List of public corporations by market capitalization
The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization. In media, they are described as being the most valuable companies, a reference to their market value.[1]
Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of outstanding shares.[2] Figures are converted into USD millions (using rate from selected day) to allow for comparison.[3]
Trillion-dollar companies[edit]
The table below lists all companies which have, at any point, had a market capitalization in excess of $1 trillion, the date on which their market cap first exceeded $1 trillion and their record market cap.[4]
| Company | Country | When first passed | Record value date | Record value (in billions USD) | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 trillion | $2 trillion | $3 trillion | Unadjusted | Inflation- adjusted[5] | ||||
| PetroChina | 5 November 2007 | — | — | 5 November 2007 | 1,200 | 1,533 | [note 1] | |
| Apple | 2 August 2018 | 19 August 2020 | 3 January 2022 | 3 January 2022 | 3,000 | 3,000 | [9][10][11] | |
| Amazon | 4 September 2018 | — | — | 13 July 2021 | 1,900 | 1,900 | .[12] | |
| Saudi Aramco | 11 December 2019 | 12 December 2019 | — | 10 May 2022 | 2,450 | 2,450 | [13][14] | |
| Microsoft | 7 June 2019 | 22 June 2021 | — | 19 November 2021 | 2,576 | 2,576 | [15][16] [17] | |
| Alphabet | 16 January 2020 | 8 November 2021 | — | 18 November 2021 | 2,000 | 2,000 | [18][19][20][21] | |
| Meta | 28 June 2021[22] | — | — | 7 September 2021 | 1,078 | 1,078 | [note 2][23] | |
| Tesla | 25 October 2021 | — | — | 1 November 2021 | 1,235 | 1,235 | [24] | |
Publicly traded companies[edit]
All market capitalization figures are in USD millions. Only companies with free float of at least 15% are included, value of unlisted stock classes is excluded. Investment companies are not included in the list.[3]
2023[edit]
This list is up to date as of March 31, 2023. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
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| 1 | Apple |
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| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway |
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| 10 | Visa |
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2022[edit]
This list is up to date as of December 31, 2022. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
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| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple
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| 2 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft
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| 3 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet
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| 4 | Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon
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| 5 | Tesla |
Tesla |
Tesla |
Berkshire Hathaway
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| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
UnitedHealth
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| 7 | Nvidia |
UnitedHealth |
UnitedHealth |
Johnson & Johnson
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| 8 | Meta |
Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson |
ExxonMobil
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| 9 | TSMC |
Tencent |
Visa |
Visa
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| 10 | UnitedHealth |
Meta |
Meta |
Tencent
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2021[edit]
This list is up to date as of December 31, 2021[update]. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 3 | Amazon |
Amazon |
Alphabet |
Alphabet | ||||
| 4 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Amazon |
Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Meta |
Meta |
Meta |
Tesla | ||||
| 6 | Tencent |
Tencent |
Tesla |
Meta | ||||
| 7 | Tesla |
Tesla |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Nvidia | ||||
| 8 | Alibaba Group |
Berkshire Hathaway |
TSMC |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 9 | TSMC |
TSMC |
Tencent |
TSMC | ||||
| 10 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Alibaba Group |
Nvidia |
Tencent | ||||
2020[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to data as of December 31, 2020[update]. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | Apple |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 3 | Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon | ||||
| 4 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet | ||||
| 5 | Alibaba Group |
Facebook |
Alibaba Group |
Facebook | ||||
| 6 | Facebook |
Tencent |
Facebook |
Tencent | ||||
| 7 | Tencent |
Alibaba Group |
Tencent |
Tesla | ||||
| 8 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Alibaba Group | ||||
| 9 | Visa |
Visa |
Visa |
TSMC | ||||
| 10 | Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson |
TSMC |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
2019[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2019[update]. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | Apple |
Amazon |
Apple |
Microsoft | ||||
| 3 | Amazon |
Apple |
Amazon |
Alphabet | ||||
| 4 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Facebook |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Facebook | ||||
| 6 | Facebook |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Facebook |
Alibaba Group | ||||
| 7 | Alibaba Group |
Alibaba Group |
Alibaba Group |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 8 | Tencent |
Tencent |
Tencent |
Tencent | ||||
| 9 | Johnson & Johnson |
Visa |
Visa |
JPMorgan Chase | ||||
| 10 | Visa |
Johnson & Johnson |
JPMorgan Chase |
Visa | ||||
2018[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2018[update]. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Microsoft | ||||
| 2 | Alphabet |
Amazon |
Amazon |
Apple | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft |
Alphabet |
Microsoft |
Amazon | ||||
| 4 | Amazon |
Microsoft |
Alphabet |
Alphabet | ||||
| 5 | Tencent |
Facebook |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Tencent |
Facebook |
Facebook | ||||
| 7 | Alibaba Group |
Alibaba Group |
Alibaba Group |
Tencent | ||||
| 8 | Facebook |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Tencent |
Alibaba Group | ||||
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase |
JPMorgan Chase |
JPMorgan Chase |
Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 10 | Johnson & Johnson |
ExxonMobil |
Johnson & Johnson |
JPMorgan Chase | ||||
2017[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2017[update]. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[46][note 3] | Second quarter[47][note 3] | Third quarter[48][note 3] | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Facebook | ||||
| 6 | ExxonMobil |
Johnson & Johnson |
Alibaba Group |
Tencent | ||||
| 7 | Johnson & Johnson |
Facebook |
Tencent |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 8 | Facebook |
Alibaba Group |
Facebook |
Alibaba Group | ||||
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase |
Tencent |
ExxonMobil |
Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 10 | Wells Fargo |
ExxonMobil |
Johnson & Johnson |
JPMorgan Chase | ||||
2016[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2016[update]. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[50][note 3] | Second quarter[51][note 3] | Third quarter[52][note 3] | Fourth quarter[53][note 3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
Amazon |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 6 | Johnson & Johnson |
Amazon |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Amazon | ||||
| 7 | General Electric |
Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 8 | Amazon |
General Electric |
Facebook |
JPMorgan Chase | ||||
| 9 | Facebook |
Facebook |
Tencent |
General Electric | ||||
| 10 | Wells Fargo |
AT&T |
General Electric |
Wells Fargo | ||||
2015[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2015[update]. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[54] | Second quarter[55] | Third quarter[56][note 3] | Fourth quarter[57][note 3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil |
Microsoft |
Google |
Alphabet | ||||
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway |
ExxonMobil |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | Google |
Google |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 5 | Microsoft |
Berkshire Hathaway |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 6 | Petro China |
Petro China |
Johnson & Johnson |
Amazon | ||||
| 7 | Wells Fargo |
ICBC |
General Electric |
General Electric | ||||
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson |
Wells Fargo |
China Mobile |
Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 9 | ICBC |
Johnson & Johnson |
Novartis |
Wells Fargo | ||||
| 10 | Novartis |
General Electric |
Nestlé |
JPMorgan Chase | ||||
2014[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2014[update]. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[59] | Second quarter[60] | Third quarter[61] | Fourth quarter[62] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft |
Google |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | Google |
Microsoft |
Google |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Google | ||||
| 6 | Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson |
PetroChina | ||||
| 7 | Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo |
Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 8 | General Electric |
Royal Dutch Shell |
General Electric |
Wells Fargo | ||||
| 9 | Hoffmann-La Roche |
General Electric |
Novartis |
Walmart | ||||
| 10 | Walmart |
Hoffmann-La Roche |
Hoffmann-La Roche |
ICBC | ||||
2013[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2013. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[63] | Second quarter[64] | Third quarter[65] | Fourth quarter[66] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
ExxonMobil |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil |
Apple |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Microsoft |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | PetroChina |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Microsoft |
Google | ||||
| 5 | Walmart |
Walmart |
Johnson & Johnson |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 6 | General Electric |
Johnson & Johnson |
General Electric |
General Electric | ||||
| 7 | Microsoft |
General Electric |
Walmart |
Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 8 | IBM |
Google |
Google |
Walmart | ||||
| 9 | Nestlé |
Chevron Corporation |
Chevron Corporation |
Hoffmann-La Roche | ||||
| 10 | Chevron Corporation |
ICBC |
Hoffmann-La Roche |
Chevron Corporation | ||||
2012[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2012. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[67] | Second quarter[68] | Third quarter[69] | Fourth quarter[70] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | PetroChina |
PetroChina |
PetroChina |
PetroChina | ||||
| 4 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
BHP Billiton | ||||
| 5 | IBM |
Walmart |
Walmart |
ICBC | ||||
| 6 | ICBC |
IBM |
General Electric |
China Mobile | ||||
| 7 | Royal Dutch Shell |
General Electric |
IBM |
Walmart | ||||
| 8 | China Mobile |
China Mobile |
Chevron Corporation |
Samsung Electronics | ||||
| 9 | General Electric |
Royal Dutch Shell |
China Mobile |
Microsoft | ||||
| 10 | Chevron Corporation |
ICBC |
Royal Dutch Shell |
Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
2011[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2011. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[71] | Second quarter[72] | Third quarter[73] | Fourth quarter[74] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
Apple |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 2 | PetroChina |
Apple |
ExxonMobil |
Apple | ||||
| 3 | Apple |
PetroChina |
PetroChina |
PetroChina | ||||
| 4 | ICBC |
ICBC |
IBM |
Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
| 5 | Petrobras |
BHP Billiton |
Microsoft |
ICBC | ||||
| 6 | BHP Billiton |
Royal Dutch Shell |
ICBC |
Microsoft | ||||
| 7 | China Construction Bank |
Microsoft |
China Mobile |
IBM | ||||
| 8 | Royal Dutch Shell |
Nestlé |
Royal Dutch Shell |
Chevron Corporation | ||||
| 9 | Chevron Corporation |
Petrobras |
Nestlé |
Walmart | ||||
| 10 | Microsoft |
IBM |
Chevron Corporation |
China Mobile | ||||
2010[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2010. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[75] | Second quarter[76] | Third quarter[77] | Fourth quarter[78] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PetroChina |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil |
PetroChina |
PetroChina |
PetroChina | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 4 | ICBC |
ICBC |
Petrobras |
BHP Billiton | ||||
| 5 | Apple |
Microsoft |
ICBC |
Microsoft | ||||
| 6 | BHP Billiton |
China Mobile |
Microsoft |
ICBC | ||||
| 7 | Walmart |
Berkshire Hathaway |
China Mobile |
Petrobras | ||||
| 8 | Berkshire Hathaway |
China Construction Bank |
Berkshire Hathaway |
China Construction Bank | ||||
| 9 | General Electric |
Walmart |
China Construction Bank |
Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
| 10 | China Mobile |
Procter & Gamble 172,736.5 |
BHP Billiton |
Nestlé | ||||
2009[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2009. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[79] | Second quarter[80] | Third quarter[81] | Fourth quarter[82] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil |
PetroChina |
ExxonMobil |
PetroChina | ||||
| 2 | PetroChina |
ExxonMobil |
PetroChina |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | Walmart |
ICBC |
ICBC |
Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | ICBC |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
ICBC | ||||
| 5 | China Mobile |
China Mobile |
HSBC |
Walmart | ||||
| 6 | Microsoft |
Walmart |
China Mobile |
China Construction Bank | ||||
| 7 | AT&T |
China Construction Bank |
Walmart |
BHP Billiton | ||||
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson |
Petrobras |
Petrobras |
HSBC | ||||
| 9 | Royal Dutch Shell |
Johnson & Johnson |
China Construction Bank |
Petrobras | ||||
| 10 | Procter & Gamble |
Royal Dutch Shell |
Royal Dutch Shell |
Apple | ||||
2008[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2008. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[83] | Second quarter[84] | Third quarter[85] | Fourth quarter[86] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 2 | PetroChina |
PetroChina |
PetroChina |
PetroChina | ||||
| 3 | General Electric |
ICBC |
ICBC |
Walmart | ||||
| 4 | Gazprom |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
China Mobile | ||||
| 5 | China Mobile |
China Mobile |
HSBC |
Procter & Gamble | ||||
| 6 | ICBC |
Walmart |
China Mobile |
ICBC | ||||
| 7 | Microsoft |
China Construction Bank |
Walmart |
Microsoft | ||||
| 8 | AT&T |
Petrobras |
Petrobras |
AT&T | ||||
| 9 | Royal Dutch Shell |
Johnson & Johnson |
China Construction Bank |
Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 10 | Procter & Gamble |
Royal Dutch Shell |
Royal Dutch Shell |
General Electric | ||||
2007[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2007. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[87] | Second quarter[88] | Third quarter[89] | Fourth quarter[90] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
Petrochina | ||||
| 2 | General Electric |
General Electric |
General Electric |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
China Mobile |
General Electric | ||||
| 4 | Citigroup |
Royal Dutch Shell |
ICBC |
China Mobile | ||||
| 5 | AT&T |
AT&T |
Microsoft |
ICBC | ||||
| 6 | Gazprom |
Citigroup |
Royal Dutch Shell |
Microsoft | ||||
| 7 | Toyota |
Gazprom |
Gazprom |
Gazprom | ||||
| 8 | Bank of America |
BP |
AT&T |
Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
| 9 | ICBC |
Toyota |
Citigroup |
AT&T | ||||
| 10 | Royal Dutch Shell |
Bank of America |
Bank of America |
Sinopec | ||||
2006[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 2006. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[91] | Second quarter[92] | Third quarter[93] | Fourth quarter[94] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ||||
| 2 | General Electric |
General Electric |
General Electric |
General Electric | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft |
Gazprom |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | Citigroup |
Citigroup |
Gazprom |
Citigroup | ||||
| 5 | BP |
Microsoft |
Citigroup |
Gazprom | ||||
| 6 | Bank of America |
BP |
Bank of America |
ICBC | ||||
| 7 | Royal Dutch Shell |
Royal Dutch Shell |
Royal Dutch Shell |
Toyota | ||||
| 8 | Walmart |
Bank of America |
BP |
Bank of America | ||||
| 9 | Toyota |
HSBC |
HSBC |
Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
| 10 | Gazprom |
Walmart |
Pfizer |
BP | ||||
2005[edit]
This Financial Times–This list is up to date as of 31 March 2005.[95]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 3 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 4 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | |
| 5 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | |
| 6 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 7 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | |
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | |
| 9 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 10 | Bank of America | United States | Banking |
2004[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as 31 March 2004.[96]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 5 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | |
| 6 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 7 | American International Group | United States | Insurance | |
| 8 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 9 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | |
| 10 | HSBC | United Kingdom | Banking |
2003[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as December 2003.[97]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 5 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 6 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | |
| 7 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | |
| 8 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | |
| 9 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | |
| 10 | IBM | United States | Computer software, computer hardware |
2002[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date December 2002.[98]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 5 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | |
| 6 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 7 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 8 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | |
| 9 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | |
| 10 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas |
2001[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as 31 March 2001.[99]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | United States | Networking hardware | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | 263,996 |
| 5 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 6 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 7 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 250,143 |
| 8 | Vodafone | United Kingdom | Telecommunications | 227,175 |
| 9 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 10 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | 206,340 |
2000[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as 31 March 2000.[100]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 3 | NTT Docomo | Japan | Telecommunications | |
| 4 | Cisco Systems | United States | Networking hardware | |
| 5 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 6 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 7 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | |
| 8 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 9 | Lucent | United States | Telecommunications | |
| 10 | Deutsche Telekom | Germany | Telecommunications |
1999[edit]
The 10 largest companies in the world by market capitalization in 1999 - Statista
| Rank | Name | Country | Industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 3 | Cisco Systems | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 4 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | |
| 5 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 6 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 7 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | |
| 8 | Lucent | United States | Telecommunications | |
| 9 | Nokia | Finland | Telecommunications | |
| 10 | Deutsche Telekom | Germany | Telecommunications |
1998[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1998.[101]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | Software | |
| 2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | |
| 5 | Merck | United States | Health care | |
| 6 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 7 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 8 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | |
| 9 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 10 | IBM | United States | Software, computer hardware |
1997[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1997.[102]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | |
| 3 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 4 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 5 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | |
| 6 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 7 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | |
| 8 | Merck | United States | Health care | |
| 9 | Toyota | Japan | Automotive | |
| 10 | Novartis | Switzerland | Health care |
1996[edit]
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1996.[103]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 136,515 |
| 2 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | 128,206 |
| 3 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | 117,258 |
| 4 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | 113,609 |
| 5 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | 102,161 |
See also[edit]
- List of countries by stock market capitalization
- List of largest companies by revenue
- List of largest employers
- List of largest corporate profits and losses
- List of wealthiest religious organizations
- Corporate capitalism
- World Economic Forum
- Fortune Global 500
Notes[edit]
- ^ On 5 November 2007, A shares of PetroChina ended their first day of trading after an IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange yielded a market cap of approximately $1 trillion.[6] Only 4 billion A shares were floated during the IPO, another 158 billion A shares were still held by China National Petroleum Corporation. 21.9 billion H shares were already floated on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[7] However, market capitalization based on H shares never reached $500 billion.[8]
- ^ Meta was formerly Facebook Inc. and traded as Facebook, Inc. at the time it first reached a $1tn capitalization
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Note that in case some companies with multiple classes of stock only one class is considered.
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