Forbes Global 2000: United Arab Emirates’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 UAE 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 14 UAE companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $100.7 billion, with $452.1 billion in assets; generating $43 billion in revenues and $9.3 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 UAE 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 14 UAE companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $100.7 billion, with $452.1 billion in assets; generating $43 billion in revenues and $9.3 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)
497 Etisalat 9 1.8 21.8 21.8
691 National Bank of Abu Dhabi 3.1 1.1 81.8 12.4
765 First Gulf Bank 2.6 1.1 47.7 11.1
981 Emirates NBD 3.8 0.6 83.9 5.8
985 DP World 3.1 0.7 16.4 12
1005 Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank 2.6 0.7 49.2 6.1
1110 Emaar Properties 2.4 0.6 16.6 9.2
1401 TAQA 7.5 0.2 33.3 2.2
1550 Union National Bank 1.2 0.4 23.7 2.7
1687 Mashreq Bank 1.5 0.4 20.8 2.2
1694 Dubai Islamic Bank 1.3 0.3 26 2.2
1701 Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank 1 0.3 23.3 2.4
1786 Emirates Integrated Telecom 2.7 0.5 3.8 5.8
1902 Dragon Oil 1.2 0.6 3.8 4.8

All Forbes Global 2000 Companies – By Country

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