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Revision as of 16:16, 2 March 2008 by Merovingian (talk | contribs) (rv: Shell is jointly owned, we are not beholden to every word in Fortune magazine)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Fortune Global 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by Fortune magazine.
Until 1989 it listed only non-US industrial corporations under the title "International 500", while the Fortune 500 contained and still contains exclusively US corporations. In 1990, US companies were added to compile a truly global list of top industrial corporations as ranked by sales. Since 1995, the list has its current form, listing also top financial corporations and service providers by revenue.
2007 list
This is the top 10 as published in July 2007. It is based on the companies' fiscal year ended on or before 31 March 2007.
- Wal Mart- United States (retail)
- ExxonMobil Corporation - United States (oil/retail)
- Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands and United Kingdom (oil)
- BP - United Kingdom (oil)
- General Motors - United States (automobiles)
- Toyota Motor - Japan (automobiles)
- Chevron - United States (oil)
- DaimlerChrysler - Germany (automobiles)
- ConocoPhillips - United States (oil)
- Total - France (oil)
The top ten includes six oil companies, three automobile manufacturers and one retailer. The complete list is available online.
2007 breakdown by country
Only countries with five or more Global 500 companies are listed.
- European Union (163 companies)
1 United States (162)
2 Japan (67)
3 France (38)
4 Germany (37)
5 United Kingdom (34)
6 China (24)
7 Canada (16)
7 The Netherlands (16)
9 South Korea (14)
10 Switzerland (13)
11 Italy (10)
12 Spain (9)
13 Australia (8)
14 Belgium (6)
14 India (6)
14 Sweden (6)
14 Taiwan (6)
17 Brazil (5)
17 Mexico (5)
As the European Union has a common economic policy, were it ranked here it would hold first place with 163 companies.
2007 breakdown by city
Breakdown by cities proper (not metropolitan areas) as provided by Fortune Magazine (). Only cities with five Global 500 companies or more are listed.
| Rank | City | Country | Number of Global 500 companies |
Global 500 revenues ($ millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | Japan | 50 | 1,725,362 |
| 2 | Paris | France | 26 | 1,240,919 |
| 3 | New York | United States | 22 | 1,174,439 |
| 3 | London | United Kingdom | 22 | 1,085,187 |
| 4 | Beijing | China | 18 | 711,186 |
| 5 | Seoul | South Korea | 10 | 412,535 |
| 6 | Toronto | Canada | 9 | 201,394 |
| 7 | Madrid | Spain | 8 | 294,314 |
| 8 | Zürich | Switzerland | 7 | 352,830 |
| 8 | Houston | United States | 7 | 352,201 |
| 9 | Munich | Germany | 6 | 390,017 |
| 9 | Osaka | Japan | 6 | 180,901 |
| 10 | Rome | Italy | 5 | 235,231 |
| 10 | Atlanta | United States | 5 | 199,447 |