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August 2, 2021

FORTUNE publishes the Annual Fortune Global 500 List with Walmart at the Top.

• Fortune Global 500 2021  Ranking Features 143 Chinese Companies, 122 U.S. Companies,  and 53  Japanese Companies 

• Walmart  Maintains Top Spot for 8th straight year

Photo: The 2021 FORTUNE Global 500 Cover.

NEW YORK, August 2, 2021 — Today, FORTUNE announced the FORTUNE Global 500 for the 2020 fiscal year, ranking the world’s largest corporations by revenue. Walmart claimed the top spot for the  eighth  consecutive year and for the 16th time since 1995. Once again, mainland China (including Hong Kong) has the most companies (135) on the list —  up by 11  from the last year.  Adding Taiwan, the total for Greater China is 143.  The U.S. is up by one with 122, and Japan is steady with a total of 53. The companies on the 2021 list have their headquarters in 220 cities and 31 countries around the world.

FORTUNE Global 500 companies generated revenues totaling more than one-third of the world’s GDP. They generated $31.7 trillion in revenues (down 5%), $1.6 trillion in profits (down  20%). In addition, they employ 69.7 million people worldwide.

Apple (No. 6) netted $57 billion in profits and is the FORTUNE Global 500’s most profitable company in 2021, ending Saudi Aramco’s (No. 14) two-year reign.

Of the 2021 rankings, FORTUNE List Editor Scott DeCarlo says, “The radical changes the pandemic has wrought will have long-term implications for businesses worldwide. Using it as a catalyst, the Global 500 showed the world how to adapt, evolve, and reinvent themselves. The Global 500 is a picture of a world we’re rapidly leaving behind and also a guide to the new environment taking shape.”

THE FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 LIST 

TOP 100 COMPANIES

1. Walmart (U.S.)  
2. State Grid (China)
3. Amazon.com (U.S.)
4. China National Petroleum (China)  
5. Sinopec (China) 
6. Apple (U.S.)
7. CVS Health (U.S.)
8. UnitedHealth Group (U.S.) 
9. Toyota Motor (Japan) 
10. Volkswagen (Germany) 
11. Berkshire Hathaway
12. McKesson
13. China State Construction Engineering
14. Saudi Aramco
15. Samsung Electronics
16. Ping An Insurance
17. AmerisourceBergen
18. BP
19. Royal Dutch Shell
20. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
21. Alphabet
22. Hon Hai Precision Industry
23. Exxon Mobil
24. Daimler
25. China Construction Bank
26. AT&T
27. Costco Wholesale
28. Cigna
29. Agricultural Bank of China
30. Cardinal Health
31. Trafigura Group
32. China Life Insurance
33. Microsoft
34. Glencore
35. China Railway Engineering Group
36. Walgreens Boots Alliance
37. EXOR Group
38. Allianz
39. Bank of China
40. Kroger
41. Home Depot
42. China Railway Construction
43. JPMorgan Chase
44. Huawei Investment & Holding
45. Verizon Communications
46. AXA
47. Ford Motor
48. Honda Motor
49. General Motors
50. Anthem
51. Mitsubishi
52. TotalEnergies
53. Deutsche Telekom
54. BMW Group
55. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
56. China Mobile Communications
57. Centene
58. Japan Post Holdings
59. JD.com
60. SAIC Motor
61. China Communications Construction
62. Fannie Mae
63. Alibaba Group Holding
64. Comcast
65. China Minmetals
66. China FAW Group
67. Hengli Group
68. Amer International Group
69. China Resources
70. Shandong Energy Group
71. Itochu
72. China Baowu Steel Group
73. Assicurazioni Generali
74. China Post Group
75. Chevron
76. Dell Technologies
77. Bank of America
78. Target
79. Nestlé
80. Lowe’s
81. Marathon Petroleum
82. Citigroup
83. Hyundai Motor
84. Gazprom
85. Dongfeng Motor
86. Facebook
87. Royal Ahold Delhaize
88. Sony
89. United Parcel Service
90. People’s Insurance Co. of China
91. China Southern Power Grid
92. China National Offshore Oil
93. Crédit Agricole
94. Johnson & Johnson
95. Hitachi
96. Carrefour
97. BNP Paribas
98. Bosch Group
99. Tesco
100. AEON

In his foreword to the Aug./Sept. 2021 issue, FORTUNE Acting Editor-in-Chief Brian O’Keefe writes: “Our annual ranking of the world’s largest companies by revenue remains the ultimate scorecard for business success. Despite the pandemic’s impact, the companies on the list generated $31.7 trillion in revenue last year, equivalent to one-third of global GDP. But the COVID-19 crisis also proved to be a time of transformative change for the world’s biggest corporations, with 45 new companies joining the list.”

Total revenues rank companies for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2021.  All companies on the list must publish financial data and report parts or figures to a government agency.

Source: FORTUNE Media

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