Countries
Country
Rank
Company Global
500
rank
City Revenues
($ millions)
1 AXA 9 Paris 175,257
2 Total 14 Courbevoie 155,887
3 BNP Paribas 18 Paris 130,708
4 Carrefour 22 Levallois-Perret 121,452
5 GDF Suez 29 Paris 111,069
6 Crédit Agricole 36 Paris 106,538
7 Électricité de France 52 Paris 92,204
8 Société Générale 62 Paris 84,157
9 Groupe BPCE 71 Paris 76,464
10 Peugeot 94 Paris 67,297
11 CNP Assurances 95 Paris 66,556
12 France Télécom 105 Paris 63,860
13 Groupe Auchan 122 Croix 55,141
14 Saint-Gobain 132 Courbevoie 52,521
15 Veolia Environnement 145 Paris 49,142
16 Renault 154 Boulogne-Billancourt 46,858
17 Vinci 162 Rueil-Malmaison 44,378
18 Bouygues 168 Paris 43,579
19 Sanofi-Aventis 169 Paris 43,405
20 Foncière Euris 180 Paris 40,385
21 Vivendi 189 Paris 37,712
22 SNCF 214 Paris 34,585
23 Air France-KLM Group 265 Roissy 29,644
24 La Poste 279 Paris 28,532
25 Alstom 290 Levallois-Perret 27,739
26 PPR 309 Paris 26,534
27 Groupama 323 Paris 25,539
28 Christian Dior 338 Paris 24,665
29 L'Oréal 342 Clichy 24,286
30 Lafarge 390 Paris 22,078
31 Schneider Electric 394 Rueil-Malmaison 21,952
32 Alcatel-Lucent 418 Paris 21,068
33 Danone 422 Paris 20,824
34 Michelin 426 Clermont-Ferrand 20,581
35 Sodexo 437 Issy-les-Moulineaux 19,818
36 AREVA 441 Paris 19,548
37 Eiffage 456 Asnières-sur-Seine 18,958
38 Thales Group 475 Neuilly-sur-Seine 17,905
39 Suez Environnement 499 Paris 17,091
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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S. 139
Japan 71
China 46
Company 2009 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores 2,100,000
China National Petroleum 1,649,992
State Grid 1,533,800
Company 2009 Profits
($ millions)
Gazprom $24,556
Exxon Mobil $19,280
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China $18,832
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