Forbes Global 2000: Germany’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 German 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 50 German companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $1.263 trillion, with $7.636 trillion in assets; generating $2.085 trillion in revenues and $96 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 German 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 50 German companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $1.263 trillion, with $7.636 trillion in assets; generating $2.085 trillion in revenues and $96 billion in profits.
Click on the companies’ names to find out more information on the company, including the type of industry it is in and its listing name in the stock exchange.
Alternatively, you can browse other Forbes Global 2000 companies, by country, at the end of this article.
| Global Rank | Company | Sales ($billion) |
Profits ($billion) |
Assets ($billion) |
Market Value ($billion) |
| 14 | Volkswagen Group | 254 | 28.6 | 408.2 | 94.4 |
| 25 | Allianz | 140.3 | 6.8 | 915.8 | 66.4 |
| 36 | Daimler | 150.8 | 8 | 211.9 | 64.1 |
| 51 | Siemens | 100.6 | 5.7 | 134.4 | 91.9 |
| 55 | BMW Group | 98.8 | 6.6 | 165.5 | 60 |
| 69 | BASF | 103.9 | 6.4 | 83.5 | 90.1 |
| 81 | Munich Re | 88 | 4.2 | 340.6 | 34.9 |
| 99 | E.ON | 174.2 | 2.9 | 184.9 | 32.5 |
| 120 | Bayer | 52.5 | 3.2 | 65.6 | 84.9 |
| 177 | RWE Group | 67 | 1.7 | 111.5 | 22.9 |
| 190 | Deutsche Post | 73.2 | 2.2 | 45 | 29.4 |
| 211 | SAP | 20.9 | 3.6 | 35.5 | 103.9 |
| 235 | Continental | 43.2 | 2.5 | 35.2 | 25.3 |
| 271 | Linde | 20.2 | 1.6 | 43.5 | 35.2 |
| 301 | Deutsche Bank | 55 | 0.4 | 2652.6 | 41.3 |
| 317 | Henkel | 21.8 | 2 | 25 | 37.3 |
| 329 | Fresenius | 24.8 | 1.2 | 40.5 | 22.1 |
| 403 | Deutsche Lufthansa | 39.7 | 1.3 | 37.5 | 9.7 |
| 413 | Talanx | 34.9 | 0.8 | 171.7 | 7.9 |
| 433 | Deutsche Telekom | 76.9 | -6.9 | 136.1 | 48.4 |
| 451 | Merck | 13.8 | 0.7 | 28.6 | 32 |
| 462 | Porsche Automobil Holding | 5.2 | 10.3 | 41.1 | 24.5 |
| 475 | EnBW-Energie Baden | 24.7 | 0.6 | 48.5 | 10.8 |
| 570 | Adidas | 19.6 | 0.7 | 14.7 | 21.8 |
| 595 | HeidelbergCement | 18 | 0.4 | 37 | 13.9 |
| 654 | Commerzbank | 25.5 | 0 | 838.3 | 9.2 |
| 654 | ThyssenKrupp Group | 51.6 | -6 | 47.4 | 12.4 |
| 684 | Deutsche Boerse | 2.8 | 0.8 | 285.5 | 12.5 |
| 690 | Metro Group | 88 | 0 | 45.8 | 9.3 |
| 930 | Beirsdorf | 8 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 20.8 |
| 996 | Südzucker | 9.3 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 8.6 |
| 1037 | Lanxess | 11.7 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| 1056 | W&W-Wüstenrot | 8.8 | 0.3 | 101.8 | 1.9 |
| 1126 | K+S | 5.1 | 0.9 | 8.8 | 9.4 |
| 1132 | Brenntag | 12.5 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| 1259 | TUI | 23.6 | -0.1 | 16.8 | 2.8 |
| 1320 | Aurubis | 17.7 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 3.1 |
| 1334 | Infineon Technologies | 5 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 9.3 |
| 1338 | GEA Group | 7.4 | 0.4 | 8.5 | 6.6 |
| 1410 | Bilfinger | 11.2 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 4.9 |
| 1441 | Celesio | 28.6 | -0.2 | 10.5 | 3.2 |
| 1572 | Salzgitter | 13.4 | -0.1 | 11.7 | 2.5 |
| 1668 | Aareal Bank | 1.5 | 0.1 | 60.3 | 1.4 |
| 1738 | Nürnberger | 4.7 | 0.1 | 28.9 | 0.9 |
| 1759 | IKB Deutsche | 2.6 | -0.7 | 41.8 | 0.4 |
| 1782 | Hugo Boss | 3 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| 1790 | ProSiebenSat1 Media | 3 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| 1875 | BayWa | 13.5 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 1.7 |
| 1880 | DVB Bank | 1.5 | 0.2 | 31.4 | 1.5 |
| 1921 | Fraport | 3.1 | 0.3 | 12.7 | 5.2 |
All Forbes Global 2000 Companies – By Country
