This article lists the largest
companies
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in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
in terms of their
revenue
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,
net profit
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and
total assets
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, according to the American business magazines ''
Fortune
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'' and ''
Forbes
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''.
2019 ''Fortune'' list
This list displays all 4 Mexican companies in the
Fortune Global 500
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Methodology
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, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of
US dollars
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and are for the
fiscal year
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2018. Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
2019 ''Forbes'' list
This list is based on the
Forbes Global 2000
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, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest
publicly traded companies
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. The ''Forbes'' list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit,
total assets
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and
market value
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of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2018.
See also
*
List of companies of Mexico
Mexico is a federal republic in the southern half of North America. Mexico has the fifteenth largest nominal GDP and the eleventh largest by purchasing power parity. The Mexican economy is strongly linked to those of its North American Free Trad ...
*
List of largest companies by revenue
This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the ''Fortune'' Global 500 2022 rankings. American retail corporation Walmart has been the world's largest company by revenue since 2014.
The list is limite ...
References
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
companies
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
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companies
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...