Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	153
Japan	64
France	39

Company	2007 Number of Employees
U.S. Postal Service	785,929
Sinopec	634,011
Hon Hai Precision Industry	550,000

Company	2007 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$40,610
Royal Dutch Shell	$31,331
General Electric	$22,208

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Europe Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)	City
1	Royal Dutch Shell	3	355,782	The Hague
2	BP	4	291,438	London
3	ING Group	7	201,516	Amsterdam
4	Total	8	187,280	Courbevoie
5	Daimler	11	177,167	Stuttgart
6	Fortis	14	164,877	Brussels
7	AXA	15	162,762	Paris
8	Volkswagen	18	149,054	Wolfsburg
9	Dexia Group	19	147,648	Brussels
10	HSBC Holdings	20	146,500	London
11	BNP Paribas	21	140,727	Paris
12	Allianz	22	140,618	Munich
13	Cr�dit Agricole	23	138,155	Paris
14	Deutsche Bank	26	122,644	Frankfurt
15	ENI	27	120,565	Rome
16	UBS	31	117,206	Zurich
17	Carrefour	33	115,585	Levallois-Perret
18	Assicurazioni Generali	34	113,813	Trieste
19	Royal Bank of Scotland	36	108,392	Edinburgh
20	Siemens	37	106,444	Munich
21	ArcelorMittal	39	105,216	Luxembourg
22	Soci�t� G�n�rale	43	103,443	Paris
23	HBOS	45	100,267	Edinburgh
24	Tesco	51	94,703	Cheshunt
25	E.ON	52	94,356	D�sseldorf
26	Deutsche Post	55	90,472	Bonn
27	Metro	56	90,267	D�sseldorf
28	Nestl�	57	89,630	Vevey
29	Santander Central Hispano Group	58	89,295	Madrid
30	Statoil Hydro	59	89,224	Stavanger
31	Deutsche Telekom	64	85,570	Bonn
32	Peugeot	66	82,965	Paris
33	�lectricit� de France	68	81,629	Paris
34	Aviva	69	81,317	London
35	Barclays	70	80,347	London
36	Fiat	71	80,112	Turin
37	BASF	73	79,322	Ludwigshafen
38	Credit Suisse	74	78,206	Zurich
39	Telef�nica	76	77,254	Madrid
40	UniCredit Group	77	77,030	Milan
41	BMW	78	76,675	Munich
42	France T�l�com	84	72,488	Paris
43	Vodafone	85	71,202	Newbury
44	Nokia	88	69,886	Espoo
45	ThyssenKrupp	89	68,799	D�sseldorf
46	Repsol YPF	92	67,006	Madrid
47	Prudential	94	66,358	London
48	Suez	97	64,983	Paris
49	Munich Re Group	98	64,774	Munich
50	Robert Bosch	101	63,401	Stuttgart
51	Aegon	103	62,383	The Hague
52	Enel	109	59,778	Rome
53	Saint-Gobain	110	59,433	Courbevoie
54	Lloyds TSB Group	111	59,226	London
55	CNP Assurances	112	59,071	Paris
56	RWE	114	58,383	Essen
57	Renault	119	55,684	Boulogne-Billancourt
58	Zurich Financial Services	121	55,163	Zurich
59	Unilever	122	55,006	London
60	Groupe Caisse d'�pargne	124	53,992	Paris
61	EADS	127	53,550	Schiphol-Rijk
62	A.P. M�ller-M�rsk Group	131	52,381	Copenhagen
63	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	134	51,449	Bilbao
64	Royal Ahold	137	50,739	Amsterdam
65	Groupe Auchan	139	50,465	Croix
66	Intesa Sanpaolo	144	48,305	Turin
67	Rabobank	147	47,388	Utrecht
68	GlaxoSmithKline	151	45,447	Brentford
69	Veolia Environnement	153	44,750	Paris
70	Bayer	155	44,664	Leverkusen
71	Telecom Italia	160	43,394	Milan
72	Deutsche Bahn	163	42,855	Berlin
73	BT	166	42,252	London
74	Volvo	167	42,230	G�teborg
75	Vinci	169	41,969	Rueil-Malmaison
76	Bouygues	172	40,721	Paris
77	Roche Group	175	40,315	Basel
78	Sanofi-Aventis	178	39,977	Paris
79	Franz Haniel	179	39,931	Duisburg
80	Novartis	181	39,800	Basel
81	Landesbank Baden-W�rttemberg	185	39,459	Stuttgart
82	Gaz de France	193	37,541	Paris
83	Commerzbank	196	37,143	Frankfurt
84	Royal Philips Electronics	197	37,007	Amsterdam
85	KFW Bankengruppe	199	36,757	Frankfurt
86	Legal & General Group	202	36,416	London
87	Fonci�re Euris	205	36,115	Paris
88	J. Sainsbury	208	35,797	London
89	Swiss Reinsurance	209	35,730	Zurich
90	KBC Group	213	35,224	Brussels
91	Air France-KLM Group	222	34,130	Roissy
92	Old Mutual	225	33,917	London
93	DZ Bank	229	33,360	Frankfurt
94	Centrica	231	32,779	Windsor
95	SNCF	233	32,427	Paris
96	Danske Bank Group	238	31,982	Copenhagen
97	La Poste	239	31,947	Paris
98	Wolseley	241	31,594	Theale
99	Lufthansa Group	250	30,688	Cologne
100	Scottish & Southern Energy	253	30,618	Perth
101	ABB	256	30,306	Zurich
102	Endesa	258	30,018	Madrid
103	TUI	260	29,929	Hanover
104	Rio Tinto Group	263	29,700	London
105	Vivendi	264	29,643	Paris
106	AstraZeneca	265	29,559	London
107	Anglo American	266	29,532	London
108	ACS	270	29,171	Madrid
109	Xstrata	272	29,084	Zug
110	Adecco	274	28,867	Glattbrugg
111	CRH	277	28,733	Dublin
112	BAE Systems	281	28,628	London
113	PPR	284	28,107	Paris
114	L.M. Ericsson	289	27,785	Stockholm
115	OMV Group	295	27,433	Vienna
116	Bayerische Landesbank	297	27,278	Munich
117	Delhaize Group	306	26,113	Brussels
118	William Morrison Supermarkets	310	25,960	Bradford
119	Cepsa	313	25,853	Madrid
120	Groupama	314	25,811	Paris
121	Bertelsmann	316	25,675	G�tersloh
122	Alcatel-Lucent	325	24,645	Paris
123	GasTerra	331	24,245	Groningen
124	Lafarge	333	24,109	Paris
125	Alstom	338	23,927	Levallois-Perret
126	Iberdrola	339	23,910	Bilbao
127	Alliance Boots	340	23,812	Zug
128	Schneider Electric	342	23,691	Rueil-Malmaison
129	Christian Dior	346	23,604	Paris
130	Poste Italiane	348	23,518	Rome
131	National Grid	351	23,479	London
132	Nordea Bank	354	23,415	Stockholm
133	L'Or�al	355	23,355	Clichy
134	Michelin	362	23,087	Clermont-Ferrand
135	Edeka Zentrale	365	22,943	Hamburg
136	Evonik Industries	368	22,783	Essen
137	Continental	369	22,748	Hanover
138	MAN Group	370	22,689	Munich
139	Holcim	376	22,544	Jona
140	Hochtief	377	22,519	Essen
141	Standard Chartered Bank	390	21,506	London
142	Arcandor	394	21,354	Essen
143	Vattenfall	396	21,253	Stockholm
144	Otto Group	397	21,247	Hamburg
145	Compass Group	401	20,950	Chertsey
146	SHV Holdings	404	20,867	Utrecht
147	Stora Enso	407	20,728	Helsinki
148	Skanska	411	20,535	Solna
149	Nationwide Building Society	414	20,438	Swindon
150	Energie Baden-W�rttemberg	418	20,271	Karlsruhe
151	Standard Life	419	20,233	Edinburgh
152	Cr�dit Industriel & Commercial	421	20,193	Paris
153	Groupe Danone	423	20,128	Paris
154	Grupo Ferrovial	424	20,062	Madrid
155	British American Tobacco	425	20,043	London
156	Finmeccanica	428	19,869	Rome
157	Inbev	431	19,751	Leuven
158	Fomento de Construcciones	440	19,267	Madrid
159	Swiss Life	442	19,132	Zurich
160	Migros	445	18,915	Zurich
161	Royal Mail Holdings	446	18,841	London
162	Erste Bank	447	18,836	Vienna
163	Kingfisher	449	18,744	London
164	Akzo Nobel	455	18,481	Amsterdam
165	Marks & Spencer	460	18,106	London
166	Mapfre Group	463	17,984	Majadahonda
167	Premafin Finanziaria	467	17,916	Milan
168	Henkel	468	17,895	D�sseldorf
169	Cie Nationale � Portefeuille	470	17,822	Loverval
170	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken	471	17,811	Stockholm
171	Norsk Hydro	472	17,691	Oslo
172	Sodexo	473	17,673	Issy-les-Moulineaux
173	PKN Orlen Group	477	17,567	Plock
174	British Airways	478	17,567	Harmondsworth
175	Bank of Ireland Group	482	17,433	Dublin
176	Linde Group	483	17,342	Munich
177	Galp Energia	484	17,331	Lisbon
178	ZF Friedrichshafen	485	17,314	Friedrichshafen
179	Royal KPN	486	17,290	The Hague
180	Eiffage	488	17,241	Asni�res-sur-Seine
181	Heineken Holding	491	17,197	Amsterdam
182	LyondellBasell Industries	492	17,073	Rotterdam
183	SABMiller	493	17,057	London
184	Thales Group	498	16,830	Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Australia	8
Austria	2
Belgium	5
Belgium/Netherlands	1
Brazil	5
Britain	34
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	14
China	29
Denmark	2
Finland	2
France	39
Germany	37

India	7
Ireland	2
Italy	10
Japan	64
Luxembourg	1
Malaysia	1
Mexico	5

Netherlands	13
Norway	2
Poland	1
Portugal	1
Russia	5

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	1
South Korea	15
Spain	11
Sweden	6
Switzerland	14
Taiwan	6
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	153

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