Forbes Global 2000
The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2,000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value.[1] The list has been 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.
2015 list
In 2015 the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were, in alphabetical order:[2]
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Sales (billion $) | Profits (billion $) | Assets (billion $) | Market Value (billion $) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ICBC |  Beijing | Banking | 166.8 | 44.8 | 3,322 | 278.3 |
| 2 | China Construction Bank | Beijing | Banking | 130.5 | 37 | 2,698.9 | 212.9 |
| 3 | Agricultural Bank of China | Beijing | Banking, financial services | 129.2 | 29.1 | 2,574.8 | 189.9 |
| 4 | Bank of China | Beijing | Banking | 120.3 | 27.5 | 2,458.3 | 199.1 |
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway |  Omaha | Conglomerate | 194.7 | 19.9 | 534.6 | 354.8 |
| 6 | JPMorgan Chase | New York | Banking | 97.8 | 21.2 | 2,593.6 | 225.5 |
| 7 | Exxon Mobil | Irving | Oil and gas | 376.2 | 32.5 | 349.5 | 357.1 |
| 8 | PetroChina | Beijing | Oil and gas | 333.4 | 17.4 | 387.7 | 334.6 |
| 9 | General Electric | Fairfield | Conglomerate | 148.5 | 15.2 | 648.3 | 253.5 |
| 10 | Wells Fargo | San Francisco | Banking | 90.4 | 23.1 | 1,701.4 | 278.3 |
2015 Country Rankings
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References
- ↑ Andrea Murphy (6 May 2015). 2015 Global 2000: Methodology. Forbes. Accessed December 2015.
- ↑ "The World’s Biggest Public Companies". Forbes.
See also
- Forbes 500
- Fortune Global 500
- Fortune India 500
- Financial Times Global 500
- Bentley Infrastructure 500
- List of largest employers
- List of largest companies by revenue
- List of corporations by market capitalization
- List of largest Nordic companies
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