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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Forbes'' Global 2000}}
{{short description|Annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies published by Forbes magazine}}
The '''''Forbes'' Global 2000''' is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world, published by: sales, [[Profit (accounting)|profit]], [[asset]]s and [[Market capitalization|market value]].{{r|method}} The list has been published annually since 2003.

== By country ==

'''Forbes Global 2000''' as of 2023:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2023/06/08/inside-the-global-2000-jpmorgan-is-again-the-worlds-largest-company-as-berkshire-hathaway-falls/?sh=3d58978b6ce3|title=Inside The Global 2000: JPMorgan Is Again The World's Largest Company As Berkshire Hathaway Falls|website=Forbes|first1=Hank|first2=Andrea|last1=Tucker|last2=Murphy|date=8 June 2023|access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/?sh=6d5edff45ac0|title=The Full List of Forbes Global 2000 in 2023|website=Forbes|first1=Hank|first2=Andrea|last1=Tucker|last2=Murphy|date=8 June 2023|access-date=3 August 2023 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807072238/https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/ |archive-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-style="background-color:#efefef;"
! Rank !! Country/region !! Companies !! Highest-ranked company
|-
| 1 ||'''{{flag|United States}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|620||[[JPMorgan Chase]]
|-
| 2 ||'''{{flag|China}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|298||[[ICBC]]
|-
| 3||'''{{flag|Japan}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|192||[[Toyota]]
|-
| 4 ||'''{{flag|South Korea}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|61||[[Samsung Electronics]]
|-
| 5 ||'''{{flag|United Kingdom}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|60||[[Shell plc|Shell]]
|-
| 6 ||'''{{flag|Canada}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|57||[[Royal Bank of Canada]]
|-
| 7 ||'''{{flag|India}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|55||[[Reliance Industries]]
|-
| 8 ||'''{{flag|Germany}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|50||[[Volkswagen Group]]
|-
| 9 ||'''{{flag|France}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|49||[[TotalEnergies]]
|-
| 10 ||'''{{flag|Taiwan}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|45||[[TSMC|Taiwan Semiconductor]]
|-
| 11 ||'''{{flag|Hong Kong}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|44||[[China Mobile]]
|-
| 12 ||'''{{flag|Switzerland}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|44||[[Nestlé]]
|-
| 13 ||'''{{flag|Australia}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|32||[[BHP]]
|-
| 14 ||'''{{flag|Italy}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|28||[[Eni]]
|-
| 15 ||'''{{flag|Netherlands}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|25||[[Stellantis]]
|-
| 16 ||'''{{flag|Sweden}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|24||[[Volvo]]
|-
| 17 ||'''{{flag|Brazil}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|22||[[Petrobras]]
|-
| 17 ||'''{{flag|Ireland}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|22||[[Accenture]]
|-
| 19 ||'''{{flag|Spain}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|20||[[Banco Santander|Santander]]
|-
| 20 ||'''{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|17||{{nowrap|[[Saudi Aramco]]}}
|-
| 20 ||'''{{flag|Thailand}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|17||[[PTT Public Company Limited|PTT]]
|-
| 22 ||'''{{nowrap|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|16||[[First Abu Dhabi Bank]]
|-
| 23 ||'''{{flag|Singapore}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|14||[[Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation]]
|-
| 24 ||'''{{flag|Mexico}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|13||[[América Móvil]]
|-
| 25 ||'''{{flag|South Africa}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|12||[[FirstRand]]
|-
| 26 ||'''{{flag|Israel}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|11||[[Bank Leumi]]
|-
| 27 ||'''{{flag|Denmark}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|10||[[Møller-Maersk]]
|-
| 27 ||'''{{flag|Finland}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|10||[[Nordea Bank]]
|-
| 29 ||'''{{flag|Norway}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|9||[[Equinor]]
|-
| 29 ||'''{{flag|Austria}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|9||[[OMV Group]]
|-
| 29 ||'''{{flag|Turkey}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|9||[[Koç Holding]]
|-
| 32 ||'''{{flag|Indonesia}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|8||[[Bank Rakyat Indonesia]]
|-
| 32 ||'''{{flag|Malaysia}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|8||[[Maybank]]
|-
| 32 ||'''{{flag|Chile}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|8||[[Quinenco]]
|-
| 32 ||'''{{flag|Greece}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|8||[[Eurobank Ergasias]]
|-
| 36 ||'''{{flag|Poland}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|7||[[PKN Orlen]]
|-
| 37 ||'''{{flag|Belgium}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|6||[[Anheuser-Busch InBev]]
|-
| 37 ||'''{{flag|Qatar}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|6||[[Qatar National Bank]]
|-
| 37 ||'''{{flag|Luxembourg}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|6||[[ArcelorMittal]]
|-
| 37 ||'''{{flag|Bermuda}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|6||[[Arch Capital Group]]
|-
| 41 ||'''{{flag|Vietnam}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|5||[[Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam]]
|-
| 42 ||'''{{flag|Colombia}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|4||[[Ecopetrol]]
|-
| 42 ||'''{{flag|Portugal}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|4||[[EDP Group|EDP - Energias de Portugal]]
|-
| 42 ||'''{{flag|Philippines}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|4||[[SM Investments]]
|-
| 45 ||'''{{flag|Kuwait}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|2||[[Kuwait Finance House]]
|-
| 45 ||'''{{flag|Hungary}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|2||[[MOL (company)|MOL Hungarian Oil]]
|-
| 45 ||'''{{flag|Cayman Islands}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|2||[[Nubank|Nu Holdings]]
|-
| 45 ||'''{{flag|Kazakhstan}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|2||[[List of banks in Kazakhstan|Kaspi.kz JSC]]
|-
| 45 ||'''{{flag|Morocco}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|2||[[Attijariwafa Bank]]
|-
| 45 ||'''{{flag|Nigeria}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|2||[[Dangote Cement]]
|-
| 51 ||'''{{flag|Czech Republic}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1||[[ČEZ Group|Cez Group]]
|-
| 51 ||'''{{flag|Argentina}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1||[[YPF]]
|-
| 51 ||'''{{flag|Peru}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1||[[Credicorp]]
|-
| 51 ||'''{{flag|Uruguay}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1||[[MercadoLibre]]
|-
| 51 ||'''{{flag|Egypt}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1|||[[Commercial International Bank]]
|-
| 51 ||'''{{flag|Jordan}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1||[[Arab Bank]]
|-
| 51 ||'''{{flag|Oman}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1||[[Bank Muscat]]
|-
| 51 ||'''{{flag|Pakistan}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|1||[[Pakistan State Oil]]
|}

==2023 list==
In 2023, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/?sh=260697b85ac0|title=2023 The Global 2000|website=Forbes|first1=Andrea|first2=Hank|last1=Murphy|last2=Tucker|date=8 June 2023|access-date=11 June 2023 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614142211/https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/ |archive-date=14 June 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2023 top ten
! Rank !! Company !! Headquarters !! Industry !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $)
|-
|1
|[[JPMorgan Chase]]<ref>{{cite web|access-date=12 June 2023|date=8 June 2023|first=Emily|last=Mason|title=The World's Largest Banks 2023: JPMorgan Chase Takes Top Spot Overall As Five Banks Crack Top Ten Of Forbes' Global 2000|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilymason/2023/06/08/the-worlds-largest-banks-2023-jpmorgan-chase-takes-top-spot-overall-as-five-banks-crack-top-ten-of-forbes-global-2000/?sh=115c8b547d0a|website=Forbes}}</ref>
|[[New York City|New York]]
|[[Banking]], [[financial services]]
|179.93
|41.8
|3,700

|-
|2
|[[Saudi Aramco]]
| [[Dhahran]]
|[[Petroleum industry|Oil and gas]]
|393.16
|61.69
|369.4

|-
|3
|[[Citigroup]]
| New York
|Banking, financial services
|216.77
|52.47
|6,100

|-
|4
|[[Industrial and Commercial Bank of China]]
| Beijing
|Banking, financial services
|203.08
|48.25
|5,000

|-
|5
|[[China Construction Bank]]
| Beijing
|Banking, financial services 
|186.14
|37.92
|5,400

|-
|7
|[[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2023/06/08/the-worlds-largest-technology-companies-in-2023-a-new-leader-emerges/?sh=73910b2f5d1d|title=The World's Largest Technology Companies In 2023: A New Leader Emerges|website=Forbes|first=Jonathan|last=Ponciano|date=8 June 2023|access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref>
|[[Mountain View, California]]
|[[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
|282.85
|58.59
|369.5

|-
|6
|[[Bank of America]]
|[[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]
|Banking, financial services 
|133.84
|28.62
|3,200

|-
|8
|[[Berkshire Hathaway]]
|[[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]
|[[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
|589.47
|156.36
|653.9

|-
|9
|[[Microsoft]]
|[[Redmond, Washington|Redmond]]
|[[Computer software|Software]]
|207.59
|69.02
|380.1

|-
|10
|[[Apple Inc.]]
|[[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]]
|Software
|385.1
|94.32
|332.2
|}

== 2022 list ==
In 2022, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:<ref name=Forbes-Annual>{{Cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Andrea |last2=Contreras |first2=Isabel |date=2022-05-12 |title=The Global 2000 2022 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Forbes |language=en |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521052933/https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/ |archive-date=2022-05-21}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2022 top ten
! Rank !! Company !! Headquarters !! Industry !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $) !! Market value <br /> (billion $)
|-
|1
|[[Berkshire Hathaway]]
|[[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]
|[[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
|276.1
|89.9
|958.8
|741.5
|-
|2
|[[Industrial and Commercial Bank of China]]
|[[Beijing]]
|[[Bank]]ing, [[Financial services|financial Service]]
|208.1
|54.0
|5,518.5
|214.4
|-
|3
|[[Saudi Aramco]]
| [[Dhahran]]
|[[Petroleum industry|Oil and gas]]
|400.4
|105.4
|576.0
|2,292.1
|-
|4
|[[JPMorgan Chase]]
| [[New York City|New York]]
|Banking, financial services
|124.5
|42.1
|3,954.7
|374.5
|-
|5
|[[China Construction Bank]]
| Beijing
|Banking, financial services
|202.1
|46.9
|4,747.0
|181.3
|-
|6
|[[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com, Inc.]]
| [[Seattle]]
|[[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
|469.8
|33.4
|420.6
|1,468.4
|-
|7
|[[Apple Inc.]]
| [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]]
|[[Software|Computer software]]
|678.7
|100.6
|381.2
|2,640.3
|-
|8
|[[Citigroup]]
| New York
|Banking, financial services
|181.4
|37.4
|4,561.1
|133.4
|-
|9
|[[Bank of America]]
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]
|Banking, financial services
|96.8
|31.0
|3,238.2
|303.1
|-
|10
|[[Toyota Motor]]
|[[Toyota, Aichi]]
|[[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
|281.8
|28.2
|552.5
|237.7
|}

== 2021 list ==
In 2021, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Global 2000 2021|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Forbes|language=en |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006102526/https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/#4a133ad55ac0 |archive-date=2021-10-06}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2021 top ten
! Rank !! Company !! Headquarters !! Industry !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $) !! Market value <br /> (billion $)
|-
|1
|[[Industrial and Commercial Bank of China]]
|Beijing
|[[Bank]]ing, [[Financial services|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, Nebraska|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]]
|[[Petroleum industry|Oil and gas]]
|229.7
|49.3
|510.3
|1897.2
|-
|6
|[[Apple Inc.]]
| [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]]
|[[Software|Computer software]]
|294
|63.9
|354.1
|2252.3
|-
|6
|[[Bank of America]]
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina|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
|[[Citigroup]]
|New York
|Banking, financial services
|153.9
|31.3
|4159.9
|140.1
|-
|10
|[[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com, Inc.]]
| [[Seattle]]
|[[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
|386.1
|21.3
|321.2
|1711.8
|}

== 2020 list ==
In 2020, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global 2000 – The World's Largest Public Companies 2020|url=https://www.forbes.com/global2000/|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110821013724/http://www.forbes.com/global2000/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-08-21|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2020 top ten
! Rank !! Company !! Headquarters !! Industry !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $) !! Market value <br /> (billion $)
|-
|1
|Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
|Beijing
|[[Banking]], [[financial services]]
|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
|Citigroup
|New York
|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
|[[Computer software]]
|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:<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/global2000/#746e58f4335d|title=Global 2000: The World's Largest Public Companies|magazine=Forbes.com|date=2019-05-15|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|+ 2019 top ten
! Rank !! Company !! Headquarters !! Industry !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $) !! Market value <br /> (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 City ||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 ||Citigroup||New York City ||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 ||[[Computing|Electronic and software]]||261.7||59.4||373.7||961.3
|-
| 7 ||Ping An Insurance||Shenzhen||Financial services||151.8||16.3||1038.3||220.2
|-
| 8 ||American Express||Buffalo||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:<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinstoller/2018/06/06/the-worlds-largest-public-companies-2018/|title=Global 2000: The World's Largest Public Companies 2018|first= Kristin|last=Stoller|date=June 6, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2019|magazine=Forbes}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|+ 2018 top ten
! Rank !! Company !! Headquarters !! Industry !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $) !! Market value <br /> (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 City || Banking, financial services ||118.2||26.5||2609.8||387.7
|-
| 4 ||Berkshire Hathaway||  Omaha || [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]||235.2||39.7||702.7||491.9
|-
| 5 ||Citigroup|| New York City || 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 ||American Express|| Buffalo || Banking, financial services ||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.

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

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-style="background-color:#efefef;"
|+ 2018 top company by sector
! Sector !! Company !! Headquarters !! Overall <br /> rank !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $) !! Market value <br /> (billion $)
|-
| Advertising || [[WPP plc|WPP]] || London ||<span style="display:none">0301</span>#301 ||style="text-align:center;"|18.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|42.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|30.1
|-
| [[Aerospace manufacturer|Aerospace]] & [[Arms industry|Defense]] || [[Boeing]] ||  Chicago ||<span style="display:none">0076</span>#76 ||style="text-align:center;"|96.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|5.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|94.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|85.3
|-
| [[Cargo airline|Air Courier]] || [[United Parcel Service]] ||  Sandy Springs, Georgia|Sandy Springs ||<span style="display:none">0146</span>#146 ||style="text-align:center;"|58.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|38.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|93.3
|-
| Airline || [[Delta Air Lines]] ||  Atlanta ||<span style="display:none">0170</span>#170 ||style="text-align:center;"|40.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|53.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|34.4
|-
| Aluminum || [[Alcoa]] ||  New York City ||<span style="display:none">0757</span>#757 ||style="text-align:center;"|21.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|-0.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|36.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|13.7
|-
| [[Clothing industry|Apparel/Accessories]] || [[Dior|Christian Dior]] || Paris ||<span style="display:none">0216</span>#216 ||style="text-align:center;"|41.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|68.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|31.4
|-
| [[Footwear|Apparel/Footwear Retail]] || [[Inditex]] || A Coruña ||<span style="display:none">0310</span>#310 ||style="text-align:center;"|23.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|3.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|18.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|103.2
|-
| [[Automotive industry|Auto & Truck Manufacturers]] || [[Toyota]] Motor || Toyota, Aichi|Toyota ||<span style="display:none">0010</span>#10 ||style="text-align:center;"|235.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|19.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|406.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|177.0
|-
| [[Automotive industry|Auto & Truck Parts]] || [[Continental AG|Continental]] || Hanover ||<span style="display:none">0209</span>#209 ||style="text-align:center;"|43.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|3.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|36.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|43.7
|-
| [[Beverage industry|Beverages]] || [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] || Leuven ||<span style="display:none">0056</span>#56 ||style="text-align:center;"|43.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|8.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|136.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|204.6
|-
| [[Biotechnology|Biotechs]] || [[Gilead Sciences]] ||  Foster City, California|Foster City ||<span style="display:none">0118</span>#118 ||style="text-align:center;"|32.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|18.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|51.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|138.1
|-
| Broadcasting & [[Cable television|Cable]] || [[Comcast]] ||  Philadelphia ||<span style="display:none">0035</span>#35 ||style="text-align:center;"|74.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|8.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|166.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|148.2
|-
| [[Business service provider|Business & Personal Services]] || [[Alibaba Group|Alibaba]] || Hangzhou ||<span style="display:none">0174</span>#174 ||style="text-align:center;"|15.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|11.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|56.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|200.7
|-
| [[Office supplies|Business Products & Supplies]] || [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] || Tokyo ||<span style="display:none">0254</span>#254 ||style="text-align:center;"|31.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|36.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|40.4
|-
| [[Casino]]s & Gaming || [[Las Vegas Sands]] ||  Paradise, Nevada|Paradise ||<span style="display:none">0432</span>#301 ||style="text-align:center;"|11.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|21.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|37.2
|-
| [[Telecommunications equipment|Communications Equipment]] || [[Cisco Systems]] ||  San Jose, California|San Jose ||<span style="display:none">0063</span>#63 ||style="text-align:center;"|49.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|10.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|112.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|141.7
|-
| [[Consumer electronics|Computer & Electronics Retail]] || [[Best Buy]] ||  Richfield, Minnesota|Richfield ||<span style="display:none">0637</span>#637 ||style="text-align:center;"|39.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|13.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|10.7
|-
| [[Computer hardware|Computer Hardware]] || Apple Inc. ||  Cupertino ||<span style="display:none">0008</span>#8 ||style="text-align:center;"|233.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|53.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|293.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|586.0
|-
| [[Computer industry|Computer Services]] || [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]] ||  Mountain View, California|Mountain View ||<span style="display:none">0027</span>#27 ||style="text-align:center;"|77.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|17.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|149.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|500.1
|-
| [[Data storage device|Computer Storage Devices]] || [[Dell EMC|EMC]] ||  Hopkinton, Massachusetts|Hopkinton ||<span style="display:none">0231</span>#231 ||style="text-align:center;"|24.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|45.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|51.9
|-
| Conglomerates || [[Siemens]] || Munich ||<span style="display:none">0051</span>#51 ||style="text-align:center;"|85.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|6.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|133.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|91.8
|-
| [[Building material|Construction Materials]] || [[Saint-Gobain]] || Courbevoie ||<span style="display:none">0256</span>#256 ||style="text-align:center;"|43.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|48.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|25.6
|-
| [[Construction]] Services || [[China State Construction Engineering]] || Beijing ||<span style="display:none">0114</span>#114 ||style="text-align:center;"|135.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|165.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|25.6
|-
| [[Consumer electronics|Consumer Electronics]] || [[Sony]] || Tokyo ||<span style="display:none">0192</span>#192 ||style="text-align:center;"|67.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|142.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|34.1
|-
| [[Financial services|Consumer Financial Services]] || [[American Express]] ||  New York City ||<span style="display:none">0095</span>#95 ||style="text-align:center;"|34.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|5.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|159.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|63.2
|-
| [[Packaging and labeling|Containers & Packaging]] || [[Amcor]] || Hawthorn, Victoria|Hawthorn ||<span style="display:none">0966</span>#966 ||style="text-align:center;"|9.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|8.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|13.6
|-
| [[Department store|Department Stores]] || [[Macy's]] ||  New York City ||<span style="display:none">0515</span>#515 ||style="text-align:center;"|27.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|20.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|12.8
|-
| [[Discount store|Discount Stores]] || [[Walmart|Wal-Mart Stores]] ||  Bentonville, Arkansas|Bentonville ||<span style="display:none">0015</span>#15 ||style="text-align:center;"|482.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|14.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|199.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|215.7
|-
| [[Chemical industry|Diversified Chemicals]] || [[BASF]] || Ludwigshafen ||<span style="display:none">0094</span>#94 ||style="text-align:center;"|78.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|80.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|73.2
|-
| [[Insurance|Diversified Insurance]] || Ping An Insurance || Shenzhen ||<span style="display:none">0020</span>#20 ||style="text-align:center;"|98.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|8.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|732.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|90.0
|-
| [[Mining|Diversified Metals & Mining]] || [[China Shenhua Energy]] || Beijing ||<span style="display:none">0167</span>#167 ||style="text-align:center;"|27.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|85.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|43.1
|-
| [[Public utility|Diversified Utilities]] || [[Veolia]] Environnement || Paris ||<span style="display:none">0526</span>#526 ||style="text-align:center;"|27.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|39.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|13.3
|-
| [[Pharmacy|Drug Retail]] || [[CVS Health]] ||  Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket ||<span style="display:none">0062</span>#62 ||style="text-align:center;"|153.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|5.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|93.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|110.8
|-
| [[Electric utility|Electric Utilities]] || [[Korea Electric Power Corporation|Korea Electric Power]] || Seoul ||<span style="display:none">0097</span>#97 ||style="text-align:center;"|52.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|11.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|149.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|33.1
|-
| [[Electrical equipment|Electrical Equipment]] || [[Schneider Electric]] || Rueil-Malmaison ||<span style="display:none">0248</span>#117 ||style="text-align:center;"|29.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|46.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|39.3
|-
| [[Electronics industry|Electronics]] || [[Foxconn|Hon Hai Precision]] (Foxconn) ||  New Taipei City ||<span style="display:none">0117</span>#117 ||style="text-align:center;"|141.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|70.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|39.2
|-
| [[Waste management|Environmental & Waste]] || [[Waste Management (corporation)|Waste Management]] ||  Houston ||<span style="display:none">0549</span>#549 ||style="text-align:center;"|13.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|20.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|25.1
|-
| [[Food processing|Food Processing]] || [[Nestlé]] || Vevey ||<span style="display:none">0033</span>#33 ||style="text-align:center;"|92.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|9.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|123.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|235.7
|-
| [[Grocery store|Food Retail]] || [[Kroger]] ||  Cincinnati ||<span style="display:none">0223</span>#223 ||style="text-align:center;"|109.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|34.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|34.2
|-
| [[Forest product|Forest Products]] || [[CMPC (company)|Empresas CMPC]] || Santiago ||<span style="display:none">1943</span>#1943 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|14.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|5.4
|-
| Furniture & [[Light fixture|Fixtures]] || [[Steinhoff International]] ||  Stellenbosch ||<span style="display:none">0440</span>#440 ||style="text-align:center;"|13.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|25.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|22.8
|-
| [[Healthcare industry|Healthcare Services]] || [[Express Scripts]] ||  St. Louis ||<span style="display:none">0145</span>#145 ||style="text-align:center;"|101.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|54.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|46.5
|-
| [[Heavy equipment|Heavy Equipment]] || [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] ||  Peoria, Illinois|Peoria ||<span style="display:none">0155</span>#155 ||style="text-align:center;"|47.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|78.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|45.6
|-
| [[Home-improvement center|Home Improvement Retail]] || [[The Home Depot|Home Depot]] ||  Atlanta ||<span style="display:none">0112</span>#112 ||style="text-align:center;"|88.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|7.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|42.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|169.8
|-
| [[Hospitality industry|Hotels/Motels]] || [[Carnival Cruise Line|Carnival]] ||  Miami ||<span style="display:none">0311</span>#311 ||style="text-align:center;"|15.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|38.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|37.8
|-
| [[Home appliance|Household Appliances]] || [[Midea Group]] || Foshan ||<span style="display:none">0402</span>#402 ||style="text-align:center;"|22.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|19.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|20.2
|-
| [[Household chemicals|Household]]/[[Personal care|Personal Care]] || [[Procter & Gamble]] ||  Cincinnati ||<span style="display:none">0039</span>#39 ||style="text-align:center;"|69.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|8.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|129.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|218.9
|-
| [[Insurance broker|Insurance Brokers]] || [[Aon (company)|Aon]] || London||<span style="display:none">0420</span>#420 ||style="text-align:center;"|11.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|27.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|27.9
|-
| [[Online shopping|Internet]] & [[Mail order|Catalog Retail]] || |[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] ||  Seattle ||<span style="display:none">0237</span>#237 ||style="text-align:center;"|107.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|67.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|292.6
|-
| [[Financial services|Investment Services]] || [[Berkshire Hathaway]] ||  Omaha ||<span style="display:none">0004</span>#4 ||style="text-align:center;"|210.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|24.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|561.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|360.1
|-
| [[Iron ore|Iron]] & Steel || [[CITIC Limited|Citic Pacific]] || Hong Kong ||<span style="display:none">0061</span>#61 ||style="text-align:center;"|53.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|5.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|877.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|45.4
|-
| [[Life insurance|Life]] & [[Health insurance|Health Insurance]] || [[Japan Post Holdings]] || Tokyo ||<span style="display:none">0029</span>#29 ||style="text-align:center;"|129.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|2,450.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|62.6
|-
| [[Systemically important financial institution|Major Banks]] || Industrial and Commercial Bank of China || Beijing ||<span style="display:none">0001</span>#1 ||style="text-align:center;"|171.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|44.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|3,420.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|198.0
|-
| [[Managed care|Managed Health Care]] || [[UnitedHealth Group]] ||  Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka ||<span style="display:none">0041</span>#41 ||style="text-align:center;"|165.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|6.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|117.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|127.5
|-
| [[Medical equipment|Medical Equipment & Supplies]] || [[Johnson & Johnson]] ||  New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick ||<span style="display:none">0032</span>#32 ||style="text-align:center;"|70.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|15.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|133.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|312.6
|-
| [[Natural gas|Natural Gas]] [[Public utility|Utilities]] || [[Gas Natural]] Fenosa || Barcelona ||<span style="display:none">0287</span>#287 ||style="text-align:center;"|28.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|52.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|20.6
|-
| [[Petroleum industry|Oil & Gas Operations]] || ExxonMobil ||  Irving ||<span style="display:none">0009</span>#9 ||style="text-align:center;"|236.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|16.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|336.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|363.3
|-
| [[Oilfield services|Oil Services & Equipment]] || [[Schlumberger]] ||  Houston ||<span style="display:none">0176</span>#176 ||style="text-align:center;"|31.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|69.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|111.1
|-
| [[Machine industry|Other Industrial Equipment]] || [[Eaton Corporation|Eaton]] ||Dublin||<span style="display:none">0315</span>#315 ||style="text-align:center;"|20.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|31.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|28.9
|-
| [[Transport|Other Transportation]] || [[Maersk|Møller-Maersk]] || Copenhagen ||<span style="display:none">0306</span>#306 ||style="text-align:center;"|40.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|64.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|30.7
|-
| [[Pulp and paper industry|Paper & Paper Products]] || [[International Paper]] ||  Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis ||<span style="display:none">0426</span>#426 ||style="text-align:center;"|22.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|30.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|17.8
|-
| [[Pharmaceutical industry|Pharmaceuticals]] || [[Pfizer]] ||  New York City ||<span style="display:none">0046</span>#46 ||style="text-align:center;"|48.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|7.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|167.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|205.7
|-
| [[Health technology|Precision Healthcare Equipment]] || [[Thermo Fisher Scientific]] ||  Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham ||<span style="display:none">0267</span>#267 ||style="text-align:center;"|17.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|40.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|57.8
|-
| Printing & Publishing || [[Thomson Reuters]] ||  New York City ||<span style="display:none">0405</span>#405 ||style="text-align:center;"|12.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|29.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|30.9
|-
| [[Property insurance|Property]] & [[Casualty insurance|Casualty Insurance]] || [[The Travelers Companies|Travelers]] ||  New York City ||<span style="display:none">0165</span>#165 ||style="text-align:center;"|26.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|3.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|102.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|32.4
|-
| Railroads || [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] ||  Omaha ||<span style="display:none">0172</span>#172 ||style="text-align:center;"|21.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|55.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|75.4
|-
| [[Real estate|Real Estate]] || [[Vanke]] || Shenzhen ||<span style="display:none">0185</span>#185 ||style="text-align:center;"|31.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|94.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|27.7
|-
| [[Recreation]]al Products || [[Activision Blizzard]] ||  Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica ||<span style="display:none">0842</span>#842 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|15.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|25.5
|-
| [[Regional bank|Regional Banks]] || China Construction Bank || Beijing ||<span style="display:none">0002</span>#2 ||style="text-align:center;"|146.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|36.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|2,826.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|162.8
|-
| [[Equipment rental|Rental]] & [[Lease|Leasing]] || [[Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group|Mitsubishi UFJ Lease]] || Tokyo ||<span style="display:none">1075</span>#1075 ||style="text-align:center;"|6.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|42.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.2
|-
| Restaurants || [[McDonald's]] ||  Oak Brook, Illinois|Oak Brook ||<span style="display:none">0189</span>#189 ||style="text-align:center;"|25.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|4.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|37.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|110.1
|-
| [[Security]] Systems || [[Secom]] || Tokyo ||<span style="display:none">0854</span>#854 ||style="text-align:center;"|7.1 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|13.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|18.1
|-
| [[Semiconductor industry|Semiconductors]] || [[Samsung]] Electronics || Seoul ||<span style="display:none">0018</span>#18 ||style="text-align:center;"|177.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|16.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|206.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|161.6
|-
| Software & [[Computer programming|Programming]] || [[Microsoft]] ||  Redmond, Washington|Redmond ||<span style="display:none">0023</span>#23 ||style="text-align:center;"|86.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|10.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|181.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|407.0
|-
| [[Chemical industry|Specialized Chemicals]] || [[Air Liquide]] || Paris ||<span style="display:none">0313</span>#313 ||style="text-align:center;"|18.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.9 ||style="text-align:center;"|31.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|40.5
|-
| [[Retail#Specialty store|Specialty Stores]] || [[Richemont]] || Bellevue, Switzerland|Bellevue ||<span style="display:none">0416</span>#416 ||style="text-align:center;"|12.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|21.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|37.6
|-
| [[Telecommunications industry|Telecommunications services]] || [[AT&T]] ||  Dallas ||<span style="display:none">0012</span>#12 ||style="text-align:center;"|146.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|13.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|402.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|234.2
|-
| [[Savings and loan association|Thrifts]] & [[Mortgage loan|Mortgage Financing]] || [[Aareal Bank]] || Wiesbaden ||<span style="display:none">1381</span>#1381 ||style="text-align:center;"|1.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.4 ||style="text-align:center;"|57.2 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.1
|-
| [[Tobacco industry|Tobacco]] || [[British American Tobacco]] || London ||<span style="display:none">0177</span>#177 ||style="text-align:center;"|20.0 ||style="text-align:center;"|6.6 ||style="text-align:center;"|46.5 ||style="text-align:center;"|111.0
|-
| [[Trading company|Trading Companies]] || [[Mitsubishi Corporation|Mitsubishi Corp]] || Tokyo ||<span style="display:none">0136</span>#136 ||style="text-align:center;"|59.8 ||style="text-align:center;"|2.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|135.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|27.7
|-
| Trucking || [[Yamato Transport|Yamato Holdings]] || Tokyo ||<span style="display:none">1306</span>#1306 ||style="text-align:center;"|11.7 ||style="text-align:center;"|0.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|9.3 ||style="text-align:center;"|8.6
|}

== 2017 list ==
In 2017, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2017/05/24/the-worlds-largest-public-companies-2017/#5d13c988508d|title=The World's Largest Public Companies 2017|magazine=Forbes.com|access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|+ 2017 top ten
! Rank !! Company !! Headquarters !! Industry !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $) !! Market value <br /> (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 City || 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 ||Citigroup|| New York City || 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 || [[Automobile industry|Automotive]] ||249.9||17.1||412.5||171.9
|}

== 2016 list ==
In 2016, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2016//12,14the-worlds-largest-companies-2016/#7a34d7b245a6|title=The World's Largest Companies 2016|magazine=Forbes.com|access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-style="background-color:#efefef;"
|+ 2016 top ten
! Rank !! Company !! Headquarters !! Industry !! Sales <br /> (billion $) !! Profits <br /> (billion $) !! Assets <br /> (billion $) !! Market value <br /> (billion $)
|-
| 1 || Industrial and Commercial Bank of China || 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 || Citigroup || New York City|| 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 City || 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, Texas|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 ==
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* [[Forbes 500]]
* [[Fortune Global 500]]
* [[Fortune India 500]]
* [[Financial Times Global 500]]
* [[Bentley Infrastructure 500]]
* [[List of largest employers]]
* [[List of largest companies by revenue]]
* [[List of public corporations by market capitalization]]
* [[List of largest Nordic companies]]
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== References ==
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<ref name=method>Andrea Murphy (6 May 2015). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamurphy/2015/05/06/2015-global-2000-methodology/ 2015 Global 2000: Methodology]. Forbes. Accessed December 2015.</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/ Forbes.com: full list of the ''Forbes'' Global 2000]

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