List of the largest chemical companies

The journal Chemical & Engineering News publishes an annual list of the largest chemical company by sales. Only sales of chemicals are considered; pharmaceuticals and coatings are excluded from this.

Despite the merger of the two chemical groups Dow Chemical and DuPont in 2017, BASF once again tops the list of the largest chemical companies this year.

list

Rank 2017	Rank 2016	Companies	Sales of chemicals in billion US $ (2017)	Sales in billions of euros	Seat
1	1	BASF	69.196	57.95	Germany , Ludwigshafen am Rhein
2	/	DowDuPont	62,484	52.33	United States , Midland , Michigan
3	3	Sinopec	55,324	46.34	People's Republic of China , Beijing
4th	4th	SABIC	37.621	31.51	Saudi Arabia , Riyadh
5	6th	Ineos	34.635	29.01	United Kingdom , London
6th	5	Formosa Plastics	32.118	26.9	Taiwan , Taipei
7th	7th	ExxonMobil	28.694	24.03	United States , Irving , Texas
8th	8th	LyondellBasell	28,319	23.72	Netherlands , Rotterdam
9	9	Mitsubishi Chemical	26,423	22.13	Japan , Tokyo
10	12	LG Chem	23.217	19.44	South Korea , Seoul
11	11	Air Liquide	22.618	18.94	France , Paris
12	20th	Reliance Industries	17.555	14.7	India , Mumbai
13	10	DuPont	17.281	14.47	United States , Wilmington , Delaware
14th	13	Linde AG	16,938	14.19	Ireland , Dublin
15th	15th	Toray Industries	16,904	14.16	Japan , Tokyo
16	14th	AkzoNobel	16,471	13.79	Netherlands , Amsterdam
17th	17th	Evonik Industries	16.295	13.65	Germany , Essen
18th	19th	Covestro	15.977	13.38	Germany , Leverkusen
19th	16	Braskem	15,438	12.93	Brazil , São Paulo
20th	18th	PPG Industries	14.750	12.35	United States , Pittsburgh
21st	21st	Sumitomo Chemical	14,572	12.2	Japan , Tokyo and Osaka
22nd	24	Lotte Chemical	14.061	11.78	South Korea , Seoul
23	26th	Shin-Etsu Chemical	12.859	10.77	Japan , Tokyo
24	26th	Solvay	12.308	10.31	Belgium , Brussels
25th	27	Mitsui Chemicals	11,852	9.93	Japan , Tokyo
26th	28	Praxair	11,437	9.58	United States , Danbury , Connecticut
27	23	Yara International	11,347	9.5	Norway , Oslo
28	34	Lanxess	10,922	9.15	Germany , Cologne
29	25th	Bayer AG	10,823	9.06	Germany , Leverkusen
30th	32	DSM	9.755	8.17	Netherlands , Heerlen
31	33	Asahi Kasei	9,704	8.13	Japan , Tokyo
32	31	Eastman Chemical	9,549	8th	United States , Kingsport , Tennessee
33	36	Arkema	9.409	7.88	France , Colombes
34	30th	Syngenta	9.244	7.74	Switzerland , Basel
35	37	Chevron Phillips Chemical	9,063	7.59	United States , The Woodlands
36	38	Borealis	8.549	7.16	Austria , Vienna
37	41	Indorama Ventures	8,444	7.07	Thailand , Bangkok
38	44	SK innovation	8.272	6.93	South Korea , Seoul
39	29	Huntsman Corporation	8.208	6.87	United States , The Woodlands
40	35	Air Products & Chemicals	8.188	6.86	United States , Allentown , Pennsylvania
41	40	Ecolab	8.078	6.77	United States , Saint Paul , Minnesota
42	42	Westlake Chemical	8.041	6.73	United States , Houston , Texas
43	43	Wanhua Chemical Group	7,863	6.59	People's Republic of China , Yantai
44	39	Sasol	7.744	6.49	South Africa , Johannesburg
45	42	The Mosaic Company	7.410	6.21	United States , Plymouth , Minnesota
46	47	PTT Global Chemical	7.386	6.19	Thailand , Bangkok
47	46	Tosoh	7.341	6.15	Japan , Tokyo
48	45	DIC	7.043	5.9	Japan , Tokyo
49	43	Hanwha Chemical	6.859	5.74	South Korea
50	48	Clariant	6.480	5.43	Switzerland , Pratteln

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Patricia L. Layman: German Firms Continue To Dominate Global Top 50 Chemical Producers . In: Chemical & Engineering News . tape 69 , no. 31 , August 5, 1991, pp. 9-10 , doi : 10.1021 / cen-v069n031.p009 .
2. ↑ Chemical & Engineering News: Global Top 50 Chemical Companies of 2017 , accessed on August 3, 2018.
3. ↑ DuPont merged with Dow to become DowDuPont in September 2017. The company was still able to generate enough independent sales in the first eight months to be included on this list.