Europe

Europe Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)	City
1	Royal Dutch Shell	1	458,361	The Hague
2	BP	4	367,053	London
3	Total	6	234,674	Courbevoie
4	ING Group	8	226,577	Amsterdam
5	Volkswagen	14	166,579	Wolfsburg
6	Dexia Group	16	161,269	Brussels
7	ENI	17	159,348	Rome
8	Allianz	20	142,395	Munich
9	HSBC Holdings	21	142,049	London
10	Daimler	23	140,328	Stuttgart
11	BNP Paribas	24	136,096	Paris
12	Carrefour	25	129,134	Levallois-Perret
13	E.ON	26	127,278	D�sseldorf
14	ArcelorMittal	28	124,936	Luxembourg
15	Siemens	30	123,595	Munich
16	Banco Santander	35	117,803	Madrid
17	Statoil Hydro	36	116,211	Stavanger
18	Royal Bank of Scotland	38	113,087	Edinburgh
19	Soci�t� G�n�rale	43	104,378	Paris
20	Cr�dit Agricole	46	103,582	Paris
21	Assicurazioni Generali	47	103,103	Trieste
22	Nestl�	48	101,565	Vevey
23	Metro	50	101,217	D�sseldorf
24	GDF Suez	53	99,419	Paris
25	Deutsche Post	54	98,708	Bonn
26	Tesco	56	94,300	Cheshunt
27	�lectricit� de France	57	94,084	Paris
28	UniCredit Group	58	94,036	Milan
29	BASF	59	91,193	Ludwigshafen
30	Deutsche Telekom	61	90,260	Bonn
31	Enel	62	90,005	Rome
32	Fiat	64	86,914	Turin
33	Telef�nica	66	84,815	Madrid
34	Deutsche Bank	70	81,360	Frankfurt
35	AXA	73	80,257	Paris
36	ThyssenKrupp	74	80,210	D�sseldorf
37	Peugeot	75	79,560	Paris
38	Repsol YPF	76	79,177	Madrid
39	France T�l�com	77	78,290	Paris
40	BMW	78	77,864	Munich
41	Barclays	83	75,136	London
42	Nokia	85	74,224	Espoo
43	Rwe	89	71,851	Essen
44	Vodafone	94	69,138	Newbury
45	Munich Re Group	95	67,515	Munich
46	Robert Bosch	98	66,052	Stuttgart
47	Saint-Gobain	102	64,109	Courbevoie
48	EADS	104	63,326	Leiden
49	A.P. M�ller-M�rsk Group	106	62,637	Copenhagen
50	HBOS	107	62,400	Edinburgh

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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