List of the largest companies in Europe
The list of the largest companies in Europe includes the business magazines Fortune , Forbes Magazine and Financial Times published the largest companies in Europe .
Largest publicly traded companies by sales
The table contains the 50 largest European companies according to their turnover published by Fortune 2017 in the Fortune Global 500 list . Are also listed the headquarters , net income, number of employees and the industry . Figures are in billions of dollars and relate to fiscal 2016. Employee numbers relate to 2015.
rank | Surname | Headquarters | country | Revenue ($ billion) |
Profit ($ billion) |
Employee | Branch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Volkswagen | Wolfsburg | Germany | 240.264 | 5.937 | 626.715 | Automobiles |
2. | Royal Dutch Shell | The Hague , London | Netherlands | 240.033 | 4,575 | 89,000 | oil and gas |
3. | BP | London | Great Britain | 186.606 | 0.115 | 74,500 | oil and gas |
4th | Glencore | Baar ZG | Switzerland | 173.883 | 1,379 | 93.123 | Commodity trading |
5. | Daimler | Stuttgart | Germany | 169.483 | 9.428 | 282,488 | Automobiles |
6th | Exor | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 154.894 | 0.651 | 302,562 | Financial service providers |
7th | AXA | Paris | France | 143.722 | 6.446 | 97,707 | Insurance |
8th. | Total | Courbevoie | France | 127.925 | 6,196 | 102.168 | oil and gas |
9. | alliance | Munich | Germany | 122.196 | 7.611 | 140.253 | Insurance |
10. | BNP Paribas | Paris | France | 109.026 | 8.517 | 184,839 | Banks |
11. | Legal & General | London | Great Britain | 105.235 | 1,698 | 8,939 | Insurance |
12. | BMW Group | Munich | Germany | 104.130 | 7.589 | 124,729 | Automobiles |
13. | Trafigura | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 98.098 | 0.751 | 4,107 | Commodity trading |
14th | Prudential plc | London | Great Britain | 96.965 | 2.593 | 23,673 | Insurance |
15th | Assicurazioni Generali | Trieste | Italy | 95.217 | 2.301 | 73,727 | Insurance |
16. | Gazprom | Moscow | Russia | 91.382 | 14.222 | 467,400 | oil and gas |
17th | Nestlé | Vevey | Switzerland | 90.814 | 8,659 | 328,000 | food |
18th | Siemens | Munich | Germany | 88.419 | 6.050 | 351,000 | technology |
19th | Carrefour | Paris | France | 87.112 | 0.825 | 384.151 | retail trade |
20th | Banco Santander | Madrid | Spain | 82,801 | 6.860 | 185.606 | Banks |
21st | Bosch | Gerlingen | Germany | 80.869 | 2.155 | 389.281 | Conglomerate |
22nd | Deutsche Telekom | Bonn | Germany | 80.832 | 2.958 | 221,000 | telecommunications |
23. | Crédit Agricole | Paris | France | 80.258 | 3,915 | 70,830 | Banks |
24. | Electricity de France | Paris | France | 78.740 | 3.153 | 154,808 | Supplier |
25th | Enel | Rome | Italy | 78.064 | 2.842 | 62,080 | Supplier |
26th | HSBC | London | Great Britain | 75.329 | 2,479 | 241,000 | Banks |
27. | Aviva | London | Great Britain | 74.628 | 0.949 | 29,530 | Insurance |
28. | Uniper | Dusseldorf | Germany | 74,407 | −3,558 | 12,890 | Supplier |
29 | Tesco | Cheshunt | Great Britain | 74.393 | −0.053 | 342,770 | retail trade |
30th | Engie | Courbevoie | France | 73.692 | −0.459 | 153.090 | Supplier |
31. | Airbus Group | Leiden , Toulouse | European Union | 73.628 | 1,100 | 133,782 | Aircraft construction |
32. | Lukoil | Moscow | Russia | 70.897 | 3.091 | 105,500 | oil and gas |
33. | Groupe BPCE | Paris | France | 70.517 | 4,410 | 102,827 | Banks |
34. | Societe Generale | Paris | France | 69.335 | 4.284 | 151.341 | Banks |
35. | Munich Re | Munich | Germany | 68,700 | 2.853 | 43,428 | Insurance |
36. | Zurich Insurance Group | Zurich | Switzerland | 67.245 | 3.211 | 52,473 | Insurance |
37. | German Post AG | Bonn | Germany | 65.787 | 2.918 | 459.262 | Services |
38. | Lloyds Banking Group | London | Great Britain | 65.208 | 2,784 | 70,433 | Banks |
39. | Metro AG | Dusseldorf | Germany | 64.853 | 0.665 | 196,540 | retail trade |
40. | BASF | Ludwigshafen | Germany | 63.641 | 4,485 | 109,543 | chemistry |
41. | Eni | Rome | Italy | 62.694 | −1.619 | 33,536 | oil and gas |
42. | Peugeot | Paris | France | 59.749 | 1.913 | 175.341 | Automobiles |
43. | Auchan | Croix | France | 58.862 | 0.652 | 342,709 | retail trade |
44. | AEGON | The hague | Netherlands | 58.789 | 0.483 | 29,380 | Insurance |
45. | Unilever | Rotterdam , London |
Netherlands Great Britain |
58.292 | 5.732 | 168,832 | food |
46. | Telefónica | Madrid | Spain | 57.544 | 2,620 | 127.323 | telecommunications |
47. | ArcelorMittal | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 56.791 | 1,779 | 198,517 | steel |
48. | Renault | Boulogne-Billancourt | France | 56.667 | 3,781 | 124,849 | Automobiles |
49. | Rosneft | Moscow | Russia | 56.553 | 2.705 | 295,800 | oil and gas |
50. | ING Group | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 55.282 | 5.502 | 51,943 | Insurance |
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 2017 financial year , for the market value to the stock exchange price in April 2018.
Ranks 282 and 296 were awarded twice in the Forbes Global 2000 list.
rank | Forbes 2000 |
Surname | Headquarters | country | Revenue ($ billion) |
Profit ($ billion) |
Assets ($ billion) |
Market Value ($ billion) |
Branch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 11. | Royal Dutch Shell | The hague | Netherlands | 321.8 | 15.2 | 410.7 | 306.5 | oil and gas |
2. | 16. | Volkswagen AG | Wolfsburg | Germany | 272.0 | 13.1 | 531.4 | 101.4 | Automobiles |
3. | 17th | HSBC | London | Great Britain | 63.2 | 10.8 | 2,652.1 | 200.3 | Banks |
4th | 19th | BNP Paribas | Paris | France | 117.8 | 8.5 | 2,353.9 | 93.6 | Banks |
5. | 22nd | Allianz SE | Munich | Germany | 122.5 | 7.7 | 1,128.6 | 100.4 | Insurance |
6th | 26th | Total | Courbevoie | France | 155.8 | 8.4 | 257.0 | 168.0 | oil and gas |
7th | 29 | Daimler AG | Stuttgart | Germany | 193.2 | 11.8 | 323.2 | 85.7 | Automobiles |
8th. | 31. | Banco Santander | Madrid | Spain | 56.1 | 8.0 | 1,769.1 | 106.3 | Banks |
9. | 33. | AXA | Paris | France | 149.9 | 6.7 | 1,029.1 | 64.1 | Insurance |
10. | 36. | BP | London | Great Britain | 251.9 | 4.3 | 275.3 | 152.6 | oil and gas |
11. | 40. | BMW | Munich | Germany | 114.4 | 10.2 | 241.3 | 72.3 | Automobiles |
12. | 41. | Anheuser-Busch InBev | Brussels | Belgium | 56.4 | 7.9 | 248.6 | 184.3 | brewery |
13. | 43. | Gazprom | Moscow | Russia | 112.2 | 12.2 | 316.8 | 57.8 | oil and gas |
14th | 47. | Sberbank | Moscow | Russia | 46.3 | 13.4 | 470.9 | 86.3 | Banks |
15th | 48. | Nestlé | Vevey | Switzerland | 91.2 | 7.3 | 133.8 | 237.3 | food |
16. | 51. | Siemens | Munich | Germany | 94.5 | 7.1 | 163.4 | 112.5 | technology |
17th | 56. | ING Group | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 56.6 | 5.5 | 1,016.1 | 62.2 | Financial service providers |
18th | 61. | Intesa Sanpaolo | Milan | Italy | 42.5 | 8.3 | 956.9 | 63.1 | Banks |
19th | 63. | Novartis | Basel | Switzerland | 50.3 | 8.1 | 135.5 | 203.0 | Pharma |
20th | 64. | Glencore | Baar ZG | Switzerland | 205.4 | 5.8 | 135.6 | 75.5 | Commodity trading |
21st | 66. | Prudential | London | Great Britain | 111.5 | 3.1 | 655.1 | 67.8 | Insurance |
22nd | 73. | Rosneft | Moscow | Russia | 94.8 | 3.9 | 214.2 | 69.0 | oil and gas |
23. | 75. | Enel | Rome | Italy | 86.7 | 4.6 | 193.6 | 61.6 | Supplier |
24. | 79. | Deutsche Telekom | Bonn | Germany | 84.5 | 3.9 | 179.1 | 80.8 | telecommunications |
25th | 82. | BASF | Ludwigshafen | Germany | 75.1 | 7.1 | 98.9 | 95.3 | chemistry |
26th | 88 | British American Tobacco | London | Great Britain | 26.1 | 48.3 | 190.8 | 120.0 | tobacco |
27. | 91. | Equinor | Stavanger | Norway | 65.1 | 4.9 | 115.4 | 90.2 | oil and gas |
28. | 93. | Roche Holding | Basel | Switzerland | 54.2 | 8.8 | 78.7 | 189.7 | Pharma |
29 | 94. | Lloyds Banking Group | London | Great Britain | 33.6 | 4.0 | 1,098.6 | 65.4 | Banks |
30th | 95. | Eni | Rome | Italy | 75.5 | 3.9 | 143.1 | 70.7 | oil and gas |
31. | 98 | Lukoil | Moscow | Russia | 99.9 | 7.2 | 92.0 | 60.4 | oil and gas |
32. | 100. | Bayer AG | Leverkusen | Germany | 44.4 | 8.4 | 92.7 | 104.6 | chemistry |
33. | 101. | Airbus Group | Leiden , Toulouse | European Union | 74.7 | 3.0 | 138.3 | 92.1 | aviation |
34. | 103. | Unilever | Rotterdam , London |
Netherlands Great Britain |
60.6 | 6.8 | 72.4 | 155.8 | food |
35. | 110. | Zurich Insurance Group | Zurich | Switzerland | 64.1 | 3.0 | 401.1 | 48.0 | Insurance |
36. | 111. | Rio Tinto | London , Melbourne |
Great Britain Australia |
40.0 | 8.7 | 95.7 | 99.3 | Mining |
37. | 113. | Unicredit | Milan | Italy | 29.0 | 6.1 | 1,004.8 | 47.8 | Banks |
38. | 115. | EDF | Paris | France | 78.5 | 2.9 | 337.1 | 43.0 | Supplier |
39. | 116. | BBVA | Madrid | Spain | 29.2 | 4.3 | 843.0 | 54.5 | Banks |
40. | 117. | Sanofi-Aventis | Paris | France | 39.5 | 4.3 | 119.9 | 94.9 | Pharma |
41. | 123. | Telefónica | Madrid | Spain | 59.7 | 3.4 | 141.2 | 51.1 | telecommunications |
42. | 128. | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles | Amsterdam | Great Britain | 128.8 | 4.5 | 117.6 | 35.0 | Automobiles |
43. | 130. | Chubb Limited | Zurich | Switzerland | 56.8 | 2.5 | 50.3 | 31.2 | Insurance |
44. | 135. | Renault | Boulogne-Billancourt | France | 66.3 | 5.8 | 132.0 | 30.8 | Automobiles |
45. | 136. | Assicurazioni Generali | Trieste | Italy | 93.1 | 2.4 | 647.2 | 30.8 | Insurance |
46. | 146. | Iberdrola | Bilbao | Spain | 37.8 | 3.3 | 138.0 | 49.4 | Supplier |
47. | 148. | Crédit Agricole | Paris | France | 21.1 | 3.6 | 1,861.6 | 43.9 | Banks |
48. | 150. | Christian Dior | Paris | France | 49.3 | 2.5 | 87.4 | 76.4 | Luxury goods |
49. | 152. | ArcelorMittal | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 68.6 | 4.6 | 85.3 | 36.8 | steel |
50. | 154. | Medtronic | Dublin | Ireland | 29.7 | 2.8 | 95.8 | 116.0 | Medical technology |
51. | 157. | Vinci | Rueil-Malmaison | France | 46.1 | 3.1 | 83.8 | 56.8 | Construction |
52. | 161. | Société Générale | Paris | France | 27.8 | 2.6 | 1,531.2 | 38.3 | Banks |
53. | 163. | UBS | Zurich | Switzerland | 40.3 | 1.5 | 960.1 | 61.8 | Financial service providers |
54. | 168. | Royal Bank of Scotland | Edinburgh | Great Britain | 21.5 | 2.5 | 1,036.0 | 47.9 | Banks |
55. | 171. | Aviva | London | Great Britain | 63.7 | 1.9 | 580.6 | 29.5 | Insurance |
56. | 180. | Engie | Paris | France | 73.3 | 1.6 | 180.5 | 41.8 | Supplier |
57. | 181. | SAP | Walldorf | Germany | 27.4 | 4.9 | 51.0 | 138.9 | software |
58. | 187. | Legal & General | London | Great Britain | 52.1 | 2.4 | 676.6 | 22.6 | Insurance |
59. | 192. | orange | Paris | France | 46.4 | 1.8 | 115.7 | 48.3 | telecommunications |
60. | 199 | Nordea | Stockholm | Sweden | 15.2 | 3.5 | 713.5 | 43.0 | Banks |
61. | 204. | Continental AG | Hanover | Germany | 51.4 | 3.5 | 47.8 | 53.2 | Automotive supplier |
62. | 205. | German Post AG | Bonn | Germany | 68.2 | 3.1 | 46.7 | 50.8 | Services |
63. | 207. | L'Oréal | Paris | France | 29.4 | 4.3 | 42.4 | 134.2 | Consumer goods |
64. | 213. | AstraZeneca | London | Great Britain | 22.4 | 3.0 | 63.4 | 90.6 | Pharma |
65. | 224. | Danske Bank | Copenhagen | Denmark | 18.3 | 3.0 | 583.8 | 29.1 | Banks |
66. | 226. | GlaxoSmithKline | London | Great Britain | 39.8 | 1.4 | 78.8 | 98.6 | Pharma |
67. | 230 | E.ON | eat | Germany | 43.0 | 4.9 | 67.9 | 24.2 | Supplier |
68. | 232. | Fresenius | bad Homburg | Germany | 39.3 | 2.1 | 65.8 | 44.1 | Medical technology |
69. | 233. | Repsol YPF | Madrid | Spain | 49.7 | 2.3 | 71.6 | 30.2 | oil and gas |
70. | 238. | Volvo | Gothenburg | Sweden | 41.5 | 2.6 | 53.1 | 37.1 | Automobiles |
71. | 239. | Danone | Paris | France | 27.8 | 2.8 | 53.2 | 48.9 | food |
72. | 205. | KBC Group | Antwerp | Belgium | 13.8 | 2.8 | 351.0 | 36.0 | Banks |
73. | 246. | Shire PLC | Dublin | Ireland | 15.3 | 4.4 | 67.9 | 50.3 | pharmacy |
74. | 248. | Exor | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 161.8 | 1.6 | 196.7 | 18.3 | Financial service providers |
75. | 249. | National Grid | London | Great Britain | 18.4 | 3.4 | 77.3 | 38.5 | Supplier |
76. | 256. | Schneider Electric | Paris | France | 27.9 | 2.4 | 47.9 | 48.4 | Electrical engineering |
77. | 257. | Air Liquide | Paris | France | 23.0 | 2.5 | 49.3 | 55.1 | chemistry |
78. | 259. | Peugeot | Rueil-Malmaison | France | 73.6 | 2.2 | 69.8 | 21.4 | Automobiles |
79. | 261. | Anglo American | London | Great Britain | 26.2 | 3.2 | 54.6 | 32.0 | Mining |
80. | 264. | FIG | Zurich | Switzerland | 35.0 | 2.1 | 43.6 | 51.3 | technology |
81. | 272. | Diageo | London | Great Britain | 15.7 | 4.1 | 40.7 | 89.7 | beverages |
82. | 276. | Tesco | Cheshunt | Great Britain | 75.4 | 1.3 | 61.8 | 32.7 | retail trade |
83. | 277. | AEGON | The hague | Netherlands | 35.2 | 2.6 | 452.4 | 14.1 | Insurance |
84. | 279. | Munich Re | Munich | Germany | 63.4 | 0.8 | 323.5 | 34.8 | Insurance |
85. | 280. | Ahold | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 72.4 | 2.2 | 42.2 | 28.8 | retail trade |
86. | 282. | BT Group | London | Great Britain | 30.8 | 2.2 | 61.1 | 29.2 | telecommunications |
87. | 282. | Reckitt Benckiser | Slough | Great Britain | 14.8 | 4.0 | 50.1 | 55.0 | Consumer goods |
88 | 284. | Safran SA | Paris | France | 19.1 | 4.5 | 38.7 | 48.6 | aviation |
89. | 287. | CNP Assurances | Paris | France | 45.8 | 1.4 | 491.5 | 17.1 | Insurance |
90. | 288. | Accenture | Dublin | Ireland | 39.1 | 3.6 | 23.1 | 101.0 | Consultant |
91. | 289 | Inditex | Arteixo | Spain | 28.9 | 3.8 | 25.2 | 99.5 | retail trade |
92. | 291. | Lyondellbasell | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 35.8 | 5.3 | 26.9 | 44.1 | chemistry |
93. | 293. | handle | Dusseldorf | Germany | 23.1 | 2.9 | 36.2 | 54.1 | Consumer goods |
94. | 296. | Johnson Controls | Cork | Ireland | 30.7 | 2.1 | 50.0 | 33.6 | Conglomerate |
95. | 296. | Saint-Gobain | Courbevoie | France | 46.0 | 1.8 | 51.5 | 29.8 | Construction |
96. | 299 | Caixabank | Valencia | Spain | 11.7 | 2.3 | 472.8 | 30.7 | Banks |
97. | 308 | Merck KGaA | Darmstadt | Germany | 17.3 | 2.9 | 43.3 | 43.3 | chemistry |
98 | 309 | Standard Chartered Bank | London | Great Britain | 21.0 | 0.9 | 663.5 | 34.4 | Banks |
99 | 315 | RWE | eat | Germany | 47.9 | 2.1 | 89.6 | 14.7 | Supplier |
100. | 319 | NN Group | The hague | Netherlands | 19.9 | 2.3 | 271.6 | 15.3 | Insurance |
Largest unlisted company
The table contains the largest unlisted companies by estimated market capitalization published by the Financial Times magazine in cooperation with the management consultancy McKinsey in the list FT Non-Public 150 . The headquarters and the industry are also listed. Figures are for December 2005 and are in billions of dollars .
1 : Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe without Landesbanken, these are listed separately.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fortune Global 500 List 2017: See Who Made It. Retrieved November 11, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ Fortune Global 500
- ^ Forbes Global 2000
- ^ Financial Times Non-Public 150