Global 500

Our annual ranking of the world's largest corporations

Countries

Country Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	City	Revenues ($ millions)
1	BHP Billiton	139	Melbourne	50,211
2	Wesfarmers	192	Perth	37,466
3	Woolworths	198	Bella Vista	36,523
4	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	298	Sydney	27,162
5	National Australia Bank	305	Melbourne	26,708
6	Westpac Banking	320	Sydney	25,623
7	Australia & New Zealand Banking	399	Docklands	21,778
8	Telstra	458	Melbourne	18,824

From the July 26, 2010 issue

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Country	# of GLOBAL 500 Companies

Australia	8
Austria	3
Belgium	5
Belgium/Netherlands	1
Brazil	7
Britain	29
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	11
China	46
Denmark	2

Finland	1
France	39
Germany	37
India	8
Ireland	2
Italy	11

Japan	71
Luxembourg	1
Malaysia	1
Mexico	2
Netherlands	13
Norway	1
Poland	1
Russia	6

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	2
South Korea	10
Spain	10
Sweden	5
Switzerland	15
Taiwan	8
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	139
Venezuela	1

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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	139
Japan	71
China	46

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Company	2009 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,100,000
China National Petroleum	1,649,992
State Grid	1,533,800

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Company	2009 Profits ($ millions)
Gazprom	$24,556
Exxon Mobil	$19,280
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	$18,832

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