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2005
Top companies
Biggest Increase in Revenues
Rank
Company
500 revenues rank
Revenues % Change From 2004
2005 Revenues ($ millions)
1
Rosneft Oil
367
291.3
17,670.0
2
Dexia Group
55
258.8
72,814.3
3
Lyondell Chemical
349
211.8
18,606.0
4
Legal & General Group
85
159.0
56,384.8
5
Sears Holdings
107
149.3
49,124.0
6
Wellpoint
117
116.8
45,136.0
7
Société Générale
67
98.8
64,441.9
8
Lloyds TSB Group
89
91.6
55,407.0
9
Sanofi-Aventis
159
89.4
35,429.2
10
Crédit Agricole
19
87.6
110,764.6
11
Cemex
451
85.7
14,934.5
12
Rio Tinto Group
310
82.8
20,742.0
13
Hon Hai Precision Industry
206
74.6
28,350.1
14
Danske Bank Group
284
73.3
22,336.5
15
Santander Central Hispano Group
93
69.3
53,848.8
16
Apple Computer
492
68.3
13,931.0
17
Lukoil
115
60.7
46,284.0
18
Prudential
52
58.8
74,744.7
19
HBOS
49
58.7
75,798.8
20
OMV Group
334
57.8
19,389.5
21
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
147
55.1
37,925.6
22
Lehman Brothers Holdings
176
52.6
32,420.0
23
Petrobrás
86
52.3
56,324.0
24
Surgutneftegas
443
51.5
15,153.6
25
Nomura Holdings
427
51.1
15,835.0
26
Valero Energy
44
50.9
81,362.0
27
Quanta Computer
454
50.6
14,900.5
28
Kookmin Bank
364
49.5
17,853.1
29
Federated Dept. Stores
262
49.4
23,347.0
30
UBS
36
48.8
84,707.6
31
Fortis
18
48.8
112,351.4
32
Plains All Amer. Pipeline
186
48.6
31,177.3
33
Merrill Lynch
110
47.2
47,783.0
34
Goldman Sachs Group
124
45.4
43,391.0
35
Gazprom
102
44.8
50,824.4
36
PTT
265
44.2
23,109.0
37
Banco Bradesco
269
44.2
22,920.4
38
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
45
40.3
79,902.0
39
Occidental Petroleum
412
40.3
16,286.0
40
Itaúsa-Investimentos Itaú
415
40.2
16,185.8
41
América Telecom
398
40.0
16,719.2
42
Holcim
458
39.4
14,819.5
43
Constellation Energy
370
38.4
17,374.8
44
ConocoPhillips
10
37.0
166,683.0
45
Deutsche Bank
48
36.9
76,227.6
46
Inbev
472
35.9
14,483.3
47
Hutchison Whampoa
259
35.8
23,474.8
48
Hess
263
35.8
23,255.0
49
Tesoro
406
35.7
16,473.0
50
Banco Do Brasil
323
35.2
19,959.9
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Country
Number of Global 500 Companies
United States
170
Japan
70
Britain, France (tied)
38
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Biggest employers
Company
2005 number of employees
Wal-Mart Stores
1,800,000
China National Petroleum
1,090,232
State Grid
844,031
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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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