Forbes Global 2000: Switzerland’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 Swiss 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 48 Swiss companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $1.389 trillion, with $4.588 trillion in assets; generating $1.022 trillion in revenues and $61 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 Swiss 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 48 Swiss companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $1.389 trillion, with $4.588 trillion in assets; generating $1.022 trillion in revenues and $61 billion in profits.
Click on the companies’ names to find out more information on the company, including the type of industry it is in and its listing name in the stock exchange.
Alternatively, you can browse other Forbes Global 2000 companies, by country, at the end of this article.
| Global Rank | Company | Sales ($billion) |
Profits ($billion) |
Assets ($billion) |
Market Value ($billion) |
| 32 | Nestlé | 100.6 | 11.6 | 134.7 | 233.5 |
| 57 | Novartis | 56.7 | 9.5 | 124.2 | 169.3 |
| 75 | Zurich Insurance Group | 70.4 | 3.9 | 409.3 | 41.8 |
| 93 | Roche Holding | 49.7 | 10.4 | 65.5 | 198.9 |
| 127 | Swiss Re | 33.6 | 4.3 | 215.8 | 30.9 |
| 132 | Credit Suisse Group | 42.5 | 1.6 | 1009.6 | 37.1 |
| 157 | Glencore International | 214.4 | 1 | 105.5 | 41.7 |
| 158 | ABB | 40.1 | 2.8 | 48.8 | 53.4 |
| 202 | Xstrata | 32.3 | 1.2 | 83.1 | 52.1 |
| 213 | ACE | 17.9 | 2.7 | 92.5 | 29.9 |
| 367 | Holcim | 23.5 | 0.7 | 44.8 | 26.9 |
| 393 | Syngenta | 14.5 | 1.9 | 18.3 | 40.1 |
| 409 | UBS | 47.7 | -2.7 | 1366.8 | 61.9 |
| 434 | Swisscom | 12.4 | 1.9 | 21.5 | 24 |
| 447 | Richemont | 11.9 | 2.1 | 15.1 | 48.9 |
| 533 | TE Connectivity | 13.2 | 1.1 | 18.1 | 17.6 |
| 598 | Swatch Group | 8.5 | 1.7 | 12 | 32.1 |
| 732 | Adecco | 26.4 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 10.9 |
| 815 | Kuehne + Nagel | 22.7 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 13.5 |
| 817 | Transocean | 9.2 | -0.2 | 34.3 | 19.3 |
| 836 | Bâloise Group | 10.3 | 0.5 | 80.3 | 4.5 |
| 842 | Schindler Holding | 8.9 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 17.5 |
| 856 | Swiss Life Holding | 20.4 | 0.1 | 178.7 | 5.1 |
| 931 | Weatherford International | 15.2 | -0.8 | 22.8 | 9.4 |
| 947 | Tyco International | 10.5 | 0.3 | 12.1 | 14.7 |
| 980 | Wolseley | 21 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 13.7 |
| 1010 | SGS | 6.1 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 19.6 |
| 1048 | Helvetia Holding | 8.7 | 0.4 | 46.4 | 3.6 |
| 1077 | Julius Baer Group | 2.2 | 0.3 | 59.9 | 8.8 |
| 1171 | Noble | 3.5 | 0.5 | 14.6 | 9.6 |
| 1353 | Givaudan | 4.6 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 11.9 |
| 1377 | BCV Group | 1.4 | 0.3 | 43.5 | 4.8 |
| 1408 | Alpiq Holding | 13.6 | -1.1 | 16.2 | 3.3 |
| 1525 | STMicroelectronics | 8.7 | -1.2 | 10 | 6.8 |
| 1575 | Pentair | 4.4 | -0.1 | 11.8 | 10.9 |
| 1602 | Geberit | 2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 9.4 |
| 1675 | Garmin | 2.7 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 6.8 |
| 1714 | Basler Kantonalbank | 1 | 0.2 | 42.7 | 3 |
| 1780 | Allied World Assurance | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12 | 3.1 |
| 1805 | DKSH Holding | 9.4 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 5.6 |
| 1894 | Luzerner Kantonalbank | 0.7 | 0.2 | 30.6 | 3.2 |
| 1899 | St Galler Kantonalbank | 0.8 | 0.2 | 30.2 | 2.4 |
| 1910 | Lindt & Sprungli | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 9.3 |
| 1922 | BEKB-BCBE | 0.7 | 0.1 | 28.8 | 2.5 |
| 1931 | Sika | 5.2 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
| 1937 | Valiant Holding | 0.7 | 0.1 | 27.6 | 1.4 |
| 1979 | EFG International | 1.3 | 0.1 | 25.8 | 2.1 |
| 1999 | Sulzer Group | 4.4 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
All Forbes Global 2000 Companies – By Country
