The ''Forbes'' Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world, published by: sales,

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asset In financial accounting, an asset is any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity. It is anything (tangible or intangible) that can be used to produce positive economic value. Assets represent value of ownership that can b ...

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market value Market value or OMV (open market valuation) is the price at which an asset would trade in a competitive auction setting. Market value is often used interchangeably with ''open market value'', ''fair value'' or '' fair market value'', although t ...

. The list has been published annually since 2003.

By country

Forbes Global 2000 as of 2023:

2023 list

In 2023, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:

2022 list

In 2022, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:

2021 list

In 2021, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:

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:

List of public corporations by market capitalization The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization, sometimes described as their "market value": Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the share price on a selected day and the number of ...

List of largest Nordic companies This is a list of the largest companies from the Nordic countries, as determined by different factors. There are several ways of ranking companies, be it by revenue, income, market value or number of employees. Arguably, the most complete list, i ...

References

External links

Forbes.com: full list of the ''Forbes'' Global 2000
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