Forbes Global 2000

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The Forbes Global 2000 - is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: Sales, Profit, Assets and Market value. The list is published since 2003.

The Forbes Global 2000 is a useful indicator of which are the leading public companies in the world, but it is only an interpretation, as only public companies are listed. The results are not definitive; any change to the criteria would produce a different list.

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[edit] Exclusions and inconsistencies

As the list is published early in the calendar year, Forbes has to use out of date information for the many non U.S companies which have year ends early in the calendar year, including Japanese companies, which all have 31 March year ends. No adjustments are made to reflect different accounting practices in different countries, which leads to some major anomalies. For example Vodafone is ranked 377 in the 2005 list due to losses created by huge writedowns of purchased goodwill, but if amortisation of purchased goodwill were not charged against statutory profits in the UK, it would be in the top 20. It should also be noted that wholly state-owned corporations are excluded because no market valuation exists and in some cases accounts are not publicly available either. Some of these state companies would rank highly if they were eligible, for example the national oil companies of some of the OPEC countries.

[edit] 2007 list

Listed below are the top 100 companies featured on the 2007 list.

Rank Company Headquarters Industry Revenue
(billion $) 		Profits
(billion $) 		Assets
(billion $) 		Market Value
(billion $)
1Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Citigroup USA Banking 146.56 21.54 1,884.32 247.42
2Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg Bank of America USA Banking 116.57 21.13 1,459.74 226.61
3Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg HSBC UK Banking 121.51 16.63 1,860.76 202.29
4Image:Red Arrow Down.svg General Electric USA Conglomerate 163.39 20.83 697.24 358.98
5Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg JPMorgan Chase & Co. USA Banking 99.30 14.44 1,351.52 170.97
6Image:Red Arrow Down.svg American International Group USA Insurance 113.19 14.01 979.41 174.47
7Image:Red Arrow Down.svg ExxonMobil USA Oil and gas 335.09 39.50 223.95 410.65
8Image:Red Arrow Down.svg Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands Oil and gas 318.85 25.44 232.31 208.25
9Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg UBS Switzerland Diversified Financials 105.59 9.78 1,776.89 116.84
10Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg ING Group Netherlands Diversified Financials 153.44 9.65 1,615.05 93.99
11Image:Red Arrow Down.svg BP UK Oil and gas 265.91 22.29 217.60 198.14
12Image:Straight Line Steady.svg Toyota Japan Automotive 179.02 11.68 243.60 217.69
13Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg Royal Bank of Scotland UK Banking 77.41 12.51 1,705.35 124.13
14Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg BNP Paribas France Banking 89.16 9.64 1,898.19 97.03
15Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg Allianz Germany Insurance 125.33 8.81 1,380.88 87.22
16Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg Berkshire Hathaway USA Diversified Financials 98.54 11.02 248.44 163.79
17Image:Red Arrow Down.svg Wal-Mart USA Retailing 348.65 11.29 151.19 201.36
18Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg Barclays UK Banking 67.71 8.95 1,949.17 94.79
19Image:Red Arrow Down.svg Chevron USA Oil and gas 195.34 17.14 132.63 149.37
20Image:Red Arrow Down.svg Total S.A. France Oil and gas 175.05 15.53 138.82 152.62
21 HBOS UK Banking 84.28 7.59 1,156.61 79.83
22 ConocoPhillips USA Oil and gas 167.58 15.55 164.78 107.39
23 AXA France Insurance 98.85 6.38 666.47 87.64
24 Société Générale France Banking 84.47 6.55 1,259.32 77.62
25 Goldman Sachs USA Diversified Financials 69.35 9.54 838.20 83.31
25 Morgan Stanley USA Diversified Financials 76.55 7.47 1,120.65 79.76
27 Banco Santander Central Hispano Spain Banking 62.34 7.37 945.86 115.75
27 Deutsche Bank Germany Diversified Financials 95.50 7.45 1,485.58 65.15
29 AT&T USA Telecommunications 63.06 7.36 270.63 229.78
30 Électricité de France France Utilities 77.75 7.39 233.40 133.37
31 Credit Suisse Switzerland Diversified Financials 65.64 9.05 1,029.22 74.55
32 Merrill Lynch USA Diversified Financials 68.62 7.50 841.30 73.78
33 Procter & Gamble USA Consumer goods 73.60 9.67 137.30 200.34
34 Wells Fargo USA Banking 47.98 8.48 482.00 117.19
35 Wachovia USA Banking 46.81 7.79 707.12 105.42
36 Eni Italy Oil and gas 113.59 12.16 96.91 122.48
37 Fortis Netherlands Diversified Financials 121.19 5.46 1,020.98 55.45
38 Verizon Communications USA Telecommunications 88.14 6.24 188.80 109.19
39 Altria Group USA Tobacco 70.32 12.02 104.27 176.64
40 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Japan Banking 35.01 6.56 1,585.77 124.55
41 Petrochina PRC Oil and gas 68.43 16.53 96.42 208.76
42 IBM USA Computer hardware, Computer software 91.42 9.49 103.23 139.92
43 Gazprom Russia Oil and gas 48.13 10.82 151.18 216.14
44 ABN AMRO Netherlands Banking 65.59 6.22 1,302.19 64.92
45 Crédit Agricole France Banking 77.66 4.60 1,246.97 64.52
46 Telefónica Spain Telecommunications 69.79 8.22 132.30 104.95
47 E.ON Germany Utilities 80.53 6.34 167.11 86.32
48 Pfizer USA Health Care 48.37 19.34 108.59 179.97
49 DaimlerChrysler Germany Automotive 199.99 4.26 235.11 68.78
50 Petrobras Brazil Oil and gas 74.12 12.14 95.61 99.29
51 Nestlé Switzerland Food processing 80.70 7.54 81.45 142.65
52 Lloyds TSB UK Banking 57.33 5.49 672.40 63.43
53 ICBC PRC Banking 31.98 4.65 800.04 176.03
54 BBVA Spain Banking 37.89 5.94 536.05 82.55
55. Hewlett-Packard USA Computer hardware 94.08 6.52 81.31 106.27
56 Deutsche Telekom Germany Telecommunications 80.93 4.23 159.90 78.08
57 Fannie Mae USA Diversified Financials 51.83 4.98 1,020.93 55.34
58 NTT Japan Telecommunications 91.41 4.24 152.65 73.26
59 Mizuho Financial Japan Banking 29.03 5.53 1,269.60 81.31
60 Johnson & Johnson USA Health care 53.32 11.05 70.56 182.12
60 Siemens AG Germany Conglomerate 110.82 3.85 109.12 93.93
62 MetLife USA Insurance 48.40 6.29 527.72 48.02
63 Samsung Electronics South Korea Consumer electronics. Telecommunications 79.50 7.53 72.90 88.69
64 Aviva UK Insurance 87.42 4.33 555.18 41.14
65 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Japan Banking 31.02 5.85 901.71 73.38
66 Microsoft USA Computer software 46.06 11.91 66.37 275.85
67 France Télécom France Telecommunications 64.86 5.19 125.01 70.62
68 Time Warner USA Media 44.22 6.53 131.67 77.99
69 China Construction Bank PRC Banking 23.18 5.84 568.21 126.55
70 Zurich Financial Services Switzerland Insurance 66.75 4.65 351.19 41.32
71. Sinopec PRC Oil and gas 99.03 5.07 65.83 93.57
72. Mittal Steel Netherlands Steel 58.87 5.23 112.17 70.46
73. Honda Motor Japan Automotive 84.32 5.08 89.64 68.03
74. Sanofi-Aventis France Health care 37.43 5.28 102.59 115.24
75. Dexia Belgium Banking 95.78 3.56 745.42 33.80
76. RWE Germany Public utilities 56.56 5.08 118.52 57.28
77. Royal Bank of Canada Canada Banking 32.13 4.21 477.43 58.83
78. Assicurazioni Generali Italy Insurance 90.90 2.27 398.13 54.50
79. Home Depot USA Retail 90.84 5.76 52.26 80.80
80. Novartis Switzerland Health care 37.01 7.37 64.16 130.47
81. Nissan Japan Automotive 80.23 4.41 96.32 47.68
82. Bank of China PRC Banking 23.10 3.41 585.55 143.80
83. Lehman Brothers USA Diversified Financials 46.71 3.96 503.55 39.53
84. KBC Group Belgium Banking 34.22 4.53 428.49 42.35
85. GlaxoSmithKline UK Health care 45.45 10.55 45.85 161.20
86. Hoffmann-La Roche Switzerland Health care 34.46 6.46 59.41 153.55
87. UniCredit Italy Banking 21.50 2.92 922.79 96.24
88. Prudential Financial USA Insurance 32.49 3.43 446.90 43.59
89. China Mobile PRC Telecommunications 29.79 6.56 51.35 185.31
90. National Australia Bank Australia Banking 28.20 3.28 360.56 51.79
91. Manulife Financial Canada Insurance 28.91 3.41 328.76 51.74
92. Munich Re Germany Insurance 55.96 3.16 243.03 36.27
92. Statoil Norway Oil and gas 67.86 6.51 50.55 54.59
94. Deutsche Post Germany Postal Service, Air Courier 79.87 2.53 202.39 38.20
95. Telecom Italia Italy Telecommunications 35.28 3.80 110.19 58.64
96. Unilever United Kingdom, Netherlands Consumer goods 49.71 6.29 47.16 79.32
97. BHP Billiton Australia Mining 31.85 10.35 46.83 122.29
98. AEGON Netherlands Insurance 47.16 3.50 414.61 31.46
99. Allstate USA Insurance 35.80 4.99 157.55 37.19
100. BASF Germany Chemical industry 69.41 4.24 58.93 50.91

The complete list is available at http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/18/biz_07forbes2000_The-Global-2000_Rank.html.

[edit] 2006 list

  1. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg Citigroup
  2. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg General Electric
  3. Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg Bank of America
  4. Image:Red Arrow Down.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg American International Group
  5. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg HSBC Group
  6. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg ExxonMobil
  7. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Royal Dutch/Shell
  8. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BP
  9. Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg JPMorgan Chase
  10. Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgImage:Flag of Switzerland.svg UBS

The complete list is available at http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/18/06f2000_The-Forbes-2000_Rank.html.

[edit] 2005 list

RankCompanyCountryCategorySalesProfitsAssetsMarket Value
1Image:Straight Line Steady.svgCitigroupUnited StatesBanking108.2817.051,4.10247.66
2Image:Straight Line Steady.svgGeneral ElectricUnited StatesConglomerates152.3616.59750.33372.14
3Image:Straight Line Steady.svgAmerican International GroupUnited StatesInsurance95.0410.91776.42173.99
4Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgBank of AmericaUnited StatesBanking65.4514.141,110.46188.77
5Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgHSBCUnited KingdomBanking62.979.521,031.29186.74
6Image:Red Arrow Down.svgExxonMobilUnited StatesOil & gas operations263.9925.33195.26405.25
7Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgRoyal Dutch/ShellUK/NetherlandsOil & gas operations265.1918.54193.83221.49
8Image:Red Arrow Down.svgBPUnited KingdomOil & gas operations285.0615.73191.11231.88
9Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgING GroupNetherlandsDiversified financials92.018.101,175.1668.04
10Image:Red Arrow Down.svgToyota MotorJapanConsumer durables165.6811.13211.15140.89

The complete list is available at http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/03/30/05f2000land.html.

[edit] 2004 list

  1. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg Citigroup
  2. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg General Electric
  3. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg American International Group
  4. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg ExxonMobil
  5. Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgImage:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BP
  6. Image:Red Arrow Down.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg Bank of America
  7. Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgImage:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg HSBC Group
  8. Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgImage:Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Motor
  9. Image:Red Arrow Down.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg Fannie Mae
  10. Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg Wal-Mart Stores

The complete list is available at http://www.forbes.com/2004/03/24/04f2000land.html.

[edit] 2003 list

  1. Image:Flag of the United States.svg Citigroup
  2. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg General Electric
  3. Image:Red Arrow Down.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg American International Group
  4. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg ExxonMobil
  5. Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svgImage:Flag of the United States.svg Bank of America
  6. Image:Red Arrow Down.svgImage:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Royal Dutch Shell
  7. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BP
  8. Image:Flag of the United States.svg Fannie Mae
  9. Image:Straight Line Steady.svgImage:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg HSBC Group
  10. Image:Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Motor

The complete list is available at http://www.forbes.com/2003/07/02/internationaland.html.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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