Regional Growth – AsiaPac rules
Everyone has their eye on China and how fast it has grown. It is expected that China’s economy will overtake the US to become the #1 in the world. Using the data from the Global 5000 companies over the past few years it is clear to see that they are on track. To look at […]
A Broader View of Transportation
We are currently working on an expansion of the overall transportation industry. In the Global economy, transportation spans multiple industry codes and groups that all seem to be experiencing major fundamental shifts. The impact of COVID upended the airline passenger travel business which is just now bouncing back – it also caused havoc with shipping […]
The Global Growth of China
Over the years, we have seen the growth of China’s global footprint everywhere – and it is no more evident than what we see in their large corporations and financial muscle. Diving into our history data for the Global 5000 companies shows that pattern. We can go back to 2012 and look at the China […]
Database Stats to start 2023
As we await company financial reports for 2022, it is a good time to examine some of the basic facts and figures for the companies comprising the Global 5000 The combined total revenue for companies in the Global 5000 is $70.7 trillion – that’s trillion with a T. These companies employ 167 million people across […]
Walmart and Amazon – USA’s #1 and #2
Ever since we began building the Global 5000, Walmart has been in the #1 spot. It is the largest company in the world (by revenue). The company was started by Sam Walton and “back in the day” he and Walmart got a lot of pushback and negative press for wrecking small retailers and ruining small […]
The Global 5000 Rankings – what does it take to make the 5000?
One question we get asked regularly is — what does it take to make it into the Global 5000? The Global 5000 is based on revenue and for most years, the bottom level of revenue is just above $1 billion in annual revenue. Take a look at the chart below – the blue bars using […]
Following the Largest Companies in Russia will be Challenging
Searching the Global 5000 database, we find 48 companies are headquartered in Russia. The largest of these – as we have come to expect – are in the energy industry. Gazprom, Lukoil and Rosneft are the big three. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the follow-on economic repercussions, the market disruptions create a number of […]
More New Companies Added to The Global 5000 Database
The early part of 2022 has been quite a wild ride in the financial markets which often means plenty of company activity – IPO’s launched, M&A running at a furious pace and plenty of spin-offs announced. That was the case as we started into 2022. And the converse is true — as markets have cooled […]
Global 5000 Database Update for Q1 2022
The Global 5000 database of the largest companies in the world continues to provide B2B marketers a timely, continually updated source of business information for business lead generation, CRM systems and ABM activity. To begin 2022, we have added/replaced 45 companies during Quarter One. This brings our total new companies added over the last 12 […]
Global 5000 Database Update – thru February 2022
The Global 5000 database of the largest companies in the world continues to provide B2B marketers a timely, continually updated source of business information for business lead generation, CRM systems and ABM activity. To begin 2022, we have added/replaced 20 companies during January & February. This brings our total new companies added over the last […]