List of largest companies by revenue
This is a list of the world's largest public and private businesses by its consolidated revenue. The list is limited to companies with annual revenues exceeding 100 billion USD.
The availability and reliability of up to date information on private or state-owned companies is limited and varies from country to country, thus this list may be incomplete. This list is shown in U.S. dollars, but many of the companies on it prepare their accounts in other currencies. The dollar value of their revenue may change substantially in a short period of time due to exchange rate fluctuations.
Legend
Column | Explanation |
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Rank | Rank of company by revenue |
Company | Name of the company |
Industry | The primary industry of company |
Revenue | Amount of revenue of company in USD billions in last fiscal year |
FY | Company's fiscal year |
Capitalization | Market capitalization on March 30, 2012 in USD billions[1] |
Employees | Number of employees of company |
Listing | Stock symbol of company |
Headquarters | Location of company's headquarters |
Ref(s) | Reference(s) |
List
Ranking | Company | Industry | Revenue (USD billions) | FY | Capitalization (USD billions) | Employ | Listing | Headquarters | CEO | Ref(s) |
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1 | Walmart | Retail | $469.2 | January 31, 2013 | $248 | 2,200,000 | NYSE: WMT | Bentonville, Arkansas | Michael Duke | [2] |
2 | Royal Dutch Shell | Oil and gas | $467.2 | December 31, 2012 | $132 | 90,000 | LSE: RDSA | The Hague; London | Peter Voser | [3] |
3 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Oil and gas | $428.4 | December 31, 2012 | $406 | 76,900 | NYSE: XOM | Irving, Texas | Rex W. Tillerson | [4] |
4 | Sinopec Group | Oil and gas | $411.7 | December 31, 2012 | $81 | 401,000 | NYSE: SNP | Beijing | Su Shulin | [5] |
7 | China National Petroleum Corporation | Oil and gas | $308.9 | December 31, 2012 | 464,000 | - | Beijing | Jiang Jiemin | [6] | |
5 | BP | Oil and gas | $370.9 | December 31, 2012 | $86 | 83,000 | LSE: BP | London | Bob Dudley | [7] |
6 | Saudi Aramco | Oil and gas | $356 | 2011 est. | 54,000 | — | Dhahran | Khalid A. Al-Falih | [8] | |
8 | Vitol | Commodities | $303 | January 10, 2013 | 2,800 | - | Rotterdam; Geneva | Ian Taylor | [9] | |
9 | State Grid Corporation of China | Electric utility | $265 | 2011 | 1,564,000 | — | Beijing | Liu Zhenya | [10] | |
10 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | $254 | December 31, 2012 | $77 | 502,000 | ISIN: DE0007664005 | Wolfsburg | Martin Winterkorn | [11] |
11 | Chevron | Oil and gas | $242 | December 31, 2012 | $211 | 61,000 | NYSE: CVX | San Ramon, California | John Watson | [12] |
12 | Total | Oil and gas | $240 | December 31, 2012 | $120 | 111,000 | Euronext: FP | Courbevoie | Christophe de Margerie | [13] |
13 | Toyota | Automotive | $222 | March 31, 2013 | $149 | 326,000 | TYO: 7203; NYSE: TM | Toyota, Aichi | Akio Toyoda | [14] |
14 | Glencore | Commodities | $214 | December 31, 2012 | $41.66 | 58,000 | LSE: GLEN; SEHK: 805 | Baar | Ivan Glasenberg | [15] |
15 | Samsung Electronics | Electronics | $187 | December 31, 2012 | $181 | 222,000 | KRX: 005930; KRX: 005935 | Seoul | Lee Kun-hee | [16] |
16 | E.ON | Electric utility | $174 | December 31, 2012 | $47 | 79,000 | FWB: EOAN | Düsseldorf | Johannes Teyssen | [17] |
17 | Japan Post Holdings | Conglomerate | $168 | March 31, 2013 | 229,000 | — | Tokyo | Jiro Saito | [18] | |
18 | Eni | Oil and gas | $167 | December 31, 2012 | $94 | 78,000 | BIT: ENI | Rome | Paolo Scaroni | [19] |
19 | Gazprom | Oil and gas | $164 | December 31, 2012 | $145 | 432,000 | MCX: GAZP | Moscow | Alexei Miller | [20] |
20 | Berkshire Hathaway | Conglomerate | $162 | December 31, 2012 | $201 | 217,000 | NYSE: BRKA; NYSE: BRKB | Omaha, Nebraska | Warren Buffett | [21] |
21 | Apple | Electronics | $156 | September 29, 2012 | $410 | 76,000 | Nasdaq: AAPL | Cupertino, California | Tim Cook | [22] |
22 | General Motors | Automotive | $152 | December 31, 2012 | $40 | 284,000 | NYSE: GM | Detroit, Michigan | Daniel Akerson | [23] |
23 | Daimler | Automotive | $150 | December 31, 2012 | $64 | 275,087 | FWB: DAI | Stuttgart | Dieter Zetsche | [24] |
24 | General Electric | Conglomerate | $147 | December 31, 2012 | $212 | 287,000 | NYSE: GE | Fairfield, Connecticut | Jeffrey Immelt | [25] |
25 | Petrobras | Oil and gas | $144 | December 31, 2012 | $171 | 81,000 | Bovespa: PETR3; Bovespa: 4 | Rio de Janeiro | Maria das Graças Foster | [26] |
26 | Allianz | Financial services | $140 | December 31, 2011 | $54 | 142,000 | ISIN: DE0008404005 | Munich | Michael Diekmann | [27] |
27 | Cargill | Food processing | $136 | May 31, 2013 | 158,000 | — | Wayzata, Minnesota | Gregory R. Page | [28] | |
28 | Ford Motor Company | Automotive | $134 | December 31, 2012 | $47 | 164,000 | NYSE: F | Dearborn, Michigan | Alan Mulally | [29] |
29 | Lukoil | Oil and gas | $134 | December 31, 2011 | $51 | 120,000 | MCX: LKOH | Moscow | Vagit Alekperov | [30] |
30 | JX Holdings | Oil and gas | $130 | March 31, 2012 | $16 | 24,000 | TYO: 5020 | Tokyo | — | [31][32] |
31 | GDF Suez | Electricity and gas utility | $128 | May 2013 | $58 | 161,000 | Euronext: SZE | Paris | Gérard Mestrallet | [33] |
32 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Telecommunications | $127 | March 31, 2012 | $73 | 205,000 | TYO: 9432 | Tokyo | Norio Wada | [34] |
33 | AT&T | Telecommunications | $127 | December 31, 2011 | $185 | 256,000 | NYSE: T | Dallas, Texas | Randall L. Stephenson | [35] |
34 | BNP Paribas | Bank | $126 | May 2013 | $71.28 | 188,551 | Euronext: CA | Paris | Jean-Laurent Bonnafe | [36] |
35 | Valero Energy | Oil and gas | $126 | December 31, 2011 | $16 | 22,000 | NYSE: VLO | San Antonio, Texas | William R. Klesse | [37] |
36 | PDVSA | Oil and gas | $125 | December 31, 2011 | 121,000 | — | Caracas | Rafael Ramírez | [38] | |
37 | McKesson | Pharmaceuticals | $123 | March 31, 2012 | $22 | 32,000 | NYSE: MCK | San Francisco, California | John Hammergren | [39][32] |
38 | Trafigura | Commodities | $122 | December 31, 2011 | 3,600 | - | Lucerne | Claude Dauphin | [40] | |
39 | Hewlett-Packard | Computer hardware | $120 | October 31, 2012 | $47 | 267,000 | NYSE: HPQ | Palo Alto, California | Meg Whitman | [41] |
40 | AXA | Financial services | $118 | May 3013 | $39 | 240,000 | Euronext: CS | Paris | Henri de Castries | [42] |
41 | Hitachi | Conglomerate | $117 | March 31, 2012 | $29 | 324,000 | TYO: 6501 | Tokyo | Etsuhiko Shoyama | [43] |
42 | Tesco | Retail | $114 | February 25, 2012 | $42 | 493,000 | LSE: TSCO | Cheshunt | Philip Clarke | [44] |
43 | Hon Hai Precision Industry | Electronics | $114 | December 31, 2011 | $41 | 961,000 | TWSE: 2317 | Tucheng | Terry Gou | [45] |
44 | Nissan | Automotive | $114 | March 31, 2012 | $48 | 128,000 | TYO: 7201 | Yokohama | Carlos Ghosn | [46] |
45 | Statoil | Oil and gas | $112 | December 31, 2011 | $86 | 32,000 | OSE: STL | Stavanger | Helge Lund | [47] |
46 | Pemex | Oil and gas | $111 | December 31, 2011 | 138,000 | — | Mexico City | Juan José Suárez Coppel | [48] | |
47 | Verizon | Telecommunications | $110 | December 31, 2011 | $108 | 203,000 | NYSE: VZ | New York City | Ivan Seidenberg | [49] |
48 | Koch Industries | Conglomerate | $110 | December 31, 2011 | 60,000 | — | Wichita, Kansas | Charles Koch | [50] | |
49 | EXOR | Investment | $109 | December 31, 2011 | $6.0 | 40 | BIT: EXO | Turin | John Elkann | [51] |
50 | Société Générale | Bank | $108 | May 2013 | $29.52 | 154,009 | Euronext: CA | Paris | Frederic Oudea | [52] |
51 | Cardinal Health | Pharmaceuticals | $107 | June 30, 2012 | $14 | 40,000 | NYSE: CAH | Dublin, Ohio | George Barrett | [53][32] |
52 | CVS Caremark | Retail | $107 | December 31, 2011 | $59 | 202,000 | NYSE: CVS | Woonsocket, Rhode Island | Larry J. Merlo | [54] |
53 | IBM | Computer services | $107 | December 31, 2011 | $242 | 433,000 | NYSE: IBM | Armonk, New York | Ginni Rometty | [55] |
54 | Carrefour | Retail | $105 | December 31, 2011 | $17 | 476,000 | Euronext: CA | Levallois-Perret | Georges Plassat | [56] |
55 | Assicurazioni Generali | Financial services | $104 | December 31, 2011 | $24 | 85,000 | BIT: G | Trieste | Sergio Balbinot; Giovanni Perissinotto | [57] |
56 | Kuwait Petroleum Corporation | Oil and gas | $104 | March 31, 2011 | 17,000 | Kuwait City | Saad Al Shuwaib | [58] | ||
57 | BASF | Chemicals | $104 | May 2013 | $90.11 | 113,262 | FWB: SIE | Ludwigshafen | Kurt Bock | [59] |
58 | Enel | Electric utility | $103 | December 31, 2011 | $34 | 59,000 | BIT: ENEL | Rome | Fulvio Conti | [60] |
59 | UnitedHealth Group | Health care | $102 | December 31, 2011 | $62 | 99,000 | NYSE: UNH | Minnetonka, Minnesota | Stephen Hemsley | [61] |
60 | Siemens | Conglomerate | $101 | September 30, 2012 | $92 | 405,000 | FWB: SIE | Munich | Peter Löscher | [62] |
61 | Nestlé | Food processing | $100.64 | May, 2013 | 339,000 | - | Vevey | Paul Bulcke | [63] | |
62 | TATA Group | Conglomerate | $100 | September 30, 2012 | 456,000 | NSE: Tata | Mumbai | Cyrus Pallonji Mistry | [64] |
See also
- sujeet mahato
- List of companies by profit and loss
- List of corporations by market capitalization
- List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
- List of largest financial services companies by revenue
- List of largest European companies by revenue
- List of largest oil and gas companies by revenue
- Fortune Global 500
References
- ^ "FT Global 500 2012" (PDF). Financial Times. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 2013 Form 10-K (Report). Walmart. p. 40. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ Royal Dutch Shell Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012 (Page 99) (PDF) (Report). Royal Dutch Shell.
- ^ 2012 10-K Annual Report (Report). Exxon Mobil. p. 61.
- ^ 2012 Sinopec Annual Report (page 3) 2,786,045 RMB millions, then using the December 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 RMB = 0.15842 US dollars
- ^ 2012 CNPC Annual Report (page 47). 2,683,480.3 million yuans, then using the December 31, 2012 exchage rate of 1 Chinese yuan = 0.15842 US dollars
- ^ Annual Report and Form 20-F: 2012 (PDF) (Report). BP. p. 56. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ^ Forbes: The World's 25 Biggest Oil Companies
- ^ 2012 Vitol Group Brochure (page 2)
- ^ Top 500 Companies of China in 2012. 1,675,359 RMB millions, then using December 31, 2011 exchange rate of 1 RMB = 0.158749 US dollars
- ^ http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/publications/2013/03/Y_2012_e.bin.html/binarystorageitem/file/GB+2012_e.pdf Volkswagen AG Annual Report 2012 (page 4). 192.676 billion euros], then using the December 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.3186 US dollar
- ^ 2011 Chevron Supplement to the Annual Report (page 3)
- ^ Total S.A. Form 20-F 2012 (page 9). 182.229 billion euros, then using the December 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.3186 US dollar
- ^ Toyota Motor Corporation Form 20-F FY 2013 (page 140)
- ^ Glencore Annual Report 2012 (page 36)
- ^ 2012 Samsung Electronics Annaul Report (page 48)
- ^ http://www.eon.com/content/dam/eon-com/ueber-uns/GB_2012_US_eon.pdf E.ON 2012 Annual Report (page 2). 132.093 billion euros], then using the December 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.3186 US dollar
- ^ http://www.japanpost.jp/financial/disclosure/2013/pdf/all.pdf FY 2013 Japan Post Group Annual Report (page 122). 15,849,185 million yen], then using the March 31, 2013 exchange rate of 94.16 = 1 US dollar
- ^ 2012 Eni Form 20-F (page 2). 127.220 billion euros, then using December 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.3186 US dollars
- ^ 2012 Gazprom Financial Report (page 83). 5,002,902 million Russian rubles, then using the December 31, 2021 exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 30.44 rubles
- ^ 2012 Berkshire Hathaway From 10-K (page 29))
- ^ 2012 Apple Form 10-K (page 25)
- ^ 2012 GM Annual Report (page 12)
- ^ http://www.daimler.com/Projects/c2c/channel/documents/2287152_Daimler_Annual_Report_2012.pdf Daimler Annual Report 2012 (page 2). 114.297 billion euros], then using the December 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.3186 US dollar
- ^ 2012 GE Form 10-K (page 26)
- ^ 2012 Petrobras Form 20-F (page 13)
- ^ 2012 Allianz Group Annual Report (page 3). 106.383 billion euros, then using the December 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.3186 US dollars
- ^ Cargill Five-year Financial Summary
- ^ 2012 Ford Annual Report (page 2)
- ^ 2011 Lukoil Annual Report (page 11)
- ^ 2012 JX Holdings Annual Report (page 16)
- ^ a b c 20 Forbes Global 2000
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/companies/gdf-suez/
- ^ 2012 NTT Annual Report (page 6). 10,507.4 billion yen, then using the March 31, 2012 exchange rate of 82.8157 yen = 1 US dollar
- ^ 2011 AT&T Annual Report (page 32)
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/companies/bnp-paribas/
- ^ 2011 Valero Form 10-K (page 26)
- ^ 2011 PDVSA Annual Report (page 219)
- ^ 2012 McKesson Annual Report (page 31)
- ^ 2012 Trafigura Corporate Brochure (page 4)
- ^ Q4 2012 Quarterly Results - Financial Overview (page 2)
- ^ http://www.axa.com/lib/en/uploads/anr/group/2012/AXA_Reference_Document_2012b.pdf AXA Registration Document - Annual Financial Report 2012 (page 4). 90.126 billion euros], then using the December 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.3186 US dollar
- ^ 2012 Hitachi Annual Report (page 12) Revenue - 9,665,883 million yen, then using the March 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 82.8157 yen
- ^ 2012 Tesco Annual Report (page 33). 72,035 million pounds, then using the February 25, 2012 exchange rate of 1 British pound = 1.58745 US dollars USD
- ^ 2011 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. Annual Report. 3,452,681 billion New Taiwanese dollars, then using the December 31, 2011 exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 30.27 TWD
- ^ 2012 Nissan Annual Report (page 2). 9,409.026 billion yen, then using the March 31, 2012 exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 82.8157 yens
- ^ 2011 Statoil Annual Report (page 222). Revenue - 670.225 billion Norwegian krones, then using the December 31, 2011 exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 5.97825 Norwegian krone
- ^ 2011 Pemex Annual Report (page 21). 1558.428922 billion Mexican pesos, then using the December 31, 2011 exchange rate of 1 US dollar = 13.9477 Mexican pesos
- ^ 2011 Verizon Annual Report (page 25)
- ^ Koch Industries Fact sheet
- ^ 2011 EXOR Annual Report (page 146). 84.359 billion euros, then using the December 31, 2011 exchage rate of 1 euro = 1.2939 US dollars
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/companies/societe-generale/
- ^ 2012 CardinalHealth Annual Report (page 16)
- ^ 2011 CVS Annual Report (page 2)
- ^ 2011 IBM Annual Report (page 16)
- ^ 2011 Carrefour Financial Report (page 4). 81.271 billion euros, then using the December 31, 2011 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.2939 US dollars
- ^ 2011 Assicurazioni Generali Annual Report Consolidated Financial Statements (page 93). 81.0007 billion euros, then using the December 31, 2011 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.2939 US dollars
- ^ 2010-2011 KPC Annual Report (page 38). 29.085005 billion Kuwaiti dinars, then using the March 31, 2011 exchange rate of 1 KWD = 3.59764 US dollars.
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/companies/basf/
- ^ 2011 Enel Annual Report (page 146). 79.514 billion euros, then using the December 31, 2011 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.2939 US dollars
- ^ 2011 UnitedHealth Annual Report (page 31)
- ^ 2011 Siemens Key Figures Q4 and fiscal 2012. 78.296 billion euros, then using the September 30, 2012 exchange rate of 1 euro = 1.2856 US dollars
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/companies/nestle/
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