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Where The Money Is.Navigation: Main page Author: Unknown Section: 2000 LEADING COMPANIES IN THE WORLD
The home offices of the world's biggest public companies span 55 countries, but more than half can be found in the U.S., Japan and the U.K. From Top to Bottom Of the Forbes Global 2000 companies, the banking sector is the biggest group by number, with 310 companies, and by workforce, with 6 million people worldwide. For the second consecutive year the oil and gas group ranks first in aggregate revenues. Employees (mil) Banking 5.98 Retailing 5.94 Consumer durables 5.73 Food markets 3.51 Transportation 3.31 Materials 3.28 Telecom services 3.15 Conglomerates 3.09 Oil & gas operations 3.05 Food, drink & tobacco 2.98 Hotels & restaurants 2.86 Business svcs & supplies 2.65 Utilities 2.53 IT hardware & equipment 2.41 Capital goods 2.25 Construction 2.08 Diversified financials 1.84 Insurance 1.72 Media 1.51 Health care equip & svcs 1.36 Chemicals 1.24 Drugs & biotech 1.16 Household / personal prods 1.12 Aerospace & defense 1.09 Software & services 0.75 Semiconductors 0.50 Trading companies 0.45 Sales (US$ bil) Oil & gas operations $2,738 Banking $2,179 Consumer durables $2,052 Insurance $1,675 Retailing $1,364 Diversified financials $1,297 Utilities $1,253 Telecom services $996 IT hardware & equipment $921 Materials $916 Food, drink & tobacco $844 Transportation $770 Food markets $769 Health care equip & svcs $721 Construction $692 Conglomerates $688 Chemicals $614 Capital goods $574 Media $458 Drugs & biotech $457 Trading companies $431 Business svcs & supplies $390 Household / personal prods $354 Aerospace & defense $314 Hotels & restaurants $240 Semiconductors $231 Software & services $195 The Grand TotalsCombined profits for the Global 2000 climbed 32% from a year ago on a 10% gain in sales. SALES $24 trillion PROFITS $1.7 trillion ASSETS $88 trillion MARKET VALUE $31 trillion EMPLOYEES 68 million NUMBER OF COUNTRIES 55 North AmericaBAHAMAS 1 BERMUDA 17 CANADA 60 CAYMAN ISLANDS 5 MEXICO 17 PANAMA 1 UNITED STATES 693 South AmericaBRAZIL 19 CHILE 6 COLOMBIA 2 VENEZUELA 1 Western EuropeAUSTRIA 10 BELGIUM 12 DENMARK 11 FINLAND 15 FRANCE 67 GERMANY 58 GREECE 12 ICELAND 3 IRELAND 8 ITALY 46 LUXEMBOURG 5 NETHERLANDS 29 NORWAY 9 PORTUGAL 7 SPAIN 29 SWEDEN 26 SWITZERLAND 39 UNITED KINGDOM 130 Middle EastISRAEL 9 JORDAN 1 SAUDI ARABIA 5 South AsiaINDIA 33 PAKISTAN 2 AfricaEGYPT 3 LIBERIA 1 MOROCCO 1 SOUTH AFRICA 19 Pacific RimAUSTRALIA 37 CHINA 28 HONG KONG/CHINA 36 INDONESIA 7 JAPAN 320 MALAYSIA 14 NEW ZEALAND 1 PHILIPPINES 1 SINGAPORE 14 SOUTH KOREA 50 TAIWAN 41 THAILAND 13 Eastern EuropeCZECH REPUBLIC 1 HUNGARY 2 POLAND 3 RUSSIA 14 TURKEY 14 Company Totals By RegionNorth America, down 27 companies from last year, still dominates the Forbes Global 2000. The Pacific Rim picked up some of the slack by adding 18 companies.
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AFRICA 24 4
EASTERN EUROPE 34 4
MIDDLE EAST 15 6
NORTH AMERICA 794 -27
PACIFIC RIM 562 18
SOUTH AMERICA 28 2
SOUTH ASIA 35 3
WESTERN EUROPE 516 -11
Sources: Exshare; FT Interactive Data, LionShares, Reuters Fundamentals and Worldscope via FactSet Research Systems; Bloomberg Financial Markets; Forbes. MAP: World GRAPH: Still Almighty: Despite a $724 billion trade deficit run up by the U.S. last year, the dollar remains strong. This helps U.S. corporations in the size competition. Still, two-thirds of the 2,000 biggest public corporations are foreign. in the Fair Use guidelines of the 1976 U.S. Copyright Act. info [at] singlearticles.com Powered by CommonSense |
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