List of the largest companies in Australia
The Largest Companies List in Australia includes the largest publicly traded companies in Australia published by Forbes Magazine on the Forbes Global 2000 list .
The ranking of the annual list of the 2000 largest publicly traded companies in the world is calculated from a combination of sales , net profit , assets and market value . The placements of the companies in the equally weighted categories were added together to form a rank. The table also shows the headquarters and the industry . The figures are in billion US dollars and relate to the 2016 financial year , for the market value to the share price in February 2017.
| rank |
Rank Forbes 2000 |
Surname |
Headquarters |
Revenue ($ billion) |
Profit ($ billion) |
Assets ($ billion) |
Market Value ($ billion) |
Branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 58. | Commonwealth Bank | Sydney | 30.9 | 7.1 | 703.6 | 109.9 | Banks |
| 2. | 76. | Westpac | Sydney | 27.8 | 5.5 | 642.7 | 86.1 | Banks |
| 3. | 92. | ANZ Bank | Melbourne | 26.5 | 4.2 | 701.0 | 68.8 | Banks |
| 4th | 100. | National Australia Bank | Melbourne | 24.2 | 4.3 | 595.3 | 65.0 | Banks |
| 5. | 123. | Rio Tinto | Melbourne / London | 33.9 | 4.7 | 89.3 | 72.9 | Mining |
| 6th | 124. | BHP Billiton | Melbourne / London | 34.0 | 4.3 | 119.5 | 98.3 | Mining |
| 7th | 282. | Telstra | Melbourne | 18.6 | 4.1 | 30.2 | 40.7 | telecommunications |
| 8th. | 344. | Macquarie Bank | Sydney | 10.6 | 1.5 | 147.8 | 21.2 | Financial service providers |
| 9. | 461. | Wesfarmers | Perth | 50.0 | 0.44 | 30.0 | 37.8 | Conglomerates |
| 10. | 572. | Suncorp Metway | Brisbane | 10.3 | 0.78 | 70.1 | 12.6 | Financial service providers |
| 11. | 575. | QBE Insurance | Sydney | 11.6 | 0.84 | 42.3 | 13.3 | Insurance |
| 12. | 663. | Fortescue Metals Group | Perth | 8.2 | 1.9 | 19.0 | 14.3 | Mining |
| 13. | 682. | Woolworths | Sydney | 41.1 | 0.34 | 17.1 | 25.7 | retail trade |
| 14th | 770. | Scentre Group | Sydney | 1.9 | 2.2 | 24.6 | 17.6 | property |
| 15th | 806. | CSL | Melbourne | 6.4 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 43.9 | Pharma |
| 16. | 847. | Woodside Petroleum | Perth | 4.1 | 0.78 | 24.8 | 20.9 | oil and gas |
| 17th | 850 | AMP | Sydney | 9.7 | −0.25 | 101.4 | 11.4 | Financial service providers |
| 18th | 942. | Westfield Corporation | Sydney | 1.1 | 1.4 | 18.8 | 14.0 | Financial service providers |
| 19th | 1016. | South32 | Perth | 6.0 | 0.75 | 14.1 | 11.6 | Mining |
| 20th | 1031. | Insurance Australia Group | Sydney | 6.7 | 0.45 | 21.2 | 10.6 | Insurance |
| 21st | 1115. | Lend Lease Group | Sydney | 11.7 | 0.55 | 13.7 | 6.6 | Financial service providers |
| 22nd | 1193 | Origin Energy | Sydney | 9.0 | −1.5 | 19.7 | 9.6 | Supplier |
| 23. | 1195. | Qantas Airways | Sydney | 11.8 | 0.64 | 12.5 | 5.3 | Airlines |
| 24. | 1286. | AGL Energy | Sydney | 8.6 | 0.27 | 10.7 | 13.8 | Supplier |
| 25th | 1301 | Centro Properties Group | Melbourne | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 8.6 | property |
| 26th | 1377. | Amcor | Melbourne | 9.3 | 0.22 | 8.6 | 16.3 | Packaging industry |
| 27. | 1390. | Caltex Australia | Sydney | 13.1 | 0.45 | 3.8 | 6.0 | Banks |
| 28. | 1413. | Stockland | Sydney | 1.8 | 0.67 | 12.6 | 8.6 | Financial service providers |
| 29 | 1418. | Brambles | Sydney / London | 5.5 | 0.42 | 7.6 | 11.2 | Services |
| 30th | 1426. | Transurban | Melbourne | 1.9 | 0.10 | 17.1 | 18.2 | traffic |
| 31. | 1431. | Newcrest Mining | Melbourne | 3.6 | 0.44 | 11.2 | 14.0 | Mining |
| 32. | 1438. | Ramsay Health Care | Sydney | 6.6 | 0.39 | 5.9 | 10.5 | Healthcare |
| 33. | 1443. | Goodman Group | Sydney | 1.1 | 0.68 | 9.3 | 10.8 | Financial service providers |
| 34. | 1570. | Bendigo & Adelaide Bank | Bendigo | 2.2 | 0.31 | 51.4 | 4.2 | Banks |
| 35. | 1635. | General Property Trust | Sydney | 0.55 | 0.88 | 8.6 | 7.0 | property |
| 36. | 1650. | Sydney Airport Holdings | Sydney | 1.0 | 0.42 | 8.9 | 11.6 | logistics |
| 37. | 1738. | Crown Resorts | Melbourne | 2.6 | 0.82 | 6.5 | 6.5 | property |
| 38. | 1779. | Mirvac | Sydney | 1.9 | 0.79 | 8.6 | 6.3 | property |
| 39. | 1815. | Bank of Queensland | Brisbane | 1.7 | 0.25 | 39.2 | 3.5 | Banks |
| 40. | 1835. | BlueScope Steel | Sydney | 7.4 | 0.38 | 6.8 | 5.1 | steel |
Individual evidence
- ^ The World's Biggest Public Companies . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed November 13, 2017]).