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Global 500
FORTUNE's annual ranking of the world's largest corporations
Full list
1 Wal-Mart Stores 287,989.0 10,267.0
2 BP 285,059.0 15,371.0
3 Exxon Mobil 270,772.0 25,330.0
4 Royal Dutch/Shell Group 268,690.0 18,183.0
5 General Motors 193,517.0 2,805.0
6 DaimlerChrysler 176,687.5 3,067.1
7 Toyota Motor 172,616.3 10,898.2
8 Ford Motor 172,233.0 3,487.0
9 General Electric 152,866.0 16,819.0
10 Total 152,609.5 11,955.0
11 ChevronTexaco 147,967.0 13,328.0
12 ConocoPhillips 121,663.0 8,129.0
13 AXA 121,606.3 3,133.0
14 Allianz 118,937.2 2,735.0
15 Volkswagen 110,648.7 842.0
16 Citigroup 108,276.0 17,046.0
17 ING Group 105,886.4 7,422.8
18 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 100,545.3 6,608.0
19 American Intl. Group 97,987.0 9,731.0
20 Intl. Business Machines 96,293.0 8,430.0
21 Siemens 91,493.2 4,144.6
22 Carrefour 90,381.7 1,724.8
23 Hitachi 83,993.9 479.2
24 Assicurazioni Generali 83,267.6 1,635.1
25 Matsushita Electric Industrial 81,077.7 544.1
26 McKesson 80,514.6 -156.7
27 Honda Motor 80,486.6 4,523.9
28 Hewlett-Packard 79,905.0 3,497.0
29 Nissan Motor 79,799.6 4,766.6
30 Fortis 75,518.1 4,177.2
31 Sinopec 75,076.7 1,268.9
32 Berkshire Hathaway 74,382.0 7,308.0
33 ENI 74,227.7 9,047.1
34 Home Depot 73,094.0 5,001.0
35 Aviva 73,025.2 1,936.8
36 HSBC Holdings 72,550.0 11,840.0
37 Deutsche Telekom 71,988.9 5,763.6
38 Verizon Communications 71,563.3 7,830.7
39 Samsung Electronics 71,555.9 9,419.5
40 State Grid 71,290.2 694.0
41 Peugeot 70,641.9 1,687.8
42 Metro 70,159.3 1,028.6
43 Nestlé 69,825.7 5,405.4
44 U.S. Postal Service 68,996.0 3,065.0
45 BNP Paribas 68,654.4 5,805.9
46 China National Petroleum 67,723.8 8,757.1
47 Sony 66,618.0 1,524.5
48 Cardinal Health 65,130.6 1,474.5
49 Royal Ahold 64,675.6 -542.3
50 Altria Group 64,440.0 9,416.0
51 Pemex 63,690.5 -2,258.9
52 Bank of America Corp. 63,324.0 14,143.0
53 Vodafone 62,971.4 -13,910.4
54 Tesco 62,458.7 2,511.3
55 Munich Re Group 60,705.5 2,279.8
56 Nippon Life Insurance 60,520.8 1,886.3
57 Fiat 59,972.9 -1,972.6
58 Royal Bank of Scotland 59,750.0 8,267.4
59 Zurich Financial Services 59,678.0 2,587.0
60 Crédit Agricole 59,053.8 4,936.5
61 Credit Suisse 58,825.0 4,529.0
62 State Farm Insurance Cos 58,818.9 5,308.6
63 France Télécom 58,652.1 3,462.6
64 Électricité De France 58,367.2 1,667.9
65 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 56,931.0 4,466.0
66 UBS 56,917.8 6,509.5
67 Kroger 56,434.4 -100.0
68 Deutsche Bank 55,669.5 3,074.6
69 E.ON 55,652.1 5,396.7
70 Deutsche Post 55,388.4 1,975.1
71 BMW 55,142.2 2,763.6
72 Toshiba 54,303.5 428.4
73 Valero Energy 53,918.6 1,803.8
74 AmerisourceBergen 53,179.0 468.4
75 Pfizer 52,921.0 11,361.0
76 Boeing 52,553.0 1,872.0
77 Procter & Gamble 51,407.0 6,481.0
78 RWE 50,951.9 2,657.9
79 Suez 50,670.1 2,244.2
80 Renault 50,639.7 4,416.6
81 Unilever 49,960.7 2,333.3
82 Target 49,934.0 3,198.0
83 Robert Bosch 49,759.2 1,950.2
84 Dell 49,205.0 3,043.0
85 ThyssenKrupp 48,756.1 1,100.3
86 Costco Wholesale 48,107.0 882.4
87 HBOS 47,755.7 5,601.4
88 Johnson & Johnson 47,348.0 8,509.0
89 Prudential 47,055.8 765.9
90 Tokyo Electric Power 46,962.7 2,104.5
91 BASF 46,686.6 2,342.0
92 Hyundai Motor 46,358.2 1,472.6
93 Enel 45,530.4 3,522.3
94 Marathon Oil 45,444.0 1,261.0
95 Statoil 45,440.0 3,697.3
96 NEC 45,175.5 631.5
97 Repsol YPF 44,857.5 2,425.3
98 Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance 44,468.8 1,301.7
99 Fujitsu 44,316.0 296.9
100 Time Warner 42,869.0 3,364.0
From the July 25, 2005 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
U.S. 176
Japan 81
France 39
Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
Wal-Mart Stores 1,600,000
China National Petroleum 1,133,985
U.S. Postal Service 807,596
Most profitable companies
ExxonMobil 25,330.0
Royal Dutch/Shell Group 18,183.0
Citigroup 17,046.0
General Electric 16,593.0
Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 172,616.3
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 100,545.3
Hitachi 83,993.9
Matsushita Electric Industrial 81,077.7
Honda Motor 80,486.6