List of largest companies in the United Kingdom
This article lists the largest companies in the United Kingdom in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.
2019 Fortune list
This list displays all 16 British companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2018.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
Rank | Fortune 500 rank |
Name | Industry | Revenue (USD millions) |
Profits (USD millions) |
Employees | Headquarters |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | BP | Oil and Gas | 303,738 | 9,383 | 73,000 | London |
2 | 99 | HSBC | Banking | 86,131 | 13,727 | 235,217 | London |
3 | 103 | Tesco | Retail | 84,271 | 1,743 | 321,490 | Welwyn Garden City |
4 | 217 | Vodafone | Telecommunication | 50,532 | −9,281 | 98,996 | Newbury |
5 | 296 | GlaxoSmithKline | Pharmaceuticals | 41,108 | 4,832 | 95,490 | Brentford |
6 | 303 | Rio Tinto Group | Mining | 40,522 | 13,638 | 47,458 | London |
7 | 311 | Centrica | Utilities | 39,595 | 244 | 31,780 | Windsor |
8 | 320 | Barclays | Banking | 38,278 | 2,862 | 83,500 | London |
9 | 321 | Sainsbury's | Retail | 38,064 | 287 | 116,400 | London |
10 | 353 | Lloyds Banking Group | Banking | 35,251 | 5,738 | 64,928 | London |
11 | 372 | Prudential plc | Insurance | 33,252 | 4,014 | 23,792 | London |
12 | 384 | British American Tobacco | Consumer goods | 32,667 | 8,045 | 63,877 | London |
13 | 403 | Compass Group | Services | 30,878 | 1,513 | 595,841 | Chertsey |
14 | 405 | BT Group | Telecommunication | 30,743 | 2,833 | 106,700 | London |
15 | 435 | International Airlines Group | Airline | 28,803 | 3,405 | 64,734 | London |
16 | 450 | Anglo American plc | Mining | 27,610 | 3,549 | 64,000 | London |
2019 Forbes list
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2018. The 50 highest ranked companies from the United Kingdom are listed.[2]
Rank | Forbes 2000 rank |
Name | Headquarters | Revenue (billions US$) |
Profit (billions US$) |
Assets (billions US$) |
Value (billions US$) |
Industry |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21 | HSBC | London | 64.3 | 13.7 | 2,558.1 | 175.5 | Banking |
2 | 24 | BP | London | 299.1 | 9.3 | 282.2 | 149.5 | Oil and Gas |
3 | 90 | Lloyds Banking Group | London | 35.2 | 5.3 | 1,015.8 | 60.9 | Banking |
4 | 102 | British American Tobacco | London | 32.7 | 8.0 | 186.4 | 90.9 | Consumer goods |
5 | 111 | Rio Tinto Group | London | 40.5 | 13.8 | 90.9 | 100.0 | Mining |
6 | 112 | Prudential plc | London | 33.3 | 4.0 | 633.6 | 60.2 | Insurance |
7 | 147 | GlaxoSmithKline | Brentford | 41.1 | 4.8 | 74.0 | 97.6 | Pharmaceuticals |
8 | 171 | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles | London | 133.4 | 4.3 | 110.7 | 25.6 | Automotive |
9 | 185 | Royal Bank of Scotland | Edinburgh | 22.2 | 2.8 | 884.2 | 41.3 | Banking |
10 | 187 | Barclays | London | 28.2 | 2.1 | 1,443.3 | 38.0 | Banking |
11 | 219 | Linde plc | Guildford | 14.9 | 4.4 | 93.4 | 98.3 | Chemicals |
12 | 232 | Aviva | London | 37.9 | 2.0 | 533.3 | 22.0 | Insurance |
13 | 237 | AstraZeneca | Cambridge | 23.9 | 2.2 | 60.7 | 99.2 | Pharmaceuticals |
14 | 241 | National Grid plc | London | 20.0 | 4.4 | 79.2 | 36.3 | Utilities |
15 | 243 | Tesco | Welwyn Garden City | 84.3 | 1.7 | 65.2 | 31.9 | Retail |
16 | 261 | Anglo American plc | London | 27.6 | 3.6 | 52.2 | 35.9 | Mining |
17 | 269 | Legal & General Group | London | 17.5 | 2.4 | 621.2 | 22.6 | Insurance |
18 | 275 | BT Group | London | 31.5 | 2.7 | 60.0 | 29.6 | Telecommunication |
19 | 283 | Diageo | London | 16.7 | 3.9 | 40.9 | 98.0 | Beverages |
20 | 293 | Reckitt Benckiser | Slough | 16.8 | 2.9 | 48.0 | 53.5 | Consumer goods |
21 | 309 | LyondellBasell Industries | London | 39.0 | 4.7 | 28.3 | 34.0 | Chemicals |
22 | 357 | Standard Chartered | London | 24.0 | 0.6 | 688.8 | 28.9 | Finance |
23 | 359 | Imperial Brands | Bristol | 20.7 | 1.8 | 40.2 | 31.0 | Consumer goods |
24 | 428 | International Airlines Group | London | 28.8 | 3.4 | 32.0 | 14.4 | Airline |
25 | 464 | Vodafone | Newbury | 53.9 | −3.8 | 155.2 | 49.6 | Telecommunication |
26 | 480 | CNH Industrial | London | 29.7 | 1.1 | 46.1 | 15.2 | Industrials |
27 | 487 | WPP plc | London | 20.8 | 1.4 | 43.1 | 15.2 | Advertising |
28 | 498 | Compass Group | Chertsey | 30.9 | 1.5 | 16.4 | 35.5 | Services |
29 | 550 | Associated British Foods | London | 20.8 | 1.4 | 17.9 | 25.8 | Retail |
30 | 571 | Aon | London | 10.8 | 1.1 | 26.4 | 42.1 | Insurance |
31 | 584 | RELX | London | 10.0 | 1.9 | 17.8 | 43.4 | Services |
32 | 621 | Coca-Cola European Partners | London | 13.6 | 1.1 | 20.8 | 24.7 | Beverages |
33 | 722 | Willis Towers Watson | London | 8.5 | 0.7 | 32.4 | 22.9 | Insurance |
34 | 729 | London Stock Exchange | London | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1,073.4 | 22.4 | Finance |
35 | 733 | Rolls-Royce Holdings | London | 14.5 | 0.7 | 24.7 | 11.3 | Aerospac and defense |
36 | 764 | Liberty Global | London | 13.0 | −0.3 | 53.2 | 22.4 | Telecommunication |
37 | 797 | SSE plc | Perth | 30.1 | 0.3 | 32.3 | 15.0 | Energy |
38 | 815 | Ferguson plc | Wokingham | 21.6 | 0.9 | 10.8 | 16.2 | Construction materials |
39 | 829 | Evraz Group | London | 12.8 | 2.4 | 9.4 | 12.5 | Steel |
40 | 969 | Mylan | Hatfield | 11.4 | 0.4 | 32.7 | 13.8 | Pharmaceuticals |
41 | 1004 | Centrica | Windsor | 39.6 | 0.2 | 28.1 | 7.8 | Utilities |
42 | 1016 | En+ Group | London | 12.4 | 1.0 | 21.3 | 4.6 | Energy |
43 | 1044 | Sainsbury's | London | 38.9 | 0.4 | 29.4 | 6.5 | Retail |
44 | 1067 | Investec | London | 6.0 | 0.7 | 73.2 | 6.3 | Finance |
45 | 1070 | Melrose Industries | London | 11.5 | −0.6 | 25.1 | 12.4 | Finance |
46 | 1079 | TechnipFMC | London | 12.6 | −1.9 | 25.0 | 11.0 | Oil and Gas |
47 | 1105 | Mondi | Surrey | 8.8 | 1.0 | 9.2 | 10.9 | Paper products |
48 | 1184 | 3i | London | 0.6 | 2.0 | 10.9 | 13.7 | Finance |
49 | 1218 | Phoenix Group | London | 2.9 | 0.5 | 283.1 | 6.7 | Insurance |
50 | 1239 | Ashtead Group | London | 5.7 | 1.0 | 10.8 | 13.3 | Services |
See also
- List of companies of the United Kingdom
- List of largest private companies in the United Kingdom
- List of largest companies by revenue
- List of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue
References
- ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.