List of largest technology companies by revenue
This is a global list of largest technology businesses by revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500. identified by Fortune as being in the technology sector, ranked by total annual revenue. Other metrics not shown here, in particular market capitalization, are often used alternatively to define the size of a company.
The list includes companies whose primary business activities are associated with technology industry which includes computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductor, internet, telecom equipment, e-commerce and computer services. Note: This list shows only companies with annual revenues exceeding US$50 billion.
Legend
Column | Explanation |
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Rank | Rank of company by revenue |
Company | Name of the international company |
Revenue | Amount of revenue of company in USD billions in the fiscal year noted |
Employees | Number of employees of company |
Headquarters | Location of company's headquarters |
2019 list
Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2019.[1] All data in the table is taken from the Fortune Global 500 list of technology sector companies for 2019[2] unless otherwise specified.
As of 2019, Fortune lists Amazon (revenue of $232.887 billion) in the retailing sector rather than the technology sector.[3]
Rank | Company | Fiscal year ending | Revenue ($B) USD | Employees | Headquarters | |
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1 | Apple Inc. | 2019 | $265.595 | 132,000 | Cupertino, California, US | |
2 | Samsung Electronics | 2019 | $221.579 | 309,630 | Suwon, South Korea | |
3 | Foxconn | 2019 | $175.617 | 667,680 | New Taipei City, Taiwan | |
4 | Alphabet Inc. | 2019 | $136.819 | 98,771 | Mountain View, California, US | |
5 | Microsoft | 2019 | $110.360 | 131,000 | Redmond, Washington, US | |
6 | Huawei | 2019 | $109.030 | 188,000 | Shenzhen, China | |
7 | Dell Technologies | 2019 | $90.621 | 157,000 | Round Rock, Texas, US | |
8 | Hitachi | 2019 | $85.507 | 295,941 | Tokyo, Japan | |
9 | IBM | 2019 | $79.591 | 381,100 | Armonk, New York, US | |
10 | Sony | 2019 | $78.157 | 114,400 | Tokyo, Japan | |
11 | Panasonic | 2019 | $72.178 | 271,869 | Osaka, Japan | |
12 | Intel | 2019 | $70.848 | 107,400 | Santa Clara, California, US | |
13 | HP Inc. | 2019 | $58.472 | 55,000 | Palo Alto, California, US | |
14 | Facebook Inc. | 2019 | $55.838 | 35,587 | Menlo Park, California, US | |
15 | LG Electronics | 2019 | $55.757 | 72,600 | Seoul, South Korea | |
16 | Lenovo Group | 2019 | $51.037 | 57,000 | Quarry Bay, Hong Kong[4] |
2018 list
Ranked by total revenues for respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2018.[5]
Rank[5] | Company | Fiscal year ending | Revenue ($B) USD | Employees | Headquarters | |
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1 | Apple Inc. | 30 September 2017[6] | $229.2[5][7] | 123,000[7] | Cupertino, California, US | |
2 | Samsung Electronics | 31 December 2017[8] | $211.9[5][9][10] | 320,670[11][12] | Suwon, South Korea | |
3 | Amazon | 31 December 2017[13][14] | $177.9[5][14] | 613,300[15] | Seattle, Washington, US | |
4 | Foxconn | 31 December 2017[16][17] | $154.7–158[5][17][18] | 803,126[19] | New Taipei City, Taiwan | |
5 | Alphabet Inc. | 31 December 2017[20][21] | $110.8[5][21] | 80,110[22] | Mountain View, California, US | |
6 | Microsoft | 30 June 2017[23] | $90.0[5] | 124,000[23] | Redmond, Washington, US | |
7 | Huawei | 31 December 2017[24][25] | $89.3–92.5[5][25] | 180,000 | Shenzhen, China | |
8 | Hitachi | 31 March 2018[26] | $84.6[5] | 307,275 | Tokyo, Japan | |
9 | IBM | 31 December 2017[27][28] | $79.1[5] | 397,800 | Armonk, New York, US | |
10 | Dell Technologies | 31 January 2018[29][30] | $78.7[5][30] | 145,000[29] | Round Rock, Texas, US | |
11 | Sony | 31 March 2018[31] | $77.1[5][32] | 117,300[31] | Tokyo, Japan | |
12 | Panasonic | 31 March 2018[33] | $72.0[5] | 274,143 | Osaka, Japan | |
13 | Intel | 31 December 2017[34] | $62.8[5] | 102,700 | Santa Clara, California, US | |
14 | LG Electronics | 31 December 2017[35] | $54.3[5] | 74,000 | Seoul, South Korea | |
15 | JD.com | 31 December 2017[36] | $54.0[5] | 157,831 | Beijing, China | |
16 | HP Inc. | 31 October 2017[37] | $52.0[5] | 49,000 | Palo Alto, California, US |
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