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List of public corporations by market capitalization

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The following is a list of publicly traded companies, that have the largest market capitalization or sometimes described as their "market value".

Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the share price on a selected day and the number of outstanding shares on that day. The list is expressed in USD millions, using exchange rates from the selected day to convert other currencies.

Trillion-dollar companies

The table below lists all companies that have ever had a market capitalization exceeding $1 trillion, the date on which their market cap first exceeded $1 trillion and their record market cap.

CompanyCountryWhen first passedRecord value dateRecord value (in billions USD)$1 trillion$2 trillion$3 trillion$4 trillion$5 trillion$6 trillionNominalInflation-
adjusted
NvidiaUSA—date=30 May 2023title=Nvidia hits $1 trillion market capurl=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-touches-1-trillion-market-cap-as-chipmaker-rides-ai-wave-133530381.htmlaccess-date=30 May 2023website=Yahoo! Financearchive-date=30 May 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530135203/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-touches-1-trillion-market-cap-as-chipmaker-rides-ai-wave-133530381.htmlurl-status=live }}
AppleUS——last=Daviesfirst=Roburl=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/02/apple-becomes-worlds-first-trillion-dollar-companytitle=Apple becomes world's first trillion-dollar companywebsite=TheGuardian.comdate=2 August 2018access-date=3 November 2019archive-date=28 April 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428201743/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/02/apple-becomes-worlds-first-trillion-dollar-companyurl-status=live}}
MicrosoftUS——last=Levyfirst=Aridate=25 April 2019title=Microsoft hits $1 trillion market cap for the first time as stock jumps on earnings beaturl=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/25/microsoft-hits-1-trillion-market-cap-for-the-first-time-on-earnings.htmlpublisher=CNBCaccess-date=13 February 2024archive-date=30 November 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130194116/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/25/microsoft-hits-1-trillion-market-cap-for-the-first-time-on-earnings.htmlurl-status=live }}
AlphabetUS——last=Eliasfirst=Jenniferdate=16 January 2020title=Alphabet, Google's parent company, hits trillion-dollar market cap for first timeurl=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/alphabet-stock-hits-1-trillion-market-cap-for-first-time.htmlpublisher=CNBCaccess-date=13 February 2024archive-date=30 October 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030093038/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/alphabet-stock-hits-1-trillion-market-cap-for-first-time.htmlurl-status=live }}
AmazonUS————url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/04/technology/amazon-1-trillion/index.htmltitle=Amazon is now worth $1,000,000,000,000last=DePillisfirst=Lydiadate=4 September 2018website=CNNMoneyaccess-date=31 January 2020archive-date=31 January 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131221947/https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/04/technology/amazon-1-trillion/index.htmlurl-status=live}}
Saudi AramcoSaudi Arabia————date=11 December 2019title=Saudi Aramco becomes most valuable listed company in historyurl=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/11/saudi-aramco-shares-soar-as-it-becomes-world-largest-listed-companyaccess-date=10 December 2022website=The Guardianlanguage=enarchive-date=13 October 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013153342/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/11/saudi-aramco-shares-soar-as-it-becomes-world-largest-listed-companyurl-status=live }}
MetaUS————
BroadcomUSA————last1=Bajwafirst1=Arsheeyatitle=Broadcom hits trillion-dollar valuation on lofty forecasts for AI demandurl=https://www.reuters.com/technology/broadcom-rallies-forecast-booming-ai-chip-demand-2024-12-13/access-date=14 December 2024publisher=Reutersdate=13 December 2024}}
TeslaUSA—————date=25 October 2021title=Tesla breaches $1 trillion market capurl=https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-breaches-1-trillion-market-cap-2021-10-25/access-date=25 October 2021website=Reutersarchive-date=25 October 2021archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025172857/https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-breaches-1-trillion-market-cap-2021-10-25/url-status=live }}
Eli LillyUSA
PetroChinaCHN—————
TSMCTaiwan—————
Berkshire HathawayUSA—————last=Lifirst=Yundate=28 August 2024title=Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway hits $1 trillion market value, first U.S. company outside of tech to do sourl=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/28/buffetts-berkshire-hathaway-hits-1-trillion-market-value-first-us-company-outside-of-tech-to-do-so.htmlaccess-date=28 August 2024publisher=CNBCarchive-date=28 August 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828141835/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/28/buffetts-berkshire-hathaway-hits-1-trillion-market-value-first-us-company-outside-of-tech-to-do-so.htmlurl-status=live }}

Publicly traded companies

Only companies with free float of at least 15% are included; the value of unlisted stock classes is excluded. Investment companies are not included in the list.

Note: All market capitalization figures are in USD millions.

2025

This list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
3,337,000United StatesNvidia
3,850,000
2United StatesMicrosoft
2,791,000United StatesMicrosoft
3,700,000
3United StatesNvidia
2,644,000United StatesApple
3,060,000
4United StatesAmazon
2,016,000United StatesAmazon
2,330,000
5United StatesAlphabet
1,895,000United StatesAlphabet
2,150,000
6United StatesMeta
1,460,000United StatesMeta
1,860,000
7United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
1,140,000United StatesBroadcom
1,300,000
8United StatesTesla
833,529TaiwanTSMC
1,170,000
9United StatesBroadcom
787,247United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
1,050,000
10United StatesEli Lilly
782,950United StatesTesla
1,020,000

2024

Source:

This list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesMicrosoft
3,126,000United StatesApple
3,322,000
2United StatesApple
2,648,000United StatesMicrosoft
3,230,000
3United StatesNvidia
2,259,000United StatesNvidia
3,182,000
4United StatesAlphabet
1,893,000United StatesAlphabet
2,267,000
5United StatesAmazon
1,874,000United StatesAmazon
2,011,000
6United StatesMeta
1,238,000United StatesMeta
1,279,000
7United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
912,130TaiwanTSMC
901,390
8United StatesEli Lilly
739,660United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
879,670
9TaiwanTSMC
705,690United StatesEli Lilly
815,210
10United Statestitle=Broadcom Market Capurl=https://ycharts.com/companies/AVGO/market_capwebsite=ycharts.comaccess-date=16 April 2024archive-date=11 January 2015archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111013524/http://ycharts.com/companies/AVGO/market_capurl-status=live }}United StatesBroadcom
747,360

2023

This list is up to date as of 31 December 2023. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
2,609,000United StatesApple Inc.Apple
3,050,000
2United StatesMicrosoft
2,146,000United StatesMicrosoft
2,532,000
3United StatesAlphabet
1,332,000United StatesAlphabet Inc.Alphabet
1,530,000
4United StatesAmazon
1,058,000United StatesAmazon
1,337,000
5United StatesNvidia
686,090United StatesNvidia
1,044,000
6United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
677,770United StatesTesla, Inc.Tesla
829,670
7United StatesTesla
656,420United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
745,010
8United StatesMeta
549,480United StatesMeta PlatformsMeta
735,450
9TaiwanTSMC
482,410TaiwanTSMC
523,410
10United StatesVisa
473,870United StatesVisa
497,370

2022

This list is as of 31 December 2022. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
2,850,000United StatesApple
2,212,000
2United StatesMicrosoft
2,311,000United StatesMicrosoft
1,920,000
3United StatesAlphabet
1,846,000United StatesAlphabet
1,435,000
4United StatesAmazon
1,659,000United StatesAmazon
1,080,000
5United StatesTesla
1,114,000United StatesTesla
697,660
6United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
779,150United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
602,450
7United StatesNvidia
684,880United StatesUnitedHealth
481,870
8United StatesMeta
605,250United StatesJohnson & Johnson
467,090
9TaiwanTSMC
540,670ChinaTencent
445,990
10United StatesUnitedHealth
479,830Meta
436,390United States

2021

This list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
2,050,000United StatesApple
2,286,000
2United StatesMicrosoft
1,778,000United StatesMicrosoft
2,040,000
3United StatesAmazon
1,558,000United StatesAmazon
1,735,000
4United StatesAlphabet
1,395,000United StatesAlphabet
1,680,000
5United StatesMeta
838,720United StatesMeta
985,920
6ChinaTencent
766,970ChinaTencent
721,460
7United StatesTesla
641,110United StatesTesla
654,780
8ChinaAlibaba Group
615,010United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
637,280
9TaiwanTSMC
613,410TaiwanTSMC
623,160
10United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
590,050ChinaAlibaba Group
615,140

2020

This Financial Times–based list is up to data . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesMicrosoft
1,200,000United StatesApple
1,576,000
2United StatesApple
1,113,000United StatesMicrosoft
1,551,000
3United StatesAmazon
970,590United StatesAmazon
1,432,590
4United StatesAlphabet
799,180United StatesAlphabet
979,700
5ChinaAlibaba Group
521,740United StatesFacebook
675,690
6United StatesFacebook
475,460ChinaTencent
620,920
7ChinaTencent
471,660ChinaAlibaba Group
579,740
8United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
440,830United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
432,570
9United StatesVisa
357,020United StatesVisa
412,710
10United StatesJohnson & Johnson
345,700United StatesJohnson & Johnson
370,590

2019

This Financial Times–based list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesMicrosoft
904,860United StatesMicrosoft
1,028,000
2United StatesApple
835,670United StatesAmazon
928,540
3United StatesAmazon
874,710United StatesApple
911,240
4United StatesAlphabet
818,160United StatesAlphabet
751,170
5United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
493,750United StatesFacebook
551,490
6United StatesFacebook
475,730United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
521,100
7ChinaAlibaba Group
472,940ChinaAlibaba Group
439,150
8ChinaTencent
440,980ChinaTencent
432,080
9United StatesJohnson & Johnson
372,230United StatesVisa
379,271
10United StatesVisa
353,710United StatesJohnson & Johnson
370,300

2018

This Financial Times–based list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
851,317United Statesaccess-date=1 January 2019title=Apple Market Capurl=https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/market_capwebsite=ycharts.comarchive-date=15 May 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515130746/https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/market_capurl-status=live}}
2United StatesAlphabet
715,404United StatesAmazon
824,790
3United StatesMicrosoft
702,760United StatesAlphabet
774,840
4United StatesAmazon
700,672United StatesMicrosoft
757,640
5ChinaTencent
507,990United StatesFacebook
562,480
6United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
492,019Chinaaccess-date=1 January 2019title=Tencent Holdings Market Capurl=https://ycharts.com/companies/TCTZF/market_caparchive-date=1 July 2018archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165155/https://ycharts.com/companies/TCTZF/market_capurl-status=live}}
7ChinaAlibaba Group
470,930ChinaAlibaba Group
476,040
8United StatesFacebook
464,189United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
463,980
9United StatesJPMorgan Chase
377,410United StatesJPMorgan Chase
354,780
10United StatesJohnson & Johnson
343,780United Statesaccess-date=30 June 2018title=Exxon Mobil Market Capurl=https://ycharts.com/companies/XOM/market_caparchive-date=30 September 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930032050/https://ycharts.com/companies/XOM/market_capurl-status=live}}

2017

This Financial Times–based list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
753,718United StatesApple
749,124
2United StatesAlphabet
573,570United StatesAlphabet
628,610
3United StatesMicrosoft
508,935United StatesMicrosoft
528,778
4United StatesAmazon
423,031United StatesAmazon
466,471
5United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
410,880United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
418,880
6United StatesExxonMobil
339,897United StatesJohnson & Johnson
357,310
7United StatesJohnson & Johnson
337,947United StatesFacebook
357,176
8United StatesFacebook
334,552Chinaaccess-date=1 January 2019title=Alibaba Group Holding Market Cap (BABA)url=https://ycharts.com/companies/BABA/market_capwebsite=ycharts.comarchive-date=16 August 2017archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816021925/https://ycharts.com/companies/BABA/market_capurl-status=live}}
9United StatesJPMorgan Chase
313,761ChinaTencent
344,879
10United StatesWells Fargo
278,516United StatesExxonMobil
341,947

2016

This Financial Times–based list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
607,465United StatesApple
517,069
2United StatesAlphabet
535,660United StatesAlphabet
475,320
3United StatesMicrosoft
439,734United StatesMicrosoft
397,268
4United StatesExxonMobil
350,991United StatesExxonMobil
383,396
5United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
349,740United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
345,860
6United StatesJohnson & Johnson
300,604United StatesAmazon
337,641
7United StatesGeneral Electric
295,546United StatesJohnson & Johnson
328,234
8United StatesAmazon
281,888United StatesGeneral Electric
280,927
9United StatesFacebook
259,192United StatesFacebook
263,930
10United StatesWells Fargo
246,035United StatesAT&T
261,035

2015

This Financial Times–based list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterIn case some companies with multiple classes of stock only one class is considered.Fourth quarter
1United StatesApple
724,773.1United StatesApple
722,576.9
2United StatesExxonMobil
356,548.7United StatesMicrosoft
357,154.4
3United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
356,510.7United StatesExxonMobil
347,868.1
4United StatesGoogle
345,849.2United StatesGoogle
336,014.5
5United StatesMicrosoft
333,524.8United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
336,014.5
6ChinaPetro China
329,715.1ChinaPetro China
319,391.6
7United StatesWells Fargo
279,919.7ChinaICBC
298,531.5
8United StatesJohnson & Johnson
279,723.9United StatesWells Fargo
289,591.3
9ChinaICBC
275,389.1United StatesJohnson & Johnson
270,260.8
10SwitzerlandNovartis
267,897.0United StatesGeneral Electric
267,717.4

2014

This Financial Times–based list is up to date . Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
478,766.1United StatesApple
560,337.4
2United StatesExxonMobil
422,098.3United StatesExxonMobil
432,357.3
3United StatesMicrosoft
340,216.8United StatesGoogle
358,347.3
4United StatesGoogle
313,003.9United StatesMicrosoft
344,458.8
5United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
308,090.6United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
312,216.7
6United StatesJohnson & Johnson
277,826.2United StatesJohnson & Johnson
295,980.1
7United StatesWells Fargo
261,217.5United StatesWells Fargo
276,837
8United StatesGeneral Electric
259,547.3The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
269,563.4
9SwitzerlandHoffmann-La Roche
258,542.1United StatesGeneral Electric
263,529.6
10United StatesWalmart
246,805.7SwitzerlandHoffmann-La Roche
256,322.8

2013

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2013. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
415,683.3United StatesExxonMobil
401,729.8
2United StatesExxonMobil
403,733.1United StatesApple
372,202.3
3United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
256,801.8United StatesMicrosoft
288,488.8
4ChinaPetroChina
254,618.7United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
276,548.5
5United StatesWalmart
246,373.3United StatesWalmart
244,079.4
6United StatesGeneral Electric
239,775.6United StatesJohnson & Johnson
241,170.9
7United StatesMicrosoft
239,602.3United StatesGeneral Electric
239,787.2
8United StatesIBM
237,724.7United StatesGoogle
238,688.6
9SwitzerlandNestlé
233,792.1United StatesChevron Corporation
229,402.6
10United StatesChevron Corporation
230,831.2ChinaICBC
226,879.8

2012

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2012. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesApple
559,002.1United StatesApple
546,076.1
2United StatesExxonMobil
408,777.4United StatesExxonMobil
400,139.1
3ChinaPetroChina
278,968.4ChinaPetroChina
257,685.8
4United StatesMicrosoft
270,644.1United StatesMicrosoft
256,982.4
5United StatesIBM
241,754.6United StatesWalmart
235,900.3
6ChinaICBC
236,335.4United StatesIBM
225,598.5
7The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
222,425.1United StatesGeneral Electric
220,806.3
8ChinaChina Mobile
220,978.9ChinaChina Mobile
219,481.3
9United StatesGeneral Electric
212,317.7The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
217,048.2
10United StatesChevron Corporation
211,950.6ChinaICBC
211,196.0

2011

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2011. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesExxonMobil
417,166.7United StatesExxonMobil
400,884.5
2ChinaPetroChina
326,199.2United StatesApple
310,412.3
3United StatesApple
321,072.1ChinaPetroChina
303,649.9
4ChinaICBC
251,078.1ChinaICBC
246,850.5
5BrazilPetrobras
247,417.6Australia
United KingdomBHP Billiton
233,626.5
6Australia
United KingdomBHP Billiton
247,079.5The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
225,122.8
7ChinaChina Construction Bank
232,608.6United StatesMicrosoft
219,251.9
8The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
226,128.7SwitzerlandNestlé
215,017.5
9United StatesChevron Corporation
215,780.6BrazilPetrobras
210,111.4
10United StatesMicrosoft
213,336.4United StatesIBM
207,781.4

2010

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2010. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1ChinaPetroChina
329,259.7United StatesExxonMobil
291,789.1
2United StatesExxonMobil
316,230.8ChinaPetroChina
268,504.8
3United StatesMicrosoft
256,864.7United StatesApple
228,876.8
4ChinaICBC
246,419.8ChinaICBC
211,258.7
5United StatesApple
213,096.7United StatesMicrosoft
201,655.8
6Australia
United KingdomBHP Billiton
209,935.1ChinaChina Mobile
201,471.2
7United StatesWalmart
209,000.7United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
197,356.8
8United StatesBerkshire Hathaway
200,620.5ChinaChina Construction Bank
189,170.7
9United StatesGeneral Electric
194,246.2United StatesWalmart
178,322.7
10ChinaChina Mobile
192,998.6United StatesProcter & Gamble
172,736.5

2009

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2009. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesExxonMobil
336,527ChinaPetroChina
366,662.9
2ChinaPetroChina
287,185United StatesExxonMobil
341,140.3
3United StatesWalmart
204,365ChinaICBC
257,004.4
4ChinaICBC
187,885United StatesMicrosoft
211,546.2
5ChinaChina Mobile
174,673ChinaChina Mobile
200,832.4
6United StatesMicrosoft
163,320United StatesWalmart
188,752.0
7United StatesAT&T
148,511ChinaChina Construction Bank
182,186.7
8United StatesJohnson & Johnson
145,481BrazilPetrobras
165,056.9
9The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
138,999United StatesJohnson & Johnson
156,515.9
10United StatesProcter & Gamble
138,013The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
156,386.7

2008

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2008. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesExxonMobil
452,505United StatesExxonMobil
465,652
2ChinaPetroChina
423,996ChinaPetroChina
341,140.3
3United StatesGeneral Electric
369,569ChinaICBC
257,004.4
4RussiaGazprom
299,764United StatesMicrosoft
211,546.2
5ChinaChina Mobile
298,093ChinaChina Mobile
200,832.4
6ChinaICBC
277,236United StatesWalmart
188,752.0
7United StatesMicrosoft
264,132ChinaChina Construction Bank
182,186.7
8United StatesAT&T
231,168BrazilPetrobras
165,056.9
9The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
220,110United StatesJohnson & Johnson
156,515.9
10United StatesProcter & Gamble
215,640The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
156,386.7

2007

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2007. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesExxonMobil
429,567United StatesExxonMobil
472,519
2United StatesGeneral Electric
363,611United StatesGeneral Electric
393,831
3United StatesMicrosoft
272,912United StatesMicrosoft
281,934
4United StatesCitigroup
252,857The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
266,141
5United StatesAT&T
246,206United StatesAT&T
255,871
6RussiaGazprom
245,911United StatesCitigroup
253,703
7JapanToyota
230,832RussiaGazprom
245,757
8United StatesBank of America
228,177United KingdomBP
231,491
9ChinaICBC
224,788JapanToyota
228,009
10The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
214,018United StatesBank of America
216,963

2006

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 2006. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

RankFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
1United StatesExxonMobil
371,631United StatesExxonMobil
371,187
2United StatesGeneral Electric
362,527United StatesGeneral Electric
342,731
3United StatesMicrosoft
281,171RussiaGazprom
246,341
4United StatesCitigroup
238,935United StatesCitigroup
239,862
5United KingdomBP
233,260United StatesMicrosoft
237,688
6United StatesBank of America
211,706United KingdomBP
233,151
7The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
211,280The Netherlands
United KingdomRoyal Dutch Shell
224,925
8United StatesWalmart
196,860United StatesBank of America
219,504
9JapanToyota
196,731United KingdomHSBC
201,854
10RussiaGazprom
196,339United StatesWalmart
200,762

2005

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

RankNameCountryPrimary industryMarket value
(USD million)
1General ElectricUnited StatesConglomerate382,233
2ExxonMobilUnited StatesOil and gas380,567
3MicrosoftUnited StatesSoftware industry262,975
4CitigroupUnited StatesBanking234,437
5BPUnited KingdomOil and gas221,365
6WalmartUnited StatesRetail212,209
7Royal Dutch ShellNetherlandsOil and gas210,630
8Johnson & JohnsonUnited StatesHealth care199,711
9PfizerUnited StatesHealth care195,945
10Bank of AmericaUnited StatesBanking178,765

2004

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

RankNameCountryPrimary industryMarket value (USD million)
1General ElectricUnited StatesConglomerate299,336
2MicrosoftUnited StatesSoftware industry271,911
3ExxonMobilUnited StatesOil and gas263,940
4PfizerUnited StatesHealth care261,616
5CitigroupUnited StatesBanking259,191
6WalmartUnited StatesRetail258,888
7American International GroupUnited StatesInsurance183,696
8Intel CorporationUnited StatesComputer hardware179,996
9BPUnited KingdomOil and gas174,648
10HSBCUnited KingdomBanking163,574

2003

This Financial Times–based list is up to date as December 2003.

RankNameCountryPrimary industryMarket value (USD million)
1MicrosoftUnited StatesSoftware industry264,003
2General ElectricUnited StatesConglomerate259,647
3ExxonMobilUnited StatesOil and gas241,037
4WalmartUnited StatesRetail234,399
5PfizerUnited StatesHealth care195,948
6CitigroupUnited StatesBanking183,887
7Johnson & JohnsonUnited StatesHealth care170,417
8Royal Dutch ShellNetherlandsOil and gas149,034
9BPUnited KingdomOil and gas144,381
10IBMUnited StatesComputer software, computer hardware139,272

2002

This Financial Times–based list is up to date December 2002.

RankNameCountryPrimary industryMarket value (USD million)
1General ElectricUnited StatesConglomerate372,089
2MicrosoftUnited StatesSoftware industry326,639
3ExxonMobilUnited StatesOil and gas299,820
4WalmartUnited StatesRetail273,220
5CitigroupUnited StatesBanking255,299
6PfizerUnited StatesHealth care249,021
7Intel CorporationUnited StatesComputer hardware203,838
8BPUnited KingdomOil and gas200,794
9Johnson & JohnsonUnited StatesHealth care197,912
10Royal Dutch ShellNetherlandsOil and gas189,913
10IBMUnited StatesComputer software, Computer hardware139,272
7American International GroupUnited StatesInsurance183,696
10HSBCUnited KingdomBanking163,574
10Bank of AmericaUnited StatesBanking178,765
8Procter & GambleUnited StatesConsumer goods194,000
9ToyotaJapanAutomotive187,182

2001

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

RankNameCountryPrimary industryMarket value (USD million)
1General ElectricUnited StatesConglomerate477,406
2Cisco SystemsUnited StatesNetworking hardware304,699
3ExxonMobilUnited StatesOil and gas286,367
4PfizerUnited StatesHealth care263,996
5MicrosoftUnited StatesSoftware industry258,436
6WalmartUnited StatesRetail250,955
7CitigroupUnited StatesBanking250,143
8VodafoneUnited KingdomTelecommunications227,175
9IntelUnited StatesComputer hardware227,048
10Royal Dutch ShellNetherlandsOil and gas206,340
8BPUnited KingdomOil and gas200,794
9Johnson & JohnsonUnited StatesHealth care197,912
10IBMUnited StatesComputer software, Computer hardware139,272
7American International GroupUnited StatesInsurance183,696
10HSBCUnited KingdomBanking163,574
10Bank of AmericaUnited StatesBanking178,765
8Procter & GambleUnited StatesConsumer goods194,000
9ToyotaJapanAutomotive187,182

2000

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

RankNameCountryPrimary industryMarket value (USD million)
1MicrosoftUnited StatesSoftware industry586,197
2General ElectricUnited StatesConglomerate474,956
3NTT DocomoJapanTelecommunications366,204
4Cisco SystemsUnited StatesNetworking hardware348,965
5Wal-MartUnited StatesRetail286,153
6IntelUnited StatesComputer hardware277,096
7Nippon Telegraph & TelephoneJapanTelecommunications274,905
8ExxonMobilUnited StatesOil and gas265,894
9LucentUnited StatesTelecommunications237,668
10Deutsche TelekomGermanyTelecommunications209,628

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