This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated 2020 revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500 latest tally published in August 2021.[2] American retail corporation Walmart has been the world's largest company by revenue since 2013.
The list is limited to the top 50 companies, all of which have annual revenues exceeding US$121 billion. Only companies that publish financial data and report figures to a government agency are included. Therefore, this list is incomplete.[3]
List
State-owned enterprise (government owns 50% or more)
Rank | Name | Industry | Revenue | Profit | Employees | Headquarters[note 1] | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USD Millions | |||||||
1 | Walmart | Retail | ![]() |
$13,510 | 2,300,000 | ![]() |
[4] |
2 | State Grid | Electricity | ![]() |
$5,580 | 1,566,000 (2019) | ![]() |
[5] |
3 | Amazon | Retail, Information Technology | ![]() |
$21,331 | 1,608,000 | ![]() |
[6] |
4 | China National Petroleum | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$4,575 | 1,242,245 | ![]() |
[7] |
5 | Sinopec Group | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$6,205 | 553,833 | ![]() |
[8] |
6 | Apple | Electronics | ![]() |
$57,411 | 154,000 | ![]() |
[9] |
7 | CVS Health | Healthcare | ![]() |
$7,179 | 256,500 | ![]() |
[10] |
8 | UnitedHealth | Healthcare | ![]() |
$15,403 | 330,000 | ![]() |
[11] |
9 | Toyota | Automotive | ![]() |
$21,180 | 366,283 | ![]() |
[12] |
10 | Volkswagen | Automotive | ![]() |
$10,104 | 662,575 | ![]() |
[13] |
11 | Berkshire Hathaway | Financials | ![]() |
$42,521 | 360,000 | ![]() |
[14] |
12 | McKesson | Healthcare | ![]() |
-$4,539 | 67,500 | ![]() |
[15] |
13 | China State Construction | Construction | ![]() |
$3,578 | 356,864 | ![]() |
[16] |
14 | Saudi Aramco | Oil and gas | ![]() |
$49,287 | 79,800 | ![]() |
[17] |
15 | AmerisourceBergen | Healthcare | ![]() |
$1,540 | 40,000 | ![]() |
[18] |
16 | Samsung Electronics | Electronics | ![]() |
$22,116 | 267,937 | ![]() |
[19] |
17 | Ping An Insurance | Financials | ![]() |
$20,739 | 362,035 | ![]() |
[20] |
18 | BP | Oil and gas | ![]() |
-$20,305 | 68,100 | ![]() |
[21] |
19 | Shell | Oil and gas | ![]() |
-$21,680 | 87,000 | ![]() |
[22] |
20 | ICBC | Financials | ![]() |
$45,783 | 439,787 | ![]() |
[23] |
21 | Alphabet | Information technology | ![]() |
$40,269 | 144,056 | ![]() |
[24] |
22 | Foxconn | Electronics | ![]() |
$3,457 | 878,429 | ![]() |
[25] |
23 | ExxonMobil | Oil and gas | ![]() |
-$22,440 | 72,000 | ![]() |
[26] |
24 | Mercedes-Benz Group | Automotive | ![]() |
$4,133 | 288,481 | ![]() |
[27] |
25 | China Construction Bank | Financials | ![]() |
$39,283 | 373,814 | ![]() |
[28] |
26 | AT&T | Telecommunications | ![]() |
-$5,176 | 230,760 | ![]() |
[29] |
27 | Microsoft | Information technology | ![]() |
$61,270 | 181,000 | ![]() |
[30] |
28 | Costco | Retail | ![]() |
$4,002 | 214,500 | ![]() |
[31] |
29 | Cigna | Healthcare | ![]() |
$8,458 | 72,963 | ![]() |
[32] |
30 | Agricultural Bank of China | Financials | ![]() |
$31,293 | 462,592 | ![]() |
[33] |
31 | Cardinal Health | Healthcare | ![]() |
-$3,696 | 48,000 | ![]() |
[34] |
32 | Trafigura | Commodities | ![]() |
$1,699 | 8,619 | ![]() |
[35] |
33 | China Life Insurance | Insurance | ![]() |
$4,648 | 183,417 | ![]() |
[36] |
34 | Glencore | Commodities | ![]() |
-$1,903 | 87,822 | ![]() |
[37] |
35 | China Railway Engineering Corporation | Construction | ![]() |
$1,639 | 308,483 | ![]() |
[38] |
36 | Walgreens Boots Alliance | Retail | ![]() |
$456 | 450,000 | ![]() |
[39] |
37 | Exor | Holding company | ![]() |
-$34 | 263,284 | ![]() |
[40] |
38 | Allianz | Financials | ![]() |
$7,756 | 150,269 | ![]() |
[41] |
39 | Bank of China | Financials | ![]() |
$27,952 | 309,084 | ![]() |
[42] |
40 | Kroger | Retail | ![]() |
$2,585 | 465,000 | ![]() |
[2] |
41 | Home Depot | Retail | ![]() |
$12,870 | 504,800 | ![]() |
[2] |
42 | China Railway Construction | Construction | ![]() |
$1,486 | 364,632 | ![]() |
[2] |
43 | JPMorgan Chase | Financials | ![]() |
$29,131 | 260,110 | ![]() |
[43] |
44 | Huawei | Electronics | ![]() |
$9,362 | 197,000 | ![]() |
[44] |
45 | Verizon | Telecommunications | ![]() |
$17,801 | 135,500 | ![]() |
[45] |
46 | AXA | Financials | ![]() |
$3,605 | 96,595 | ![]() |
[46] |
47 | Ford | Automotive | ![]() |
-$1,279 | 186,000 | ![]() |
[47] |
48 | Honda | Automotive | ![]() |
$6,202 | 211,374 | ![]() |
[48] |
49 | General Motors | Automotive | ![]() |
$6,427 | 155,000 | ![]() |
[49] |
50 | Anthem | Healthcare | ![]() |
$4,572 | 83,400 | ![]() |
[2] |
Notes
- ^ as reported by source
See also
- List of largest companies in the United States by revenue
- List of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue
- Forbes Global 2000
- List of largest employers
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- List of most valuable brands
- List of companies by research and development spending
- List of wealthiest organizations
- Economy of the United States
- List of the largest software companies
- List of largest Internet companies
- List of largest technology companies by revenue
- List of largest airlines
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