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2008
2007
2006
2005
Top companies
Biggest Employers
Rank
Company
500 revenues rank
2005 Number of
Employees
1
Wal-Mart Stores
2
1,800,000
2
China National Petroleum
39
1,090,232
3
State Grid
32
844,031
4
U.S. Postal Service
61
803,000
5
Sinopec
23
730,800
6
Deutsche Post
75
502,545
7
Agricultural Bank of China
377
478,895
8
UES of Russia
213
461,200
9
Siemens
22
461,000
10
McDonald's
318
447,000
11
Carrefour
25
440,479
12
Compass Group
260
410,074
13
China Telecommunications
279
407,982
14
United Parcel Service
129
407,000
15
Gazprom
102
396,571
16
DaimlerChrysler
7
382,724
17
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
199
361,623
18
Hitachi
38
355,879
19
Sears Holdings
107
355,000
20
Volkswagen
17
344,902
21
Target
97
338,000
22
General Motors
5
335,000
23
Matsushita Electric Industrial
47
334,402
24
China State Construction
486
332,585
25
Intl. Business Machines
29
329,373
26
Sodexho Alliance
459
324,446
27
General Electric
11
316,000
28
La Poste
252
303,405
29
Citigroup
14
303,000
30
China Construction Bank
277
300,288
31
Ford Motor
9
300,000
32
Kroger
73
290,000
33
Home Depot
43
289,800
34
Toyota Motor
8
285,977
35
HSBC Holdings
26
284,000
36
China Railway Engineering
441
280,581
37
Tesco
59
273,024
38
Veolia Environnement
185
271,153
39
Nestlé
53
250,000
40
Robert Bosch
99
248,853
41
Tyco International
136
247,900
42
Deutsche Telekom
54
243,695
43
Albertson's
139
234,000
44
Federated Dept. Stores
262
232,000
45
China Railway Construction
485
227,000
46
Mittal Steel
208
224,286
47
United Technologies
126
222,200
48
Verizon Communications
50
217,000
49
Deutsche Bahn
188
216,389
50
FedEx
197
215,838
From the July 24, 2006 issue
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Country
Number of Global 500 Companies
United States
170
Japan
70
Britain, France (tied)
38
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Most profitable companies
Company
2005 Profits
($ millions)
Exxon Mobil
36,130
Royal Dutch Shell
25,311
Citigroup
24,589
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Top 5 in Asia
Company
2005 Revenues ($ millions)
Toyota Motor
185,805
Sinopec
98,784
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
94,869
Honda Motor
87,510
State Grid
86,984
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