List of public corporations by market capitalization
The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization.
Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of outstanding shares.[1] Figures are converted into USD millions (using rate from selected day) to allow for comparison. Only companies with free float at least 15% are included, value of unlisted stock classes is excluded. Investment companies are not included in the list.[2]
World Largest market capitalization companies
**First passed** | Company | Record value date | Record value (in billions USD) |
Notes | |||
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$1 trillion | $2 trillion | Unadjusted | Inflation-adjusted[3] | ||||
5 November 2007 | — | PetroChina | 5 November 2007 | 1000 | 1215 | On 5 November 2007, A shares of PetroChina ended their first day of trading after an IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange yielded a market cap of approximately $1 trillion.[4] Only 4 billion A shares were floated during the IPO, another 158 billion A shares were still held by China National Petroleum Corporation. 21.9 billion H shares were already floated on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[5] However, market capitalization based on H shares never reached $500 billion.[6] | |
4 August 2018[7] | 19 August 2020 [8] | Apple Inc | 25 January 2021 | 2420 | 2420 | Apple Inc hit the highest market capitalisation of any listed business, when its share price hit $144,23.[9] | |
4 September 2018[10] | — | Amazon.com | 1 September 2020 | 1778 | 1778 | ||
7 June 2019 | — | Microsoft Corp | 4 February 2021 | 1827 | 1827 | ||
16 January 2020[11][12] | — | Alphabet Inc | 4 February 2021 | 1411 | 1411 |
Publicly traded companies
All market capitalization figures are in USD millions.
2020
This list is up to date as of December 31, 2020. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
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1 | Microsoft 1,200,000[13] |
Apple Inc. 1,576,000[14] |
Apple Inc. 1,981,000[14] |
Apple Inc. 2,254,000[14] | ||||
2 | Apple Inc. 1,113,000[14] |
Microsoft 1,551,000[13] |
Microsoft 1,592,000[13] |
Microsoft 1,682,000[13] | ||||
3 | Amazon.com 970,590[15] |
Amazon.com 1,432,590[15] |
Amazon.com 1,577,000[15] |
Amazon.com 1,634,000[15] | ||||
4 | Alphabet Inc. 799,180[16] |
Alphabet Inc. 979,700[16] |
Alphabet Inc. 999,570[16] |
Alphabet Inc. 1,185,000[16] | ||||
5 | Alibaba Group 521,740[17] |
Facebook, Inc. 675,690[18] |
Alibaba Group 795,400[17] |
Facebook, Inc. 776,590[18] | ||||
6 | Facebook, Inc. 475,460[18] |
Tencent 620,920[19] |
Facebook, Inc. 746,100[18] |
Tencent 683,470[19] | ||||
7 | Tencent 471,660[19] |
Alibaba Group 579,740[17] |
Tencent 646,790[19] |
Tesla, Inc. 668,080[20] | ||||
8 | Berkshire Hathaway 440,830[21] |
Berkshire Hathaway 432,570[21] |
Berkshire Hathaway 509,470[21] |
Alibaba Group 628,650[17] | ||||
9 | Visa 357,020[22] |
Visa 412,710[22] |
Visa Inc. 425,510[22] |
TSMC 565,280[23] | ||||
10 | Johnson & Johnson 345,700[24] |
Johnson & Johnson 370,590[24] |
TSMC 420,440[23] |
Berkshire Hathaway 544,780[21] |
2019
This list is up to date as of December 31, 2019. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
2018
This list is up to date as of December 31, 2018. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
2017
This list is up to date as of December 31, 2017. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[28][note 1] | Second quarter[29][note 1] | Third quarter[30][note 1] | Fourth quarter | ||||
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1 | Apple Inc. 753,718 | Apple Inc. 749,124 | Apple Inc. 791,726 | Apple Inc. 868,880[14] | ||||
2 | Alphabet Inc. 573,570[16] | Alphabet Inc. 628,610[16] | Alphabet Inc. 664,550[16] | Alphabet Inc. 727,040[16] | ||||
3 | Microsoft 508,935 | Microsoft 528,778 | Microsoft 568,965 | Microsoft 659,910[13] | ||||
4 | Amazon.com 423,031 | Amazon.com 466,471 | Amazon.com 459,435 | Amazon.com 563,540[15] | ||||
5 | Berkshire Hathaway 410,880[21] | Berkshire Hathaway 418,880[21] | Berkshire Hathaway 451,840[21] | Facebook 512,760[18] | ||||
6 | ExxonMobil 339,897 | Johnson & Johnson 357,310 | Alibaba Group 436,850[17] | Tencent 493,340[31] | ||||
7 | Johnson & Johnson 337,947 | Facebook 357,176 | Tencent 405,007 | Berkshire Hathaway 489,490[21] | ||||
8 | Facebook 334,552 | Alibaba Group 356,390[17] | Facebook 399,946 | Alibaba Group 440,712[31] | ||||
9 | JPMorgan Chase 313,761 | Tencent 344,879 | ExxonMobil 348,248 | Johnson & Johnson 375,360[24] | ||||
10 | Wells Fargo 278,516 | ExxonMobil 341,947 | Johnson & Johnson 347,497 |
JPMorgan Chase 371,050[25] |
2016
This list is up to date as of December 31, 2016. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[32][note 1] | Second quarter[33][note 1] | Third quarter[34][note 1] | Fourth quarter[35][note 1] | ||||
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1 | Apple Inc. 607,465 | Apple Inc. 517,069 | Apple Inc. 604,475 | Apple Inc. 617,588.49 | ||||
2 | Alphabet Inc. 535,660[16] | Alphabet Inc. 475,320[16] | Alphabet Inc. 535,660[16] | Alphabet Inc. 531,970[16] | ||||
3 | Microsoft 439,734 | Microsoft 397,268 | Microsoft 447,290 |
Microsoft 483,160.28 | ||||
4 | ExxonMobil 350,991 | ExxonMobil 383,396 | Amazon.com 393,030 | Berkshire Hathaway 404,390[21] | ||||
5 | Berkshire Hathaway 349,740[21] | Berkshire Hathaway 345,860[21] | ExxonMobil 358,519 | ExxonMobil 374,280 | ||||
6 | Johnson & Johnson 300,604 | Amazon.com 337,641 | Berkshire Hathaway 358,300[21] |
Amazon.com 356,313.12 | ||||
7 | General Electric 295,546 | Johnson & Johnson 328,234 | Johnson & Johnson 320,836 | Johnson & Johnson 313,432.46 | ||||
8 | Amazon.com 281,888 | General Electric 280,927 | Facebook 297,548 |
JPMorgan Chase 308,768.42 | ||||
9 | Facebook 259,192 | Facebook 263,930 | Tencent 265,603 | General Electric 279,545.92 | ||||
10 | Wells Fargo 246,035 | AT&T 261,035 | General Electric 261,876 | Wells Fargo 276,779.12 |
2015
This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2015. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[36] | Second quarter[37] | Third quarter[38][note 1] | Fourth quarter[39][note 1] | ||||
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1 | Apple Inc. 724,773.1 | Apple Inc. 722,576.9 | Apple Inc. 621,939 | Apple Inc. 598,344 | ||||
2 | Exxon Mobil 356,548.7 | Microsoft 357,154.4 | Google 407,870[16] | Alphabet 534,090[16] | ||||
3 | Berkshire Hathaway 356,510.7 | Exxon Mobil 347,868.1 | Microsoft 347,432 | Microsoft 449,799 | ||||
4 | Google 345,849.2[40] | Google 336,014.5[16] | Berkshire Hathaway 318,180[21] |
Berkshire Hathaway 323,750[21] | ||||
5 | Microsoft 333,524.8 | Berkshire Hathaway 336,014.5 | Exxon Mobil 304,245 | Exxon Mobil 325,167 | ||||
6 | Petro China 329,715.1 | Petro China 319,391.6 | Johnson & Johnson 257,637 | Amazon 323,009 | ||||
7 | Wells Fargo 279,919.7 | ICBC 298,531.5 | General Electric 248,069 | General Electric 313,892 | ||||
8 | Johnson & Johnson 279,723.9 | Wells Fargo 289,591.3 | China Mobile 243,186 | Johnson & Johnson 287,153 | ||||
9 | ICBC 275,389.1 | Johnson & Johnson 270,260.8 | Novartis 240,373 | Wells Fargo 281,770 | ||||
10 | Novartis 267,897.0 | General Electric 267,717.4 | Nestlé 233,361 | JPMorgan Chase 245,126 |
2014
This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2014. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[41] | Second quarter[42] | Third quarter[43] | Fourth quarter[44] | ||||
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1 | Apple Inc. 478,766.1 | Apple Inc. 560,337.4 | Apple Inc. 603,277.4 | Apple Inc. 647,361.0 | ||||
2 | Exxon Mobil 422,098.3 | Exxon Mobil 432,357.3 | Exxon Mobil 401,094.1 | Exxon Mobil 391,481.9 | ||||
3 | Microsoft 340,216.8 | Google 358,347.3 | Microsoft 381,959.7 | Microsoft 382,880.3 | ||||
4 | Google 313,003.9 | Microsoft 344,458.8 | Google 361,998.4 | Berkshire Hathaway 370,652.6 | ||||
5 | Berkshire Hathaway 308,090.6 | Berkshire Hathaway 312,216.7 | Berkshire Hathaway 340,055.0 | Google 329,768.5 | ||||
6 | Johnson & Johnson 277,826.2 | Johnson & Johnson 295,980.1 | Johnson & Johnson 300,614.2 | PetroChina 305,536.1 | ||||
7 | Wells Fargo 261,217.5 | Wells Fargo 276,837 | Wells Fargo 270,782.4 | Johnson & Johnson 292,702.8 | ||||
8 | General Electric 259,547.3 | | Royal Dutch Shell 269,563.4 | General Electric 257,068.4 | Wells Fargo 284,385.6 | |||
9 | Hoffmann-La Roche 258,542.1 | General Electric 263,529.6 | Novartis 255,326.4 | Wal-Mart 276,807.4 | ||||
10 | Walmart 246,805.7 | Hoffmann-La Roche 256,322.8 | Hoffmann-La Roche 254,543.8 | ICBC 271,146.1 |
2013
This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2013. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[45] | Second quarter[46] | Third quarter[47] | Fourth quarter[48] | ||||
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1 | Apple Inc. 415,683.3 | Exxon Mobil 401,729.8 | Apple Inc. 433,099.6 | Apple Inc. 504,770.8 | ||||
2 | Exxon Mobil 403,733.1 | Apple Inc. 372,202.3 | Exxon Mobil 378,716.2 | Exxon Mobil 442,142.8 | ||||
3 | Berkshire Hathaway 256,801.8 | Microsoft 288,488.8 | Berkshire Hathaway 280,001.5 | Microsoft 312,297.3 | ||||
4 | PetroChina 254,618.7 | Berkshire Hathaway 276,548.5 | Microsoft 277,220.9 | Google 310,079.1 | ||||
5 | Wal-Mart 246,373.3 | Wal-Mart 244,079.4 | Johnson & Johnson 244,298.5 | Berkshire Hathaway 292,396.0 | ||||
6 | General Electric 239,775.6 | Johnson & Johnson 241,170.9 | General Electric 243,290.4 | General Electric 283,589.8 | ||||
7 | Microsoft 239,602.3 | General Electric 239,787.2 | Wal-Mart 240,773.3 | Johnson & Johnson 258,415.4 | ||||
8 | IBM 237,724.7 | Google 238,688.6 | Google 237,479.4 | Wal-Mart 254,622.8 | ||||
9 | Nestlé 233,792.1 | Chevron Corporation 229,402.6 | Chevron Corporation 234,740.8 | Hoffmann-La Roche 241,368.0 | ||||
10 | Chevron Corporation 230,831.2 | ICBC 226,879.8 | Hoffmann-La Roche 232,495.2 | Chevron Corporation 240,223.4 |
2012
This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2012. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[49] | Second quarter[50] | Third quarter[51] | Fourth quarter[52] | ||||
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1 | Apple Inc. 559,002.1 | Apple Inc. 546,076.1 | Apple Inc. 625,348.1 | Apple Inc. 500,610.7 | ||||
2 | Exxon Mobil 408,777.4 | Exxon Mobil 400,139.1 | Exxon Mobil 422,127.5 | Exxon Mobil 394,610.9 | ||||
3 | PetroChina 278,968.4 | PetroChina 257,685.8 | PetroChina 253,853.3 | PetroChina 264,833.4 | ||||
4 | Microsoft 270,644.1 | Microsoft 256,982.4 | Microsoft 249,489.8 | | BHP Billiton 247,409.0 | |||
5 | IBM 241,754.6 | Wal-Mart 235,900.3 | Wal-Mart 248,074.4 | ICBC 236,457.9 | ||||
6 | ICBC 236,335.4 | IBM 225,598.5 | General Electric 239,791.2 | China Mobile 234,040.2 | ||||
7 | | Royal Dutch Shell 222,425.1 | General Electric 220,806.3 | IBM 237,068.4 | Wal-Mart 228,245.4 | |||
8 | China Mobile 220,978.9 | China Mobile 219,481.3 | Chevron Corporation 228,707.1 | Samsung Electronics 227,581.8 | ||||
9 | General Electric 212,317.7 | | Royal Dutch Shell 217,048.2 | China Mobile 222,817.8 | Microsoft 224,801.0 | |||
10 | Chevron Corporation 211,950.6 | ICBC 211,196.0 | | Royal Dutch Shell 222,669.6 | | Royal Dutch Shell 222,669.6 |
2011
This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2011. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[53] | Second quarter[54] | Third quarter[55] | Fourth quarter[56] | ||||
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1 | Exxon Mobil 417,166.7 | Exxon Mobil 400,884.5 | Apple Inc. 353,518.1 | Exxon Mobil 406,272.1 | ||||
2 | PetroChina 326,199.2 | Apple Inc. 310,412.3 | Exxon Mobil 353,135.2 | Apple Inc. 376,410.6 | ||||
3 | Apple Inc. 321,072.1 | PetroChina 303,649.9 | PetroChina 276,473.9 | PetroChina 276,844.9 | ||||
4 | ICBC 251,078.1 | ICBC 246,850.5 | IBM 208,843.5 | | Royal Dutch Shell 236,677.0 | |||
5 | Petrobras 247,417.6 | | BHP Billiton 233,626.5 | Microsoft 208,534.9 | ICBC 228,168.1 | |||
6 | | BHP Billiton 247,079.5 | | Royal Dutch Shell 225,122.8 | ICBC 206,021.4 | Microsoft 218,380.1 | ||
7 | China Construction Bank 232,608.6 | Microsoft 219,251.9 | China Mobile 198,778.7 | IBM 216,724.4 | ||||
8 | | Royal Dutch Shell 226,128.7 | Nestlé 215,017.5 | | Royal Dutch Shell 197,061.1 | Chevron Corporation 211,893.9 | ||
9 | Chevron Corporation 215,780.6 | Petrobras 210,111.4 | Nestlé 191,115.6 | Wal-Mart 204,659.8 | ||||
10 | Microsoft 213,336.4 | IBM 207,781.4 | Chevron Corporation 185,456.1 | China Mobile 196,148.4 |
2010
This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2010. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[57] | Second quarter[58] | Third quarter[59] | Fourth quarter[60] | ||||
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1 | PetroChina 329,259.7 | Exxon Mobil 291,789.1 | Exxon Mobil 314,622.5 | Exxon Mobil 368,711.5 | ||||
2 | Exxon Mobil 316,230.8 | PetroChina 268,504.8 | PetroChina 270,889.9 | PetroChina 303,273.6 | ||||
3 | Microsoft 256,864.7 | Apple Inc. 228,876.8 | Apple Inc. 259,223.4 | Apple Inc. 295,886.3 | ||||
4 | ICBC 246,419.8 | ICBC 211,258.7 | Petrobras 220,616.5 | | BHP Billiton 243,540.3 | |||
5 | Apple Inc. 213,096.7 | Microsoft 201,655.8 | ICBC 213,364.1 | Microsoft 238,784.5 | ||||
6 | | BHP Billiton 209,935.1 | China Mobile 201,471.2 | Microsoft 210,676.4 | ICBC 233,369.1 | |||
7 | Wal-Mart 209,000.7 | Berkshire Hathaway 197,356.8 | China Mobile 205,339.6 | Petrobras 229,066.6 | ||||
8 | Berkshire Hathaway 200,620.5 | China Construction Bank 189,170.7 | Berkshire Hathaway 204,792.0 | China Construction Bank 222,245.1 | ||||
9 | General Electric 194,246.2 | Wal-Mart 178,322.7 | China Construction Bank 202,998.4 | | Royal Dutch Shell 208,593.7 | |||
10 | China Mobile 192,998.6 | Procter & Gamble 172,736.5 | | BHP Billiton 196,866.0 | Nestlé 203,534.3 |
2009
This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2009. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[61] | Second quarter[62] | Third quarter[63] | Fourth quarter[64] | ||||
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1 | Exxon Mobil 336,527 | PetroChina 366,662.9 | Exxon Mobil 329,725 | PetroChina 353,140.1 | ||||
2 | PetroChina 287,185 | Exxon Mobil 341,140.3 | PetroChina 325,097.5 | Exxon Mobil 323,717.1 | ||||
3 | Wal-Mart 204,365 | ICBC 257,004.4 | ICBC 237,951.5 | Microsoft 270,635.4 | ||||
4 | ICBC 187,885 | Microsoft 211,546.2 | Microsoft 229,630.7 | ICBC 268,956.2 | ||||
5 | China Mobile 174,673 | China Mobile 200,832.4 | HSBC 198,561.1 | Wal-Mart 203,653.6 | ||||
6 | Microsoft 163,320 | Wal-Mart 188,752.0 | China Mobile 195,680.4 | China Construction Bank 201,436.1 | ||||
7 | AT&T 148,511 | China Construction Bank 182,186.7 | Wal-Mart 189,331.6 | | BHP Billiton 201,248 | |||
8 | Johnson & Johnson 145,481 | Petrobras 165,056.9 | Petrobras 189,027.7 | HSBC 199,254.9 | ||||
9 | | Royal Dutch Shell 138,999 | Johnson & Johnson 156,515.9 | China Construction Bank 186,816.7 | Petrobras 199,107.9 | |||
10 | Procter & Gamble 138,013 | | Royal Dutch Shell 156,386.7 | | Royal Dutch Shell 175,986.1 | Apple Inc. 189,801.7 |
2008
This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2008. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[65] | Second quarter[66] | Third quarter[67] | Fourth quarter[68] | ||||
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1 | Exxon Mobil 452,505 | Exxon Mobil 465,652 |
Exxon Mobil 403,366 | Exxon Mobil 406,067 | ||||
2 | PetroChina 423,996 | PetroChina 341,140.3 | PetroChina 325,097.5 | PetroChina 259,836 | ||||
3 | General Electric 369,569 | ICBC 257,004.4 | ICBC 237,951.5 | Wal-Mart 219,898 | ||||
4 | Gazprom 299,764 | Microsoft 211,546.2 | Microsoft 229,630.7 | China Mobile 201,291 | ||||
5 | China Mobile 298,093 | China Mobile 200,832.4 | HSBC 198,561.1 | Procter & Gamble 184,576 | ||||
6 | ICBC 277,236 | Wal-Mart 188,752.0 | China Mobile 195,680.4 | ICBC 173,930 | ||||
7 | Microsoft 264,132 | China Construction Bank 182,186.7 | Wal-Mart 189,331.6 | Microsoft 172,929 | ||||
8 | AT&T 231,168 | Petrobras 165,056.9 | Petrobras 189,027.7 | AT&T 167,950 | ||||
9 | | Royal Dutch Shell 220,110 | Johnson & Johnson 156,515.9 | China Construction Bank 186,816.7 | Johnson & Johnson 166,002 | |||
10 | Procter & Gamble 215,640 | | Royal Dutch Shell 156,386.7 | | Royal Dutch Shell 175,986.1 | General Electric 161,278 |
2007
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2007. Indicated changes in rank and market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[69] | Second quarter[70] | Third quarter[71] | Fourth quarter[72] | ||||
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1 | Exxon Mobil 429,567 | Exxon Mobil 472,519 | Exxon Mobil 513,362 | Petrochina 723,952 | ||||
2 | General Electric 363,611 | General Electric 393,831 | General Electric 424,191 | Exxon Mobil 511,887 | ||||
3 | Microsoft 272,912 | Microsoft 281,934 | China Mobile 327,937 | General Electric 374,637 | ||||
4 | Citigroup 252,857 | Royal Dutch Shell 266,141 | ICBC 279,269 | China Mobile 354,120 | ||||
5 | AT&T 246,206 | AT&T 255,871 | Microsoft 276,202 | ICBC 338,989 | ||||
6 | Gazprom 245,911 | Citigroup 253,703 | Royal Dutch Shell 264,397 | Microsoft 333,054 | ||||
7 | Toyota Motor Corporation 230,832 | Gazprom 245,757 | Gazprom 260,249 | Gazprom 329,591 | ||||
8 | Bank of America 228,177 | BP 231,491 | AT&T 258,047 | Royal Dutch Shell 269,544 | ||||
9 | ICBC 224,788 | Toyota Motor Corporation 228,009 | Citigroup 232,162 | AT&T 252,051 | ||||
10 | Royal Dutch Shell 214,018 | Bank of America 216,963 | Bank of America 223,066 | Sinopec 249,645 |
2006
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 2006. Indicated changes in rank and market value are relative to the previous quarter.
Rank | First quarter[73] | Second quarter[74] | Third quarter[75] | Fourth quarter[76] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Exxon Mobil 371,631 | Exxon Mobil 371,187 | Exxon Mobil 398,906 | Exxon Mobil 446,943 | ||||
2 | General Electric 362,527 | General Electric 342,731 | General Electric 364,414 | General Electric 383,564 | ||||
3 | Microsoft 281,171 | Gazprom 246,341 | Microsoft 272,679.0 | Microsoft 293,537 | ||||
4 | Citigroup 238,935 | Citigroup 239,862 | Gazprom 254,634.3 | Citigroup 273,691 | ||||
5 | BP 233,260 | Microsoft 237,688 | Citigroup 246,727 | Gazprom 271,482 | ||||
6 | Bank of America 211,706 | BP 233,151 | Bank of America 242,451 | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 254,592 | ||||
7 | Royal Dutch Shell 211,280 | Royal Dutch Shell 224,925 | Royal Dutch Shell 216,368 | Toyota Motor Corporation 241,161 | ||||
8 | Wal-Mart 196,860 | Bank of America 219,504 | BP 215,623 | Bank of America 239,758 | ||||
9 | Toyota Motor Corporation 196,731 | HSBC 201,854 | HSBC 209,774 | Royal Dutch Shell 225,781 | ||||
10 | Gazprom 196,339 | Wal-Mart 200,762 | Pfizer 206,785 | BP 218,643 |
2004
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 March 2005.[77]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 382,233 |
2 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 380,567 |
3 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 262,975 |
4 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 234,437 |
5 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | 221,365 |
6 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | 212,209 |
7 | Royal Dutch Shell | The Netherlands | Oil and gas | 210,630 |
8 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | 199,711 |
9 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | 195,945 |
10 | Bank of America | United States | Banking | 178,765 |
2003
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 March 2004.[78]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 299,336 |
2 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 271,911 |
3 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 263,940 |
4 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | 261,616 |
5 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 259,191 |
6 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | 258,888 |
7 | American International Group | United States | Insurance | 183,696 |
8 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | 179,996 |
9 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | 174,648 |
10 | HSBC | United Kingdom | Banking | 163,574 |
2002
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 March 2003.[79]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 264,003 |
2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 259,647 |
3 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 241,037 |
4 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | 234,399 |
5 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | 195,948 |
6 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 183,887 |
7 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | 170,417 |
8 | Royal Dutch Shell | The Netherlands | Oil and gas | 149,034 |
9 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | 144,381 |
10 | IBM | United States | Computer software, computer hardware | 139,272 |
2001
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 March 2002.[80]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 372,089 |
2 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 326,639 |
3 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 299,820 |
4 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | 273,220 |
5 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 255,299 |
6 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | 249,021 |
7 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | 203,838 |
8 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | 200,794 |
9 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | 197,912 |
10 | Royal Dutch Shell | The Netherlands | Oil and gas | 189,913 |
2000
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 March 2001.[81]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 477,406 |
2 | Cisco Systems | United States | Networking hardware | 304,699 |
3 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 286,367 |
4 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | 263,996 |
5 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 258,436 |
6 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | 250,955 |
7 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 250,143 |
8 | Vodafone | United Kingdom | Telecommunications | 227,175 |
9 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | 227,048 |
10 | Royal Dutch Shell | The Netherlands | Oil and gas | 206,340 |
1999
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 March 2000.[82]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 586,197 |
2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 474,956 |
3 | NTT DoCoMo | Japan | Telecommunications | 366,204 |
4 | Cisco Systems | United States | Networking hardware | 348,965 |
5 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | 286,153 |
6 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | 277,096 |
7 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | 274,905 |
8 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 265,894 |
9 | Lucent Technologies | United States | Telecommunications | 237,668 |
10 | Deutsche Telekom | Germany | Telecommunications | 209,628 |
1998
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1998.[83]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 271,854 |
2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 258,871 |
3 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 172,213 |
4 | Royal Dutch Shell | The Netherlands | Oil and gas | 164,157 |
5 | Merck | United States | Health care | 154,753 |
6 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | 148,074 |
7 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | 144,060 |
8 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | 142,164 |
9 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | 123,062 |
10 | IBM | United States | Software industry, computer hardware | 121,184 |
1997
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1997.[84]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
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1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 222,748 |
2 | Royal Dutch Shell | The Netherlands | Oil and gas | 191,002 |
3 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 159,660 |
4 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 157,970 |
5 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | 151,288 |
6 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | 150,838 |
7 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | 146,139 |
8 | Merck | United States | Health care | 120,757 |
9 | Toyota Motor Corporation | Japan | Automotive | 116,585 |
10 | Novartis | Switzerland | Health care | 104,468 |
1996
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1996.[85]
Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
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1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 136,515 |
2 | Royal Dutch Shell | The Netherlands | Oil and gas | 128,206 |
3 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | 117,258 |
4 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | 113,609 |
5 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 102,161 |
Non-public companies
This Financial Times Non-Public 150-based list is up to date as of December, 2006. All companies in top 10 are government-owned corporations. Figures are in USD millions.
Rank | 2006[86] | |
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1 | State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council 1,560,000[87] | |
2 | Saudi Aramco 781,000 | |
3 | Pemex 415,000 | |
4 | Petróleos de Venezuela 388,000 | |
5 | Kuwait Petroleum Corporation 378,000 | |
6 | Petronas 232,000 | |
7 | Sonatrach 224,000 | |
8 | National Iranian Oil Company 220,000 | |
9 | Japan Post Holdings (priv. 2007) 156,000 | |
10 | Pertamina 140,000 |
Notes
- Note that in case some companies with multiple classes of stock only one class is considered.
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