch Shell | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 458.36 | 26.28 | 278.44 | 135.10 |
03![]() |
Toyota | ![]() |
Automotive | 263.42 | 17.21 | 324.98 | 102.35 |
04![]() |
ExxonMobil | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 425.70 | 45.22 | 228.05 | 335.54 |
05![]() |
BP | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 361.14 | 21.16 | 228.24 | 119.70 |
06![]() |
HSBC | ![]() |
Banking | 142.05 | 5.73 | 2,570.45 | 85.04 |
07![]() |
AT&T | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 124.03 | 12.87 | 265.25 | 140.08 |
08![]() |
Wal-Mart | ![]() |
Retailing | 405.61 | 13.40 | 163.43 | 193.15 |
09![]() |
Banco Santander | ![]() |
Banking | 96.23 | 13.25 | 1,318.86 | 49.75 |
09![]() |
Chevron | ![]() |
Oil and Gas | 255.11 | 23.93 | 161.17 | 121.70 |
11![]() |
Total | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 223.15 | 14.74 | 164.66 | 112.90 |
12![]() |
ICBC | ![]() |
Banking | 53.60 | 11.16 | 1,188.08 | 170.83 |
13![]() |
Gazprom | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 97.29 | 26.78 | 276.81 | 74.55 |
14![]() |
PetroChina | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 114.32 | 19.94 | 145.14 | 270.56 |
15![]() |
Volkswagen Group | ![]() |
Automotive | 158.40 | 6.52 | 244.05 | 75.18 |
16![]() |
JPMorgan Chase | ![]() |
Banking | 101.49 | 3.70 | 2,175.05 | 85.87 |
17![]() |
GDF Suez | ![]() |
Utilities | 115.59 | 9.05 | 232.71 | 70.46 |
18![]() |
Eni | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 158.32 | 12.91 | 139.80 | 80.68 |
19![]() |
Berkshire Hathaway | ![]() |
Conglomerate | 107.79 | 4.99 | 267.40 | 122.11 |
20![]() |
Vodafone | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 70.39 | 13.30 | 252.08 | 93.66 |
The complete list is available here.
2008 list
Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2008 list.
Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Revenue (billion $) |
Profits (billion $) |
Assets (billion $) |
Market Value (billion $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01![]() |
HSBC | ![]() |
Banking | 146.5 | 19.1 | 2,349.0 | 180.8 |
02![]() |
General Electric | ![]() |
Conglomerate | 172.7 | 22.2 | 795.3 | 330.9 |
03![]() |
Bank of America | ![]() |
Banking | 119.2 | 15.0 | 1,715.8 | 176.5 |
04![]() |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | ![]() |
Banking | 116.4 | 15.4 | 1,562.2 | 136.9 |
05![]() |
ExxonMobil | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 358.6 | 40.6 | 242.1 | 465.5 |
06![]() |
Royal Dutch Shell | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 355.8 | 31.3 | 266.2 | 221.1 |
07![]() |
BP | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 281.0 | 20.6 | 236.1 | 204.9 |
08![]() |
Toyota | ![]() |
Automotive | 203.8 | 14.0 | 276.4 | 175.1 |
09![]() |
ING Group | ![]() |
Insurance/ banking | 197.9 | 12.7 | 1,932.2 | 75.8 |
10=![]() |
Berkshire Hathaway | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 118.3 | 13.2 | 273.2 | 216.7 |
10=![]() |
Royal Bank of Scotland | ![]() |
Banking | 108.5 | 14.6 | 3,807.5 | 76.6 |
12![]() |
AT&T | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 118.9 | 12.0 | 275.6 | 210.2 |
13![]() |
BNP Paribas | ![]() |
Banking | 116.2 | 10.7 | 2,494.4 | 81.9 |
14![]() |
Allianz | ![]() |
Insurance | 139.1 | 10.9 | 1,547.5 | 80.3 |
15![]() |
Total S.A. | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 199.7 | 19.2 | 165.8 | 181.8 |
16![]() |
Wal-Mart | ![]() |
Retailing | 378.8 | 12.7 | 163.4 | 198.6 |
17![]() |
Chevron | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 204.0 | 18.7 | 148.8 | 180.0 |
18![]() |
American International Group | ![]() |
Insurance | 110.1 | 6.2 | 1,060.5 | 118.2 |
19![]() |
Gazprom | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 81.8 | 23.3 | 201.7 | 306.8 |
20![]() |
AXA | ![]() |
Insurance | 151.7 | 7.8 | 1,064.7 | 70.3 |
The complete list is available here.
2007 list
Listed below are the top 100 companies featured on the 2007 list.
Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Revenue (billion $) |
Profits (billion $) |
Assets (billion $) |
Market Value (billion $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1![]() |
Citigroup | ![]() |
Banking | 146.56 | 21.54 | 1,884.32 | 247.42 |
2![]() |
Bank of America | ![]() |
Banking | 116.57 | 21.13 | 1,459.74 | 226.61 |
3![]() |
HSBC | ![]() |
Banking | 121.51 | 16.63 | 1,860.76 | 202.29 |
4![]() |
General Electric | ![]() |
Conglomerate | 163.39 | 20.83 | 697.24 | 358.98 |
5![]() |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | ![]() |
Banking | 99.30 | 14.44 | 1,351.52 | 170.97 |
6![]() |
American International Group | ![]() |
Insurance | 113.19 | 14.01 | 979.41 | 174.47 |
7![]() |
ExxonMobil | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 335.09 | 39.50 | 223.95 | 410.65 |
8![]() |
Royal Dutch Shell | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 318.85 | 25.44 | 232.31 | 208.25 |
9![]() |
UBS | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 105.59 | 9.78 | 1,776.89 | 116.84 |
10![]() |
ING Group | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 153.44 | 9.65 | 1,615.05 | 93.99 |
11![]() |
BP | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 265.91 | 22.29 | 217.60 | 198.14 |
12![]() |
Toyota | ![]() |
Automotive | 179.02 | 11.68 | 243.60 | 217.69 |
13![]() |
Royal Bank of Scotland | ![]() |
Banking | 77.41 | 12.51 | 1,705.35 | 124.13 |
14![]() |
BNP Paribas | ![]() |
Banking | 89.16 | 9.64 | 1,898.19 | 97.03 |
15![]() |
Allianz | ![]() |
Insurance | 125.33 | 8.81 | 1,380.88 | 87.22 |
16![]() |
Berkshire Hathaway | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 98.54 | 11.02 | 248.44 | 163.79 |
17![]() |
Wal-Mart | ![]() |
Retailing | 348.65 | 11.29 | 151.19 | 201.36 |
18![]() |
Barclays | ![]() |
Banking | 67.71 | 8.95 | 1,949.17 | 94.79 |
19=![]() |
Chevron | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 195.34 | 17.14 | 132.63 | 149.37 |
19=![]() |
Total S.A. | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 175.05 | 15.53 | 138.82 | 152.62 |
21 | HBOS | ![]() |
Banking | 84.28 | 7.59 | 1,156.61 | 79.83 |
22 | ConocoPhillips | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 167.58 | 15.55 | 164.78 | 107.39 |
23 | AXA | ![]() |
Insurance | 98.85 | 6.38 | 666.47 | 87.64 |
24 | Société Générale | ![]() |
Banking | 84.47 | 6.55 | 1,259.32 | 77.62 |
25 | Goldman Sachs | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 69.35 | 9.54 | 838.20 | 83.31 |
25 | Morgan Stanley | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 76.55 | 7.47 | 1,120.65 | 79.76 |
27 | Banco Santander Central Hispano | ![]() |
Banking | 62.34 | 7.37 | 945.86 | 115.75 |
27 | Deutsche Bank | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 95.50 | 7.45 | 1,485.58 | 65.15 |
29 | AT&T | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 63.06 | 7.36 | 270.63 | 229.78 |
30 | Électricité de France | ![]() |
Utilities | 77.75 | 7.39 | 233.40 | 133.37 |
31 | Credit Suisse | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 65.64 | 9.05 | 1,029.22 | 74.55 |
32 | Merrill Lynch | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 68.62 | 7.50 | 841.30 | 73.78 |
33 | Procter & Gamble | ![]() |
Consumer goods | 73.60 | 9.67 | 137.30 | 200.34 |
34 | Wells Fargo | ![]() |
Banking | 47.98 | 8.48 | 482.00 | 117.19 |
35 | Wachovia | ![]() |
Banking | 46.81 | 7.79 | 707.12 | 105.42 |
36 | Eni | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 113.59 | 12.16 | 96.91 | 122.48 |
37 | Fortis | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 121.19 | 5.46 | 1,020.98 | 55.45 |
38 | Verizon Communications | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 88.14 | 6.24 | 188.80 | 109.19 |
39 | Altria Group | ![]() |
Tobacco | 70.32 | 12.02 | 104.27 | 176.64 |
40 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial | ![]() |
Banking | 35.01 | 6.56 | 1,585.77 | 124.55 |
41 | PetroChina | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 68.43 | 16.53 | 96.42 | 208.76 |
42 | IBM | ![]() |
Computer hardware, Computer software | 91.42 | 9.49 | 103.23 | 139.92 |
43 | Gazprom | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 48.13 | 10.82 | 151.18 | 216.14 |
44 | ABN AMRO | ![]() |
Banking | 65.59 | 6.22 | 1,302.19 | 64.92 |
45 | Crédit Agricole | ![]() |
Banking | 77.66 | 4.60 | 1,246.97 | 64.52 |
46 | Telefónica | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 69.79 | 8.22 | 132.30 | 104.95 |
47 | E.ON | ![]() |
Utilities | 80.53 | 6.34 | 167.11 | 86.32 |
48 | Pfizer | ![]() |
Health Care | 48.37 | 19.34 | 108.59 | 179.97 |
49 | Daimler AG | ![]() |
Automotive | 199.99 | 4.26 | 235.11 | 68.78 |
50 | Petrobras | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 74.12 | 12.14 | 95.61 | 99.29 |
51 | Nestlé | ![]() |
Food processing | 80.70 | 7.54 | 81.45 | 142.65 |
52 | Lloyds TSB | ![]() |
Banking | 57.33 | 5.49 | 672.40 | 63.43 |
53 | ICBC | ![]() |
Banking | 31.98 | 4.65 | 800.04 | 176.03 |
54 | BBVA | ![]() |
Banking | 37.89 | 5.94 | 536.05 | 82.55 |
55. | Hewlett-Packard | ![]() |
Computer hardware | 94.08 | 6.52 | 81.31 | 106.27 |
56 | Deutsche Telekom | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 80.93 | 4.23 | 159.90 | 78.08 |
57 | Fannie Mae | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 51.83 | 4.98 | 1,020.93 | 55.34 |
58 | NTT | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 91.41 | 4.24 | 152.65 | 73.26 |
59 | Mizuho Financial | ![]() |
Banking | 29.03 | 5.53 | 1,269.60 | 81.31 |
60= | Johnson & Johnson | ![]() |
Health care | 53.32 | 11.05 | 70.56 | 182.12 |
60= | Siemens AG | ![]() |
Conglomerate | 110.82 | 3.85 | 109.12 | 93.93 |
62 | MetLife | ![]() |
Insurance | 48.40 | 6.29 | 527.72 | 48.02 |
63 | Samsung Electronics | ![]() |
Consumer electronics. Telecommunications | 79.50 | 7.53 | 72.90 | 88.69 |
64 | Aviva | ![]() |
Insurance | 87.42 | 4.33 | 555.18 | 41.14 |
65 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial | ![]() |
Banking | 31.02 | 5.85 | 901.71 | 73.38 |
66 | Microsoft | ![]() |
Computer software | 46.06 | 11.91 | 66.37 | 275.85 |
67 | France Télécom | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 64.86 | 5.19 | 125.01 | 70.62 |
68 | Time Warner | ![]() |
Media | 44.22 | 6.53 | 131.67 | 77.99 |
69 | China Construction Bank | ![]() |
Banking | 23.18 | 5.84 | 568.21 | 126.55 |
70 | Zurich Financial Services | ![]() |
Insurance | 66.75 | 4.65 | 351.19 | 41.32 |
71. | Sinopec | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 99.03 | 5.07 | 65.83 | 93.57 |
72. | Mittal Steel | ![]() |
Steel | 58.87 | 5.23 | 112.17 | 70.46 |
73. | Honda Motor | ![]() |
Automotive | 84.32 | 5.08 | 89.64 | 68.03 |
74. | Sanofi-Aventis | ![]() |
Health care | 37.43 | 5.28 | 102.59 | 115.24 |
75. | Dexia | ![]() |
Banking | 95.78 | 3.56 | 745.42 | 33.80 |
76. | RWE | ![]() |
Public utilities | 56.56 | 5.08 | 118.52 | 57.28 |
77. | Royal Bank of Canada | ![]() |
Banking | 32.13 | 4.21 | 477.43 | 58.83 |
78. | Assicurazioni Generali | ![]() |
Insurance | 90.90 | 2.27 | 398.13 | 54.50 |
79. | Home Depot | ![]() |
Retail | 90.84 | 5.76 | 52.26 | 80.80 |
80. | Novartis | ![]() |
Health care | 37.01 | 7.37 | 64.16 | 130.47 |
81. | Nissan | ![]() |
Automotive | 80.23 | 4.41 | 96.32 | 47.68 |
82. | Bank of China | ![]() |
Banking | 23.10 | 3.41 | 585.55 | 143.80 |
83. | Lehman Brothers | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 46.71 | 3.96 | 503.55 | 39.53 |
84. | KBC Group | ![]() |
Banking | 34.22 | 4.53 | 428.49 | 42.35 |
85. | GlaxoSmithKline | ![]() |
Health care | 45.45 | 10.55 | 45.85 | 161.20 |
86. | Hoffmann-La Roche | ![]() |
Health care | 34.46 | 6.46 | 59.41 | 153.55 |
87. | UniCredit | ![]() |
Banking | 21.50 | 2.92 | 922.79 | 96.24 |
88. | Prudential Financial | ![]() |
Insurance | 32.49 | 3.43 | 446.90 | 43.59 |
89. | China Mobile | ![]() ![]() |
Telecommunications | 29.79 | 6.56 | 51.35 | 185.31 |
90. | National Australia Bank | ![]() |
Banking | 28.20 | 3.28 | 360.56 | 51.79 |
91. | Manulife Financial | ![]() |
Insurance | 28.91 | 3.41 | 328.76 | 51.74 |
92. | Munich Re | ![]() |
Insurance | 55.96 | 3.16 | 243.03 | 36.27 |
92. | Statoil | ![]() |
Oil and gas | 67.86 | 6.51 | 50.55 | 54.59 |
94. | Deutsche Post | ![]() |
postal service, Air Courier | 79.87 | 2.53 | 202.39 | 38.20 |
95. | Telecom Italia | ![]() |
Telecommunications | 35.28 | 3.80 | 110.19 | 58.64 |
96. | Unilever | ![]() ![]() |
Consumer goods | 49.71 | 6.29 | 47.16 | 79.32 |
97. | BHP Billiton | ![]() ![]() |
Mining | 31.85 | 10.35 | 46.83 | 122.29 |
98. | AEGON | ![]() |
Insurance | 47.16 | 3.50 | 414.61 | 31.46 |
99. | Allstate | ![]() |
Insurance | 35.80 | 4.99 | 157.55 | 37.19 |
100. | BASF | ![]() |
Chemical industry | 69.41 | 4.24 | 58.93 | 50.91 |
The complete list is available here.
2006 list
Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Revenue (billion $) |
Profits (billion $) |
Assets (billion $) |
Market Value (billion $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.![]() |
Citigroup | ![]() |
Banking | 120.32 | 24.64 | 1,494.04 | 230.93 |
2.![]() |
General Electric | ![]() |
Conglomerate | 149.70 | 16.35 | 673.30 | 348.45 |
3.![]() |
Bank of America | ![]() |
Banking | 85.39 | 16.47 | 1,291.80 | 184.17 |
4.![]() |
American International Group | ![]() |
Insurance | 106.98 | 11.90 | 843.40 | 172.24 |
5.![]() |
HSBC Group | ![]() |
Banking | 76.38 | 12.36 | 1,274.22 | 193.32 |
6.![]() |
ExxonMobil | ![]() |
Oil & Gas | 328.21 | 36.13 | 208.34 | 362.53 |
7.![]() |
Royal Dutch/Shell | ![]() |
Oil & Gas | 306.73 | 25.31 | 216.95 | 203.52 |
8.![]() |
BP | ![]() |
Oil & Gas | 249.47 | 22.63 | 206.91 | 225.93 |
9.![]() |
JPMorgan Chase | ![]() |
Banking | 79.90 | 8.48 | 1,198.94 | 144.13 |
10.![]() |
UBS | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 78.25 | 10.65 | 1,519.40 | 105.69 |
The complete list is available here.
2005 list
Rank | Company | Country | Industry | Revenue (billion $) |
Profits (billion $) |
Assets (billion $) |
Market Value (billion $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1![]() |
Citigroup | ![]() |
Banking | 108.28 | 17.05 | 1,4.10 | 247.66 |
2![]() |
General Electric | ![]() |
Conglomerates | 152.36 | 16.59 | 750.33 | 372.14 |
3![]() |
American International Group | ![]() |
Insurance | 95.04 | 10.91 | 776.42 | 173.99 |
4![]() |
Bank of America | ![]() |
Banking | 65.45 | 14.14 | 1,110.46 | 188.77 |
5![]() |
HSBC | ![]() |
Banking | 62.97 | 9.52 | 1,031.29 | 186.74 |
6![]() |
ExxonMobil | ![]() |
Oil & Gas | 263.99 | 25.33 | 195.26 | 405.25 |
7![]() |
Royal Dutch/Shell | ![]() ![]() |
Oil & Gas | 265.19 | 18.54 | 193.83 | 221.49 |
8![]() |
BP | ![]() |
Oil & Gas | 285.06 | 15.73 | 191.11 | 231.88 |
9![]() |
ING Group | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 92.01 | 8.10 | 1,175.16 | 68.04 |
10![]() |
Toyota Motor | ![]() |
Automotive | 165.68 | 11.13 | 211.15 | 140.89 |
The complete list is available here.
2004 list
Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Revenue (billion $) |
Profits (billion $) |
Assets (billion $) |
Market Value (billion $) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.![]() |
Citigroup | ![]() |
Banking | 94.71 | 17.85 | 1,264.03 | 255.30 |
2.![]() |
General Electric | ![]() |
Conglomerates | 134.19 | 15.59 | 626.93 | 328.54 |
3.![]() |
American International Group | ![]() |
Insurance | 76.66 | 6.46 | 647.66 | 194.87 |
4.![]() |
ExxonMobil | ![]() |
Oil & gas | 222.88 | 20.96 | 166.99 | 277.02 |
5.![]() |
BP | ![]() |
Oil & gas | 232.57 | 10.27 | 177.57 | 173.54 |
6.![]() |
Bank of America | ![]() |
Banking | 49.01 | 10.81 | 736.45 | 117.55 |
7.![]() |
HSBC Group | ![]() |
Banking | 44.33 | 6.66 | 757.60 | 177.96 |
8.![]() |
Toyota Motor | ![]() |
Automotive | 135.82 | 7.99 | 171.71 | 115.40 |
9.![]() |
Fannie Mae | ![]() |
Diversified Financials | 53.13 | 6.48 | 1,019.17 | 76.84 |
10.![]() |
Wal-Mart | ![]() |
Retailing | 256.33 | 9.05 | 104.91 | 243.74 |
The complete list is available here.
2003 list
Citigroup
General Electric
American International Group
ExxonMobil
Bank of America
/
Royal Dutch Shell
BP
Fannie Mae
HSBC Group
Toyota Motor
The complete list is available here.
See also
- Forbes 500
- Fortune Global 500
- List of companies by revenue
- List of corporations by market capitalization
- List of the largest Nordic companies