The largest company in the world can fluctuate day to day, even minute by minute, depending what measurement is used. Tesla began 2022 as the world's fifth largest company by market cap and ended the year in 11th place after their CEO Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter.
Top 10 Largest Companies in 2021 by Market Capitalizationa
Rank Company Country/Territory Sector ($ Bil.)
1
Apple
U.S.
Technology
2,406
2
Microsoft
U.S.
Technology
2,140
3
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Arabia
Energy
1,865
4
Alphabet
U.S.
Technology
1,806
5
Amazon
U.S.
Technology
1,680
6
Facebook
U.S.
Consumer Services
992
7
Tesla
U.S.
Automotive
703
8
Bekshire Hathaway
U.S.
Financial
636
9
Taiwan Semiconductor
Taiwan
Semiconductors
606
10
Tencent
China
Technology
592
a As of August 3, 2021.
Top 10 of the 2021 Fortune Global 500a
Rank Company Country Revenues ($ Mil.) Revenues (% Change) Profits ($ Mil.) Profits (% Change)
1
Walmart
U.S.
559,151
6.7
13,510
-9.2
2
State Grid
China
386,618
0.7
5,580
-30
3
Amazon
U.S.
386,064
37.6
21,331
84.1
4
China National Petroleum
China
283,958
-25.1
4,575
3
5
Sinopec Group
China
283,728
-30.3
6,205
-8.7
6
Apple
U.S.
274,515
5.5
57,411
3.9
7
CVC Health
U.S.
268,706
4.6
7,179
8.2
8
United Health Group
U.S.
257,141
6.2
15,403
11.3
9
Toyota Motor
U.S.
256,722
-6.5
21,180
13.1
10
Volkswagen
Germany
253,965
-10.2
10,103
-35
a Fiscal year ended on or before March 31, 2021.
Top 10 of the 2021 Forbes Global 2000a
Rank Company Country Revenues ($ Bil.) Profits ($ Bil.) Assets ($ Bil.) Market Value ($ Bil.)
1 ICBC China 191 46 4,915 250
2 JPMorgan Chase China 136 40 3,689 465
3 Berkshire Hathaway U.S. 246 43 874 624
4 China Construction Bank China 174 39 4,302 210
5 Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia 230 49 510 1,897
6 Apple U.S. 294 64 354 2,252
7 Bank of America U.S. 99 18 2,832 336
8 Ping An Insurance Group China 169 21 1,454 211
9 Agricultural Bank of China China 154 31 4,160 140
10 Amazon U.S. 386 21 321 1,712
a Data as of early April 16, 2021.
