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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.
The Forbes Global 2000 is a useful indicator of which are the leading public companies in the world, but it is only an interpretation, as only public companies are listed. The results are not definitive; any change to the criteria would produce a different list.
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2018 list[edit]
In 2018, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[2]
| 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 | 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 Group | Shenzen |
Insurance | 141.6 | 13.9 | 1066.4 | 181.4 |
By country[edit]
| Rank | Country | Companies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (including Puerto Rico) |
557 |
| 2 | China (including Hong Kong) |
291 |
| 3 |  Japan |
228 |
| 4 |  United Kingdom (including Bermuda) |
94 |
| 5 |  South Korea |
67 |
| - |  Hong Kong |
58 |
| 6 |  India |
58 |
| 7 |  France |
57 |
| 8 |  Germany |
54 |
| 9 |  Canada |
51 |
| - |  Taiwan |
47 |
| 10 |  Switzerland |
41 |
| 11 |  Australia |
39 |
| 12 |  Sweden |
27 |
| 13 |  Italy |
26 |
| 14 |  Russia |
25 |
| 15 |  Spain |
25 |
| 16 |  Netherlands |
22 |
| 17 |  Brazil |
19 |
| 18 |  Ireland |
17 |
| 19 |  Saudi Arabia |
16 |
| 20 |  Thailand |
16 |
| 21 |  Singapore |
15 |
| 22 |  Denmark |
14 |
| 23 |  Malaysia |
14 |
| 24 |  Mexico |
12 |
| 25 |  Israel |
11 |
| 26 |  South Africa |
11 |
| 27 |  Turkey |
10 |
| 28 |  United Arab Emirates |
10 |
| 29 |  Belgium |
10 |
| 30 |  Norway |
9 |
| 31 |  Chile |
9 |
| 32 |  Finland |
9 |
| 33 |  Luxembourg |
8 |
| 34 |  Austria |
8 |
| 35 |  Qatar |
6 |
| - |  Bermuda |
6 |
| 36 |  Colombia |
6 |
| 37 |  Poland |
6 |
| 38 |  Philippines |
6 |
| 39 |  Portugal |
5 |
| 40 |  Morocco |
4 |
| 41 |  Vietnam |
4 |
| 42 |  Indonesia |
3 |
| 43 |  Kuwait |
3 |
| 44 |  Argentina |
3 |
| 45 |  Nigeria |
2 |
| 46 |  Lebanon |
2 |
| 47 |  Peru |
2 |
| 48 |  Greece |
2 |
| 49 |  Hungary |
2 |
| - |  Puerto Rico |
1 |
| 50 |  Venezuela |
1 |
| 51 |  Cyprus |
1 |
| 52 |  Czech Republic |
1 |
| 53 |  Jordan |
1 |
| 54 |  Kazakhstan |
1 |
| 55 |  Kenya |
1 |
By industry sector[edit]
The top-ranked companies in each industry sector are as follows.
2017 list[edit]
In 2017, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[3]
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Sales (billion $) |
Profits (billion $) |
Assets (billion $) |
Market value (billion $) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ICBC | 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 | 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[edit]
In 2016, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[4]
| 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 | 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Andrea Murphy (6 May 2015). 2015 Global 2000: Methodology. Forbes. Accessed December 2015.
- ^ "Global 2000: The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies 2017". Forbes.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ "The World's Largest Companies 2016". Forbes.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
