50 Largest Companies in the World

The largest companies are based on total employees, company assets (area, branches, and revenue). There are thousands of multinational corporations in the globe, and many of them are from the oil and gas industry, which generates enormous money. The United States owns several huge corporations, including Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest corporation by revenue, which is headquartered in Texas. Here, listed the top 50 corporations, with the majority of them based in the United States; nonetheless, Germany, China, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom dominate the list of largest firms.

Oil and Gas Field
RankCompanyPrimary IndustriesTotal Revenue($US Billions)Head QuartersEmployees
1Exxon MobilOil and Gas$486.43Irving, Texas, United States82,100
2Royal Dutch ShellOil and Gas$470.17London, United Kingdom,NetherlandsThe Hague, Netherlands90,000
3WalmartRetailing$446.95Bentonville, Arkansas, United States2,150,000
4BPOil and Gas$386.46London, United Kingdom97,600
5VitolCommodities$297.00Rotterdam, Netherlands and Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland2,810
6SinopecOil and Gas$273.00Beijing, China400,513
7ChevronOil and Gas$253.71San Ramon, California, United States61,189
8ConocoPhillipsOil and Gas$251.23Houston, Texas, United States29,800
9Samsung GroupElectronics$247.50Seoul, South Korea275,000
10Toyota MotorsAutomotive$235.89Toyota, Aichi, Japan316,121
11State Grid Corporation of ChinaElectric utility$226.29Beijing, China1,564,001
12PetroChinaOil and Gas$221.57Beijing, China464,000
13Total S.A.Oil and Gas$220.42Courbevoie, France111,401
14Volkswagen GroupAutomotive$210.78Wolfsburg, Germany501,956
15Japan Post HoldingsConglomerate$203.96Tokyo, Japan229,134
16GlencoreCommodities$186.15Baar, Switzerland52,000
17Saudi AramcoOil and Gas$182.40Dhahran, Saudi Arabia54,441
18GazpromOil and Gas$158.10Moscow, Russia432,000
19Fannie MaeFinancial services$153.80Washington, D.C., United States7,300
20General MotorsAutomotive$150.28Detroit, Michigan, United States284,000
21General ElectricConglomerate$147.30Fairfield, Connecticut, United States287,000
22CarrefourRetailing$146.58Levallois-Perret, France475,976
23PetrobrasOil and Gas$145.90Rio de Janeiro, Brazil80,492
24Berkshire HathawayConglomerate$143.69Omaha, Nebraska, United States217,000
25AllianzFinancial services$142.24Munich, Germany151,388
26Daimler AGAutomotive$139.17Stuttgart, Germany267,274
27Ford Motor CompanyAutomotive$136.26Dearborn, Michigan, United States327,531
28EniOil and Gas$129.96Rome, Italy78,417
29Hewlett-PackardInformation technology$127.24Palo Alto, California, United States266,590
30AT&TTelecommunications$126.72Dallas, Texas, United States321,000
31Nippon Telegraph and TelephoneTelecommunications$124.33Tokyo, Japan205,288
32Assicurazioni GeneraliFinancial services$121.30Trieste, Italy85,368
33CargillFood processing$119.50Wayzata, Minnesota, United States158,000
34E.ONElectric utility$118.52Düsseldorf, Germany85,105
35JX HoldingsOil and Gas$116.41Japan-
36GDF SuezElectric utility$112.88Paris, France160,700
37AXAFinancial services$112.42Paris, France189,927
38Hitachi, Ltd.Conglomerate$112.24okyo, Japan361,745
39McKesson CorporationPharmaceuticals$112.08San Francisco, California, United States31,800
40Bank of AmericaBanking$111.39Charlotte, North Carolina, United States203,425
41TescoRetailing$110.85Cheshunt, United Kingdom492,714
42Freddie MacFinancial services$109.96McLean, Virginia, United States5,000
43Apple Inc.Electronics$108.25Cupertino, California, United States63,300
44HondaAutomotive$107.99Japan Tokyo, Japan181,876
45VerizonTelecommunications$106.57New York, New York, United States203,100
46Nissan MotorsAutomotive$105.52Yokohama, Japan127,625
47Panasonic CorporationElectronics$105.04Kadoma, Osaka, Japan290,493
48NestléFood processing$104.97Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland253,000
49LUKoilOil and Gas$104.96Moscow, Russia150,000
50PemexOil and Gas$103.54City, Mexico138,215
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