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annual ranking of the top 2,000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine
The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world, published by Forbes magazine. "The Global 2000" annual ranking is assembled by Forbes using an assessment of four equally-weighted metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value. The list has been published annually since 2003.
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The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world, published by Forbes magazine. "The Global 2000" annual ranking is assembled by Forbes using an assessment of four equally-weighted metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value. The list has been published annually since 2003.
In 2026, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
Forbes Global 2000 as of 2026:
In 2025, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
In 2024, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
In 2023, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
In 2022, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
In 2021, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
In 2020, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
In 2019, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
In 2018, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
As a group, the Forbes Global 2000 in year 2018 accounts for $39.1* trillion in sales, $3.2 trillion in profit, $189* trillion in assets and $56.8* trillion in market value.
The top-ranked companies in each industry sector are as follows.
In 2017, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
In 2016, the ten largest companies as calculated by this method were:
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