Fortune Global 500

Fortune Global 500 is an annual list of the 500 top-selling companies in the world. It is published by the US business magazine Fortune . The companies listed there are almost exclusively listed.

overview

The first Fortune Global 500 appeared on July 30, 1990 with the information for the business year 1989. Until 1989, the list under the name "International 500" only included non-American industrial companies. US companies joined in in 1990 to create a truly global list of the top-selling industrial companies. The list has had its current form since 1995 and also includes banks, insurance companies and financial service providers according to their turnover.

According to Fortune's definitions and statements , unlisted companies are only included in the Fortune Global 500 list if they publish a so-called Form 10-K annual report. For this reason, Cargill and Koch Industries are not included in the list, the two largest privately held US companies with estimated annual sales of $ 109.6 billion and $ 100.0 billion in fiscal 2010, respectively. For the same reason, a number of large international companies are also missing, including Saudi Aramco from the Middle East . With an estimated annual turnover of 182.4 billion US dollars, the state-owned oil company from Saudi Arabia was one of the ten largest companies in the world in fiscal year 2009. Since the ranking list mostly only takes listed companies into account and therefore a number of unlisted companies are missing, it is only of limited significance.

Since 1990 three corporations from the USA ( ExxonMobil , General Motors , Walmart ), one corporation from Japan ( Mitsubishi Corporation ) and one corporation from the Netherlands ( Royal Dutch Shell ) have been the largest companies in the world. DaimlerChrysler achieved the best placement for a German company in 1999. With sales of 154.6 billion US dollars, the company was ranked number two worldwide and number one in Europe.

There is no globally recognized uniform standard of assessment for the size of a company. Possible variables are turnover , market capitalization or the number of employees. Fortune chose sales. Fortune Global 500 competes with the Forbes Global 2000 and Financial Times Global 500 lists .

Top 20 of the Fortune Global 500

1990

The list was published on July 30, 1990 with the information for the 1989 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	1989 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	126.974	Automobiles
2.	ford	United States	096,933	Automobiles
3.	Exxon	United States	086.656	oil and gas
4th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	085.528	oil and gas
5.	IBM	United States	063,438	technology
6th	Toyota	Japan	060.444	Automobiles
7th	General Electric	United States	055.264	Conglomerates
8th.	Mobile	United States	050.976	oil and gas
9.	Hitachi	Japan	050.894	technology
10.	BP	Great Britain	049.484	oil and gas
11.	IRI	Italy	049.077	Conglomerates
12.	Matsushita Electric Industrial	Japan	043.086	technology
13.	Daimler Benz	Germany	040.616	Automobiles
14th	Philip Morris	United States	039.069	tobacco
15th	Fiat	Italy	036.741	Automobiles
16.	Chrysler	United States	036.156	Automobiles
17th	Nissan	Japan	036.078	Automobiles
18th	Unilever	Netherlands	035.284	food
19th	DuPont	United States	035.209	chemistry
20th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	035,189	technology

1991

The list appeared on July 29, 1991 with the information for the 1990 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	1990 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	125.126	Automobiles
2.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	107.203	oil and gas
3.	Exxon	United States	105.885	oil and gas
4th	ford	United States	098.274	Automobiles
5.	IBM	United States	069.018	technology
6th	Toyota	Japan	064,516	Automobiles
7th	IRI	Italy	061,433	Conglomerates
8th.	BP	Great Britain	059.540	oil and gas
9.	Mobile	United States	058.770	oil and gas
10.	General Electric	United States	058.414	Conglomerates
11.	Daimler Benz	Germany	054.259	Automobiles
12.	Hitachi	Japan	050.685	technology
13.	Fiat	Italy	047.751	Automobiles
14th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	045,042	technology
15th	Philip Morris	United States	044.323	tobacco
16.	Volkswagen	Germany	043.710	Automobiles
17th	Matsushita Electric Industrial	Japan	043,516	technology
18th	Eni	Italy	041.761	Supplier
19th	Texaco	United States	041.235	oil and gas
20th	Nissan	Japan	040.217	Automobiles

1992

The list was published on July 27, 1992 with the information for the 1991 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	1991 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	123.780	Automobiles
2.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	103.835	oil and gas
3.	Exxon	United States	103.242	oil and gas
4th	ford	United States	088.963	Automobiles
5.	Toyota	Japan	078.061	Automobiles
6th	IBM	United States	065.394	technology
7th	IRI	Italy	064.096	Conglomerates
8th.	General Electric	United States	060.236	Conglomerates
9.	BP	Great Britain	058.355	oil and gas
10.	Daimler Benz	Germany	057.321	Automobiles
11.	Mobile	United States	056.910	oil and gas
12.	Hitachi	Japan	056.053	technology
13.	Matsushita Electric Industrial	Japan	048,595	technology
14th	Philip Morris	United States	048.109	tobacco
15th	Fiat	Italy	046.812	Automobiles
16.	Volkswagen	Germany	046.042	Automobiles
17th	Siemens	Germany	044.859	technology
18th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	043,702	technology
19th	Nissan	Japan	042.906	Automobiles
20th	Unilever	Netherlands	041.262	food

1993

The list was published on July 26, 1993 with the information for the financial year 1992.

rank	Companies	country	1992 sales in billion dollars	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	132.775	Automobiles
2.	Exxon	United States	103,547	oil and gas
3.	ford	United States	100.786	Automobiles
4th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	098.935	oil and gas
5.	Toyota	Japan	079.114	Automobiles
6th	IRI	Italy	067.547	Conglomerates
7th	IBM	United States	065.096	technology
8th.	Daimler Benz	Germany	063,340	Automobiles
9.	General Electric	United States	062.202	Conglomerates
10.	Hitachi	Japan	061,466	technology
11.	BP	Great Britain	059.216	oil and gas
12.	Matsushita Electric Industrial	Japan	057.481	technology
13.	Mobile	United States	057.389	oil and gas
14th	Volkswagen	Germany	056.734	Automobiles
15th	Siemens	Germany	051,402	technology
16.	Nissan	Japan	050.248	Automobiles
17th	Philip Morris	United States	050.157	tobacco
18th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	049.560	technology
19th	Fiat	Italy	047.929	Automobiles
20th	Unilever	Netherlands	043.963	food

1994

The list was published on July 25, 1994 with the information for the 1993 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales in 1993 in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	133.622	Automobiles
2.	ford	United States	108.521	Automobiles
3.	Exxon	United States	097.825	oil and gas
4th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	095.134	oil and gas
5.	Toyota	Japan	085.283	Automobiles
6th	Hitachi	Japan	068,582	technology
7th	IBM	United States	062.716	technology
8th.	Matsushita Electric Industrial	Japan	061,385	technology
9.	General Electric	United States	060.823	Conglomerates
10.	Daimler Benz	Germany	059.102	Automobiles
11.	Mobile	United States	056,576	oil and gas
12.	Nissan	Japan	053.760	Automobiles
13.	BP	Great Britain	052.485	oil and gas
14th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	051,345	technology
15th	Philip Morris	United States	050.621	tobacco
16.	IRI	Italy	050.488	Conglomerates
17th	Siemens	Germany	050.381	technology
18th	Volkswagen	Germany	046.312	Automobiles
19th	Chrysler	United States	043,600	Automobiles
20th	Toshiba	Japan	042.917	technology

1995

The list was published on August 7, 1995 with the information for the 1994 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	1994 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	175.836	trade
2.	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	171.491	Conglomerates
3.	Itochu	Japan	167.825	trade
4th	Sumitomo Corporation	Japan	162.476	Conglomerates
5.	General Motors	United States	154,951	Automobiles
6th	Marubeni	Japan	150.187	trade
7th	ford	United States	128.439	Automobiles
8th.	Exxon	United States	101.459	oil and gas
9.	Nissho Iwai	Japan	100.876	trade
10.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	094.881	oil and gas
11.	Toyota	Japan	088.159	Automobiles
12.	Walmart	United States	083.412	trade
13.	Hitachi	Japan	076.431	technology
14th	Nippon Life Insurance	Japan	075,350	Insurance
15th	AT&T	United States	075.094	telecommunications
16.	NTT	Japan	070.844	telecommunications
17th	Matsushita Electric Industrial	Japan	069.947	technology
18th	Tomen Corporation	Japan	069.902	trade
19th	General Electric	United States	064.687	Conglomerates
20th	Daimler Benz	Germany	064.169	Automobiles

1996

The list was published on August 5, 1996 with the information for the 1995 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	1995 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	184.365	trade
2.	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	181.519	Conglomerates
3.	Itochu	Japan	169.165	trade
4th	General Motors	United States	168.829	Automobiles
5.	Sumitomo Corporation	Japan	167.531	Conglomerates
6th	Marubeni	Japan	161.057	trade
7th	ford	United States	137.137	Automobiles
8th.	Toyota	Japan	111.052	Automobiles
9.	Exxon	United States	110.009	oil and gas
10.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	109.834	oil and gas
11.	Nissho Iwai	Japan	097.886	trade
12.	Walmart	United States	093.627	trade
13.	Hitachi	Japan	084.167	technology
14th	Nippon Life Insurance	Japan	083.207	Insurance
15th	NTT	Japan	081.937	telecommunications
16.	AT&T	United States	079,609	telecommunications
17th	Daimler Benz	Germany	072.256	Automobiles
18th	IBM	United States	071.940	technology
19th	Matsushita Electric Industrial	Japan	070.398	technology
20th	General Electric	United States	070.028	Conglomerates

1997

The list was published on August 4, 1997 with the information for the 1996 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales in 1996 in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	168.369	Automobiles
2.	ford	United States	146.991	Automobiles
3.	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	144.943	Conglomerates
4th	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	140.204	trade
5.	Itochu	Japan	135.542	trade
6th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	128.175	oil and gas
7th	Marubeni	Japan	124.027	trade
8th.	Exxon	United States	119.434	oil and gas
9.	Sumitomo Corporation	Japan	119.281	Conglomerates
10.	Toyota	Japan	108.702	Automobiles
11.	Walmart	United States	106.147	trade
12.	General Electric	United States	079.179	Conglomerates
13.	Nissho Iwai	Japan	078,921	trade
14th	NTT	Japan	078,321	telecommunications
15th	IBM	United States	075.947	technology
16.	Hitachi	Japan	075.669	technology
17th	AT&T	United States	074.525	telecommunications
18th	Nippon Life Insurance	Japan	072.575	Insurance
19th	Mobile	United States	072.267	oil and gas
20th	Daimler Benz	Germany	071,589	Automobiles

1998

The list was published on August 3, 1998 with the information for the 1997 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 1997 in billion $	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	178.174	Automobiles
2.	ford	United States	153.627	Automobiles
3.	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	142.688	Conglomerates
4th	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	128.922	trade
5.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	128.142	oil and gas
6th	Itochu	Japan	126.632	trade
7th	Exxon	United States	122.379	oil and gas
8th.	Walmart	United States	119.299	trade
9.	Marubeni	Japan	111.121	trade
10.	Sumitomo Corporation	Japan	102.395	Conglomerates
11.	Toyota	Japan	095.137	Automobiles
12.	General Electric	United States	090.840	Conglomerates
13.	Nissho Iwai	Japan	081.894	trade
14th	IBM	United States	078.508	technology
15th	NTT	Japan	076.984	telecommunications
16.	AXA	France	076.874	Insurance
17th	Daimler Benz	Germany	071,561	Automobiles
18th	Daewoo	South Korea	071.526	Conglomerates
19th	Nippon Life Insurance	Japan	071.388	Insurance
20th	BP	Great Britain	071.193	oil and gas

1999

The list was published on August 2, 1999 with the information for the 1998 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	1998 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	161.315	Automobiles
2.	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	154.615	Automobiles
3.	ford	United States	144.416	Automobiles
4th	Walmart	United States	139.208	trade
5.	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	109.373	Conglomerates
6th	Itochu	Japan	108.749	trade
7th	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	107.184	trade
8th.	Exxon	United States	100.697	oil and gas
9.	General Electric	United States	100.469	Conglomerates
10.	Toyota	Japan	099.740	Automobiles
11.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	093.692	oil and gas
12.	Marubeni	Japan	093,569	trade
13.	Sumitomo Corporation	Japan	089.021	Conglomerates
14th	IBM	United States	081.667	technology
15th	AXA	France	078.729	Insurance
16.	Citigroup	United States	076.431	Banks
17th	Volkswagen	Germany	076,307	Automobiles
18th	NTT	Japan	076.119	telecommunications
19th	BP Amoco	Great Britain	068,304	oil and gas
20th	Nissho Iwai	Japan	067.742	trade

2000

The list was published on July 24, 2000 with the information for the 1999 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	1999 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	General Motors	United States	176.558	Automobiles
2.	Walmart	United States	166,809	trade
3.	ExxonMobil	United States	163.881	oil and gas
4th	ford	United States	162.558	Automobiles
5.	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	159.986	Automobiles
6th	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	118.555	Conglomerates
7th	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	117.766	trade
8th.	Toyota	Japan	115.671	Automobiles
9.	General Electric	United States	111.630	Conglomerates
10.	Itochu	Japan	109.069	trade
11.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	105.366	oil and gas
12.	Sumitomo Corporation	Japan	095.702	Conglomerates
13.	NTT	Japan	093,592	telecommunications
14th	Marubeni	Japan	091,807	trade
15th	AXA	France	087.646	Insurance
16.	IBM	United States	087.548	technology
17th	BP Amoco	Great Britain	083,566	oil and gas
18th	Citigroup	United States	082.005	Banks
19th	Volkswagen	Germany	080.073	Automobiles
20th	Nippon Life Insurance	Japan	078.515	Insurance

2001

The list was published on July 23, 2001 with the information for the 2000 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2000 in billion $	Branch
1.	ExxonMobil	United States	210.392	oil and gas
2.	Walmart	United States	193.295	trade
3.	General Motors	United States	184.632	Automobiles
4th	ford	United States	180.598	Automobiles
5.	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	150.070	Automobiles
6th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	149.146	oil and gas
7th	BP	Great Britain	148.062	oil and gas
8th.	General Electric	United States	129.853	Conglomerates
9.	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	126.579	trade
10.	Toyota	Japan	121.416	Automobiles
11.	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	118.014	Conglomerates
12.	Citigroup	United States	111.826	Banks
13.	Itochu	Japan	109.757	trade
14th	TotalFinaElf	France	105.870	oil and gas
15th	NTT	Japan	103.235	telecommunications
16.	Enron	United States	100.789	Supplier
17th	AXA	France	092.782	Insurance
18th	Sumitomo Corporation	Japan	091.168	Conglomerates
19th	IBM	United States	088.396	technology
20th	Marubeni	Japan	085,351	trade

2002

The list was published on July 22, 2002 with the information for the 2001 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	2001 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	219.812	trade
2.	ExxonMobil	United States	191,581	oil and gas
3.	General Motors	United States	177.260	Automobiles
4th	BP	Great Britain	174.218	oil and gas
5.	ford	United States	162.412	Automobiles
6th	Enron	United States	138.718	Supplier
7th	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	136.897	Automobiles
8th.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	135.211	oil and gas
9.	General Electric	United States	125.913	Conglomerates
10.	Toyota	Japan	120.814	Automobiles
11.	Citigroup	United States	112.022	Banks
12.	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	105.814	trade
13.	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	101.206	Conglomerates
14th	ChevronTexaco	United States	099.699	oil and gas
15th	TotalFinaElf	France	094.312	oil and gas
16.	NTT	Japan	093.425	telecommunications
17th	Itochu	Japan	091.177	trade
18th	alliance	Germany	085.929	Insurance
19th	IBM	United States	085.866	technology
20th	ING Group	Netherlands	082.999	Financial service providers

2003

The list was published on July 21, 2003 with the information for the 2002 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2002 in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	246.525	trade
2.	General Motors	United States	186.763	Automobiles
3.	ExxonMobil	United States	182,466	oil and gas
4th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	179.431	oil and gas
5.	BP	Great Britain	178.721	oil and gas
6th	ford	United States	163.871	Automobiles
7th	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	141.421	Automobiles
8th.	Toyota	Japan	131.754	Automobiles
9.	General Electric	United States	131.698	Conglomerates
10.	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	109.386	trade
11.	Mitsui & Co.	Japan	108.631	Conglomerates
12.	alliance	Germany	101.930	Insurance
13.	Citigroup	United States	100.789	Banks
14th	Total	France	096.945	oil and gas
15th	ChevronTexaco	United States	092.043	oil and gas
16.	NTT	Japan	089.644	telecommunications
17th	ING Group	Netherlands	088.102	Financial service providers
18th	Itochu	Japan	085.859	trade
19th	IBM	United States	083.132	technology
20th	Volkswagen	Germany	082.204	Automobiles

2004

The list was published on July 26, 2004 with the information for the 2003 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	2003 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	263.009	trade
2.	BP	Great Britain	232.571	oil and gas
3.	ExxonMobil	United States	222.883	oil and gas
4th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	201.728	oil and gas
5.	General Motors	United States	195.324	Automobiles
6th	ford	United States	164.505	Automobiles
7th	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	156.602	Automobiles
8th.	Toyota	Japan	153.111	Automobiles
9.	General Electric	United States	134.187	Conglomerates
10.	Total	France	118.441	oil and gas
11.	alliance	Germany	114.950	Insurance
12.	ChevronTexaco	United States	112.937	oil and gas
13.	AXA	France	111.912	Insurance
14th	ConocoPhillips	United States	099.468	oil and gas
15th	Volkswagen	Germany	098.637	Automobiles
16.	NTT	Japan	098.229	telecommunications
17th	ING Group	Netherlands	095.983	Financial service providers
18th	Citigroup	United States	094.713	Banks
19th	IBM	United States	089.131	technology
20th	AIG	United States	081,303	Insurance

2005

The list was published on July 25, 2005 with the information for the 2004 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	2004 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	287,989	trade
2.	BP	Great Britain	285.059	oil and gas
3.	ExxonMobil	United States	270.772	oil and gas
4th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	268.690	oil and gas
5.	General Motors	United States	193.517	Automobiles
6th	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	176.688	Automobiles
7th	Toyota	Japan	172.616	Automobiles
8th.	ford	United States	172.233	Automobiles
9.	General Electric	United States	152.866	Conglomerates
10.	Total	France	152.610	oil and gas
11.	ChevronTexaco	United States	147.967	oil and gas
12.	ConocoPhillips	United States	121.663	oil and gas
13.	AXA	France	121.606	Insurance
14th	alliance	Germany	118.937	Insurance
15th	Volkswagen	Germany	110.649	Automobiles
16.	Citigroup	United States	108.276	Banks
17th	ING Group	Netherlands	105.886	Financial service providers
18th	NTT	Japan	100.545	telecommunications
19th	AIG	United States	097.987	Insurance
20th	IBM	United States	096.293	technology

2006

The list was published on July 24, 2006 with the information for the 2005 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2005 in billion $	Branch
1.	ExxonMobil	United States	339.938	oil and gas
2.	Walmart	United States	315.654	trade
3.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	306.731	oil and gas
4th	BP	Great Britain	267,600	oil and gas
5.	General Motors	United States	192.604	Automobiles
6th	Chevron	United States	189.481	oil and gas
7th	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	186.106	Automobiles
8th.	Toyota	Japan	185,805	Automobiles
9.	ford	United States	177.210	Automobiles
10.	ConocoPhillips	United States	166.683	oil and gas
11.	General Electric	United States	157.153	Conglomerates
12.	Total	France	152,361	oil and gas
13.	ING Group	Netherlands	138.235	Financial service providers
14th	Citigroup	United States	131.045	Banks
15th	AXA	France	129.839	Insurance
16.	alliance	Germany	121,406	Insurance
17th	Volkswagen	Germany	118.377	Automobiles
18th	Fortis	Belgium	112,351	Financial service providers
19th	Crédit Agricole	France	110.765	Banks
20th	AIG	United States	108.905	Insurance

2007

The list was published on July 23, 2007 with the information for the 2006 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2006 in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	351.139	trade
2.	ExxonMobil	United States	347.254	oil and gas
3.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	318.845	oil and gas
4th	BP	Great Britain	274,316	oil and gas
5.	General Motors	United States	207,349	Automobiles
6th	Toyota	Japan	204.746	Automobiles
7th	Chevron	United States	200.567	oil and gas
8th.	DaimlerChrysler	Germany	190.191	Automobiles
9.	ConocoPhillips	United States	172.451	oil and gas
10.	Total	France	168.357	oil and gas
11.	General Electric	United States	168,307	Conglomerates
12.	ford	United States	160.126	Automobiles
13.	ING Group	Netherlands	158.274	Financial service providers
14th	Citigroup	United States	146.777	Banks
15th	AXA	France	139.738	Insurance
16.	Volkswagen	Germany	132.323	Automobiles
17th	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	131.636	oil and gas
18th	Crédit Agricole	France	128.481	Banks
19th	alliance	Germany	125.346	Insurance
20th	Fortis	Belgium	121.202	Financial service providers

2008

The list was published on July 21, 2008 with the information for the 2007 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2007 in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	378.799	trade
2.	ExxonMobil	United States	372.824	oil and gas
3.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	355.782	oil and gas
4th	BP	Great Britain	291,438	oil and gas
5.	Toyota	Japan	230,201	Automobiles
6th	Chevron	United States	210.783	oil and gas
7th	ING Group	Netherlands	201.516	Financial service providers
8th.	Total	France	187,280	oil and gas
9.	General Motors	United States	182,347	Automobiles
10.	ConocoPhillips	United States	178.558	oil and gas
11.	Daimler	Germany	177.167	Automobiles
12.	General Electric	United States	176.656	Conglomerates
13.	ford	United States	172.468	Automobiles
14th	Fortis	Belgium	164.877	Financial service providers
15th	AXA	France	162.762	Insurance
16.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	159.260	oil and gas
17th	Citigroup	United States	159.229	Banks
18th	Volkswagen	Germany	149.054	Automobiles
19th	Dexia	Belgium	147.648	Banks
20th	HSBC	Great Britain	146,500	Banks

2009

The list was published on July 20, 2009 with the information for the 2008 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	2008 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	458,361	oil and gas
2.	ExxonMobil	United States	442.851	oil and gas
3.	Walmart	United States	405,607	trade
4th	BP	Great Britain	367.053	oil and gas
5.	Chevron	United States	263.159	oil and gas
6th	Total	France	234.674	oil and gas
7th	ConocoPhillips	United States	230.764	oil and gas
8th.	ING Group	Netherlands	226,577	Financial service providers
9.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	207.814	oil and gas
10.	Toyota	Japan	204,352	Automobiles
11.	Japan Post Holdings	Japan	198.700	Services
12.	General Electric	United States	183.207	Conglomerates
13.	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	181.123	oil and gas
14th	Volkswagen	Germany	166.579	Automobiles
15th	State Grid	People's Republic of China	164.136	Supplier
16.	Dexia	Belgium	161.269	Banks
17th	Eni	Italy	159.348	Utilities, oil
18th	General Motors	United States	148.979	Automobiles
19th	ford	United States	146.277	Automobiles
20th	alliance	Germany	142.395	Insurance

2010

The list was published on July 26, 2010 with the information for the 2009 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	2009 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	408.214	trade
2.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	285.129	oil and gas
3.	ExxonMobil	United States	284,650	oil and gas
4th	BP	Great Britain	246.138	oil and gas
5.	Toyota	Japan	204.106	Automobiles
6th	Japan Post Holdings	Japan	202.196	Services
7th	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	187,518	oil and gas
8th.	State Grid	People's Republic of China	184.496	Supplier
9.	AXA	France	175.257	Insurance
10.	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	165.496	oil and gas
11.	Chevron	United States	163.527	oil and gas
12.	ING Group	Netherlands	163.204	Financial service providers
13.	General Electric	United States	156.779	Conglomerates
14th	Total	France	155.887	oil and gas
15th	Bank of America	United States	150,450	Banks
16.	Volkswagen	Germany	146.205	Automobiles
17th	ConocoPhillips	United States	139.515	oil and gas
18th	BNP Paribas	France	130.708	Banks
19th	Assicurazioni Generali	Italy	126.012	Insurance
20th	alliance	Germany	125.999	Insurance

2011

The list was published on July 25, 2011 with the information for the 2010 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2010 in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	421.849	trade
2.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	378,152	oil and gas
3.	ExxonMobil	United States	354.674	oil and gas
4th	BP	Great Britain	308,928	oil and gas
5.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	273,422	oil and gas
6th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	240.192	oil and gas
7th	State Grid	People's Republic of China	226.294	Supplier
8th.	Toyota	Japan	221.760	Automobiles
9.	Japan Post Holdings	Japan	203,958	Services
10.	Chevron	United States	196,337	oil and gas
11.	Total	France	186.055	oil and gas
12.	ConocoPhillips	United States	184.966	oil and gas
13.	Volkswagen	Germany	168.041	Automobiles
14th	AXA	France	162.236	Insurance
15th	Fannie Mae	United States	153.825	Banks
16.	General Electric	United States	151.628	Conglomerates
17th	ING Group	Netherlands	147.052	Financial service providers
18th	Glencore	Switzerland	144.978	Commodity trading
19th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	136.185	Conglomerates
20th	General Motors	United States	135,592	Automobiles

2012

The list was published on July 23, 2012 with the information for the 2011 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2011 in billion $	Branch
1.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	484,489	oil and gas
2.	ExxonMobil	United States	452,926	oil and gas
3.	Walmart	United States	446,950	trade
4th	BP	Great Britain	386,463	oil and gas
5.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	375.214	oil and gas
6th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	352,338	oil and gas
7th	State Grid	People's Republic of China	259.142	Supplier
8th.	Chevron	United States	245.621	oil and gas
9.	ConocoPhillips	United States	237.272	oil and gas
10.	Toyota	Japan	235.364	Automobiles
11.	Total	France	231,580	oil and gas
12.	Volkswagen	Germany	221,551	Automobiles
13.	Japan Post Holdings	Japan	211.019	Services
14th	Glencore	Switzerland	186.152	Commodity trading
15th	Gazprom	Russia	157.831	oil and gas
16.	E.ON	Germany	157.057	Supplier
17th	Eni	Italy	153.676	oil and gas
18th	ING Group	Netherlands	150.571	Financial service providers
19th	General Motors	United States	150.276	Automobiles
20th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	148.944	technology

2013

The list was published in 2013 with the information for the 2012 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2012 in billion $	Branch
1.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	481,700	oil and gas
2.	Walmart	United States	469.162	trade
3.	ExxonMobil	United States	449.886	oil and gas
4th	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	428.167	oil and gas
5.	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	408.630	oil and gas
6th	BP	Great Britain	388.285	oil and gas
7th	State Grid	People's Republic of China	298,449	Supplier
8th.	Toyota	Japan	265,702	Automobiles
9.	Volkswagen	Germany	247,613	Automobiles
10.	Total	France	234.278	oil and gas
11.	Chevron	United States	233.899	oil and gas
12.	Glencore	Switzerland	214.436	Commodity trading
13.	Japan Post Holdings	Japan	190.859	Services
14th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	178.555	technology
15th	E.ON	Germany	169.756	Supplier
16.	Phillips 66	United States	169.551	oil and gas
17th	Eni	Italy	167.905	oil and gas
18th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	162.463	Holding
19th	Apple	United States	156.508	technology
20th	Axa	France	154,571	Insurance

2014

The list was published in 2014 with the information for the 2013 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2013 in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	476.294	trade
2.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	459,599	oil and gas
3.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	457,201	oil and gas
4th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	432.007	oil and gas
5.	ExxonMobil	United States	407.666	oil and gas
6th	BP	Great Britain	396.217	oil and gas
7th	State Grid	People's Republic of China	333,386	Supplier
8th.	Volkswagen	Germany	261,539	Automobiles
9.	Toyota	Japan	256.454	Automobiles
10.	Glencore	Switzerland	232.694	Commodity trading
11.	Total	France	227.882	oil and gas
12.	Chevron	United States	220.356	oil and gas
13.	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	208.938	technology
14th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	182.150	Holding
15th	Apple	United States	170.910	technology
16.	Axa	France	165.893	Insurance
17th	Gazprom	Russia	165.016	oil and gas
18th	E.ON	Germany	162.560	Supplier
19th	Phillips 66	United States	161.175	oil and gas
20th	Daimler	Germany	156.628	Automobiles

2015

The list was published in 2015 with the information for the 2014 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	2014 sales in billion dollars	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	485.651	trade
2.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	446.811	oil and gas
3.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	431,344	oil and gas
4th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	428.620	oil and gas
5.	ExxonMobil	United States	382,597	oil and gas
6th	BP	Great Britain	358.678	oil and gas
7th	State Grid	People's Republic of China	339,426	Supplier
8th.	Volkswagen	Germany	268,566	Automobiles
9.	Toyota	Japan	247,702	Automobiles
10.	Glencore	Switzerland	221.073	Commodity trading
11.	Total	France	212.018	oil and gas
12.	Chevron	United States	203.784	oil and gas
13.	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	195.845	technology
14th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	194.673	Holding
15th	Apple	United States	182.795	technology
16.	McKesson	United States	181.241	Healthcare
17th	Daimler	Germany	172.279	Automobiles
18th	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	People's Republic of China	163.175	Banks
19th	Exor	Italy / Netherlands	162.163	Automobiles
20th	Axa	France	161.173	Insurance

2016

The list was published in 2016 with the information for the 2015 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	2015 sales in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	482.130	trade
2.	State Grid	People's Republic of China	329,601	Supplier
3.	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	299.271	oil and gas
4th	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	294,344	oil and gas
5.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	272.156	oil and gas
6th	ExxonMobil	United States	246.204	oil and gas
7th	Volkswagen	Germany	236,600	Automobiles
8th.	Toyota	Japan	236,592	Automobiles
9.	Apple	United States	233.715	technology
10.	BP	Great Britain	225.982	oil and gas
11.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	210.821	Holding
12.	McKesson	United States	192.487	Healthcare
13.	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	177.440	technology
14th	Glencore	Switzerland	170.497	Commodity trading
15th	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	People's Republic of China	167.227	Banks
16.	Daimler	Germany	165,800	Automobiles
17th	UnitedHealth	United States	157.107	Insurance
18th	CVS Health	United States	153.290	trade
19th	Exor	Italy / Netherlands	152,591	Holding
20th	General Motors	United States	152.356	Automobiles

2017

The list was published in 2017 with the information for the 2016 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	2016 sales in billions of dollars	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	483.873	trade
2.	State Grid	People's Republic of China	315.199	Supplier
3.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	267,518	oil and gas
4th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	262,573	oil and gas
5.	Toyota	Japan	254.694	Automobiles
6th	Volkswagen	Germany	240.264	Automobiles
7th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	240.033	oil and gas
8th.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	223,604	Holding
9.	Apple	United States	215.639	technology
10.	ExxonMobil	United States	205.004	oil and gas
11.	McKesson	United States	198.533	Healthcare
12.	BP	Great Britain	186.606	oil and gas
13.	UnitedHealth	United States	184.840	Insurance
14th	CVS Health	United States	177.526	trade
15th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	173,957	technology
16.	Glencore	Switzerland	173.883	Commodity trading
17th	Daimler	Germany	169.483	Automobiles
18th	General Motors	United States	166.380	Automobiles
19th	AT&T	United States	163.786	telecommunications
20th	Exor	Italy / Netherlands	154.894	Holding

2018

The list was published in 2018 with the information for the 2017 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2017 in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	500,343	trade
2.	State Grid	People's Republic of China	348.903	Supplier
3.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	326,953	oil and gas
4th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	326.008	oil and gas
5.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	311.870	oil and gas
6th	Toyota	Japan	265.172	Automobiles
7th	Volkswagen	Germany	260.028	Automobiles
8th.	BP	Great Britain	244,582	oil and gas
9.	ExxonMobil	United States	244,363	oil and gas
10.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	242.137	Holding
11.	Apple	United States	229.234	technology
12.	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	211.940	technology
13.	McKesson	United States	208.357	Healthcare
14th	Glencore	Switzerland	205.476	Commodity trading
15th	UnitedHealth	United States	201.159	Insurance
16.	Daimler	Germany	185.235	Automobiles
17th	CVS Health	United States	184.765	trade
18th	Amazon.com	United States	177.866	E-commerce
19th	Exor	Italy / Netherlands	161.677	Holding
20th	AT&T	United States	160.546	telecommunications

2019

The list was published in 2019 with the information for the 2018 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2018 in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	514,405	trade
2.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	414,650	oil and gas
3.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	396,556	oil and gas
4th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	392.977	oil and gas
5.	State Grid	People's Republic of China	387.056	Supplier
6th	Saudi Aramco	Saudi Arabia	355.905	oil and gas
7th	BP	Great Britain	303.738	oil and gas
8th.	ExxonMobil	United States	290.212	oil and gas
9.	Volkswagen	Germany	278,342	Automobiles
10.	Toyota	Japan	272.612	Automobiles
11.	Apple	United States	265,595	technology
12.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	247,837	Holding
13.	Amazon.com	United States	232.887	E-commerce
14th	UnitedHealth	United States	226.247	Insurance
15th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	221,579	technology
16.	Glencore	Switzerland	219.754	Commodity trading
17th	McKesson	United States	214.319	Healthcare
18th	Daimler	Germany	197.515	Automobiles
19th	CVS Health	United States	194,579	trade
20th	Total	France	184.106	oil and gas

2020

The list was published in 2020 with the information for the 2019 financial year.

rank	Companies	country	Sales 2019 in billion $	Branch
1.	Walmart	United States	523.964	trade
2.	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	407.009	oil and gas
3.	State Grid	People's Republic of China	383,906	Supplier
4th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	379.130	oil and gas
5.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	352.106	oil and gas
6th	Saudi Aramco	Saudi Arabia	329.784	oil and gas
7th	Volkswagen	Germany	282.760	Automobiles
8th.	BP	Great Britain	282.616	oil and gas
9.	Amazon.com	United States	280.522	E-commerce
10.	Toyota	Japan	275.288	Automobiles
11.	ExxonMobil	United States	264,938	oil and gas
12.	Apple	United States	260.174	technology
13.	CVS Health	United States	256.776	trade
14th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	254.616	Holding
15th	UnitedHealth	United States	242.155	Insurance
16.	McKesson	United States	231.051	Healthcare
17th	Glencore	Switzerland	215.111	Commodity trading
18th	CSCEC	People's Republic of China	205.839	construction
19th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	197.705	technology
20th	Daimler	Germany	193,346	Automobiles

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fortune: Introducing a new Fortune list , July 30, 1990
2. ^ Forbes: America's Largest Private Companies , Nov. 16, 2011
3. ↑ Dinar Standard: Top 100 Companies of the Muslim World ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 27, 2011 
4. ↑ List 1990  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 784 kB)  
5. ↑ List 1991
6. ↑ List 1992
7. ↑ List 1993
8. ↑ List 1994
9. ↑ List 1995
10. ↑ List 1996
11. ↑ List 1997
12. ↑ List 1998 ( Memento from February 20, 1999 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ List 1999 ( Memento of April 9, 2000 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ List 2000 ( Memento from August 15, 2000 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ List 2001 ( Memento from June 5, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ List 2002 ( Memento of October 17, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ List 2003
18. ↑ List 2004
19. ↑ List 2005
20. ↑ List 2006
21. ↑ List 2007
22. ↑ List 2008
23. ↑ List 2009
24. ↑ List 2010
25. ↑ List 2011
26. ↑ List 2012
27. ↑ List 2013
28. ↑ List 2014
29. ↑ List 2015
30. ↑ List 2016
31. ↑ List 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2018 (American English). 
32. ↑ List 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018 (American English). 
33. ↑ List 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019 (American English). 
34. ↑ List 2020. Accessed August 15, 2020 (English).