• All
    companies
  • All
    industries
Countries
Country
Rank
Company Global
500
rank
Revenues
($ millions)
City
1 Volkswagen 14 166,579 Wolfsburg
2 Allianz 20 142,395 Munich
3 Daimler 23 140,328 Stuttgart
4 E.ON 26 127,278 Düsseldorf
5 Siemens 30 123,595 Munich
6 Metro 50 101,217 Düsseldorf
7 Deutsche Post 54 98,708 Bonn
8 BASF 59 91,193 Ludwigshafen
9 Deutsche Telekom 61 90,260 Bonn
10 Deutsche Bank 70 81,360 Frankfurt
11 ThyssenKrupp 74 80,210 Düsseldorf
12 BMW 78 77,864 Munich
13 Rwe 89 71,851 Essen
14 Munich Re Group 95 67,515 Munich
15 Robert Bosch 98 66,052 Stuttgart
16 Deutsche Bahn 151 48,963 Berlin
17 Bayer 154 48,182 Leverkusen
18 Landesbank Baden-Württemberg 162 46,137 Stuttgart
19 Franz Haniel 188 40,001 Duisburg
20 KFW Bankengruppe 192 39,370 Frankfurt
21 TUI 214 36,496 Hanover
22 Lufthansa Group 216 36,402 Cologne
23 Continental 222 35,478 Hanover
24 Commerzbank 233 34,776 Frankfurt
25 DZ Bank 245 33,485 Frankfurt
26 Arcandor 285 30,063 Essen
27 Bayerische Landesbank 315 28,112 Munich
28 Hochtief 319 27,961 Essen
29 Bertelsmann 347 25,647 Gütersloh
30 MAN Group 368 24,275 Munich
31 Energie Baden-Württemberg 377 23,866 Karlsruhe
32 Evonik Industries 383 23,718 Essen
33 Edeka Zentrale 391 23,349 Hamburg
34 Heraeus Holding 392 23,292 Hanau
35 Hypo Real Estate Holding 430 21,630 Munich
36 HeidelbergCement 440 21,041 Heidelberg
37 Henkel 448 20,683 Düsseldorf
38 Marquard & Bahls 462 19,851 Hamburg
39 Norddeutsche Landesbank 476 19,410 Hanover
From the July 20, 2009 issue
Top 50
Headquarters
MAPS
Pick a country

Country # of GLOBAL
500 Companies
What Readers Say
They speak out on Exxon Mobil and other Global 500 companies...
 
 
 
Find your top companies
 High revenue growth  High profit growth
 Based in Asia  Based in Europe
 Based in U.S.  Top 5 in its industry
 Big employer  Small employer
SUBMIT


Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S. 140
Japan 68
France 40
Company 2008 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores 2,100,000
China National Petroleum 1,618,393
State Grid 1,537,000
Company 2008 Profits
($ millions)
Exxon Mobil $45,220
Gazprom $29,864
Royal Dutch Shell $26,277
FAQ and methodology
All companies on the list must publish financial data and report part or all of their figures to a government agency. In the U.S., private companies and cooperatives... More
Current Issue
  • Give the gift of Fortune
  • Get the Fortune app
  • Subscribe

Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.