List_of_corporations_by_market

List of corporations by market capitalization

The following is a list of public companies having the greatest market capitalization. This Financial Times Global 500 based list is up to date as of March 31, 2008.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
▲1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▼452,505
▼2	Petrochina	China	Oil and gas	▼423,996
▬3	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▼369,569
▲4	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▼299,764
▼5	China Mobile	China	Telecommunications	▼298,093
▼6	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	China	Banking	▼277,236
▼7	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▼264,132
▲8	AT&T	United States	Telecommunications	▼231,168
▼9	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▼220,110
▲10	Procter & Gamble	United States	Consumer goods	▼215,640
▲11	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	▲210,973
▼12	Petrobras	Brazil	Oil and gas	▼208,391
▲13	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	Insurance	▼206,924
▲14	Nestlé	Switzerland	Food processing	▲197,215
▲15	HSBC	United Kingdom	Banking	▼195,768
▼16	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	▼191,844
▲17	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Health care	▼183,751
▬18	Total S.A.	France	Oil and gas	▼178,554
▲19	Chevron Corporation	United States	Oil and gas	▼177,265
▼20	China Construction Bank	China	Banking	▼176,474
▲21	BHP Billiton	Australia	Mining	175,284
▲22	Toyota Motor Corporation	Japan	Automotive	172,166
▲23	Bank of America	United States	Banking	168,405
▲24	Roche	Switzerland	Health care	165,241
▲25	Vale	Brazil	Mining	159,553
▼26	Bank of China	China	Banking	159,478
▲27	IBM	United States	Computer software, Computer hardware	159,392
▼28	Vodafone	United Kingdom	Telecommunications	159,337
▼29	Électricité de France	France	Electricity generation	159,118
▲30	Rio Tinto Group	UK/Australia	Mining	154,860
▲31	JP Morgan Chase	United States	Banking, Insurance	145,881
▼32	Cisco Systems	United States	Networking hardware	143,600
▲33	Pfizer	United States	Health care	141,507
▲34	The Coca-Cola Company	United States	Beverage	141,463
▲35	Telefonica	Spain	Telecommunications	137,660
▲36	Eni	Italy	Oil and gas	137,087
▼37	Sinopec	China	Oil and gas	135,317
▲38	Novartis	Switzerland	Health care	134,928
▼39	Apple Inc.	United States	Electronics	126,119
▲40	Grupo Santander	Spain	Banking	125,066

Source Financial Times

2007

2007 fourth quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of December 31, 2007.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
▲1	Petrochina	China	Oil and gas	▲723,952
▼2	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▼511,887
▼3	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▼374,637
▼4	China Mobile	China	Telecommunications	▲354,120
▼5	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	China	Banking	▲338,989
▼6	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▲333,054
▬7	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▲329,591
▼8	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▲269,544
▼9	AT&T	United States	Telecommunications	▼252,051
▲10	Sinopec	China	Oil and gas	▲249,645

Source [1]

2007 third quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of June 29, 2007.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
▬1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▲513,362
▬2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▲424,191
▲3	China Mobile	China	Telecommunications	▲327,937
▲4	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	China	Banking	▲279,269
▼5	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▼276,202
▼6	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▼264,397
▬7	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▲260,249
▼8	AT&T	United States	Telecommunications	▲258,047
▼9	Citigroup	United States	Banking	▼232,162
▬10	Bank of America	United States	Banking	▲223,066

Source Financial Times

2007 second quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of June 29, 2007.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
▬1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▲472,519
▬2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▲393,831
▬3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▲281,934
▲4	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▲266,141
▬5	AT&T	United States	Telecommunications	▲255,871
▼6	Citigroup	United States	Banking	▲253,703
▼7	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▼245,757
▲8	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	▲231,495
▼9	Toyota Motor Corporation	Japan	Automotive	▼228,009
▼10	Bank of America	United States	Banking	▼216,963

Source Financial Times

2007 first quarter

See also: List of corporations by market capitalization on 30th March 2007

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 30 March 2007.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)	Revenue (FY 2006, USD billion)
▬1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▼429,567	377.6
▬2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▼363,611	163.4
▬3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▼272,912	51.1
▬4	Citigroup	United States	Banking	▼252,857	120.3
▲5	AT&T	United States	Telecommunications	▲246,206	63.1
▼6	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▼245,911	83.6 (~)
▬7	Toyota Motor Corporation	Japan	Automotive	▼230,832	196 (~)
▬8	Bank of America	United States	Banking	▼228,177	117.0
▼9	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	China	Banking	▼224,788	23.2 (~)
▼10	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▼214,018	318.8
11	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	208,844	274.3
12	HSBC	United Kingdom	Banking	202,146	70.1
13	Procter & Gamble	United States	Consumer goods	199,294	68.2
14	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	193,643	351.1
15	Altria	United States	Tobacco, Food	184,277	101.4
16	China Mobile	China	Telecommunications	181,799	37.8 (~)
17	Pfizer	United States	Health care	179,015	48.4
18	American International Group	United States	Insurance	174,878	113.2
19	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Health care	174,397	53
20	Berkshire Hathaway	United States	Insurance	168,280	98.5
21	JP Morgan Chase	United States	Banking, Insurance	168,041	61.4
22	Total S.A.	France	Oil and gas	167,065	202.9
23	Bank of China	China	Banking	165,511	17.6 (~)
24	Chevron Corporation	United States	Oil and gas	159,589	204.9
25	GlaxoSmithKline	United Kingdom	Health care	156,975	45.5 (~)
26	Nestlé	Switzerland	Food processing	155,345	80.8 (~)
27	Roche	Switzerland	Health care	154,620	34.5
28	Cisco Systems	United States	Networking hardware	154,202	28.5
29	Électricité de France	France	Electricity generation	152,231	77.7 (~)
30	Novartis	Switzerland	Health care	149,692	37.0
31	IBM	United States	Computer software, Computer hardware	141,911	91.4
32	Vodafone	United Kingdom	Telecommunications	140,429	57.5
33	BHP Billiton	Australia	Mining	137,202	32.2
34	Eni	Italy	Oil and gas	129,882	113.6 (~)
35	China Construction Bank	China	Banking	128,529	19.4 (~)
36	UBS AG	Switzerland	Banking	124,490	38.7 (~)
37	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	United Kingdom	Banking	122,534	54.9 (~)
38	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	Japan	Banking	122,186	30.3 (~)
39	Sanofi-Aventis	France	Health care	117,807	37.4 (~)
40	Wells Fargo	United States	Banking, Insurance	116,326	35.7
41	China Life Insurance	China	Insurance	116,280	18.8 (~)
42	ConocoPhillips	United States	Oil and gas	112,374	188.5
43	Grupo Santander	Spain	Banking	111,229	29.8 (~)
44	The Coca-Cola Company	United States	Beverage	111,134	24.1
45	Verizon Communications	United States	Telecommunications	110,343	88.1
46	Intel Corporation	United States	Computer hardware	110,323	35.7
47	Telefonica	Spain	Telecommunications	108,089	69.8 (~)
48	Hewlett-Packard	United States	Computer hardware	107,433	91.7
49	Wachovia	United States	Banking, Insurance	106,185	29.9
50	Petrobras	Brazil	Oil and gas	105,877	72.3

Source: Financial Times

2006

2006 fourth quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of December 2006.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
▬1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▲446,943
▬2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▲383,564
▬3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▲293,537
▲4	Citigroup	United States	Banking	▲273,691
▼5	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▲271,482
▲6	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	China	Banking	▲254,592
▲7	Toyota Motor Corporation	Japan	Automotive	▲241,161
▼8	Bank of America	United States	Banking	▼239,758
▼9	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▲225,781
▼10	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	▲218,643

Source: Financial Times

2006 third quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 30 September 2006.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
▬1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▲398,906
▬2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▲364,414
▲3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▲272,679.0
▼4	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▼254,634.3
▼5	Citigroup	United States	Banking	▲246,727
▲6	Bank of America	United States	Banking	▲242,451
▬7	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▼216,368
▼8	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	▼215,623
▬9	HSBC	United Kingdom	Banking	▲209,774
▲10	Pfizer	United States	Health care	▲206,785

Source: Financial Times

2006 second quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 30 June 2006.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
▬1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▼371,187
▬2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▼342,731
▲3	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▲246,341
▬4	Citigroup	United States	Banking	▲239,862
▼5	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▼237,688
▼6	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	▲233,151
▬7	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▲224,925
▼8	Bank of America	United States	Banking	▲219,504
▲9	HSBC	United Kingdom	Banking	▲201,854
▼10	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	▲200,762

Source: Financial Times

2006 first quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of March 2006.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Industry	Market value (USD million)
▲1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	▲371,631
▼2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	▼362,527
▬3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	▲281,171
▬4	Citigroup	United States	Banking	▼238,935
▬5	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	▲233,260
▲6	Bank of America	United States	Banking	▲211,706
▼7	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	▲211,280
▼8	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	▲196,860
▬9	Toyota Motor Corporation	Japan	Automotive	▲196,731
▲10	Gazprom	Russia	Oil and gas	▲196,339

Source: Financial Times

2005

2005 fourth quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of December 2005.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Industry	Market value (USD million)
1	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	370,344
2	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	349,512
3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	278,358
4	Citigroup	United States	Banking	245,512
5	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	219,511
6	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	207,673
7	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	194,851
8	Procter & Gamble	United States	Consumer goods	194,000
9	Toyota Motor Corporation	Japan	Automotive	187,182
10	Bank of America	United States	Banking	185,342

Source: Financial Times

2005 third quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 30 September 2005.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Industry	Market value (USD million)
1	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	400,628
2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	356,929
3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	275,638
4	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	250,083
5	Citigroup	United States	Banking	235,342
6	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	228,850
7	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Health care	188,238
8	Pfizer	United States	Health care	184,041
9	HSBC	United Kingdom	Banking	182,741
10	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	182,409

Source: Financial Times

2005 second quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of June 2005.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Industry	Market value (USD million)
1	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	367,495
2	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	365,838
3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	268,380
4	Citigroup	United States	Banking	241,166
5	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	229,516
6	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	220,558
7	Pfizer	United States	Health care	205,067
8	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	201,573
9	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Health care	193,280
10	Bank of America	United States	Banking	183,424

Source: Financial Times

2005 first quarter

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2005.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)	Revenue (FY 2005, USD billion)
1	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	382,233	151.3
2	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	380,567	291.3
3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	262,975	36.8
4	Citigroup	United States	Banking	234,437
5	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	221,365	285.1
6	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	212,209	285.2
7	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	210,630	266.4
8	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Health care	199,711	47.3
9	Pfizer	United States	Health care	195,945	52.5
10	Bank of America	United States	Banking	178,765

Source: Financial Times

2004

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2004.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)	Revenue (FY 2003, USD billion)
1	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	299,336	133.6
2	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	271,911	32.2
3	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	263,940	237.1
4	Pfizer	United States	Health care	261,616	45.2
5	Citigroup	United States	Banking	259,191
6	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	258,888	256.3
7	American International Group	United States	Insurance	183,696
8	Intel Corporation	United States	Computer hardware	179,996	30.1
9	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	174,648	232.6
10	HSBC	United Kingdom	Banking	163,574

Source: Financial Times

2003

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2003.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)	Revenue (FY 2002, USD billion)
1	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	264,003	28.4
2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	259,647	130.7
3	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	241,037	204.5
4	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	234,399	244.5
5	Pfizer	United States	Health care	195,948	32.4
6	Citigroup	United States	Banking	183,887
7	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Health care	170,417	36.3
8	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	149,034	179.4
9	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	144,381	178.7
10	IBM	United States	Computer software, Computer hardware	139,272	81.2

Source: Financial Times

2002

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2002.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
1	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	372,089
2	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	326,639
3	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	299,820
4	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	273,220
5	Citigroup	United States	Banking	255,299
6	Pfizer	United States	Health care	249,021
7	Intel Corporation	United States	Computer hardware	203,838
8	BP	United Kingdom	Oil and gas	200,794
9	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Health care	197,912
10	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	189,913

Source: Financial Times

2001

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2001.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
1	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	477,406
2	Cisco Systems	United States	Networking hardware	304,699
3	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	286,367
4	Pfizer	United States	Health care	263,996
5	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	258,436
6	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	250,955
7	Citigroup	United States	Banking	250,143
8	Vodafone	United Kingdom	Telecommunications	227,175
9	Intel Corporation	United States	Computer hardware	227,048
10	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	206,340

Source: Financial Times

2000

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2000.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)	Revenue (FY 1999, USD billion)
1	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	586,197	17.8
2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	474,956	110.8
3	NTT DoCoMo	Japan	Telecommunications	366,204	30.2
4	Cisco Systems	United States	Networking hardware	348,965	12.2
5	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	286,153	165.0
6	Intel Corporation	United States	Computer hardware	277,096	26.3
7	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone	Japan	Telecommunications	274,905	94.2
8	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	265,894	100.7
9	Lucent Technologies	United States	Telecommunications	237,668	38.3
10	Deutsche Telekom	Germany	Telecommunications	209,628	36.8

Source: Financial Times

1999

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of January 1999.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry	Market value (USD million)
1	Microsoft	United States	Software industry	271,854
2	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate	258,871
3	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas	172,213
4	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas	164,157
5	Merck	United States	Health care	154,753
6	Pfizer	United States	Health care	148,074
7	Intel Corporation	United States	Computer hardware	144,060
8	The Coca-Cola Company	United States	Beverage	142,164
9	Wal-Mart	United States	Retail	123,062
10	IBM	United States	Software industry, Computer hardware	121,184

Source: Financial Times

1998

This Financial Times based list is up to date as of January 1998.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Primary Industry
1	General Electric	United States	Conglomerate
2	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands	Oil and gas
3	Microsoft	United States	Software industry
4	Exxon Mobil	United States	Oil and gas
5	The Coca-Cola Company	United States	Beverage
6	Intel Corporation	United States	Computer hardware
7	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone	Japan	Telecommunications
8	Merck	United States	Health care
9	Toyota Motor Corporation	Japan	Automotive
10	Novartis	Switzerland	Health care

Source: Financial Times, January 22

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Contents

2007

2007 fourth quarter

2007 third quarter

2007 second quarter

2007 first quarter

2006

2006 fourth quarter

2006 third quarter

2006 second quarter

2006 first quarter

2005

2005 fourth quarter

2005 third quarter

2005 second quarter

2005 first quarter

2004

2003

2002

2001

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1999

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