Fortune Global 500
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The Fortune Global 500 is a 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, US companies were added to compile a truly global list of top industrial corporations as ranked by sales. In 2005, more than 450 of them were headquartered in Europe (195), the United States (176), and Japan (80).[1]
Since 1995, the list has had its current form, listing also top financial corporations and service providers by revenue.
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[edit] 2008 list
This is the top 10 as published in July 2008. It is based on the companies' fiscal year ended on or before 31 March 2008.[1]
- Wal Mart - United States (retail)
- ExxonMobil Corporation - United States (oil)
- Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands [2] (oil)
- BP - United Kingdom (oil)
- Toyota Motor - Japan (automobiles)
- Chevron - United States (oil)
- ING Group - Netherlands (banking)
- Total - France (oil)
- General Motors - United States (automobiles)
- ConocoPhillips - United States (oil)
The top ten includes six oil companies, two automobile manufacturers, one retailer, and one banking corporation. The complete list is available online.
[edit] 2008 breakdown by country
Only countries with five or more Global 500 companies are listed.
- European Union (170)
1 United States (153)
2 Japan (64)
3 France (39)
4 Germany (37)
5 United Kingdom (34)
6 China (29)
7 South Korea (15)
8 Canada (14)
8 Switzerland (14)
10 Netherlands (13)
11 Spain (11)
12 Italy (10)
13 Australia (8)
14 India (7)
15 Sweden (6)
15 Taiwan (6)
[edit] 2008 breakdown by city
Breakdown by cities proper (not metropolitan areas) as provided by Fortune Magazine ([2]). Only cities with five Global 500 companies or more are listed.
| Rank | City | Country | Number of Global 500 companies |
Global 500 revenues ($ millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | Japan | 47 | 1,858,608 |
| 2 | Paris | France | 25 | 1,419,933 |
| 3 | London | United Kingdom | 22 | 1,183,769 |
| 4 | Beijing | China | 21 | 943,768 |
| 5 | New York | United States | 20 | 1,166,469 |
| 6 | Seoul | South Korea | 13 | 576,919 |
| 7 | Toronto | Canada | 9 | 229,308 |
| 8 | Madrid | Spain | 8 | 357,927 |
| 9 | Munich | Germany | 7 | 455,821 |
| 9 | Zürich | Switzerland | 7 | 354,657 |
| 9 | Osaka | Japan | 7 | 267,296 |
| 12 | Houston | United States | 6 | 344,028 |
| 13 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 5 | 324,940 |
| 13 | Atlanta | United States | 5 | 203,379 |
| 13 | Mumbai | India | 5 | 139,615 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "PDF-Human Rights Policies and Management Practices: Results from questionnaire surveys of Governments and Fortune Global 500 firms". http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Ruggie-survey-Govts-and-Fortune-500.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ While Fortune lists Shell as a Dutch company, the company itself asserts that it is both Dutch and British. Source
