Forbes Global 2000: Australia’s Largest Companies
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The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual list of the world’s 2000 largest publicly listed corporations. Below is a compilation of the Australian companies featured on the list in 2013.
The values on the list were last updated on May 2013. All figures are consolidated and in US dollars.
In total, there were 42 Australian companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $1.019 trillion, with $4.024 trillion in assets; generating $638.4 billion in revenues and $67.6 billion in profits.
The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual list of the world’s 2000 largest publicly listed corporations. Below is a compilation of the Australian companies featured on the list in 2013.
The values on the list were last updated on May 2013. All figures are consolidated and in US dollars.
In total, there were 42 Australian companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $1.019 trillion, with $4.024 trillion in assets; generating $638.4 billion in revenues and $67.6 billion in profits.
Click on the companies’ names to find out more information on the company, including the type of industry it is in and its listing name in the stock exchange.
Alternatively, you can browse other Forbes Global 2000 companies, by country, at the end of this article.
| Global Rank | Company | Sales ($billion) |
Profits ($billion) |
Assets ($billion) |
Market Value ($billion) |
| 40 | Commonwealth Bank | 47.8 | 7.3 | 735.2 | 117.5 |
| 44 | BHP Billiton | 72.2 | 15.4 | 129.3 | 184.7 |
| 48 | Westpac Banking Group | 43.9 | 6.2 | 699.6 | 98.9 |
| 58 | National Australian Bank | 49.2 | 4.2 | 791.3 | 76.3 |
| 66 | ANZ | 37.5 | 5.9 | 666.9 | 81.2 |
| 168 | Wesfarmers | 59 | 2.2 | 42.9 | 51.9 |
| 200 | Telstra | 25.8 | 3.5 | 40.5 | 58.4 |
| 271 | Woolworths | 56.4 | 1.9 | 21.5 | 46.3 |
| 373 | AMP | 17.2 | 0.7 | 122.1 | 16 |
| 393 | Suncorp Group | 15.6 | 0.7 | 98.3 | 15.9 |
| 411 | QBE Insurance Group | 17 | 0.8 | 50.8 | 17 |
| 445 | Macquarie Group | 11.4 | 0.8 | 157.8 | 13.5 |
| 483 | Woodside Petroleum | 6.4 | 3 | 23.9 | 31.9 |
| 494 | Origin Energy | 13.2 | 1 | 28.7 | 14.9 |
| 630 | Westfield Group | 2.5 | 1.8 | 35.3 | 25.4 |
| 703 | Fortescue Metals Group | 7 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 13.2 |
| 744 | Newcrest Mining | 4.5 | 1.1 | 20.8 | 17.5 |
| 875 | Amcor | 12.5 | 0.4 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| 952 | Insurance Australia Group | 9.2 | 0.2 | 25.4 | 12.4 |
| 956 | CSL | 4.5 | 1 | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1014 | Santos | 3.4 | 0.5 | 17.7 | 13.1 |
| 1016 | Land Lease Group | 11.9 | 0.5 | 12.6 | 5.8 |
| 1067 | Westfield Retail Trust | 0.5 | 0.9 | 13.8 | 9.8 |
| 1116 | Brambles | 5.6 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 14.1 |
| 1219 | Stockland Australia | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.9 | 8.8 |
| 1242 | AGL Energy | 7.6 | 0.1 | 14.5 | 9.5 |
| 1249 | Coca-Cola Amatil | 5.3 | 0.5 | 7 | 12.1 |
| 1254 | Qantas Airways | 16.1 | -0.3 | 21.7 | 4.1 |
| 1256 | Orica | 6.9 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 9.6 |
| 1399 | Caltex Australia | 24.2 | 0.1 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 1413 | Aurizon Holdings | 3.6 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 9 |
| 1460 | GPT Group | 0.7 | 0.6 | 9.7 | 6 |
| 1468 | WorleyParsons | 7.6 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 6.6 |
| 1487 | Crown Ltd | 2.8 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 9.4 |
| 1592 | Goodman Group | 0.7 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| 1639 | Bendigo & Adelaide Bank | 3.8 | 0.2 | 58.5 | 4.4 |
| 1751 | Bank of Queensland | 2.8 | 0 | 43 | 3.1 |
| 1819 | Incitec Pivot | 3.6 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 5.7 |
| 1833 | CFS Retail Property | 0.8 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 6 |
| 1863 | Mirvac Group | 1.6 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 6.1 |
| 1866 | Transurban Group | 1.2 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| 1918 | Metcash | 12.8 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
All Forbes Global 2000 Companies – By Country
