Global 3500
The Global 3500 is the world's largest companies with over $1 billion in revenue. As the global economy has grown this special list has grown from the Global 2000 to the current Global 3500 early at the turn of the century. The Global 3500 is an elite list of eite, technologically advanced businesses. Business growth to $1 billion in sales means over $2.7 million in revenue each day. The grouping of businesses is similar to the Fortune 500 and first used by Forester Research. You'll see that most of the companies at the top of the list are Oil and/or Energy companies and Financial companies. The US still has most of the highest revenue companies in the world.
Here is a list of the top 20 global companies, based on revenue, their US stock symbol (if any), and their location.
1. ExxonMobil Corp. NYSE: XOM Irving, Texas, Unites States
2. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. NYSE: WMT Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
3. Royal Dutch Shell plc NYSE: RDS.A The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
4. British Petroleum NYSE: BP London, England, United Kingdom
5. General Motors Corp. NYSE: GM Detroit, Michigan, United States
6.. Toyota Motor Corp. NYSE: TM Toyota, Aichi, Japan
7. Chevron Corp. NYSE: CVX San Ramon, California, United States
8. ING Group N.V. NYSE: ING Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
9. Total S.A. NYSE: TOT Courbevoie, Île-de-France, France
10. Daimler AG NYSE: DAI Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
11. ConocoPhillips NYSE: COP Houston, Texas, United States
12. General Electric Co. NYSE: GE Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
13. Volkswagen AG OTCBB: VLKAY Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
14. Ford Motor Co. NYSE: F Dearborn, Michigan, United States
15. Samsung Group Conglomerate Seocho Samsung Town, Seoul, S Korea
16. Dexia Brussels, Belgium Axel Miller
17. AXA Group NYSE: AXA Paris, Île-de-France, France
18. Carrefour SA Levallois-Perret, Île-de-France, France
19. Sinopec NYSE: SHI Beijing, China
20. Eni S.p.A. NYSE: ENI Rome, Lazio, Italy
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