The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world, published by: sales, profit, assets and market value. The list has been published annually since 2003.
By country
2025 list
In 2025, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[3]
- 1) 🇺🇸 JPMorgan Chase
- 2) 🇺🇸 Berkshire Hathaway
- 3) 🇨🇳 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- 4) Saudi Aramco
- 5) 🇺🇸 Amazon
- 6) 🇺🇸 Bank of America
- 7) 🇨🇳 China Construction Bank
- 8) 🇨🇳 Agricultural Bank of China
- 9) 🇺🇸 Alphabet
- 10) 🇺🇸 Microsoft
2024 list
In 2024, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[4]
- 1) 🇺🇸 JPMorgan Chase
- 2) 🇺🇸 Berkshire Hathaway
- 3) Saudi Aramco
- 4) 🇨🇳 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- 5) 🇺🇸 Bank of America
- 6) 🇺🇸 Amazon
- 7) 🇨🇳 China Construction Bank
- 8) 🇺🇸 Microsoft
- 9) 🇨🇳 Agricultural Bank of China
- 10) 🇺🇸 Alphabet
2023 list
In 2023, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[5]
2022 list
In 2022, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[8]
2021 list
In 2021, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[9]
2020 list
In 2020, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[10]
2019 list
In 2019, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[11]
2018 list
In 2018, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[12]
As a group, the Forbes Global 2000 in year 2018 accounts for $39.1* trillion in sales, $3.2 trillion in profit, $189* trillion in assets and $56.8* trillion in market value.
By industry sector
The top-ranked companies in each industry sector are as follows.
2017 list
In 2017, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[13]
2016 list
In 2016, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[14]
See also
External links
References
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- Andrea Murphy, Isabel Contreras. The Global 2000 2022 Forbes, 2022-05-12, retrieved 2022-05-20^
- The Global 2000 2021 Forbes, retrieved 2021-05-20^
- Global 2000 – The World's Largest Public Companies 2020 Forbes, retrieved 2020-05-13^
- Global 2000: The World's Largest Public Companies Forbes.com, 2019-05-15, retrieved 2019-06-03^
- Kristin Stoller. Global 2000: The World's Largest Public Companies 2018 Forbes, June 6, 2018, retrieved May 30, 2019^
- The World's Largest Public Companies 2017 Forbes.com, retrieved November 23, 2018^
- The World’s Biggest Public Companies Forbes, retrieved 2025-12-23^
- Andrea Murphy (6 May 2015). 2015 Global 2000: Methodology. Forbes. Accessed December 2015.^