Forbes Global 2000

Forbes Global 2000 is an annual listing of the 2,000 largest publicly traded companies in the world. It is published by the US business magazine Forbes .

overview

The Forbes Global 2000 list was first published by the US business magazine Forbes on July 3, 2003. It contains the 2,000 largest publicly traded companies in the world. The list replaced the Forbes 500 list published annually between 1997 and 2003 with the 500 largest companies in the USA. The list is far from complete, as non-American corporations are only included if they have trade relations with the United States. This is why a number of the actually largest listed companies are missing.

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. Forbes chose a combination of sales , net income , assets, and market value . The placements of the companies in the equally weighted categories are added together to form a rank.

The equal weighting of the four criteria of sales, net profit, assets and market value used by Forbes, without taking into account the industry of the individual companies, results in a distorted picture in favor of debt- intensive industries such as banks and insurance companies. In particular because the assets also include the assets financed with debt and therefore do not reflect the actual amount of own funds. For example, Bank of America only has around a third of the sales, a third of the profit and around 40 percent of the market value of ExxonMobil , but is still one rank above ExxonMobil according to the method used by Forbes.

From 2003 to 2012, US corporations ( Citigroup , ExxonMobil, General Electric , JPMorgan Chase ) were almost always in first place in the Forbes Global 2000 list . Only in 2008 was a non-American corporation listed in first place with the British HSBC . Since 2013, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has taken 1st place in the ranking every year . Allianz achieved the best ranking of a German company in 2008 with 14th place.

Forbes Global 2000 competes with the Fortune Global 500 and Financial Times Global 500 lists .

Forbes Global 2000

2003

The list was published on July 3, 2003 with the information for the 2002 financial year . The market value relates to the stock exchange price on May 30, 2003.

Ranks 11 and 15 were awarded twice in the Forbes Global 2000 list.

rank	Surname	country	Turnover (rank)	Profit (rank)	Assets (rank)	Market value (rank)	Branch
1.	Citigroup	United States	15th	3	1	6th	Insurance
2.	General Electric	United States	9	2	21st	1	Conglomerates
3.	AIG	United States	26th	23	20th	11	Insurance
4th	ExxonMobil	United States	2	1	79	4th	oil and gas
5.	Bank of America	United States	58	7th	16	20th	Banks
6th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	4th	8th	86	8th	oil and gas
7th	BP	Great Britain	5	13	80	9	oil and gas
8th.	Fannie Mae	United States	43	24	3	38	Banks
9.	HSBC	Great Britain	72	16	9	14th	Banks
10.	Toyota	Japan	8th	11	77	32	Automobiles
11.	Verizon	United States	27	15th	72	22nd	telecommunications
11.	Walmart	United States	1	10	120	5	retail trade
13.	ING Group	Netherlands	17th	34	11	113	Financial service providers
14th	Royal Bank of Scotland	Great Britain	95	30th	17th	36	Banks
15th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	63	26th	74	21st	Conglomerates
15th	BNP Paribas	France	50	53	12	69	Banks
17th	IBM	United States	20th	40	122	10	technology
18th	Altria Group	United States	33	5	128	27	tobacco
19th	General Motors	United States	3	56	32	103	Automobiles
20th	Total	France	14th	22nd	136	24	oil and gas

2004

The list was published on March 25, 2004 with the information for the 2003 financial year. The market value relates to the stock exchange price on February 13, 2004.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	Citigroup	United States	94.71	17.85	1,264.03	255.30	Insurance
2.	General Electric	United States	134.19	15.59	626.93	328.54	Conglomerates
3.	AIG	United States	76.66	6.46	647.66	194.87	Insurance
4th	ExxonMobil	United States	222.88	20.96	166.99	277.02	oil and gas
5.	BP	Great Britain	232.57	10.27	177.57	173.54	oil and gas
6th	Bank of America	United States	49.01	10.81	736.45	117.55	Banks
7th	HSBC	Great Britain	44.33	6.66	757.60	177.96	Banks
8th.	Toyota	Japan	135.82	7.99	171.71	115.40	Automobiles
9.	Fannie Mae	United States	53.13	6.48	1,019.17	76.84	Banks
10.	Walmart	United States	256.33	9.05	104.91	243.74	trade
11.	UBS	Switzerland	48.95	5.15	853.23	85.07	Banks
12.	ING Group	Netherlands	94.72	4.73	752.49	54.59	Financial service providers
13.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	133.50	8.40	100.72	163.45	oil and gas
14th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	56.22	6.95	172.24	141.14	Conglomerates
15th	JPMorgan Chase	United States	44.39	4.47	792.70	81.94	Banks
16.	IBM	United States	89.13	7.58	104.46	171.54	technology
17th	Total	France	131.64	8.84	87.84	116.64	oil and gas
18th	BNP Paribas	France	47.74	4.73	745.09	59.29	Banks
19th	Royal Bank of Scotland	Great Britain	35.65	4.95	663.45	90.21	Banks
20th	Freddie Mac	United States	46.26	10.09	752.25	44.25	Banks

2005

The list was published on March 31, 2005 with the information for the 2004 financial year. The market value is based on the stock exchange price on February 28, 2005.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	Citigroup	United States	108.28	17.05	1,484.10	247.66	Insurance
2.	General Electric	United States	152.36	16.59	750.33	372.14	Conglomerates
3.	AIG	United States	95.04	10.91	776.42	173.99	Insurance
4th	Bank of America	United States	65.45	14.14	1,110.46	188.77	Banks
5.	HSBC	Great Britain	62.97	9.52	1,031.29	186.74	Banks
6th	ExxonMobil	United States	263.99	25.33	195.26	405.25	oil and gas
7th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	265.19	18.54	193.83	221.49	oil and gas
8th.	BP	Great Britain	285.06	15.73	191.11	231.88	oil and gas
9.	ING Group	Netherlands	92.01	8.10	1,175.16	68.04	Financial service providers
10.	Toyota	Japan	165.68	11.13	211.15	140.89	Automobiles
11.	UBS	Switzerland	62.22	7.10	1,115.90	89.16	Banks
12.	Walmart	United States	285.22	10.27	120.62	218.56	retail trade
13.	Royal Bank of Scotland	Great Britain	46.65	8.66	1,119.90	108.95	Banks
14th	JPMorgan Chase	United States	50.12	4.66	1,138.47	129.98	Banks
15th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	74.21	6.36	181.86	138.74	Conglomerates
16.	BNP Paribas	France	55.08	5.80	1,228.03	64.39	Banks
17th	IBM	United States	96.29	8.43	109.18	152.76	technology
18th	Total	France	131.64	8.84	98.69	151.13	oil and gas
19th	Verizon	United States	71.28	7.83	165.96	99.64	telecommunications
20th	ChevronTexaco	United States	142.90	13.33	93.21	131.52	oil and gas

2006

The list was published on March 30, 2006 with the information for the 2005 financial year. The market value is based on the stock exchange price on February 28, 2006.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	Citigroup	United States	120.32	24.64	1,494.04	230.93	Insurance
2.	General Electric	United States	149.70	16.35	673.30	348.45	Conglomerates
3.	Bank of America	United States	85.39	16.47	1,291.80	184.17	Banks
4th	AIG	United States	106.98	11.90	843.40	172.24	Insurance
5.	HSBC	Great Britain	76.38	12.36	1,274.22	193.32	Banks
6th	ExxonMobil	United States	328.21	36.13	208.34	362.53	oil and gas
7th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	306.73	25.31	216.95	203.52	oil and gas
8th.	BP	Great Britain	249.47	22.63	206.91	225.93	oil and gas
9.	JPMorgan Chase	United States	79.90	8.48	1,198.94	144.13	Banks
10.	UBS	Switzerland	78.25	10.65	1,519.40	105.69	Banks
11.	ING Group	Netherlands	137.11	8.52	1,369.55	81.43	Financial service providers
12.	Toyota	Japan	173.09	10.93	227.05	175.54	Automobiles
13.	Walmart	United States	312.43	11.23	138.17	188.86	retail trade
14th	Royal Bank of Scotland	Great Britain	55.05	8.66	1,119.90	106.41	Banks
15th	Total	France	144.94	14.51	125.47	154.74	oil and gas
16.	Chevron	United States	184.92	14.10	124.81	126.80	oil and gas
17th	BNP Paribas	France	60.90	6.33	1,227.95	77.73	Banks
18th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	76.33	6.74	196.71	133.67	Conglomerates
19th	Banco Santander	Spain	44.81	8.54	956.39	91.34	Banks
20th	Barclays	Great Britain	47.87	5.92	1,587.06	75.99	Banks

2007

The list was published on March 29, 2007 with the information for the 2006 financial year. The market value is based on the stock exchange price on February 28, 2007.

Rank 19 was awarded twice in the Forbes Global 2000 list.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	Citigroup	United States	146.56	21.54	1,884.32	247.42	Banks
2.	Bank of America	United States	116.57	21.13	1,459.74	226.61	Banks
3.	HSBC	Great Britain	146.56	21.54	1,884.32	247.42	Banks
4th	General Electric	United States	163.39	20.83	697.24	358.98	Conglomerates
5.	JPMorgan Chase	United States	99.30	14.44	1,351.52	170.97	Banks
6th	AIG	United States	113.19	14.01	979.41	174.47	Insurance
7th	ExxonMobil	United States	335.09	39.50	223.95	410.65	oil and gas
8th.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	318.85	25.44	232.31	208.25	oil and gas
9.	UBS	Switzerland	105.59	9.78	1,776.89	116.84	Banks
10.	ING Group	Netherlands	153.44	9.65	1,615.05	93.99	Financial service providers
11.	BP	Great Britain	265.91	22.29	217.60	198.14	oil and gas
12.	Toyota	Japan	179.02	11.68	243.60	217.69	Automobiles
13.	Royal Bank of Scotland	Great Britain	77.41	12.51	1,705.35	124.13	Banks
14th	BNP Paribas	France	89.16	9.64	1,898.19	97.03	Banks
15th	alliance	Germany	125.33	8.81	1,380.88	87.22	Insurance
16.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	98.54	11.02	248.44	163.79	Conglomerates
17th	Walmart	United States	348.65	11.29	151.19	201.36	trade
18th	Barclays	Great Britain	67.71	8.95	1,949.17	94.79	Banks
19th	Chevron	United States	195.34	17.14	132.63	149.37	oil and gas
19th	Total	France	175.05	15.53	138.82	152.62	oil and gas

2008

The list was published on April 2, 2008 with the information for the 2007 financial year. The market value relates to the stock exchange price on February 29, 2008.

Rank 10 was awarded twice in the Forbes Global 2000 list.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	HSBC	Great Britain	146.50	19.13	2,348.98	180.81	Banks
2.	General Electric	United States	172.74	22.21	795.34	330.93	Conglomerates
3.	Bank of America	United States	119.19	14.98	1,715.75	176.53	Banks
4th	JPMorgan Chase	United States	116.35	15.37	1,562.15	136.88	Banks
5.	ExxonMobil	United States	358.60	40.61	242.08	465.51	oil and gas
6th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	355.78	31.33	266.22	221.09	oil and gas
7th	BP	Great Britain	281.03	20.60	236.08	204.94	oil and gas
8th.	Toyota	Japan	203.80	13.99	276.38	175.08	Automobiles
9.	ING Group	Netherlands	197.93	12.65	1,932.15	75.78	Financial service providers
10.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	118.25	13.21	273.16	216.65	Conglomerates
10.	Royal Bank of Scotland	Great Britain	108.45	14.62	3,807.51	76.64	Banks
12.	AT&T	United States	118.93	11.95	275.64	210.22	telecommunications
13.	BNP Paribas	France	89.16	9.64	1,898.19	97.03	Banks
14th	alliance	Germany	139.12	10.90	1,547.48	80.30	Insurance
15th	Total	France	199.74	19.24	165.75	181.80	oil and gas
16.	Walmart	United States	378.80	12.73	163.38	198.60	trade
17th	Chevron	United States	203.97	18.69	148.79	179.97	oil and gas
18th	AIG	United States	110.06	6.20	1,060.51	118.20	Insurance
19th	Gazprom	Russia	81.76	23.30	201.72	306.79	oil and gas
20th	AXA	France	151.70	7.75	1,064.67	70.33	Insurance

2009

The list was published on April 8, 2009 with the information for the 2008 financial year. The market value refers to the stock exchange price on February 27, 2009.

Rank 9 was awarded twice in the Forbes Global 2000 list.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	General Electric	United States	182.52	17.41	797.77	89.87	Conglomerates
2.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	458.36	26.28	278.44	135.10	oil and gas
3.	Toyota	Japan	263.42	17.21	324.98	102.35	Automobiles
4th	ExxonMobil	United States	425.70	45.22	228.05	335.54	oil and gas
5.	BP	Great Britain	361.14	21.16	228.24	119.70	oil and gas
6th	HSBC	Great Britain	142.05	5.73	2,520.45	85.04	Banks
7th	AT&T	United States	124.03	12.87	265.25	140.08	telecommunications
8th.	Walmart	United States	405.61	13.40	163.43	193.15	trade
9.	Banco Santander	Spain	96.23	13.25	1,318.86	49.75	Banks
9.	Chevron	United States	255.11	23.93	161.17	121.70	oil and gas
11.	Total	France	223.15	14.74	164.66	112.90	oil and gas
12.	ICBC	People's Republic of China	53.60	11.16	1,188.08	170.83	Banks
13.	Gazprom	Russia	97.29	26.78	276.81	74.55	oil and gas
14th	PetroChina	People's Republic of China	114.32	19.94	145.14	270.56	oil and gas
15th	Volkswagen	Germany	158.40	6.52	244.05	75.18	Automobiles
16.	JPMorgan Chase	United States	101.49	3.70	2,175.05	85.87	Banks
17th	GDF Suez	France	115.59	9.05	232.71	70.46	Supplier
18th	Eni	Italy	158.32	12.91	139.80	80.68	oil and gas
19th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	107.79	4.99	267.40	122.11	Conglomerates
20th	Vodafone	Great Britain	58.74	6.53	701.08	50.95	telecommunications

2010

The list was published on April 21, 2010 with the information for the 2009 financial year. The market value relates to the stock exchange price on March 1, 2010.

Rank 8 was awarded twice in the Forbes Global 2000 list.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	JPMorgan Chase	United States	115.63	11.65	2,031.99	166.19	Banks
2.	General Electric	United States	156.78	11.03	781.82	169.65	Conglomerates
3.	Bank of America	United States	150.45	6.28	2,223.30	167.63	Banks
4th	ExxonMobil	United States	275.56	19.28	233.32	308.77	oil and gas
5.	ICBC	People's Republic of China	71.86	16.27	1,428.46	242.23	Banks
6th	Banco Santander	Spain	109.57	12.34	1,438.68	107.12	Banks
7th	Wells Fargo	United States	98.64	12.28	1,243.65	141.69	Banks
8th.	HSBC	Great Britain	103.74	5.83	2,355.83	178.27	Banks
8th.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	278.19	12.52	287.64	168.63	oil and gas
10.	BP	Great Britain	239.27	16.58	235.45	167.13	oil and gas
11.	BNP Paribas	France	101.06	8.37	2,952.22	86.67	Banks
12.	PetroChina	People's Republic of China	157.22	16.80	174.95	333.84	oil and gas
13.	AT&T	United States	123.02	12.54	268.75	147.55	telecommunications
14th	Walmart	United States	408.21	14.34	170.71	205.37	trade
15th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	112.49	8.06	297.12	190.86	Conglomerates
16.	Gazprom	Russia	115.25	24.33	234.77	132.58	oil and gas
17th	China Construction Bank	People's Republic of China	59.16	13.59	1,106.20	184.32	Banks
18th	Petrobras	Brazil	104.81	16.63	198.26	190.34	oil and gas
19th	Total	France	160.68	12.10	183.29	131.80	oil and gas
20th	Chevron	United States	159.29	10.48	164.62	146.23	oil and gas

2011

The list was published on April 20, 2011 with the information for the 2010 financial year. The market value refers to the market price on March 11, 2011.

Ranks 8 and 11 were awarded twice in the Forbes Global 2000 list.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	JPMorgan Chase	United States	115.5	17.4	2,117.6	182.2	Banks
2.	HSBC	Great Britain	103.3	13.3	2,467.9	186.5	Banks
3.	General Electric	United States	150.2	11.6	751.2	216.2	Conglomerates
4th	ExxonMobil	United States	341.6	30.5	302.5	407.2	oil and gas
5.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	369.1	20.1	317.2	212.9	oil and gas
6th	PetroChina	People's Republic of China	222.3	21.2	251.3	320.8	oil and gas
7th	ICBC	People's Republic of China	69.2	18.8	1723.5	239.5	Banks
8th.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	136.2	13.0	372.2	211.0	Conglomerates
8th.	Petrobras	Brazil	121.3	21.2	313.2	238.8	oil and gas
10.	Citigroup	United States	111.5	10.6	1,913.9	132.8	Banks
11.	BNP Paribas	France	130.4	10.5	2,680.7	88.0	Banks
11.	Wells Fargo	United States	93.2	12.4	1,258.1	170.6	Banks
13.	Banco Santander	Spain	109.7	12.8	1,570.6	94.7	Banks
14th	AT&T	United States	124.3	19.9	268.5	168.2	telecommunications
15th	Gazprom	Russia	98.7	25.7	275.9	172.9	oil and gas
16.	Chevron	United States	189.6	19.0	184.8	200.6	oil and gas
17th	China Construction Bank	People's Republic of China	58.2	15.6	1,408.0	224.8	Banks
18th	Walmart	United States	421.8	16.4	180.7	187.3	trade
19th	Total	France	188.1	14.2	192.8	138.0	oil and gas
20th	alliance	Germany	142.9	6.7	838.4	62.7	Insurance

2012

The list was published on April 18, 2012 with the information for the 2011 financial year. The market value refers to the market price on March 16, 2012.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	ExxonMobil	United States	433.5	41.1	331.1	407.4	oil and gas
2.	JPMorgan Chase	United States	110.8	19.0	2,265.8	170.1	Banks
3.	General Electric	United States	147.3	14.2	717.2	213.7	Conglomerates
4th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	470.2	30.9	340.5	227.6	oil and gas
5.	ICBC	People's Republic of China	82.6	25.1	2,039.1	237.4	Banks
6th	HSBC	Great Britain	102.0	16.2	2,550.0	164.3	Banks
7th	PetroChina	People's Republic of China	310.1	20.6	304.7	294.7	oil and gas
8th.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	143.7	10.3	392.6	202.2	Conglomerates
9.	Wells Fargo	United States	87.6	15.9	1,313.9	178.7	Banks
10.	Petrobras	Brazil	145.9	20.1	319.4	180.0	oil and gas
11.	BP	Great Britain	375.5	25.7	292.5	147.4	oil and gas
12.	Chevron	United States	236.3	26.9	209.5	218.0	oil and gas
13.	China Construction Bank	People's Republic of China	68.7	20.5	1,637.8	201.9	Banks
14th	Citigroup	United States	102.6	11.1	1,873.9	107.5	Banks
15th	Gazprom	Russia	117.6	31.7	302.6	159.8	oil and gas
16.	Walmart	United States	447.0	15.7	193.4	208.4	retail trade
17th	Volkswagen	Germany	221.9	21.5	328.7	79.5	Automobiles
18th	Total	France	216.2	15.9	213.0	132.4	oil and gas
19th	Agricultural Bank of China	People's Republic of China	62.4	14.4	1,563.9	154.8	Banks
20th	BNP Paribas	France	119.0	7.9	2,539.1	61.5	Banks

2013

The list was published on April 17, 2013 with the information for the 2012 financial year. The market value refers to the market price on March 15, 2013.

rank	Surname	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	ICBC	People's Republic of China	134.8	37.8	2,813.5	237.3	Banks
2.	China Construction Bank	People's Republic of China	113.1	30.6	2,241.0	202.0	Banks
3.	JPMorgan Chase	United States	108.2	21.3	2,359.1	191.4	Banks
4th	General Electric	United States	147.4	13.6	685.3	243.7	Conglomerates
5.	ExxonMobil	United States	420.7	44.9	333.8	400.4	oil and gas
6th	HSBC	Great Britain	104.9	14.3	2,684.1	201.3	Banks
7th	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	467.2	26.6	360.3	213.1	oil and gas
8th.	Agricultural Bank of China	People's Republic of China	103.0	23.0	2,124.2	150.8	Banks
9.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	162.5	14.8	427.5	252.8	Conglomerates
9.	PetroChina	People's Republic of China	308.9	18.3	347.8	261.2	oil and gas
11.	Bank of China	People's Republic of China	98.1	22.1	2,033.8	131.7	Banks
12.	Wells Fargo	United States	91.2	18.9	1,423.0	201.3	Banks
13.	Chevron	United States	222.6	26.2	233.0	232.5	oil and gas
14th	Volkswagen	Germany	254.0	28.6	408.2	94.4	Automobiles
15th	Apple	United States	164.7	41.7	196.1	416.6	technology
15th	Walmart	United States	469.2	17.0	203.1	242.5	retail trade
17th	Gazprom	Russia	144.0	40.6	339.3	111.4	oil and gas
18th	BP	Great Britain	370.9	11.6	301.0	130.4	oil and gas
19th	Citigroup	United States	90.7	7.5	1,864.7	143.6	Banks
20th	Petrobras	Brazil	144.1	11.0	331.6	120.7	oil and gas
20th	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	187.8	21.7	196.3	174.4	technology

2014

The list was published in May 2014 and shows the 25 largest companies in fiscal 2013 according to Forbes calculations.

rank	Surname	country	sales ($ Billion)	Profit ($ Billion)	assets ($ Billion)	Market value ($ Billion)	Branch
1.	ICBC	China	148.7	42.7	3124.9	215.6	Banks
2.	China Construction Bank	China	121.3	34.2	2449.5	174.4	Banks
3.	Agricultural Bank of China	China	136.4	27	2405.4	141.1	Banks
4th	JPMorgan Chase	United States	105.7	17.3	2435.3	229.7	Banks
5.	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	178.8	19.5	493.4	309.1	Conglomerates
6th	ExxonMobil	United States	432.4	32.6	346.8	422.3	oil and gas
7th	General Electric	United States	143.3	14.8	656.6	259.6	Conglomerates
8th.	Wells Fargo	United States	88.7	21.9	1543	261.4	Banks
9.	Bank of China	China	105.1	25.5	2291.8	124.2	Banks
10.	PetroChina	China	328.5	21.1	386.9	202	Oil & gas
11.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	459.6	16.4	357.5	234.1	Oil & gas
12.	Toyota	Japan	255.6	18.8	385.5	193.5	automobile
13.	Bank of America	United States	101.5	11.4	2113.8	183.3	Banks
14th	HSBC	Great Britain	79.6	16.3	2671.3	192.6	Banks
15th	Apple	United States	173.8	37	225.2	483.1	technology
16.	Citigroup	United States	94.1	13.4	1883.4	145.1	Banks
17th	BP	Great Britain	379.2	23.6	305.7	148.8	oil and gas
18th	Chevron	United States	211.8	21.4	253.8	227.2	oil and gas
19th	Volkswagen AG	Germany	261.5	12	446.9	119	automobile
20th	Walmart	United States	476.5	16	204.8	247.9	retail trade

2015

The list was published in May 2015 and shows the 25 largest companies in fiscal 2014 according to Forbes calculations.

rank	Surname	logo	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	ICBC		People's Republic of China	166.8	44.8	3322	278.3	Banks
2.	China Construction Bank		People's Republic of China	130.5	37	2698.9	212.9	Banks
3.	Agricultural Bank of China		People's Republic of China	129.2	29.1	2574.8	189.9	Banks
4th	Bank of China		People's Republic of China	120.3	27.5	2458.3	199.1	Banks
5.	Berkshire Hathaway		United States	194.7	19.9	534.6	354.8	Conglomerate
6th	JPMorgan Chase		United States	97.8	21.2	2593.6	225.5	Banks
7th	Exxon Mobil		United States	376.2	32.5	349.5	357.1	oil and gas
8th.	PetroChina		People's Republic of China	333.4	17.4	387.7	334.6	oil and gas
9.	General Electric		United States	148.5	15.2	648.3	253.5	Conglomerate
10.	Wells Fargo		United States	90.4	23.1	1701.4	278.3	Banks
11.	Toyota Motor		Japan	252.2	19.1	389.7	239	automobile
12.	Apple		United States	199.4	44.5	261.9	741.8	electronics
13.	Royal Dutch Shell		Netherlands	420.4	14.9	353.1	195.4	oil and gas
14th	Volkswagen AG		Germany	268.5	14.4	425	126	automobile
15th	HSBC		United Kingdom	81.1	13.5	2634.1	167.7	Banks
16.	Chevron		United States	191.8	19.2	266	201	oil and gas
16.	Wal-Mart stores		United States	485.7	16.4	203.7	261.3	retail trade
18th	Samsung Electronics		South Korea	195.9	21.9	209.6	199.4	electronics
19th	Citigroup		United States	93.9	7.2	1846	156.7	Banks
20th	China Mobile		People's Republic of China	104.1	17.7	209	271.5	telecommunications
21st	Allianz SE		Germany	128.4	8.3	979	82	Insurance
22nd	Verizon Communications		United States	127.1	9.6	232.7	202.5	telecommunications
23.	Bank of America		United States	97	4.8	2114.1	163.2	Banks
24.	Sinopec		People's Republic of China	427.6	7.7	233.9	121	oil and gas
25th	Microsoft		United States	93.3	20.7	174.8	340.8	software
Furthermore, the largest company in each of the German-speaking countries, if not listed above:
30th	Nestlé		Switzerland	100.1	15.8	134.3	247.3	food
616.	OMV		Austria	47.6	0.473	43.4	9.4	oil and gas

2016

The list was published in May 2016 and shows the 25 largest companies in fiscal 2015 according to Forbes calculations.

rank	Surname	logo	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	ICBC		People's Republic of China	171.1	44.2	3420.8	198.0	Banks
2.	China Construction Bank		People's Republic of China	146.8	36.4	2826	162.8	Banks
3.	Agricultural Bank of China		People's Republic of China	131.9	28.8	2739.8	152.7	Banks
4th	Berkshire Hathaway		United States	210.8	24.1	561.1	360.1	Conglomerate
5.	JPMorgan Chase		United States	99.9	23.5	2423.8	234.2	Banks
6th	Bank of China		People's Republic of China	122.0	27.2	2589.6	143	Banks
7th	Wells Fargo		United States	91.4	22.7	1849.2	256	Banks
8th.	Apple		United States	233.3	53.7	293.3	586	electronics
9.	Exxon Mobil		United States	236.8	16.2	336.8	363.3	oil and gas
10.	Toyota Motor		Japan	235.8	19.3	406.7	177	automobile
11.	Bank of America		United States	91.5	15.8	2185.5	156	Banks
12.	AT&T		United States	146.8	13.2	402.7	234.2	telecommunications
13.	Citigroup		United States	85.9	15.8	1.801	138.1	Banks
14th	HSBC		United Kingdom	70.3	13.5	2409.7	133	Banks
15th	Verizon Communications		United States	131.8	18th	244.6	206.2	telecommunications
16.	Wal-Mart stores		United States	482.1	14.7	199.6	215.7	retail trade
17th	PetroChina		People's Republic of China	274.6	5.7	368.7	203.8	oil and gas
18th	China Mobile		People's Republic of China	107.8	17.1	219.9	241	telecommunications
18th	Samsung Electronics		South Korea	177.3	16.5	206.5	161.6	electronics
20th	Ping An Insurance		People's Republic of China	98.7	8.7	732.3	90	insurance
21st	Allianz SE		Germany	115.4	7.3	926.2	79.7	Insurance
22nd	Volkswagen AG		Germany	246.2	7.1	414.6	73.1	automobile
23.	Microsoft		United States	86.6	10.2	181.9	407	software
24.	BNP Paribas		France	74.9	7.4	2166.3	66.8	Banks
25th	Daimler		Germany	165.7	9.3	235.9	75.4	automobile
Furthermore, the largest company in each of the German-speaking countries, if not listed above:
34.	Nestlé		Switzerland	90.8	8.7	129.8	229.5	food
436.	Erste Group		Austria	9.8	1.1	218.1	12.6	Banks

2017

The list was published in May 2017 and shows the 25 largest companies in fiscal year 2016 according to Forbes calculations.

rank	Surname	logo	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	ICBC		People's Republic of China	151.4	42.0	3473.2	229.8	Banks
2.	China Construction Bank		People's Republic of China	134.2	35.0	3016.6	200.5	Banks
3.	Berkshire Hathaway		United States	222.9	24.1	620.9	409.9	Conglomerate
4th	JPMorgan Chase		United States	102.5	24.2	2513.0	306.6	Banks
5.	Wells Fargo		United States	97.6	21.9	1943.4	274.4	Banks
6th	Agricultural Bank of China		People's Republic of China	115.7	27.8	2816	149.2	Banks
7th	Bank of America		United States	92.2	16.6	2196.8	105.2	Banks
8th.	Bank of China		People's Republic of China	113.1	24.9	2611.5	141.3	Banks
9.	Apple		United States	217.5	45.2	331.1	752	electronics
10.	Toyota Motor		Japan	249.9	17.1	412.5	171.9	automobile
11.	AT&T		United States	163.8	13	403.8	249.3	telecommunications
12.	Citigroup		United States	84	14.7	1795.1	164.3	Banks
13.	Exxon Mobil		United States	197.5	7.8	330.3	343.2	oil and gas
14th	General Electric		United States	119.7	10	365.2	261.2	Conglomerate
15th	Samsung Electronics		South Korea	174	19.3	217.1	254.3	electronics
16.	Ping An Insurance		People's Republic of China	106.6	9.5	801.0	100.8	insurance
17th	Wal-Mart stores		United States	485.3	13.6	198.8	221.1	retail trade
18th	Verizon Communications		United States	126	13.1	244.2	198.4	telecommunications
19th	Microsoft		United States	85.3	16.8	224.6	507.5	software
20th	Royal Dutch Shell		Netherlands	234.8	4.7	411.3	228.8	Oil & gas
21st	Allianz SE		Germany	115.7	7.6	935.9	83.7	Insurance
22nd	China Mobile		People's Republic of China	106.8	16.4	218.9	225.3	telecommunications
23.	BNP Paribas		France	74.7	8.4	2190.7	80.5	Banks
24.	Alphabet Inc.		United States	89.9	19.5	167.5	579.5	technology
25th	PetroChina		People's Republic of China	255.7	7th	216.7	105.1	oil and gas
Furthermore, the largest company in each of the German-speaking countries, if not listed above:
34.	Nestlé		Switzerland	90.8	8.7	129.8	229.5	food
436.	Erste Group		Austria	9.8	1.1	218.1	12.6	Banks

2018

The list was published in May 2018 and shows the 25 largest companies in fiscal 2017 according to Forbes calculations.

rank	Surname	logo	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	ICBC		People's Republic of China	165.3	43.7	4210.9	311	Banks
2.	China Construction Bank		People's Republic of China	143.2	37.2	3631.6	261.2	Banks
3.	JPMorgan Chase		United States	118.2	26.5	2609.8	387.7	Banks
4th	Berkshire Hathaway		United States	235.2	39.7	702.7	491.9	Conglomerate
5.	Agricultural Bank of China		People's Republic of China	129.2	28.6	3439.3	184.1	Banks
6th	Bank of America		United States	103	20.3	2328.5	313.5	Banks
7th	Wells Fargo		United States	102.1	21.7	1915.4	265.3	Banks
8th.	Apple		United States	247.5	53.3	367.5	926.9	electronics
9.	Bank of China		People's Republic of China	118.2	26.4	3204.2	158.6	Banks
10.	Ping An Insurance		People's Republic of China	141.6	13.9	1066.4	181.4	insurance
11.	Royal Dutch Shell		Netherlands	321.8	15.2	410.7	306.5	oil and gas
12.	Toyota Motor		Japan	265.2	22.5	473	200.7	automobile
13.	Exxon Mobil		United States	230.1	20.4	348.8	344.1	oil and gas
14th	Samsung Electronics		South Korea	224.6	41	293.2	325.9	electronics
15th	AT&T		United States	159.2	30.6	446.3	198.3	telecommunications
16.	Volkswagen AG		Germany	272	13.1	531.4	101.4	automobile
17th	HSBC		United Kingdom	63.2	10.8	2652.1	200.3	Banks
18th	Verizon Communications		United States	128	31.2	264.5	200.9	telecommunications
19th	BNP Paribas		France	117.8	8.5	2353.9	93.6	Banks
20th	Microsoft		United States	103.3	14.2	245.5	750.6	software
21st	Chevron		United States	139.4	10.2	256.4	248.1	oil and gas
22nd	Allianz SE		Germany	122.5	7.7	1128.6	100.4	Insurance
23.	Alphabet Inc.		United States	117.9	16.6	206.9	766.4	technology
24.	Wal-Mart stores		United States	500.3	9.9	204.5	246.2	retail trade
25th	China Mobile		People's Republic of China	109.5	16.9	233.7	192.6	telecommunications
Furthermore, the largest company in each of the German-speaking countries, if not listed above:
48.	Nestlé		Switzerland	91.2	7.3	133.8	237.3	food
430.	Erste Group		Austria	10.2	1.5	282.9	19th	Banks

2019

The list was published in May 2019 and shows the 25 largest companies in fiscal 2018, according to Forbes calculations.

rank	Surname	logo	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	ICBC		People's Republic of China	175.9	45.2	4034.5	305.1	Banks
2.	JPMorgan Chase		United States	132.9	32.7	2737.2	368.5	Banks
3.	China Construction Bank		People's Republic of China	150.3	38.8	3382.4	225	Banks
4th	Agricultural Bank of China		People's Republic of China	137.5	30.9	3293.1	197	Banks
5.	Bank of America		United States	111.9	28.5	2377.2	287.3	Banks
6th	Apple		United States	261.7	59.4	373.7	961.3	electronics
7th	Ping An Insurance		People's Republic of China	151.8	16.3	1038.3	220.2	insurance
8th.	Bank of China		People's Republic of China	126.7	27.5	3097.6	143	Banks
9.	Royal Dutch Shell		Netherlands	382.6	23.3	399.2	264.9	oil and gas
10.	Wells Fargo		United States	101.5	23.1	1887.8	214.7	Banks
11.	Exxon Mobil		United States	279.2	20.8	346.2	343.4	oil and gas
12.	AT&T		United States	170.8	19.4	531.9	233.3	telecommunications
13.	Samsung Electronics		South Korea	221.5	39.9	304.1	272.4	electronics
14th	Citigroup		United States	100	17.9	1958.4	161.1	Banks
15th	Toyota Motor		Japan	272.1	17.2	465.6	176.6	automobile
16.	Microsoft		United States	118.2	33.5	258.9	946.5	software
17th	Alphabet Inc.		United States	137	30.7	232.8	863.2	technology
18th	Volkswagen AG		Germany	278.2	14th	553.5	92	automobile
19th	Chevron		United States	158.7	14.8	253.9	228.3	oil and gas
20th	Verizon Communications		United States	130.9	15.5	264.8	239.7	telecommunications
21st	HSBC		United Kingdom	64.3	13.7	2558.1	175.5	Banks
22nd	PetroChina		People's Republic of China	322.8	8th	354.3	198.7	oil and gas
23.	Allianz SE		Germany	146.1	8.8	1060.2	102.3	Insurance
24.	BP		United Kingdom	299.1	9.3	282.2	149.5	oil and gas
25th	Total		France	184.2	11.4	256.8	149.5	oil and gas
Furthermore, the largest company in each of the German-speaking countries, if not listed above:
42.	Nestlé		Switzerland	93.4	10.4	139	281.3	food
391.	Erste Group		Austria	11.5	2	271.5	17th	Banks

2020

The list was published in May 2020 and shows the 25 largest companies in fiscal year 2019 according to Forbes calculations.

rank	Surname	logo	country	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	ICBC		People's Republic of China	177.2	45.3	4322.5	242.3	Banks
2.	China Construction Bank		People's Republic of China	162.1	38.9	3822	203.8	Banks
3.	JPMorgan Chase		United States	142.9	30.0	3139.4	291.7	Banks
4th	Berkshire Hathaway		United States	254.6	81.4	817.7	455.4	Conglomerate
5.	Agricultural Bank of China		People's Republic of China	148.7	30.9	3697.5	147.2	Banks
6th	Saudi Aramco		Saudi Arabia	329.8	88.2	398.2	1,684.8	oil and gas
7th	Ping An Insurance		People's Republic of China	155.0	18.8	1218.6	187.2	insurance
8th.	Bank of America		United States	112.1	24.1	2620	208.6	Banks
9.	Apple		United States	267.7	57.2	320.4	1285.5	electronics
10.	Bank of China		People's Republic of China	135.4	27.2	3387	112.8	Banks
11.	AT&T		United States	179.2	14.4	545.4	218.6	telecommunications
12.	Toyota Motor		Japan	280.5	22.7	495.1	173.3	automobile
13.	Alphabet Inc.		United States	166.3	34.5	273.4	919.3	technology
14th	Exxon Mobil		United States	256	14.3	362.6	196.6	oil and gas
15th	Microsoft		United States	138.6	46.3	285.4	1359	software
16.	Samsung Electronics		South Korea	197.6	18.4	304.9	278.7	electronics
17th	Wells Fargo		United States	98.9	14.3	1981.3	118.8	Banks
18th	Citigroup		United States	104.4	17.1	2219.8	101.1	Banks
19th	Wal-Mart stores		United States	524	14.9	236.5	344.4	retail trade
20th	Verizon Communications		United States	131.4	18.4	294.5	237.7	telecommunications
21st	Royal Dutch Shell		Netherlands	311.6	9.9	394	126.5	oil and gas
22nd	Amazon		United States	296.3	10.6	221.2	1233.4	retail trade
23.	Volkswagen AG		Germany	282.9	12	538.9	70.4	automobile
24.	UnitedHealth		United States	246.3	13.8	189.1	277.1	Insurance
25th	Allianz SE		Germany	122.4	8.9	1183.5	77.1	Insurance
Furthermore, the largest company in each of the German-speaking countries, if not listed above:
41.	Nestlé		Switzerland	93.1	12.7	132.1	304.1	food
441.	OMV		Austria	26.3	1.9	47.7	10.7	oil and gas

Country Statistics

Number of Global 2000 companies:

Rank (2020)	country	2020	2017	2016	2015
1	United States	588	555	540	577
2	People's Republic of China (with Hong Kong )	314 (China 256, Hong Kong 58)	264 (China 202, Hong Kong 62)	249 (China 200, Hong Kong 49)	232 (China 180, Hong Kong 52)
3	Japan	217	228	219	219
4th	United Kingdom	77	91	92	95
5	Canada	61	58	53	52
6th	South Korea	58	64	67	66
7th	France	57	60	61	61
8th	Germany	51	51	50	53
9	India	50	58	56	56
10	Taiwan	43	46	47	47
11	Switzerland	41	46	44	46
further:	Austria	9	8th	8th	7th

Web links

• Forbes Global 2000

Individual evidence

1. ^ Forbes: Introduce a new comprehensive list of the world's biggest companies ( Memento of January 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), July 3, 2003
2. ↑ Spiegel Online: “Global 2000” Ranking - World Powers of Business , March 31, 2007
3. ↑ List 2003 ( Memento from March 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ List 2004 ( Memento from May 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ List 2005 ( Memento from February 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ List 2006
7. ↑ List 2007
8. ↑ List 2008
9. ↑ List 2009
10. ↑ List 2010
11. ↑ List 2011
12. ^ Liyan Chen: The World's Largest Companies 2014. In: forbes.com. May 7, 2014, accessed July 18, 2015 . 
13. ^ Liyan Chen: The World's Largest Companies 2015. In: forbes.com. May 6, 2015, accessed July 18, 2015 . 
14. ^ Forbes - The World's Biggest Public Companies 2016
15. ^ Forbes - The World's Biggest Public Companies 2017
16. ^ Forbes - The World's Biggest Public Companies 2018
17. ^ Forbes - The World's Largest Public Companies 2019. Accessed June 21, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Global 2000 - The World's Largest Public Companies 2020. Accessed May 31, 2020 .