The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value. The list has been published since 2004.

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.

2013 list [edit]

Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2013 list.

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Sales (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
011	ICBC	China	Banking	134.8	37.8	2,813.5	237.3
022	China Construction Bank	China	Banking	113.1	30.6	2,241.0	202.0
033	JPMorgan Chase	United States	Banking	108.2	21.3	2,359.1	191.4
044	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	147.4	13.6	685.3	243.7
055	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	420.7	44.9	333.8	400.4
06 6	HSBC	United Kingdom	Banking	104.9	14.3	2,684.1	201.3
077	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	467.2	26.6	360.3	213.1
088	Agricultural Bank of China	China	Banking	103.0	23.0	2,124.2	150.8
099	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	Conglomerate	162.5	14.8	427.5	252.8
099	PetroChina	China	Oil and gas	308.9	18.3	347.8	261.2
1111	Bank of China	China	Banking	98.1	22.1	2,033.8	131.7
1212	Wells Fargo	United States	Banking	91.2	18.9	1,423.0	201.3
1313	Chevron	United States	Oil and gas	222.6	26.2	233.0	232.5
1414	Volkswagen Group	Germany	Automotive	254.0	28.6	408.2	94.4
1515	Apple	United States	Computer hardware	164.7	41.7	196.1	416.6
1515	Wal-Mart Stores	United States	Retail	469.2	17.0	203.1	242.5
1717	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	144.0	40.6	339.3	111.4
1818	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	370.9	11.6	301.0	130.4
1919	Citigroup	United States	Banking	90.7	7.5	1,864.7	143.6
2020	Petrobras	Brazil	Oil and gas	144.1	11.0	331.6	120.7

The complete list is available here.

2012 list [edit]

Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2012 list.

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
01	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil and gas	433.5	41.1	331.1	407.4
02	JPMorgan Chase	USA	Banking	110.8	19	2,265.8	170.1
03	General Electric	USA	Conglomerate	147.3	14.2	717.2	213.7
04	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	470.2	30.9	340.5	227.6
05	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	China	Banking	82.6	25.1	2,039.1	237.4
06	HSBC	UK	Banking	102	16.2	2,550	164.3
07	PetroChina	China	Oil and gas	310.1	20.6	304.7	294.7
08	Berkshire Hathaway	USA	Conglomerate	143.7	10.3	392.6	202.2
09	Wells Fargo	USA	Banking	87.6	15.9	1,313.9	178.7
10	Petrobras	Brazil	Oil and gas	145.9	20.1	319.4	180
11	BP	UK	Oil and gas	375.5	25.7	292.5	147.4
12	Chevron	USA	Oil and gas	236.3	26.9	209.5	218
13	China Construction Bank	China	Banking	68.7	20.5	1,637.8	201.9
14	Citigroup	USA	Banking	102.6	11.1	1,873.9	107.5
15	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	117.6	31.7	302.6	159.8
16	Walmart	USA	Retailing	447	15.7	193.4	208.4
17	Volkswagen Group	Germany	Automotive	221.9	21.5	328.7	79.5
18	Total	France	Oil and gas	216.2	15.9	213	132.4
19	Agricultural Bank of China	China	Banking	62.4	14.4	1,563.9	154.8
20	BNP Paribas	France	Banking	119	7.9	2,539.1	61.5

The complete list is available here.

2011 list [edit]

Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2011 list.

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
01	JPMorgan Chase	USA	Banking	115.5	17.4	2,117.6	182.2
02	HSBC	UK	Banking	103.3	13.3	2,467.9	186.5
03	General Electric	USA	Conglomerate	156.2	11.6	751.2	216.2
04	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil and gas	341.6	30.5	302.5	407.2
05	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	369.1	20.1	317.2	212.9
06	PetroChina	China	Oil and gas	222.3	21.2	251.3	320.8
07	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	China	Banking	69.2	18.8	1,723.5	239.5
08	Berkshire Hathaway	USA	Conglomerate	136.2	13	372.2	211
08	Petrobras	Brazil	Oil and gas	121.3	21.2	313.2	238.8
10	Citigroup	USA	Banking	111.5	10.6	1,913.9	132.8
11	BNP Paribas	France	Banking	130.4	10.5	2,680.7	88
11	Wells Fargo	USA	Banking	93.2	12.4	1,258.1	170.6
13	Santander Group	Spain	Banking	109.7	12.8	1,570.6	94.7
14	AT&T Inc.	USA	Telecommunications	124.3	19.9	268.5	168.2
15	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	98.7	25.7	275.9	172.9
16	Chevron	USA	Oil and gas	189.6	19	184.8	200.6
17	China Construction Bank	China	Banking	58.2	15.6	1,408	224.8
18	Walmart	USA	Retailing	421.8	16.4	180.7	187.3
19	Total	France	Oil and gas	188.1	14.2	192.8	138
20	Allianz	Germany	Insurance	142.9	6.7	838.4	62.7

The complete list is available here.

2010 list [edit]

Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2010 list.

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
01	JPMorgan Chase	USA	Banking	115.63	11.65	2,031.99	166.19
02	General Electric	USA	Conglomerate	156.78	11.03	781.82	169.65
03	Bank of America	USA	Banking	150.45	6.28	2,223.30	167.63
04	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil and gas	275.56	19.28	233.32	308.77
05	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	China	Banking	71.86	16.27	1,428.46	242.23
06	Santander Group	Spain	Banking	109.57	12.34	1,438.68	107.12
07	Wells Fargo	USA	Banking	98.64	12.28	1,243.65	141.69
08	HSBC	UK	Banking	103.74	5.83	2,355.83	178.27
08	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	278.19	12.52	287.64	168.63
10	BP	UK	Oil and gas	239.27	16.58	235.45	167.13
11	BNP Paribas	France	Banking	101.06	8.37	2,952.22	86.67
12	PetroChina	China	Oil and gas	157.22	16.80	174.95	333.84
13	AT&T Inc.	USA	Telecommunications	123.02	12.54	268.75	147.55
14	Walmart	USA	Retailing	408.21	14.34	170.71	205.37
15	Berkshire Hathaway	USA	Conglomerate	112.49	8.06	297.12	190.86
16	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	115.25	24.33	234.77	132.58
17	China Construction Bank	China	Banking	59.16	13.59	1,106.20	184.32
18	Petrobras	Brazil	Oil and gas	104.81	16.63	198.26	190.34
19	Total	France	Oil and gas	160.68	12.10	183.29	131.80
20	Chevron	USA	Oil and gas	159.29	10.48	164.62	146.23

The complete list is available here.

2009 list [edit]

Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2009 list.

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
01	General Electric	USA	Conglomerate	182.52	17.41	797.77	88.77
02	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	458.36	26.28	278.44	135.10
03	Toyota	Japan	Automotive	263.42	17.21	324.98	102.35
04	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil and gas	425.70	45.22	228.05	335.54
05	BP	UK	Oil and gas	361.14	21.16	228.24	119.70
06	HSBC	UK	Banking	142.05	5.73	2,570.45	85.04
07	AT&T Inc.	USA	Telecommunications	124.03	12.87	265.25	140.08
08	Walmart	USA	Retailing	405.61	13.40	163.43	193.15
09	Santander Group	Spain	Banking	96.23	13.25	1,318.86	49.75
09	Chevron	USA	Oil and gas	255.11	23.93	161.17	121.70
11	Total	France	Oil and gas	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 and gas	97.29	26.78	276.81	74.55
14	PetroChina	China	Oil and gas	114.32	19.94	145.14	270.56
15	Volkswagen Group	Germany	Automotive	158.40	6.52	244.05	75.18
16	JPMorgan Chase	USA	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 and gas	158.32	12.91	139.80	80.68
19	Berkshire Hathaway	USA	Conglomerate	107.79	4.99	267.40	122.11
20	Vodafone	UK	Telecommunications	70.39	13.30	252.08	93.66

The complete list is available here.

2008 list [edit]

Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2008 list.

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
01	HSBC	UK	Banking	146.5	19.1	2,349.0	180.8
02	General Electric	USA	Conglomerate	172.7	22.2	795.3	330.9
03	Bank of America	USA	Banking	119.2	15.0	1,715.8	176.5
04	JPMorgan Chase	USA	Banking	116.4	15.4	1,562.2	136.9
05	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil and gas	358.6	40.6	242.1	465.5
06	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	355.8	31.3	266.2	221.1
07	BP	UK	Oil and gas	281.0	20.6	236.1	204.9
08	Toyota	Japan	Automotive	203.8	14.0	276.4	175.1
09	ING Group	Netherlands	Insurance/ banking	197.9	12.7	1,932.2	75.8
10	Berkshire Hathaway	USA	Diversified Financials	118.3	13.2	273.2	216.7
10	The Royal Bank of Scotland	UK	Banking	108.5	14.6	3,807.5	76.6
12	AT&T Inc.	USA	Telecommunications	118.9	12.0	275.6	210.2
13	BNP Paribas	France	Banking	116.2	10.7	2,494.4	81.9
14	Allianz	Germany	Insurance	139.1	10.9	1,547.5	80.3
15	Total S.A.	France	Oil and gas	199.7	19.2	165.8	181.8
16	Walmart	USA	Retailing	378.8	12.7	163.4	198.6
17	Chevron	USA	Oil and gas	204.0	18.7	148.8	180.0
18	American International Group	USA	Insurance	110.1	6.2	1,060.5	118.2
19	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	81.8	23.3	201.7	306.8
20	AXA	France	Insurance	151.7	7.8	1,064.7	70.3

The complete list is available here.

2007 list [edit]

Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2007 list.

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
1	Citigroup	USA	Banking	146.56	21.54	1,884.32	247.42
2	Bank of America	USA	Banking	116.57	21.13	1,459.74	226.61
3	HSBC	UK	Banking	121.51	16.63	1,860.76	202.29
4	General Electric	USA	Conglomerate	163.39	20.83	697.24	358.98
5	JPMorgan Chase	USA	Banking	99.30	14.44	1,351.52	170.97
6	American International Group	USA	Insurance	113.19	14.01	979.41	174.47
7	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil and gas	335.09	39.50	223.95	410.65
8	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	318.85	25.44	232.31	208.25
9	UBS	Switzerland	Diversified Financials	105.59	9.78	1,776.89	116.84
10	ING Group	Netherlands	Diversified Financials	153.44	9.65	1,615.05	93.99
11	BP	UK	Oil and gas	265.91	22.29	217.60	198.14
12	Toyota	Japan	Automotive	179.02	11.68	243.60	217.69
13	The Royal Bank of Scotland	UK	Banking	77.41	12.51	1,705.35	124.13
14	BNP Paribas	France	Banking	89.16	9.64	1,898.19	97.03
15	Allianz	Germany	Insurance	125.33	8.81	1,380.88	87.22
16	Berkshire Hathaway	USA	Diversified Financials	98.54	11.02	248.44	163.79
17	Walmart	USA	Retailing	348.65	11.29	151.19	201.36
18	Barclays	UK	Banking	67.71	8.95	1,949.17	94.79
19	Chevron	USA	Oil and gas	195.34	17.14	132.63	149.37
19	Total S.A.	France	Oil and gas	175.05	15.53	138.82	152.62

The complete list is available here.

2006 list [edit]

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
1.	Citigroup	USA	Banking	120.32	24.64	1,494.04	230.93
2.	General Electric	USA	Conglomerate	149.70	16.35	673.30	348.45
3.	Bank of America	USA	Banking	85.39	16.47	1,291.80	184.17
4.	American International Group	USA	Insurance	106.98	11.90	843.40	172.24
5.	HSBC	UK	Banking	76.38	12.36	1,274.22	193.32
6.	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil & Gas	328.21	36.13	208.34	362.53
7.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil & Gas	306.73	25.31	216.95	203.52
8.	BP	UK	Oil & Gas	249.47	22.63	206.91	225.93
9.	JPMorgan Chase	USA	Banking	79.90	8.48	1,198.94	144.13
10.	UBS	Switzerland	Diversified Financials	78.25	10.65	1,519.40	105.69

The complete list is available here.

2005 list [edit]

Rank	Company	Country	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
1	Citigroup	USA	Banking	108.28	17.05	1,4.10	247.66
2	General Electric	USA	Conglomerates	152.36	16.59	750.33	372.14
3	American International Group	USA	Insurance	95.04	10.91	776.42	173.99
4	Bank of America	USA	Banking	65.45	14.14	1,110.46	188.77
5	HSBC	UK	Banking	62.97	9.52	1,031.29	186.74
6	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil & Gas	263.99	25.33	195.26	405.25
7	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil & Gas	265.19	18.54	193.83	221.49
8	BP	UK	Oil & Gas	285.06	15.73	191.11	231.88
9	ING Group	Netherlands	Diversified Financials	92.01	8.10	1,175.16	68.04
10	Toyota	Japan	Automotive	165.68	11.13	211.15	140.89

The complete list is available here.

2004 list [edit]

Rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Revenue (billion $)	Profits (billion $)	Assets (billion $)	Market Value (billion $)
1.	Citigroup	USA	Banking	94.71	17.85	1,264.03	255.30
2.	General Electric	USA	Conglomerates	134.19	15.59	626.93	328.54
3.	American International Group	USA	Insurance	76.66	6.46	647.66	194.87
4.	ExxonMobil	USA	Oil & gas	222.88	20.96	166.99	277.02
5.	BP	UK	Oil & gas	232.57	10.27	177.57	173.54
6.	Bank of America	USA	Banking	49.01	10.81	736.45	117.55
7.	HSBC	UK	Banking	44.33	6.66	757.60	177.96
8.	Toyota	Japan	Automotive	135.82	7.99	171.71	115.40
9.	Fannie Mae	USA	Diversified Financials	53.13	6.48	1,019.17	76.84
10.	Walmart	USA	Retailing	256.33	9.05	104.91	243.74

The complete list is available here.

See also [edit]

• Forbes 500
• Fortune Global 500
• Fortune India 500
• Financial Times Global 500
• Bentley Infrastructure 500
• List of largest companies by revenue
• List of corporations by market capitalization
• List of largest Nordic companies

External links [edit]

• The 2012 list of Global 2000 - Current list
• The 2011 list of Global 2000
• The 2010 list of Global 2000
• The 2009 list of Global 2000 - Report - Sort Page
• The 2008 list of Global 2000 - Report - Sort Page
• The 2007 list of Global 2000
• The 2006 list of Global 2000 - Report - Sort Page
• The 2005 list of Global 2000 - Report - does not lead to list
• The 2004 list of Global 2000 - does not lead to list
• The 2003 list of Global 2000 - does not lead to list