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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
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
1 United States Apple Inc. 2019 $265.595 132,000 Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics 2019 $221.579 309,630 Suwon, South Korea
3 Taiwan Foxconn 2019 $175.617 667,680 New Taipei City, Taiwan
4 United States Alphabet Inc. 2019 $136.819 98,771 Mountain View, California, US
5 United States Microsoft 2019 $110.360 131,000 Redmond, Washington, US
6 China Huawei 2019 $109.030 188,000 Shenzhen, China
7 United States Dell Technologies 2019 $90.621 157,000 Round Rock, Texas, US
8 Japan Hitachi 2019 $85.507 295,941 Tokyo, Japan
9 United States IBM 2019 $79.591 381,100 Armonk, New York, US
10 Japan Sony 2019 $78.157 114,400 Tokyo, Japan
11 Japan Panasonic 2019 $72.178 271,869 Osaka, Japan
12 United States Intel 2019 $70.848 107,400 Santa Clara, California, US
13 United States HP Inc. 2019 $58.472 55,000 Palo Alto, California, US
14 United States Facebook Inc. 2019 $55.838 35,587 Menlo Park, California, US
15 South Korea LG Electronics 2019 $55.757 72,600 Seoul, South Korea
16 China United States 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
1 United States Apple Inc. 30 September 2017[6] $229.2[5][7] 123,000[7] Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics 31 December 2017[8] $211.9[5][9][10] 320,670[11][12] Suwon, South Korea
3 United States Amazon 31 December 2017[13][14] $177.9[5][14] 613,300[15] Seattle, Washington, US
4 Taiwan Foxconn 31 December 2017[16][17] $154.7–158[5][17][18] 803,126[19] New Taipei City, Taiwan
5 United States Alphabet Inc. 31 December 2017[20][21] $110.8[5][21] 80,110[22] Mountain View, California, US
6 United States Microsoft 30 June 2017[23] $90.0[5] 124,000[23] Redmond, Washington, US
7 China Huawei 31 December 2017[24][25] $89.3–92.5[5][25] 180,000 Shenzhen, China
8 Japan Hitachi 31 March 2018[26] $84.6[5] 307,275 Tokyo, Japan
9 United States IBM 31 December 2017[27][28] $79.1[5] 397,800 Armonk, New York, US
10 United States Dell Technologies 31 January 2018[29][30] $78.7[5][30] 145,000[29] Round Rock, Texas, US
11 Japan Sony 31 March 2018[31] $77.1[5][32] 117,300[31] Tokyo, Japan
12 Japan Panasonic 31 March 2018[33] $72.0[5] 274,143 Osaka, Japan
13 United States Intel 31 December 2017[34] $62.8[5] 102,700 Santa Clara, California, US
14 South Korea LG Electronics 31 December 2017[35] $54.3[5] 74,000 Seoul, South Korea
15 China JD.com 31 December 2017[36] $54.0[5] 157,831 Beijing, China
16 United States HP Inc. 31 October 2017[37] $52.0[5] 49,000 Palo Alto, California, US

See also

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