Forbes Global 2000

The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2,000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value.^[1] The list has been published since 2003.

By industry sector[]

The top-ranked companies in each industry sector are as follows.

2018 Top company by sector

Sector	Company	Headquarters	Overall rank	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
Advertising	WPP	London	0301#301	18.7	1.8	42.4	30.1
Aerospace & Defense	Boeing	Chicago	0076#76	96.1	5.2	94.4	85.3
Air Courier	United Parcel Service	Sandy Springs	0146#146	58.1	4.8	38.3	93.3
Airline	Delta Air Lines	Atlanta	0170#170	40.5	4.7	53.3	34.4
Aluminum	Alcoa	New York	0757#757	21.7	-0.3	36.1	13.7
Apparel/Accessories	Christian Dior	Paris	0216#216	41.6	1.7	68.1	31.4
Apparel/Footwear Retail	Inditex	A Coruña	0310#310	23.1	3.2	18.8	103.2
Auto & Truck Manufacturers	Toyota Motor	Toyota	0010#10	235.8	19.3	406.7	177.0
Auto & Truck Parts	Continental	Hanover	0209#209	43.5	3.0	36.7	43.7
Beverages	Anheuser-Busch InBev	Leuven	0056#56	43.6	8.3	136.5	204.6
Biotechs	Gilead Sciences	Foster City	0118#118	32.2	18.1	51.8	138.1
Broadcasting & Cable	Comcast	Philadelphia	0035#35	74.5	8.2	166.6	148.2
Business & Personal Services	Alibaba	Hangzhou	0174#174	15.0	11.0	56.2	200.7
Business Products & Supplies	Canon	Tokyo	0254#254	31.4	1.8	36.8	40.4
Casinos & Gaming	Las Vegas Sands	Paradise	0432#301	11.4	1.8	21.0	37.2
Communications Equipment	Cisco Systems	San Jose	0063#63	49.6	10.3	112.6	141.7
Computer & Electronics Retail	Best Buy	Richfield	0637#637	39.5	0.9	13.5	10.7
Computer Hardware	Apple Inc.	Cupertino	0008#8	233.3	53.7	293.3	586.0
Computer Services	Alphabet	Mountain View	0027#27	77.2	17.0	149.7	500.1
Computer Storage Devices	EMC	Hopkinton	0231#231	24.6	2.0	45.7	51.9
Conglomerates	Siemens	Munich	0051#51	85.5	6.5	133.9	91.8
Construction Materials	Saint-Gobain	Courbevoie	0256#256	43.9	1.4	48.7	25.6
Construction Services	China State Construction Engineering	Beijing	0114#114	135.0	4.1	165.6	25.6
Consumer Electronics	Sony	Tokyo	0192#192	67.9	1.1	142.2	34.1
Consumer Financial Services	American Express	New York	0095#95	34.6	5.0	159.0	63.2
Containers & Packaging	Amcor	Hawthorn	0966#966	9.3	0.7	8.2	13.6
Department Stores	Macy's	New York	0515#515	27.1	1.1	20.6	12.8
Discount Stores	Wal-Mart Stores	Bentonville	0015#15	482.1	14.7	199.6	215.7
Diversified Chemicals	BASF	Ludwigshafen	0094#94	78.1	4.4	80.1	73.2
Diversified Insurance	Ping An Insurance	Shenzhen	0020#20	98.7	8.7	732.3	90.0
Diversified Metals & Mining	China Shenhua Energy	Beijing	0167#167	27.3	2.6	85.3	43.1
Diversified Utilities	Veolia Environnement	Paris	0526#526	27.7	0.5	39.0	13.3
Drug Retail	CVS Health	Woonsocket	0062#62	153.3	5.2	93.7	110.8
Electric Utilities	Korea Electric Power	Seoul	0097#97	52.1	11.7	149.5	33.1
Electrical Equipment	Schneider Electric	Rueil-Malmaison	0248#117	29.5	1.6	46.3	39.3
Electronics	Hon Hai Precision	New Taipei City	0117#117	141.2	4.6	70.3	39.2
Environmental & Waste	Waste Management	Houston	0549#549	13.0	0.8	20.9	25.1
Food Processing	Nestlé	Vevey	0033#33	92.2	9.4	123.9	235.7
Food Retail	Kroger	Cincinnati	0223#223	109.8	2.0	34.9	34.2
Forest Products	Empresas CMPC	Santiago	1943#1943	4.8	0.3	14.8	5.4
Furniture & Fixtures	Steinhoff International	Stellenbosch	0440#440	13.3	1.4	25.1	22.8
Healthcare Services	Express Scripts	St. Louis	0145#145	101.8	2.5	54.0	46.5
Heavy Equipment	Caterpillar	Peoria	0155#155	47.0	2.1	78.5	45.6
Home Improvement Retail	Home Depot	Atlanta	0112#112	88.5	7.0	42.5	169.8
Hotels/Motels	Carnival	Miami	0311#311	15.8	1.9	38.4	37.8
Household Appliances	Midea Group	Foshan	0402#402	22.0	2.0	19.8	20.2
Household/Personal Care	Procter & Gamble	Cincinnati	0039#39	69.4	8.4	129.1	218.9
Insurance Brokers	Aon	London	0420#420	11.7	1.4	27.2	27.9
Internet & Catalog Retail	Amazon	Seattle	0237#237	107.0	0.6	67.7	292.6
Investment Services	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	0004#4	210.8	24.1	561.1	360.1
Iron & Steel	Citic Pacific	Hong Kong	0061#61	53.8	5.4	877.8	45.4
Life & Health Insurance	Japan Post Holdings	Tokyo	0029#29	129.8	4.4	2,450.7	62.6
Major Banks	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	Beijing	0001#1	171.1	44.2	3,420.3	198.0
Managed Health Care	UnitedHealth Group	Minnetonka	0041#41	165.9	6.0	117.9	127.5
Medical Equipment & Supplies	Johnson & Johnson	New Brunswick	0032#32	70.2	15.4	133.4	312.6
Natural Gas Utilities	Gas Natural Fenosa	Barcelona	0287#287	28.8	1.7	52.3	20.6
Oil & Gas Operations	ExxonMobil	Irving	0009#9	236.8	16.2	336.8	363.3
Oil Services & Equipment	Schlumberger	Houston	0176#176	31.7	1.6	69.1	111.1
Other Industrial Equipment	Eaton	Dublin	0315#315	20.9	2.0	31.0	28.9
Other Transportation	Møller-Maersk	Copenhagen	0306#306	40.3	0.7	64.1	30.7
Paper & Paper Products	International Paper	Memphis	0426#426	22.4	0.9	30.6	17.8
Pharmaceuticals	Pfizer	New York	0046#46	48.9	7.7	167.5	205.7
Precision Healthcare Equipment	Thermo Fisher Scientific	Waltham	0267#267	17.0	2.0	40.9	57.8
Printing & Publishing	Thomson Reuters	New York	0405#405	12.2	1.3	29.1	30.9
Property & Casualty Insurance	Travelers	New York	0165#165	26.9	3.4	102.0	32.4
Railroads	Union Pacific	Omaha	0172#172	21.0	4.6	55.8	75.4
Real Estate	Vanke	Shenzhen	0185#185	31.1	2.9	94.1	27.7
Recreational Products	Activision Blizzard	Santa Monica	0842#842	4.6	0.9	15.3	25.5
Regional Banks	China Construction Bank	Beijing	0002#2	146.8	36.4	2,826.0	162.8
Rental & Leasing	Mitsubishi UFJ Lease	Tokyo	1075#1075	6.7	0.5	42.3	4.2
Restaurants	McDonald's	Oak Brook	0189#189	25.4	4.8	37.9	110.1
Security Systems	Secom	Tokyo	0854#854	7.1	0.6	13.2	18.1
Semiconductors	Samsung Electronics	Seoul	0018#18	177.3	16.5	206.5	161.6
Software & Programming	Microsoft	Redmond	0023#23	86.6	10.2	181.9	407.0
Specialized Chemicals	Air Liquide	Paris	0313#313	18.2	1.9	31.4	40.5
Specialty Stores	Richemont	Bellevue	0416#416	12.4	1.7	21.2	37.6
Telecommunications services	AT&T	Dallas	0012#12	146.8	13.2	402.7	234.2
Thrifts & Mortgage Financing	Aareal Bank	Wiesbaden	1381#1381	1.4	0.4	57.2	2.1
Tobacco	British American Tobacco	London	0177#177	20.0	6.6	46.5	111.0
Trading Companies	Mitsubishi Corp	Tokyo	0136#136	59.8	2.7	135.7	27.7
Trucking	Yamato Holdings	Tokyo	1306#1306	11.7	0.3	9.3	8.6

By country[]

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Rank	Country	Companies
1	USA (Including Puerto Rico)	515***
2	China (Including Hong Kong)	315**
3	Japan	225**
4	France (Including DOM-TOM)	85**
5	United Kingdom (including UKOTs)	85**
6	Germany	85**
7	India (Excluding )	75**
8	South Korea (Excluding DPR Korea)	65*
9	Canada (Excluding Québec)	45**
10	Indonesia (Excluding Brunei)	25**
11	Saudi Arabia (Excluding, Gulf Cooperation Council)	25**
12	Australia	20**
13	Turkey (Excluding )	20**
14	Italy	20*
15	Russia	20**
16	Spain	20**
17	Netherlands	17*
18	Sweden	16*
19	Ireland	16*
20	Brazil	16**
21	Thailand	15
22	Taiwan	15**
22	South Africa	15**
23	Denmark	12*
24	Malaysia	12*
25	Mexico	12**
26	Israel	11'
27	Singapore	10*
28	Algeria	10**
29	United Arab Emirates	10*
30	Belgium	10*
31	Norway	09*
32	Chile	08*
33	Finland	07*
34	Oman	07*
35	Austria	06*
36	Qatar	06*
37	Colombia	06
38	Philippines	06
39	Poland	06
40	Portugal	06*
41	Morocco (Excluding & Including SADR)	05*
42	Vietnam	05
43	Libya	05*
44	Kuwait	04*
45	Argentina	04**
46	Nigeria	04*
47	Jordan	02**
48	Peru	02**
49	Greece	02*
50	Hungary	01
51	Venezuela	01**

2021 list[]

In 2021, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:^[2]

2021 Top ten

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial Service	190.5	45.8	4914.7	249.5
2	JPMorgan Chase	New York City	Banking, financial services	136.2	40.4	3689.3	464.8
3	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	Banking, financial services	245.5	42.5	873.7	624.4
4	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, financial services	173.5	39.3	4301.7	210.4
5	Saudi Aramco	Dhahran	Oil and gas	229.7	49.3	510.3	1897.2
6	Apple Inc.	Cupertino	Computer software	294	63.9	354.1	2252.3
6	Bank of America	Charlotte	Banking, financial services	98.8	17.9	2832.2	336.3
6	Ping An Insurance	Shenzhen	Financial services	169.1	20.8	1453.8	211.2
9	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	153.9	31.3	4159.9	140.1
10	Amazon.com, Inc.	Seattle	Retail store	386.1	21.3	321.2	1711.8

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2020 list[]

In 2020, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:^[3]

2020 Top ten

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial Service	177.2	45.3	4322.5	242.3
2	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, financial services	162.1	38.9	3822	203.8
3	JPMorgan Chase	New York City	Banking, financial services	142.9	30	3139.4	291.7
4	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	Banking, financial services	254.6	81.4	817.7	455.4
5	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	148.7	30.9	3697.5	147.2
6	Saudi Aramco	Dhahran	Oil and gas	329.8	88.2	398.3	1284.8
7	Ping An Insurance	Shenzhen	Financial services	155	18.8	1218.6	187.2
8	Bank of America	Charlotte	Banking, financial services	112.1	24.1	2620	208.6
9	Apple Inc.	Cupertino	Computing	267.7	57.2	320.4	1285.5
10	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	135.4	27.2	3387	112.8

2019 list[]

In 2019, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:^[4]

2019 Top ten

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, Financial services	175.9	45.2	4034.5	305.1
2	JPMorgan Chase	New York	Banking, Financial services	132.9	32.7	2737.2	368.5
3	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, Financial services	150.3	38.8	3382.4	225
4	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, Financial services	137.5	30.9	3293.1	197
5	Bank of America	Charlotte	Banking, Financial services	111.9	28.5	2377.2	287.3
6	Apple Inc.	Cupertino	Electronic and Software	261.7	59.4	373.7	961.3
7	Ping An Insurance	Shenzhen	Insurance	151.8	16.3	1038.3	220.2
8	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, Financial services	126.7	27.5	3097.6	143
9	Royal Dutch Shell	The Hague	Oil and Gas	382.6	23.3	399.2	264.9
10	Wells Fargo	San Francisco	Banking, Financial services	101.5	23.1	1887.8	214.7

2018 list[]

In 2018, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:^[5]

2018 Top ten

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, Financial services	165.3	43.7	4210.9	311
2	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, Financial services	143.2	37.1	3631.6	261.2
3	JPMorgan Chase	New York	Banking, Financial services	118.2	26.5	2609.8	387.7
4	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	Conglomerate	235.2	39.7	702.7	491.9
5	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, Financial services	129.3	29.6	3439.3	184.1
6	Bank of America	Charlotte	Banking, Financial services	92.2	16.6	2196.8	231.9
7	Wells Fargo	San Francisco	Banking, Financial services	103.0	21.7	1915.4	265.3
8	Apple Inc.	Cupertino	Computing	247.5	53.3	367.5	926.9
9	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, Financial services	118.2	26.4	3204.2	158.6
10	Ping An Insurance	Shenzhen	Insurance	141.6	13.9	1066.4	181.4

As a group, the Forbes Global 2000 in year 2018 accounts for $39.1* trillion in sales, $3.2 trillion in profit, $189* trillion in assets and $56.8* trillion in market value.

2017 list[]

In 2017, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:^[6]

2017 Top ten

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	151.4	42.0	3473.2	229.8
2	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, financial services	134.2	35.0	3016.6	200.5
3	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	Conglomerate	222.9	24.1	620.9	409.9
4	JPMorgan Chase	New York	Banking, financial services	102.5	24.2	2513.0	306.6
5	Wells Fargo	San Francisco	Banking, financial services	97.6	21.9	1943.4	274.4
6	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	115.7	27.8	2816.0	149.2
7	Bank of America	Charlotte	Banking, financial services	92.2	16.6	2196.8	231.9
8	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	113.1	24.9	2611.5	141.3
9	Apple Inc.	Cupertino	Computing	217.5	45.2	331.1	752.0
10	Toyota Motor	Toyota	Automotive	249.9	17.1	412.5	171.9

2016 list[]

In 2016, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:^[7]

2016 Top ten

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market value (billion $)
1	ICBC	Beijing	Banking, financial services	171.1	44.2	3,420.2	198
2	China Construction Bank	Beijing	Banking, financial services	146.8	36.4	2,826	162.8
3	Agricultural Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	131.9	28.8	2,739.8	152.7
4	Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	Conglomerate	210.8	24.1	561.1	360.1
5	JPMorgan Chase	New York	Banking, financial services	99.9	23.5	2,423.8	234.2
6	Bank of China	Beijing	Banking, financial services	122	27.2	2,589.6	143
7	Wells Fargo	San Francisco	Banking, financial services	91.4	22.7	1,849.2	256
8	Apple Inc.	Cupertino	Computing	233.3	53.7	293.3	586
9	ExxonMobil	Irving	Oil and gas	236.8	16.2	336.8	363.3
10	Toyota Motor	Toyota	Automotive	235.8	19.3	406.7	177

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

• Forbes.com: full list of the Forbes 2019 Global 2000