The World's Biggest Companies (top 100)

Rank Company Country Industry Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil) 1 General Electric United States Conglomerates 182.52 17.41 797.77 89.87 2 Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands Oil & Gas Operations 458.36 26.28 278.44 135.10 3 Toyota Motor Japan Consumer Durables 263.42 17.21 324.98 102.35 4 ExxonMobil United States Oil & Gas Operations 425.70 45.22 228.05 335.54 5 BP United Kingdom Oil & Gas Operations 361.14 21.16 228.24 119.70 6 HSBC Holdings United Kingdom Banking 142.05 5.73 2,520.45 85.04 7 AT&T United States Telecommunications Services 124.03 12.87 265.25 140.08 8 Wal-Mart Stores United States Retailing 405.61 13.40 163.43 193.15 9 Banco Santander Spain Banking 96.23 13.25 1,318.86 49.75 9 Chevron United States Oil & Gas Operations 255.11 23.93 161.17 121.70 11 Total France Oil & Gas Operations 223.15 14.74 164.66 112.90 12 ICBC China Banking 53.60 11.16 1,188.08 170.83 13 Gazprom Russia Oil & Gas Operations 97.29 26.78 276.81 74.55 14 PetroChina China Oil & Gas Operations 114.32 19.94 145.14 270.56 15 Volkswagen Group Germany Consumer Durables 158.40 6.52 244.05 75.18 16 JPMorgan Chase United States Banking 101.49 3.70 2,175.05 85.87 17 GDF Suez France Utilities 115.59 9.05 232.71 70.46 18 ENI Italy Oil & Gas Operations 158.32 12.91 139.80 80.68 19 Berkshire Hathaway United States Diversified Financials 107.79 4.99 267.40 122.11 20 Vodafone United Kingdom Telecommunications Services 70.39 13.30 252.08 93.66 21 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Japan Banking 61.43 6.38 1,931.17 53.63 22 Procter & Gamble United States Household & Personal Products 83.68 14.08 138.26 141.18 23 CCB-China Construction Bank China Banking 42.98 9.45 903.35 119.03 24 Verizon Communications United States Telecommunications Services 97.35 6.43 202.35 81.04 25 Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil Brazil Oil & Gas Operations 92.08 14.12 120.68 110.97 26 Nippon Telegraph & Tel Japan Telecommunications Services 107.02 6.36 179.95 59.07 27 EDF Group France Utilities 89.46 4.73 278.76 71.53 28 IBM United States Software & Services 103.63 12.34 109.53 123.47 29 BNP Paribas France Banking 107.96 4.20 2,888.73 29.98 30 Bank of China China Banking 40.10 7.70 817.84 105.04 31 Telefónica Spain Telecommunications Services 80.70 10.57 129.16 85.56 32 Nestlé Switzerland Food, Drink & Tobacco 103.01 16.91 97.12 118.99 33 Sinopec-China Petroleum China Oil & Gas Operations 154.28 7.43 100.41 93.50 34 Crédit Agricole France Banking 107.75 5.90 2,064.17 21.91 35 Siemens Germany Conglomerates 108.76 8.05 128.46 44.18 36 Hewlett-Packard United States Technology Hardware & Equip 118.70 8.05 109.63 69.57 37 Intesa Sanpaolo Italy Banking 50.56 10.58 835.15 31.43 38 Bank of America United States Banking 113.11 4.01 1,817.94 25.29 39 Honda Motor Japan Consumer Durables 120.27 6.01 124.98 44.32 40 BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Spain Banking 56.51 6.99 747.99 27.56 41 ArcelorMittal Luxembourg Materials 124.94 9.40 133.09 26.80 42 Johnson & Johnson United States Drugs & Biotechnology 63.75 12.95 84.91 138.29 43 ENEL Italy Utilities 82.92 7.37 177.21 31.00 44 UniCredit Group Italy Banking 83.72 8.70 1,482.98 18.37 45 Generali Group Italy Insurance 118.39 4.26 546.50 21.35 46 France Telecom France Telecommunications Services 74.50 5.67 125.32 58.92 47 Samsung Electronics South Korea Semiconductors 104.42 7.87 99.47 45.82 48 Deutsche Bank Germany Diversified Financials 124.78 9.47 2,946.88 14.40 49 Microsoft United States Software & Services 61.98 17.23 65.79 143.58 50 Pfizer United States Drugs & Biotechnology 48.30 8.10 111.15 83.03 51 Wells Fargo United States Banking 51.65 2.66 1,309.64 51.28 52 BHP Billiton Australia/United Kingdom Materials 59.47 15.39 72.40 96.65 53 StatoilHydro Norway Oil & Gas Operations 93.38 6.20 82.42 53.30 54 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Japan Banking 46.06 4.62 1,114.89 25.56 55 China Mobile Hong Kong/China Telecommunications Services 47.09 11.49 76.42 175.85 56 Goldman Sachs Group United States Diversified Financials 53.58 2.32 884.55 42.06 57 RWE Group Germany Utilities 66.16 3.56 127.64 33.68 58 Roche Holding Switzerland Drugs & Biotechnology 42.75 8.41 69.77 98.47 59 Commonwealth Bank Australia Banking 34.98 4.58 467.83 28.01 60 Société Générale Group France Banking 99.25 2.80 1,572.73 17.77 61 Novartis Switzerland Drugs & Biotechnology 42.01 8.30 73.22 82.97 62 E.ON Germany Utilities 120.74 1.76 215.15 47.44 63 Deutsche Telekom Germany Telecommunications Services 85.89 2.07 162.51 52.96 64 Rosneft Russia Oil & Gas Operations 46.99 11.12 77.40 34.07 65 Mizuho Financial Japan Banking 42.29 3.12 1,545.23 21.46 65 Sanofi-aventis France Drugs & Biotechnology 38.40 5.36 96.01 67.84 67 National Australia Bank Australia Banking 41.87 3.58 515.83 21.90 68 Royal Bank of Canada Canada Banking 30.01 3.52 575.21 34.29 69 Cisco Systems United States Technology Hardware & Equip 39.58 7.49 61.36 85.05 69 Rio Tinto United Kingdom/Australia Materials 54.26 3.68 88.25 39.42 71 Tesco United Kingdom Food Markets 93.85 4.21 59.80 37.50 72 China Life Insurance China Insurance 26.20 5.32 127.83 83.26 73 Mitsubishi Corp Japan Trading Companies 60.43 4.64 117.84 20.89 74 Vale Brazil Materials 30.75 9.28 79.26 66.14 75 Munich Re Germany Insurance 64.20 2.09 291.87 24.29 76 Lukoil Russia Oil & Gas Operations 66.86 9.51 59.14 26.62 77 Barclays United Kingdom Banking 59.82 6.40 2,947.84 11.15 78 Banco Bradesco Brazil Banking 39.97 3.26 194.51 26.75 79 Unilever Netherlands/United Kingdom Food, Drink & Tobacco 56.44 7.00 48.75 58.24 80 BASF Germany Chemicals 86.77 4.06 69.41 25.62 81 Nokia Finland Technology Hardware & Equip 70.63 5.55 52.29 35.32 82 Sony Japan Technology Hardware & Equip 88.89 3.70 124.12 17.12 83 CVS Caremark United States Retailing 87.47 3.21 60.96 37.46 83 Daimler Germany Consumer Durables 133.43 1.88 180.08 21.21 85 United Technologies United States Conglomerates 58.68 4.69 56.47 38.53 86 Saudi Basic Industries Saudi Arabia Chemicals 40.62 5.87 72.39 31.44 87 Iberdrola Spain Utilities 35.09 3.98 114.81 32.42 88 Nissan Motor Japan Consumer Durables 108.46 4.83 119.00 14.14 89 Panasonic Japan Technology Hardware & Equip 90.87 2.82 71.85 28.93 90 MetLife United States Insurance 50.99 3.21 501.68 15.10 91 Westpac Banking Group Australia Banking 25.90 3.05 346.22 31.40 92 GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom Drugs & Biotechnology 35.55 6.72 52.67 79.06 93 Morgan Stanley United States Diversified Financials 62.26 1.71 658.81 21.00 94 Telecom Italia Italy Telecommunications Services 41.97 3.08 117.81 23.82 95 Intel United States Semiconductors 37.59 5.29 50.72 70.86 96 Zurich Financial Services Switzerland Insurance 32.35 3.04 325.04 19.60 97 Mitsui & Co Japan Trading Companies 57.50 4.11 97.15 17.12 98 Comcast United States Media 34.26 2.55 113.02 37.62 99 AXA Group France Insurance 156.95 1.28 936.92 19.47 100 Bayer Group Germany Chemicals 45.85 2.55 71.39 36.97

All figures are in U.S. dollars and are latest available. Market value is as of Feb. 27. Combined market value for BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc (a dual listed company in Australia and the U.K.). Combined market value for Carnival Corp and Carnival Plc (a dual listed company in Panama and the U.K.). Combined market value for Investec Plc and Investec Ltd (a dual listed company with headquarters in South Africa and the U.K.). Combined market value for Mondi Ltd and Mondi Plc (a dual listed company in South Africa and the U.K.). Combined market value for Reed Elsevier Plc and Reed Elsevier NV (a dual listed company in the Netherlands and the U.K.). Combined market value for Rio Tinto Plc and Rio Tinto Ltd (a dual listed company in Australia and the U.K.). Combined market value for Thomson Reuters Corp and Thomson Reuters Plc (dual listed company in Canda and the UK.) Combined market value for Unilever NV and Unilever Plc (a dual listed company the Netherlands and the U.K.). E: Estimate. NA: Not available.

Sources: FT Interactive Data, LionShares, Thomson Reuters and Worldscope via FactSet Research Systems; Bloomberg ; Forbes.