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.
| Rank | Company | Primary Industries | Total Revenue($US Billions) | Head Quarters | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exxon Mobil | Oil and Gas | $486.43 | Irving, Texas, United States | 82,100 |
| 2 | Royal Dutch Shell | Oil and Gas | $470.17 | London, United Kingdom,NetherlandsThe Hague, Netherlands | 90,000 |
| 3 | Walmart | Retailing | $446.95 | Bentonville, Arkansas, United States | 2,150,000 |
| 4 | BP | Oil and Gas | $386.46 | London, United Kingdom | 97,600 |
| 5 | Vitol | Commodities | $297.00 | Rotterdam, Netherlands and Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland | 2,810 |
| 6 | Sinopec | Oil and Gas | $273.00 | Beijing, China | 400,513 |
| 7 | Chevron | Oil and Gas | $253.71 | San Ramon, California, United States | 61,189 |
| 8 | ConocoPhillips | Oil and Gas | $251.23 | Houston, Texas, United States | 29,800 |
| 9 | Samsung Group | Electronics | $247.50 | Seoul, South Korea | 275,000 |
| 10 | Toyota Motors | Automotive | $235.89 | Toyota, Aichi, Japan | 316,121 |
| 11 | State Grid Corporation of China | Electric utility | $226.29 | Beijing, China | 1,564,001 |
| 12 | PetroChina | Oil and Gas | $221.57 | Beijing, China | 464,000 |
| 13 | Total S.A. | Oil and Gas | $220.42 | Courbevoie, France | 111,401 |
| 14 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | $210.78 | Wolfsburg, Germany | 501,956 |
| 15 | Japan Post Holdings | Conglomerate | $203.96 | Tokyo, Japan | 229,134 |
| 16 | Glencore | Commodities | $186.15 | Baar, Switzerland | 52,000 |
| 17 | Saudi Aramco | Oil and Gas | $182.40 | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | 54,441 |
| 18 | Gazprom | Oil and Gas | $158.10 | Moscow, Russia | 432,000 |
| 19 | Fannie Mae | Financial services | $153.80 | Washington, D.C., United States | 7,300 |
| 20 | General Motors | Automotive | $150.28 | Detroit, Michigan, United States | 284,000 |
| 21 | General Electric | Conglomerate | $147.30 | Fairfield, Connecticut, United States | 287,000 |
| 22 | Carrefour | Retailing | $146.58 | Levallois-Perret, France | 475,976 |
| 23 | Petrobras | Oil and Gas | $145.90 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 80,492 |
| 24 | Berkshire Hathaway | Conglomerate | $143.69 | Omaha, Nebraska, United States | 217,000 |
| 25 | Allianz | Financial services | $142.24 | Munich, Germany | 151,388 |
| 26 | Daimler AG | Automotive | $139.17 | Stuttgart, Germany | 267,274 |
| 27 | Ford Motor Company | Automotive | $136.26 | Dearborn, Michigan, United States | 327,531 |
| 28 | Eni | Oil and Gas | $129.96 | Rome, Italy | 78,417 |
| 29 | Hewlett-Packard | Information technology | $127.24 | Palo Alto, California, United States | 266,590 |
| 30 | AT&T | Telecommunications | $126.72 | Dallas, Texas, United States | 321,000 |
| 31 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Telecommunications | $124.33 | Tokyo, Japan | 205,288 |
| 32 | Assicurazioni Generali | Financial services | $121.30 | Trieste, Italy | 85,368 |
| 33 | Cargill | Food processing | $119.50 | Wayzata, Minnesota, United States | 158,000 |
| 34 | E.ON | Electric utility | $118.52 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 85,105 |
| 35 | JX Holdings | Oil and Gas | $116.41 | Japan | - |
| 36 | GDF Suez | Electric utility | $112.88 | Paris, France | 160,700 |
| 37 | AXA | Financial services | $112.42 | Paris, France | 189,927 |
| 38 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Conglomerate | $112.24 | okyo, Japan | 361,745 |
| 39 | McKesson Corporation | Pharmaceuticals | $112.08 | San Francisco, California, United States | 31,800 |
| 40 | Bank of America | Banking | $111.39 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | 203,425 |
| 41 | Tesco | Retailing | $110.85 | Cheshunt, United Kingdom | 492,714 |
| 42 | Freddie Mac | Financial services | $109.96 | McLean, Virginia, United States | 5,000 |
| 43 | Apple Inc. | Electronics | $108.25 | Cupertino, California, United States | 63,300 |
| 44 | Honda | Automotive | $107.99 | Japan Tokyo, Japan | 181,876 |
| 45 | Verizon | Telecommunications | $106.57 | New York, New York, United States | 203,100 |
| 46 | Nissan Motors | Automotive | $105.52 | Yokohama, Japan | 127,625 |
| 47 | Panasonic Corporation | Electronics | $105.04 | Kadoma, Osaka, Japan | 290,493 |
| 48 | Nestlé | Food processing | $104.97 | Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland | 253,000 |
| 49 | LUKoil | Oil and Gas | $104.96 | Moscow, Russia | 150,000 |
| 50 | Pemex | Oil and Gas | $103.54 | City, Mexico | 138,215 |