Fortune Global 500

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The Fortune Global 500, also known as Global 500, is an annual ranking of the top
500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published
annually by Fortune magazine.
Until 1989, it listed only non-US industrial corporations under the title "International 500" while
the Fortune 500 contained and still contains exclusively US corporations. In 1990, U.S.
companies were added to compile a truly global list of top industrial corporations as ranked by
sales. Since 1995, the list has had its current form, listing also top financial corporations and
service providers by revenue.
From 2001 to 2012, there was a significant change in the geographical distribution of the
companies in the Global 500 rankings. The number of North American-based companies
reduced from 215 in 2001 to 144 in 2011, and the contribution of Asian-based companies
increased rapidly from 116 in 2001 to 188 in 2012. Most of this growth is accounted for by the
rapid increase in the number of Chinese Global 500 companies, of which there were 98 by 2015
(see below.) The share of European-based companies increased marginally, from 158 to 160,
over the decade.[1]
Contents
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1Controversy

2Fortune Global 500 list of year 2015

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2.1Breakdown by country

3See also

4References

5External links

Controversy[edit]
Several inconsistencies exist in Fortune's ranking of cities with the most Fortune 500
headquarters. On June 3, 2011, the Atlanta Business Chronicle stated examples
of Fortuneincluding regional headquarters for some cities, not including regional headquarters for
other cities, and in some cases, not including headquarters that are physically located inside a
city limit.[2]

Fortune Global 500 list of year 2015[edit]

The rankings, which have been released by the magazine at its website, appear in the July 22,
2015, issue of the magazine.
The following is the list of top 10 companies, as published on July 22, 2015. It is based on the
companies' fiscal year ended on or before March 31, 2015.[3]

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k

Company

Country

Industry

Revenue in
USD

Walmart

United States

Retail

$485.7 billion

Sinopec

China

Petroleum

$446.8 billion

Royal Dutch Shell

Netherlands
Petroleum
United Kingdom

$431.3 billion

China National Petroleum

Corporation

China

Petroleum

$428.6 billion

ExxonMobil

United States

Petroleum

$382.6 billion

BP

United Kingdom

Petroleum

$358.7 billion

State Grid Corporation of China

China

Power

$339.4 billion

Volkswagen

Germany

Automobiles

$268.6 billion

Toyota

Japan

Automobiles

$247.7 billion

10

Glencore

Switzerland
United Kingdom

Commoditie
s

$221.0 billion

Fortune had previously listed Shell as a Dutch company, but as of the 2013 listing, it is listed as
British/Dutch.

Breakdown by country[edit]
This is the list of the top 10 countries with the most Global 500 companies. [4]
Rank

Country

USA

Companies

127

Rank

Country

Companies

China

98

Japan

54

France

31

United Kingdom

29

Germany

28

South Korea

17

Netherlands

13

Switzerland

12

10

Canada

11

The Global 500 includes 1 company under the heading "Britain/Netherlands". That company is
counted in the tally for both countries.

According to the Fortune website, as of 2015 the Global 500 are represented by a total of 36
countries. However, 472 (94.4%) of the Global 500 are represented by only 16 countries: two in
North America (Canada, USA,) six in Western Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands,
Switzerland, UK,) four in East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan,) plus Australia, Brazil,
India and Russia. Of these 16 countries, 13 are the world's largest economies as estimated by
the IMF (List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)) and are also members of the G20 (the
exceptions being the Netherlands, Switzerland and Taiwan.)

See also[edit]

40 under 40 (Fortune Magazine)

Fortune India 500

Forbes Global 2000

Fortune 500

List of largest companies by revenue

List of companies by employees

List of corporations by market capitalization

References[edit]
1.

Jump up^ "A New Perspective on the Corporate World". CNN

Money, Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

2.

Jump up^ Maria Saporta. "Some cities rankings are overstated".

Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

3.

Jump up^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved July 7, 2014.

4.

Jump up^ "Global 500 2015". Fortune. Number of companies

data taken from the "Country" box.

External links[edit]

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