Update – Global 5000 Database — May 2017

During the month of May, 531 records were updated bringing the total to 2,579 so far this year. Included in these updates were the addition of 21 new companies to the database and 23 others that were put into inactive status. Every month we complete a series of updates so that we cycle thru the […]

An Update of ‘Top’ Lists — Accounting & Tax Firms

As part of our ongoing research activities, we are always looking for sources of company information including top companies in each country and top lists for any industry or segment. In the Business Services industry group, one of the segments is the Accounting and Tax firms. One source we have found an annual issue of […]

FinTech Robo Advisors . . . and the incumbents

In the hot start-up world of FinTech, there are many different segments from Insurance to Banking to Bitcoins and trading and . . . .   One of these advisory business that has been well know by the likes of Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard. The new players are increasingly algorithmic based and are are labeled […]

Update – Global 5000 Database – April 2017

During the month of April, 360 records were updated bringing the total to 2,048 so far this year. Included in these updates were the addition of 12 new companies to the database and 15 others that were put into inactive status. Every month we complete a series of updates so that we cycle thru the […]

Corporate Complexity & the UK Exit from the EU

Among the issues facing the UK as it moves closer to separating from the European Union,  are the trade issues facing companies that do business with their UK based customers. With the EU, trade agreements and business rules have been negotiated and in place for years and the UK has been living under those arrangements.  […]

Market Metrics Report for the Global 5000

Using the data for the 5000 largest companies in the world — the Global 5000 database – we have created a set of market metrics based on growth by industry and country. This short report looks at metrics including revenue per employee, market density as well as five year CAGR. For a copy of the […]

Global 5000 Database Update — Q1 2017

The most recent update of the Global 5000 database as of March 31 included a number of changes including 54 new companies that were added and 70 companies that were turned inactive as they were acquired or posted lower revenue that dropped them out of the 5000.  Along the way, we updated 1,688 companies in […]

Global 5000 Database Update — February 2017

February begins the season of earnings reports and financial filings for the most recently closed financial year . . . and a busy time in the database world and we are no different. During the month of February we added 14 new companies, while removing 17 others maintaining the total active records in the database […]

Global 5000 database update – January 2017

During the month of January we added 19 new companies, while removing 26 others maintaining the total active records in the database at 5,000 for the Global 5000 database. We have raised the floor (lowest revenue for inclusion) to $520 million per year.  As with any set of b2b data, the curation process of pruning […]

FinTech Activity — All Part of Big Financial Player’s Operations

Since embarking on building out a FinTech company database, we have discovered and started to profile over 725 firms in the FinTech space.  In detail, we have researched, profiled (and estimated the revenue) for 110 of these. Along the way we have reviewed a number of lists, top 10’s and the never ending stream of […]