Countries
Country
Rank
Company Global
500
rank
City Revenues
($ millions)
1 Volkswagen 16 Wolfsburg 146,205
2 Allianz 20 Munich 125,999
3 E.ON 27 Düsseldorf 113,849
4 Daimler 30 Stuttgart 109,700
5 Siemens 40 Munich 103,605
6 Metro 57 Düsseldorf 91,152
7 Deutsche Telekom 59 Bonn 89,794
8 Munich Re Group 73 Munich 74,764
9 BASF 81 Ludwigshafen 70,461
10 BMW 82 Munich 70,444
11 Deutsche Post 86 Bonn 69,427
12 RWE 101 Essen 64,795
13 Deutsche Bank 113 Frankfurt 58,998
14 ThyssenKrupp 123 Düsseldorf 54,816
15 Robert Bosch 129 Stuttgart 53,060
16 Bayer 170 Leverkusen 43,322
17 Deutsche Bahn 177 Berlin 40,774
18 DZ Bank 212 Frankfurt 34,633
19 Commerzbank 213 Frankfurt 34,611
20 Franz Haniel 219 Duisburg 34,087
21 Lufthansa Group 246 Cologne 30,972
22 Landesbank Baden-Württemberg 259 Stuttgart 30,062
23 Edeka Zentrale 261 Hamburg 29,976
24 Continental 287 Hanover 27,932
25 KFW Bankengruppe 321 Frankfurt 25,582
26 Hochtief 322 Essen 25,563
27 Bayerische Landesbank 345 Munich 24,255
28 Norddeutsche Landesbank 367 Hanover 23,201
29 Heraeus Holding 381 Hanau 22,545
30 Bertelsmann 392 Gütersloh 22,036
31 Energie Baden-Württemberg 406 Karlsruhe 21,634
32 Fresenius 439 Bad Homburg 19,687
33 TUI 449 Hanover 19,344
34 Henkel 457 Düsseldorf 18,866
35 Boehringer Ingelheim 463 Ingelheim 18,630
36 Evonik Industries 470 Essen 18,175
37 MAN Group 490 Munich 17,320
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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S. 139
Japan 71
China 46
Company 2009 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores 2,100,000
China National Petroleum 1,649,992
State Grid 1,533,800
Company 2009 Profits
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Gazprom $24,556
Exxon Mobil $19,280
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China $18,832
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