List of the largest companies in Brazil

The list of the largest companies in Brazil contains the business magazines Latin Trade and Forbes Magazine published the largest companies in Brazil .

Largest companies by sales

The ranking is based on the 500 companies with the highest turnover in Latin America (excluding banks and insurance companies) published annually by the business magazine “Latin Trade” in the list “Top 500 Companies in Latin America” . The table also lists the headquarters , net profit , number of employees and industry . Figures are in millions of dollars and relate to fiscal 2006.

rank	Rank Top 500	Surname	Headquarters	Revenue ($ million)	Profit ($ million)	Employee	Branch
1.	3.	Petrobras	Rio de Janeiro	74,012.5	12,123.0	58,000	oil and gas
2.	6th	Vale do Rio	Rio de Janeiro	21,183.8	6,282.0	52,646	Mining
3.	10.	Petrobras Distribuidora	Rio de Janeiro	18,014.3	266.6	3,758	oil and gas
4th	14th	Petróleo Ipiranga	Porto Alegre	13,740.2	249.7	3,832	oil and gas
5.	15th	Grupo Votorantim	São Paulo	13,553.7	2,057.8	28,000	Conglomerates
6th	17th	Ipiranga Distribuidora	Porto Alegre	12,027.5	75.2	1,500	oil and gas
7th	20th	Gerdau SA	Porto Alegre	10,999.4	1,347.5	25,253	steel
8th.	21st	Ipiranga Petroquímica	Porto Alegre	10,395.3	151.3	1,500	oil and gas
9.	24.	Odebrecht SA	Salvador da Bahia	9,463.0	59.6	35,200	Conglomerates
10.	25th	Eletrobrás	Rio de Janeiro	9,184.1	543.2	5,628	Supplier
11.	30th	AmBev	São Paulo	8,238.4	1,312.6	28,000	beverages
12.	32.	Shell Brasil	São Paulo	8,147.8	50.9	1,494	oil and gas
13.	33.	Volkswagen do Brasil	São Paulo	8,134.7	...	20,000	Automobiles
14th	35.	Telemar Norte Leste	Rio de Janeiro	7,891.4	755.2	7,098	telecommunications
15th	37.	General Motors do Brasil	Sao Caetano do Sul	7,759.1	...	20,569	Automobiles
16.	43.	Telesp	São Paulo	6,848.9	1,317.2	8,215	telecommunications
17th	46.	Arcelor Brazil	Belo Horizonte	6,575.6	1,061.2	15,609	steel
18th	48.	Brasil Distribuição	São Paulo	6,492.2	40.0	63,607	retail trade
19th	50.	Braskem	São Paulo	6,077.0	47.4	3,494	chemistry
20th	51.	Wal-Mart Brasil	Osasco	6,038.3	...	55,000	retail trade
21st	52.	Carrefour Brasil	São Paulo	6,038.3	...	45,000	retail trade
22nd	56.	Usiminas	Belo Horizonte	5,807.0	1,176.5	8,083	steel
23.	57.	Fiat Automóveis	Betim	5,738.8	375.9	11,652	Automobiles
24.	58.	Chevron Brasil	Rio de Janeiro	5,645.5	3.5	972	oil and gas
25th	59.	Cargill Agrícola	São Paulo	5,639.6	−102.8	22,324	food
26th	60.	Bunge alimentos	Gaspar	5,578.9	−39.4	5,173	food
27.	65.	Vivo	São Paulo	5,115.4	7.6	5,896	telecommunications
28.	69.	Brasil Telecom	Brasília	4,816.0	220.0	5,835	telecommunications
29	70.	TIM Participações	Rio de Janeiro	4,731.6	−141.1	9,544	telecommunications
30th	71.	CEMIG	Belo Horizonte	4,528.2	803.9	11,238	Supplier
31.	72.	DaimlerChrysler do Brasil	Sao Bernardo do Campo	4,490.2	...	12,988	Automobiles
32.	74.	Esso Brasil	Rio de Janeiro	4,380.8	...	1,488	oil and gas
33.	76.	CSN	Rio de Janeiro	4,228.4	546.1	8,180	steel
34.	78.	Casas Bahia	Sao Caetano do Sul	4,194.5	89.9	50,067	retail trade
35.	79.	CPFL Energia	Campinas	4,169.3	656.7	5,836	Supplier
36.	80.	Correios e Telégrafos	Brasília	3,972.6	246.4	107,496	Services
37.	81.	AES Elpa	São Paulo	3,933.1	32.2	4,316	Supplier
38.	82.	Claro Brasil	Rio de Janeiro	3,915.8	498.1	...	telecommunications
39.	83.	Grupo Camargo Corrêa	São Paulo	3,913.8	404.1	41,400	Conglomerates
40.	84.	Eletropaulo	São Paulo	3,907.5	174.6	4,400	Supplier
41.	85.	Embraer	São José dos Campos	3,902.0	290.8	16,100	Aerospace
42.	87.	Embratel	Rio de Janeiro	3,844.8	49.5	6,500	telecommunications
43.	97.	TIM Celular	São Paulo	3,467.6	−153.4	...	telecommunications
44.	100.	TAM Linhas Aéreas	São Paulo	3,435.3	260.0	11,337	Airlines
45.	101.	Ford do Brasil	Sao Bernardo do Campo	3,420.0	...	9,735	Automobiles
46.	102.	Construtora Norberto Odebrecht	Rio de Janeiro	3,378.3	52.2	31,757	Construction
47.	103.	Extra hypermercados	São Paulo	3,297.5	...	25,710	retail trade
48.	109.	Sadia	Concórdia	3,216.4	176.1	46,843	food
49.	112.	Coca-Cola Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	3,184.8	...	32,000	beverages
50.	116.	REFAP	Canoas	3,081.6	48.7	787	oil and gas

Largest publicly traded company

The ranking of the annual Forbes Global 2000 list of the 2000 largest publicly traded companies in the world is calculated from a combination of sales , net income , 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 market price on March 16, 2017.

rank	Rank Forbes 2000	Surname	Headquarters	Revenue ($ billion)	Profit ($ billion)	Assets ($ billion)	Market Value ($ billion)	Branch
1.	38.	Banco Itaú	São Paulo	61.3	6.7	419.9	79.2	Banks
2.	62.	Banco Bradesco	Osasco	70.2	4.3	362.4	53.5	Banks
3.	132.	Banco do Brasil	Brasília	57.3	2.3	430.6	29.0	Banks
4th	156.	Vale do Rio	Rio de Janeiro	27.1	3.8	99.1	45.4	Mining
5.	399	Petrobras	Rio de Janeiro	81.1	−4.3	247.3	61.3	oil and gas
7th	610.	Eletrobrás	Rio de Janeiro	17.4	1.0	52.4	7.2	Supplier
8th.	791	Itaúsa	São Paulo	1.3	2.4	18.1	23.0	Conglomerate
9.	895.	JBS SA	São Paulo	48.9	0.1	31.6	8.2	food
10.	981.	Ultrapar Participações	São Paulo	22.2	0.5	7.4	12.5	oil and gas
11.	1103	Cielo SA	São Paulo	3.5	1.1	9.4	20.9	Financial service providers
12.	1091	Braskem	São Paulo	13.8	−0.1	15.9	7.9	chemistry
13.	1325.	BRF	Itajaí	9.7	−0.1	13.8	9.3	food
14th	1436.	Sabesp	São Paulo	4.0	0.8	11.6	7.4	Supplier
15th	1503.	Oi	Salvador da Bahia	7.5	−2.0	25.2	0.9	telecommunications
16.	1515.	Gerdau SA	Porto Alegre	10.8	−0.4	16.8	1.4	steel
7th	1545.	Brasil Distribuição	São Paulo	12.0	−0.1	13.9	5.9	retail trade
18th	1572.	CCR	São Paulo	2.9	0.5	7.5	11.5	traffic
19th	1597.	Bovespa BM&F	São Paulo	0.7	0.4	9.7	12.8	Financial service providers
20th	1735.	CPFL Energia	Campinas	5.4	0.3	13.0	8.4	Supplier
21st	1895.	Croton Educacional	Belo Horizonte	1.5	0.5	5.4	7.1	education

Individual evidence

1. ^ Latin Trade - Top 500 Companies in Latin America ( Memento of December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ The World's Biggest Public Companies . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed November 13, 2017]).