Countries

Country Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)	City
1	Royal Dutch Shell	1	458,361	The Hague
2	ING Group	8	226,577	Amsterdam
3	EADS	104	63,326	Leiden
4	LyondellBasell Industries	147	50,996	Rotterdam
5	Rabobank	165	45,215	Utrecht
6	Royal Ahold	187	40,117	Amsterdam
7	Royal Philips Electronics	195	38,807	Amsterdam
8	GasTerra	227	35,059	Groningen
9	Akzo Nobel	406	22,563	Amsterdam
10	Royal KPN	434	21,373	The Hague
11	Heineken Holding	442	21,005	Amsterdam
12	Randstad Holding	450	20,548	Diemen

From the July 20, 2009 issue

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Country	# of GLOBAL 500 Companies

Australia	9
Austria	2
Belgium	5
Brazil	6
Britain	26
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	14
China	37
Denmark	2

Finland	2
France	40
Germany	39
Hungary	1
India	7
Ireland	2
Israel	1
Italy	10

Japan	68
Luxembourg	1
Malaysia	1
Mexico	4
Netherlands	12
Norway	1
Poland	1
Portugal	1
Russia	8

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	2
South Korea	14
Spain	12
Sweden	6
Switzerland	15
Taiwan	6
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	140
Venezuela	1

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U.S.	140
Japan	68
France	40

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Gazprom	$29,864
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