Home
Business News
Markets
Personal Finance
Retirement
Technology
Luxury
Small Business
Fortune
Video
My Portfolio
CNN.com
Companies
Economy
International
Corrections
Pre-market Trading
After-hours Trading
Winners/Losers/Actives
Bonds
Currencies
Commodities
World Markets
Money Magazine
Real Estate
Taxes
Jobs
Ask the Expert
Money 101
Autos
Mutual Funds
The Help Desk
Loan Center
Best Places to Live
Ask the Expert
Ultimate Guide to Retirement
Retirement Calculators
Rules of Retirement
Best Funds
Best Places to Retire
Fortune Brainstorm Tech
Apple 2.0 Blog
Big Tech Blog
Sectors and Stocks
Tech Talk
Resource Guide
Small Business Makeovers
Questions & Answers
Small Business Video
100 Best Places to Launch
FSB 100
Fortune Small Business
Fortune 500
Brainstorm Tech
Investing
Management
C-Suite
Rankings
Main
Create Portfolio
Edit Portfolio
Create Alerts
Edit Alerts
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Fortune 500 archive
Top companies
Highest Profits
Rank
Company
500 revenues rank
2004 Profits
($ millions)
Profits % Change
From 2003
1
Exxon Mobil
3
25,330.0
17.8
2
Royal Dutch/Shell Group
4
18,183.0
45.5
3
Citigroup
16
17,046.0
-4.5
4
General Electric
9
16,819.0
10.4
5
BP
2
15,371.0
49.7
6
Bank of America Corp.
52
14,143.0
30.8
7
ChevronTexaco
11
13,328.0
84.3
8
Total
10
11,955.0
50.4
9
HSBC Holdings
36
11,840.0
34.9
10
Pfizer
75
11,361.0
190.6
11
Toyota Motor
7
10,898.2
5.9
12
Wal-Mart Stores
1
10,267.0
13.4
13
American Intl. Group
19
9,731.0
21.5
14
Samsung Electronics
39
9,419.5
88.2
15
Altria Group
50
9,416.0
2.3
16
Petronas
133
9,356.9
50.3
17
ENI
33
9,047.1
43.1
18
China National Petroleum
46
8,757.1
101.3
19
Johnson & Johnson
88
8,509.0
18.2
20
Intl. Business Machines
20
8,430.0
11.2
21
Royal Bank of Scotland
58
8,267.4
25.2
22
Microsoft
127
8,168.0
-18.3
23
ConocoPhillips
12
8,129.0
71.7
24
GlaxoSmithKline
122
8,095.2
10.1
25
Verizon Communications
38
7,830.7
154.5
26
Intel
141
7,516.0
33.2
27
ING Group
17
7,422.8
62.2
28
Berkshire Hathaway
32
7,308.0
-10.3
29
Wells Fargo
144
7,014.0
13.1
30
OAO Gazprom
139
6,967.4
25.1
31
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
18
6,608.0
15.9
32
UBS
66
6,509.5
37.1
33
Procter & Gamble
77
6,481.0
25.0
34
Petrobrás
125
6,105.5
-6.9
35
Barclays
110
5,988.0
33.5
36
SBC Communications
102
5,887.0
-30.8
37
China Construction Bank
315
5,846.2
N/A
38
Mizuho Financial Group
184
5,837.6
62.0
39
Merck
239
5,813.4
-14.9
40
BNP Paribas
45
5,805.9
36.4
41
Novartis
186
5,767.0
15.0
42
Deutsche Telekom
37
5,763.6
306.4
43
HBOS
87
5,601.4
39.7
44
Nestlé
43
5,405.4
17.0
45
E.ON
69
5,396.7
2.6
46
Roche Group
209
5,344.2
134.2
47
State Farm Insurance Cos
62
5,308.6
87.9
48
Wachovia Corp.
187
5,214.0
22.3
49
ABN AMRO Holding
101
5,110.6
42.9
50
Home Depot
34
5,001.0
16.2
From the July 25, 2005 issue
Corrections
Download the Global 500
More Company News
Chris Liddell named GM CFO
Citadel Broadcasting files for bankruptcy
Ford offers buyouts to UAW workers
How the Countries Stack Up
Country
Number of Global 500 Companies
U.S.
176
Japan
81
France
39
See the rest
Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
Company
2004 number of employees
Wal-Mart Stores
1,600,000
China National Petroleum
1,133,985
U.S. Postal Service
807,596
See the rest
Most profitable companies
Company
2004 Profits
($ millions)
ExxonMobil
25,330.0
Royal Dutch/Shell Group
18,183.0
Citigroup
17,046.0
General Electric
16,593.0
See the rest
Top 5 in Asia
Company
2004 Revenues ($ millions)
Toyota Motor
172,616.3
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
100,545.3
Hitachi
83,993.9
Matsushita Electric Industrial
81,077.7
Honda Motor
80,486.6
See the rest