Top Companies in the world

Global Rank	Global Rank	Company	Country	Sector	Net				Employees
					Market	Turnover	income	Total assets
2012	2011				value $m	$m	$m	$m
1	3	Apple	US	Technology hardware & equipment	559002	108598	25922	116371	63300
2	1	Exxon Mobil	US	Oil & gas producers	408777	433526	41060	326834	82100
3	2	PetroChina	China	Oil & gas producers	278968	318371	21125	304586	552810
4	10	Microsoft	US	Software & computer services	270644	69950	23150	108704	90000
5	14	IBM	US	Software & computer services	241755	106916	15855	112930	433362
6	4	Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	China	Banks	236335	N/R	33089	2455479	408859
7	8	Royal Dutch Shell	UK	Oil & gas producers	222425	453724	29837	340526	90000
8	16	China Mobile	Hong Kong	Mobile telecommunications	220979	82033	19556	149609	175336
9	11	General Electric	US	General industrials	212318	142237	14130	717242	301000
10	9	Chevron	US	Oil & gas producers	211951	236541	26895	208250	61000
11	19	Wal-Mart Stores	US	General retailers	208358	446950	15699	192668	2200000
12	13	Nestle	Switzerland	Food producers	207376	89171	10114	118993	328000
13	12	Berkshire Hathaway	US	Nonlife insurance	201135	N/R	10254	392647	271000
14	7	China Construction Bank	China	Banks	193151	N/R	26892	1947936	329438
15	20	AT&T	US	Fixed line telecommunications	185155	126723	3944	270344	256000
16	21	Procter & Gamble	US	Household goods & home construction	185123	82559	11797	138354	129000
17	36	Samsung Electronics	South Korea	Technology hardware & equipment	181774	142397	11529	132917	101970
18	25	Johnson & Johnson	US	Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology	181390	65039	9672	107104	117900
19	24	Wells Fargo	US	Banks	180178	N/R	15869	1313867	264200
20	6	BHP Billiton	Australia/UK	Mining	179523	77667	25602	99065	40757
21	17	JP Morgan Chase	US	Banks	175522	N/R	18197	2265792	260157
22	5	Petrobras	Brazil	Oil & gas producers	170836	131066	17882	317289	81918
23	26	Pfizer	US	Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology	170685	67425	10009	186802	103700
24	27	Coca-Cola	US	Beverages	167601	46766	8572	79731	146200
25	28	Google	US	Software & computer services	165415	37862	9737	72574	32467
26	18	HSBC	UK	Banks	160670	N/R	16209	2547861	288316
27	43	Philip Morris International	US	Tobacco	152575	31114	8542	35488	78100
28	32	Novartis	Switzerland	Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology	151761	54975	8537	111639	123686
29	40	Roche	Switzerland	Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology	151497	45342	9961	62702	80129
30	35	Toyota Motor	Japan	Automobiles & parts	149576	228494	4910	357283	317716
31	15	Gazprom	Russia	Oil & gas producers	145761	143982	40583	338467	401000
32	22	Oracle	US	Software & computer services	145074	35622	8547	72459	108000
33	47	Intel	US	Technology hardware & equipment	140462	53999	12942	70784	100100
34	37	BP	UK	Oil & gas producers	140271	362381	24801	292458	83400
35	34	Agricultural Bank of China	China	Banks	138314	N/R	19372	1848073	447401
36	30	Vodafone Group	UK	Mobile telecommunications	136592	73532	12769	239105	83862
37	29	Bank of China	China	Banks	126227	N/R	19730	1876460	289951
38	23	Vale	Brazil	Mining	124504	55392	20297	127800	79646
39	33	Total	France	Oil & gas producers	120368	215739	15902	210210	96104
40	61	Anheuser-Busch InBev	Belgium	Beverages	117161	36187	5426	111754	116278
41	79	Ambev	Brazil	Beverages	117055	14561	4638	24301	46500
42	51	Merck	US	Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology	116890	48132	6257	104631	86000
43	62	Qualcomm	US	Technology hardware & equipment	115118	14957	4260	34719	21200
44	57	Cisco Systems	US	Technology hardware & equipment	113913	43218	6490	85231	71825
45	53	GlaxoSmithKline	UK	Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology	112519	42527	8169	59365	97389
46	48	Verizon Communications	US	Fixed line telecommunications	108402	110875	2404	230461	193900
47	31	Rio Tinto	Australia/UK	Mining	107201	58751	5654	118648	67930
48	39	Citigroup	US	Banks	107117	N/R	10881	1818846	266000
49	50	PepsiCo	US	Beverages	105330	66504	6443	72882	297000
50	59	Sanofi	France	Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology	103977	43250	7374	125042	113719