Fortune Global 500

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The Fortune Global 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by Fortune magazine. It differs from the Fortune 500 in that the latter only lists the top US corporations.

This is the top 10 as published on 25 July 2005. It is based on the companies' 31 December 2004 year ends, except for Wal-Mart (31 January 2005) and Toyota (31 March 2005):

1. Wal-Mart - United States (retail)
2. BP - United Kingdom (oil)
3. ExxonMobil - United States (oil)
4. Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands/United Kingdom (oil)
5. General Motors - United States (automobiles)
6. DaimlerChrysler - Germany (automobiles)
7. Toyota Motor Corporation - Japan (automobiles)
8. Ford Motor Company - United States (automobiles)
9. General Electric - United States (conglomerate)
10. Total - France (oil)

The top ten includes four oil companies, four automobile manufacturers, one retailer and one conglomerate. The complete list is available online.

See also

• Forbes Global 2000
• Fortune 500
• List of the world's largest companies
• List of companies by revenue

External links

• [Official site]

 

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