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List of largest companies by revenue

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This Wikipedia entry compiles global rankings of the largest companies measured by total revenue, drawing data from leading business publications such as Fortune, Forbes and other industry reports, tracking top firms across different years and regional markets.

Key moments

  • 1955Fortune magazine releases its first Fortune 500 list, ranking US companies by revenue
  • 1995Fortune expands the ranking to a global Fortune 500 list covering international firms
  • 2024Walmart remains the top-ranked company for the 11th consecutive year in the Fortune Global 500
  • 2025The 2025 Fortune Global 500 shows total combined revenue of listed companies hitting a record high of 41.7 trillion US dollars

Core Ranking Standards and Coverage

The entry primarily uses total revenue as the core metric, with different ranking sources having slight variations in statistical scope, such as whether to include subsidiary revenue or foreign operations. Most rankings cover the world's top 500 or top 100 companies, but some also break down regional lists like the US Fortune 500.

Industry and Regional Distribution Changes

In the early days of the rankings, oil and energy companies dominated the top spots, but in recent decades retail giants like Walmart, tech firms like Amazon and Apple, and state-owned energy companies such as Saudi Aramco have taken turns leading the list. Companies from the US and China have long accounted for the majority of spots on the global rankings, with Chinese firms seeing a steady increase in numbers in recent years, reaching 130 in the 2025 list.

Significance of the Rankings

These revenue rankings are widely used as an important indicator to measure the scale and influence of global enterprises, helping to reflect changes in the global industrial structure and economic development trends. They also provide reference for investors, policy makers and business researchers to analyze market competition and corporate development.

This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the annual Fortune Global 500 rankings and other sources.[2] Among the 50 largest companies, 23 are in the United States, 17 are in Asia, and 10 are in Europe.[3]

This list is limited to the largest 50 companies, all of which reported annual revenues exceeding US$130 billion. This list is incomplete, as not all companies disclose their information to the media or general public.[4] Data reflects the most recent fiscal year, primarily 2024 or 2025.

List

By country

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References

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