public companies
A public company, publicly traded company, publicly held company, publicly listed company, or public limited company is a company
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in the world by ''Forbes
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'' magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: sales
Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period. The delivery of a service for a cost is also considered a sale.
The seller, or the provider of the goods or services, completes a sale in ...
, profit
Profit may refer to:
Business and law
* Profit (accounting)
Profit, in accounting
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, asset
In financial accounting
Financial accounting is the field of accounting
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s and market value
Market value or OMV (Open Market Valuation) is the price at which an asset would trade in a Market (economics), competitive auction setting. Market value is often used interchangeably with ''open market value'', ''fair value'' or ''fair market va ...
. The list has been published since 2003.
2021 list
In 2021, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:Read Complete Forbes GLOBAL 2000 (2021)
2020 list
In 2020, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:2019 list
In 2019, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:2018 list
In 2018, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were: As a group, the Forbes Global 2000 in year 2018 accounts for $39.1* trillion in sales, $3.2 trillion in profit, $189* trillion in assets and $56.8* trillion in market value.By industry sector
The top-ranked companies in each industry sector are as follows.2017 list
In 2017, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:2016 list
In 2016, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:See also
*Forbes 500
The Forbes 500 was an annual listing of the top 500 companies produced by ' magazine. The list was calculated by combining five factors: sales, profits, assets, market value, and employees. The list was last issued in March 2003 (based on 2002 dat ...
* Fortune Global 500
The ''Fortune'' Global 500, also known as Global 500, is an annual ranking of the top 500 corporation
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the State (polity), state to act as a single en ...
* Fortune India 500
The Fortune India 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporation
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* Financial Times Global 500The FT Global 500 is an annual snapshot of the world's largest companies to show how corporate fortunes have changed in the past year, highlighting relative performance of countries and sectors. The companies are ranked by market capitalisation. The ...
* Bentley Infrastructure 500
* List of largest employers
The largest employers in the world include companies, militaries, and governments.
Largest employers
Public companies and institutions are included in this list.
''f = Including franchise employees''.
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* List of largest companies by revenue
This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated 2020 revenue
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Commercial rev ...
* List of corporations by market capitalization
The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization.
Market capitalization
Market capitalization, commonly called market cap, is the market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares.
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* List of largest Nordic companies
This is a list of the largest companies
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References
External links
Forbes.com: full list of the Forbes 2019 Global 2000
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