Forbes Global 2000
The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2,000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value.[1] The list has been published since 2003.
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.
2016 list by Forbes magazine
In 2016, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:[2]
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Sales (billion $) | Profits (billion $) | Assets (billion $) | Market Value (billion $) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ICBC |  Beijing | Banking, financial services | 171.1 | 44.2 | 3,420.2 | 198 |
| 2 | China Construction Bank | Beijing | Banking, financial services | 146.8 | 36.4 | 2,826 | 162.8 |
| 3 | Agricultural Bank of China | Beijing | Banking, financial services | 131.9 | 28.8 | 2,739.8 | 152.7 |
| 4 | Berkshire Hathaway |  Omaha | Conglomerate | 210.8 | 24.1 | 561.1 | 360.1 |
| 5 | JPMorgan Chase | New York | Banking, financial services | 99.9 | 23.5 | 2,423.8 | 234.2 |
| 6 | Bank of China | Beijing | Banking, financial services | 122 | 27.2 | 2,589.6 | 143 |
| 7 | Wells Fargo | San Francisco | Banking, financial services | 91.4 | 22.7 | 1,849.2 | 256 |
| 8 | Apple | Cupertino | Computing | 233.3 | 53.7 | 293.3 | 586 |
| 9 | Exxon Mobil | Irving | Oil and gas | 236.8 | 16.2 | 336.8 | 363.3 |
| 10 | Toyota Motor |  Toyota | Automotive | 235.8 | 19.3 | 406.7 | 177 |
2016 Country Rankings
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See also
References
- ↑ Andrea Murphy (6 May 2015). 2015 Global 2000: Methodology. Forbes. Accessed December 2015.
- ↑ "The World's Biggest Public Companies". Forbes.
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