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 .

rank	Rank FT 150	Surname	Headquarters	country	Estimated Market Value ($ Billion)	Branch
1.	14th	Savings Banks Finance Group 1	Berlin	Germany	98	Banks
2.	20th	European Investment Bank	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	73	Banks
3.	24.	Rabobank	Utrecht	Netherlands	62	Banks
4th	27.	Permira	London	Great Britain	54	Financial service providers
5.	31.	CVC Capital Partners	London	Great Britain	46	Financial service providers
6th	35.	Boehringer Ingelheim	Ingelheim am Rhein	Germany	41	Pharma
7th	38.	La Caixa	Barcelona	Spain	37	Banks
8th.	40.	Credit Mutuel	Strasbourg	France	35	Banks
9.	42.	Bertelsmann	Gutersloh	Germany	34	media
10.	43.	Groupe Caisse d'Epargne	Paris	France	34	Banks
11.	44.	BC Partners	London	Great Britain	34	Financial service providers
12.	45.	Apax Partners	London	Great Britain	33	Financial service providers
13.	48.	Cinven	London	Great Britain	32	Financial service providers
14th	50.	Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations	Paris	France	32	Banks
15th	52.	Deutsche Bahn	Berlin	Germany	31	Railway companies
16.	63.	Groupe Banque Populaire	Paris	France	25th	Banks
17th	68.	Loterías y Apuestas del Estado	Madrid	Spain	23	entertainment
18th	69.	IKEA International	Helsingborg	Sweden	22nd	Furniture trade
19th	71.	Française des Jeux	Boulogne-Billancourt	France	22nd	entertainment
20th	75.	Caja Madrid	Madrid	Spain	21st	Banks
21st	77.	KPMG International	Amstelveen	Netherlands	21st	Financial service providers
22nd	79.	Otto Group	Hamburg	Germany	20th	retail trade
23.	82.	Nationwide Building Society	Swindon	Great Britain	20th	Banks
24.	86.	Vattenfall	Stockholm	Sweden	19th	Supplier
25th	89.	Tchibo Holding AG	Hamburg	Germany	18th	Consumer goods
26th	90.	Ferrero	Pino Torinese	Italy	18th	food
27.	92.	Landesbank Baden-Württemberg	Stuttgart	Germany	18th	Banks
28.	93.	Russian railways	Moscow	Russia	18th	Railway companies
29	94.	Camelot Group	Watford	Great Britain	17th	entertainment
30th	97.	BayernLB	Munich	Germany	16	Banks
31.	101.	La Poste	Paris	France	15th	Services
32.	102.	Rewe Group	Cologne	Germany	15th	retail trade
33.	103.	KfW banking group	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	14th	Banks
34.	104.	B. Braun Melsungen	Melsungen	Germany	14th	Pharma
35.	107.	BBC	London	Great Britain	13	media
36.	108.	Glencore	Baar	Switzerland	13	Commodity trading
37.	109.	Edeka	Hamburg	Germany	13	retail trade
38.	111.	Louis Dreyfus Group	Paris	France	13	Conglomerates
39.	112.	Poste Italiane	Rome	Italy	13	Services
40.	113.	SNCF	Paris	France	13	Railway companies
41.	115.	Black group	Neckarsulm	Germany	13	retail trade
42.	116.	El Corte Inglés	Madrid	Spain	13	retail trade
43.	118.	Aldi	Essen , Mülheim	Germany	12	retail trade
44.	120.	Dr. August Oetker KG	Bielefeld	Germany	12	food
45.	121.	Vitol Holding	Rotterdam , Geneva	Netherlands , Switzerland	12	Petroleum trade
46.	122.	DZ Bank	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	12	Banks
47.	125.	Pari Mutuel Urbain	Paris	France	12	entertainment
48.	126.	Auchan	Lille	France	12	retail trade
49.	129.	EWE AG	Oldenburg	Germany	11	Supplier
50.	137.	HSH Nordbank	Hamburg , Kiel	Germany	11	Banks

¹ : Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe without Landesbanken, these are listed separately.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fortune Global 500 List 2017: See Who Made It. Retrieved November 11, 2017 (American English). 
2. ↑ Fortune Global 500
3. ^ Forbes Global 2000
4. ^ Financial Times Non-Public 150