List of the largest employers in the world

The following list lists the world's largest employers , including corporate, military, and government departments.

List of the largest employers

The 10 largest employers worldwide (as of 2015):

rank	Surname	country	Employees
1	United States Department of Defense	United States	3,200,000
2	People's Liberation Army	People's Republic of China	2,300,000
3	Walmart	United States	2,100,000
4th	MC Donalds	United States	1,900,000
5	National Health Service	United Kingdom	1,700,000
6th	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	1,600,000
7th	State Grid	People's Republic of China	1,500,000
8th	Indian Railways	India	1,400,000
9	Indian armed forces	India	1,300,000
10	Foxconn	Taiwan	1,200,000

List of the largest employers (private and semi-private)

The 50 most-employed companies, including wholly or partially state-owned companies. In most cases the figures apply to 2017. For Amazon , G4S and Tata Consultancy Services , the figures apply to 2018.

rank	Surname	country	Employees
1	Walmart	United States	2,300,000
2	China National Petroleum	People's Republic of China	1,470,193
3	China Post	People's Republic of China	948.239
4th	State Grid	People's Republic of China	913,546
5	Amazon	United States	840,400
6th	Foxconn	Taiwan	803.126
7th	Sinopec	People's Republic of China	667.793
8th	Volkswagen	Germany	642.292
9	Compass Group	United Kingdom	588.112
10	United States Postal Service	United States	573,614
11	G4S	United Kingdom	540,000
12	Agricultural Bank of China	People's Republic of China	491,578
13	German postal service	Germany	472.208
14th	Gazprom	Russia	469,600
15th	China Mobile	People's Republic of China	467,532
16	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	People's Republic of China	453.048
17th	Aviation Industry Corporation of China	People's Republic of China	452.178
18th	Kroger	United States	449,000
19th	Jardine Matheson Holdings	Hong Kong	444,000
20th	Black group	Germany	429,000
21st	Accenture	Ireland	425,000
22nd	China Resources	People's Republic of China	423.169
23	The Home Depot	United States	413,000
24	China Telecom	People's Republic of China	412,868
25th	FedEx	United States	404.336
26th	Robert Bosch	Germany	402.166
27	Tata Consultancy Services	India	400,875
28	IBM	United States	387,800
29	Carrefour	France	378.923
30th	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	377,000
30th	Siemens	Germany	372,000
31	China Construction Bank	People's Republic of China	370.415
32	Toyota	Japan	369.124
33	Edeka	Germany	369,000
34	Pacific Construction Group	People's Republic of China	365.425
35	China Railway Construction	People's Republic of China	364.964
36	United Parcel Service	United States	346,415
37	Target Corporation	United States	345,000
38	Ping An Insurance	People's Republic of China	342,550
39	Auchan	France	341,349
40	Tesco	United Kingdom	327.916
41	Nestlé	Switzerland	323,000
42	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	320.671
43	Rosneft	Russia	318,000
44	China Energy Investment	People's Republic of China	313.264
45	General Electric	United States	313,000
46	Bank of China	People's Republic of China	311.113
47	Deutsche Bahn	Germany	310.935
48	Sberbank	Russia	310.277
49	Exor	Italy Netherlands	307,637
50	Hitachi	Japan	307.275

See also

• Work (economics)
• Work (business administration)
• List of the largest companies in the world
• List of countries by number of workers

Web links

• Fortune Global 500 (Sortable by number of employees)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Niall McCarthy: The World's Biggest Employers [Infographic]. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Surprising: This is the largest employer in the world. September 12, 2018, accessed July 4, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Including people employed by franchisees
4. ↑ Number of employees: largest companies in the world 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Amazon.com Announces First Quarter Results. Retrieved July 5, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Our Employees. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
7. ^ Tata Consultancy Services on the Forbes Global 2000 List. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .