Forbes Global 2000: The World’s Largest Companies In 2013

 

The Forbes Global 2000 is a categorization of the largest publicly listed companies in the world. Together, these 2000 companies employ 87 million people, own $159 trillion in assets, and generate $38 trillion in revenues annually – or approximately 51 percent of the world’s GDP.

In a reflection of the globalization of the world, and the growing influence of emerging markets, the footprint of the Global 2000 has grown. In 2004, companies came from 51 markets, but this has grown to 63 markets by 2013.

 

 

The Forbes Global 2000 is a categorization of the largest publicly listed companies in the world. Together, these 2000 companies employ 87 million people, own $159 trillion in assets, and generate $38 trillion in revenues annually – or approximately 51 percent of the world’s GDP.

In a reflection of the globalization of the world, and the growing influence of emerging markets, the footprint of the Global 2000 has grown. In 2004, companies came from 51 markets, but this has grown to 63 markets by 2013.

Nevertheless, US companies continue to dominate the list. Despite having 208 less members than what it had in 2004, when the Forbes Global 2000 was first published, the US’s total of 543 companies in the 2013 list was its highest number since 2009. Japan, with 251 members,  was the second largest presence on the list, with Mainland China (136 members) checking in as the third largest country in terms of membership with same number of firms from a year ago. This is the first year since our inaugural 2004 list that China has not increased its number of Global 2000 companies.

Significantly, two Chinese companies are now at the top of the Forbes Global 2000 for the first time in history. The government-controlled Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) usurped Exxon Mobil as the world’s biggest company this year, whileaAnother Chinese bank, China Construction Bank, moved up 11 spots to No. 2.

Regionally Asia-Pacific, (715 total members) had the most number of companies listed, followed by Europe, Middle East & Africa-EMEA (606), the US (543) and the Americas (143).Asia-Pacific, the biggest region, lead all regions in sales growth (up 8 percent) and asset growth (up 15 percent) as well. The US on the other hand, led in profit growth (up 4 percent), earning an aggregate $876 billion in profits, and market value growth (11 percent), with an aggregate value of $14.8 trillion; while the EMEA generated the most sales, a combined $13.3 trillion, and holds the most assets with $64 trillion.

Banks and other financial institutions also accounted for the largest number of companies  (469 members); with the next three biggest industries by membership: oil & gas (124), materials (122) and insurance (109).

The Forbes Global 2000 uses an equal weighting of sales, profits, assets and market value to rank companies according to size. Forbes’s market value calculation is as of March 15 closing prices, including all common shares outstanding.

 

Rank	Company	Country	Sales ($billion)	Profits ($billion)	Assets ($billion)	Market Value ($billion)
1	ICBC	China	134.8	37.8	2,813.5	237.3
2	China Construction Bank	China	113.1	30.6	2,241	202
3	JPMorgan Chase	US	108.2	21.3	2,359.1	191.4
4	General Electric	US	147.4	13.6	685.3	243.7
5	Exxon Mobil	US	420.7	44.9	333.8	400.4
6	HSBC Holdings	UK	104.9	14.3	2,684.1	201.3
7	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	467.2	26.6	360.3	213.1
8	Agricultural Bank of China	China	103	23	2,142.2	150.8
9	Berkshire Hathaway	US	162.5	14.8	427.5	252.8
9	PetroChina	China	308.9	18.3	347.8	261.2
11	Bank of China	China	98.1	22.1	2,033.8	131.7
12	Wells Fargo	US	91.2	18.9	1,423	201.3
13	Chevron	US	222.6	26.2	233	232.5
14	Volkwagen Group	Germany	254	28.6	408.2	94.4
15	Apple	US	164.7	41.7	196.1	416.6
15	Wal-Mart Stores	US	469.2	17	203.1	242.5
17	Gazprom	Russia	144	40.6	339.3	111.4
18	BP	UK	370.9	11.6	301	130.4
19	Citigroup	US	90.7	7.5	1,864.7	143.6
20	Petrobras	Brazil	144.1	11	331.6	120.7
20	Samsung Electronics	S. Korea	187.8	21.7	196.3	174.4
22	BNP Paribas	France	126.2	8.6	2,504.2	71.3
23	Total	France	240.5	14.1	224.1	115.5
24	AT&T	US	127.4	7.3	272.3	200.1
25	Allianz	Germany	140.3	6.8	915.8	66.4
26	Sinopec	China	411.7	10.1	200	106.9
27	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	Japan	59	11.9	2,653.1	85.7
28	Bank of America	US	100.1	4.2	2,210	135.5
29	China Mobile	HK-China	88.8	20.5	168.7	213.8
30	ENI	Italy	163.7	10	185.2	86.3
31	Toyota Motor	Japan	224.5	3.4	371.3	167.2
32	Nestlé	Switzerland	100.6	11.6	134.7	233.5
33	Vodafone	UK	74.4	11.1	219.9	135.7
34	IBM	US	104.5	16.6	119.2	239.2
35	Proctor & Gamble	US	83.3	12.9	139.9	208.5
36	Daimler	Germany	150.8	8	211.9	64.1
37	Pfizer	US	59	14.6	185.8	201.4
38	Statoil	Norway	126.8	12.4	140.2	78.1
39	AXA Group	France	147.5	5.3	1,005.4	45.3
40	Commonwealth Bank	Australia	47.8	7.3	735.2	117.5
41	Microsoft	US	72.9	15.5	128.7	234.8
42	Itaú Unibanco Holding	Brazil	70.5	6.2	453.6	82
43	Banco Santander	Spain	108.8	2.9	1,647.8	82.1
44	BHP Billiton	Australia	72.2	15.4	129.3	184.7
45	Banco Bradesco	Brazil	78.3	5.6	417.5	71.6
46	Johnson & Johnson	US	67.2	10.9	121.3	221.4
46	Nippon Telegraph & Tel	Japan	126.9	5.6	226	58.2
48	Westpac Banking Group	Australia	43.9	6.2	699.6	98.9
49	Goldman Sachs Group	US	41.7	7.5	938.6	74.5
50	Royal Bank of Canada	Canada	38.3	7.7	838.5	87.2
51	Siemens	Germany	100.6	5.7	134.4	91.9
51	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	Japan	47.3	6.3	1,733.2	57.6
53	Ford Motor	US	134.3	5.7	190.6	51.8
54	Bank of Communications	China	43.5	9.4	846.4	56.7
55	BMW Group	Germany	98.8	6.6	165.5	60
56	Comcast	US	62.6	6.2	165	106.3
57	Novartis	Switzerland	56.7	9.5	124.2	169.3
58	National Australia Bank	Australia	49.2	4.2	791.3	76.3
59	Rosneft	Russia	68.8	11.2	126.3	73.2
60	ING Group	Netherlands	130	5.1	1,533.7	31.9
61	Sberbank	Russia	36.1	10.8	441.1	73.3
62	AIG	US	65.7	3.4	548.6	57.5
62	Telefónica	Spain	82.3	5.2	161.5	67.1
64	Lukoil	Russia	116.3	11	99	55.4
65	Prudential	UK	90.2	3.6	489.4	44.7
66	ANZ	Austalia	37.5	5.9	666.9	81.2
67	Banco do Brasil	Brazil	69	6	552.2	37.9
68	Google	US	50.2	10.7	93.8	268.4
69	BASF	Germany	103.9	6.4	83.5	90.1
70	General Motors	US	152.3	6.2	149.4	38.5
71	TD Bank Group	Canada	30.6	6.7	819.4	76.9
72	Sanofi	France	46.1	6.6	132.4	131.6
73	ConocoPhillips	US	58.4	8.4	117.1	72.1
74	EDF	France	95.9	4.4	325.2	35.3
75	Zurich Insurance Group	Switzerland	70.4	3.9	409.3	41.8
76	Anheuser-Busch InBev	Belgium	39.8	7.2	122.6	153.5
77	Intel	US	53.3	11	84.4	105.7
78	Mizuho Financial	Japan	32.8	5.9	2,005	53.7
79	Coca-Cola	US	48	9	86.2	173.1
80	Cisco Systems	US	47.3	9.3	96.4	116.9
81	Munich Re	Germany	88	4.2	340.6	34.9
82	Merck & Co	US	47.3	6.2	106.1	133.3
83	Ping An Insurance	China	51.1	3.2	456.2	57
84	Bank of Nova Scotia	Canada	27.6	6.4	737.2	70.6
85	Nissan Motor	Japan	113.7	4.1	133.4	43.4
86	Honda Motor	Japan	96	2.6	140.9	72.4
87	Vale	Brazil	45.7	4.8	130.4	92.7
88	PepsiCo	US	65.5	6.2	74.6	118.9
89	Hyundai Motor	S. Korea	75	7.6	114.3	41.5
90	UnitedHealth Group	US	110.6	5.5	80.9	56.1
91	BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya	Spain	52.1	2.2	840.8	54.7
92	United Technologies	US	57.7	5.1	89.4	85.5
93	Roche Holding	Switzerland	49.7	10.4	65.5	198.9
94	SABIC	Saudi Arabia	50.4	6.6	90.2	74.8
95	GDF Suez	France	128	2	268.9	45
96	Boeing	US	81.7	3.9	88.9	65.4
97	Caterpillar	US	65.9	5.7	89.4	58.2
98	Standard Chartered	UK	26.9	4.9	636.5	64.4
99	E.ON	Germany	174.2	2.9	184.9	32.5
100	América Móvil	Mexico	60.2	7.1	74.6	70.7

 

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All Forbes Global 2000 Companies – By Country