The Transportation Ecosystem
In the Global 5000 database, there are 501 companies that have some relationship to transportation. We call it the ecosystem and it encompasses three main types of companies: Those who make transportation vehicles and parts whether they are on land, air or sea – auto makers, shipbuilders, aircraft companies are all included Those companies that […]
A Look at Financial Industry Firms
In The Global 5000 database, there are 837 companies in the financial industry. It is the largest of all industries in the database and includes companies involved in banking, securities, mortgage, and insurance segments as well as investments and PE firms. As the 2024 annual financial reporting rolls in, here’s an early (albeit partial) look […]
Amazon vs Walmart — and a few other retail items
Walmart has been #1 in the world for a long time. The largest company in the world for a decade or so. There was some thought that this would be the year (2024) that Amazon would catch them. Almost – it is getting close. We went back to 2017 to compare the annual revenue of both companies […]
The Auto Industry – Uncertainty. Change. Crosswinds
Auto manufacturers are in the middle of a whirlwind of a number of environmental, governmental, and market forces the likes of which we have not seen before. Just look at the items grabbing the headlines and news cycles the past month or so: The change of administration in the US has put the whole EV […]
Conglomerates – the End of an Era ??
The announcement by Honeywell (ranked #456 in The Global 5000) that it is splitting into three companies might very well have marked the end of the era of conglomerates. A few years back, GE went down a similar path and split itself up into three pieces. The main GE company (ranked #207) was a $122 […]
A Europe Retrenchment
An item that caught our attention as we monitor the news of The Global 5000 companies came from HSBC, the UK based banking giant (ranked #38 in The Global 5000). The news item stated that HSBC is planning its biggest European retrenchment in decades. The bank will now be focused on Asia Pac and the Middle […]
AI – How Does It Work? . . . and when it really doesn’t
Like everyone else, we have been playing with various AI tools and decided to do a little experiment to see if we could use AI to create The Global 5000. We tried 3 available tools — ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot — and asked each one to return a list of the 5000 largest […]
Remember That Covid Years(s)? —- a look at how Global 5000 companies adapt
While doing some company database updates for Global 5000 companies recently, we came across a couple of interesting cases that point out how businesses in different industries have to adapt very differently to market conditions. Covid hit hardest during 2020 but there were early signs at the end of 2019 and then it lingered into […]
2024 M&A Activity for Global 5000 Companies
Throughout the year 2024 (and every year) we keep track of the M&A activities, spin-off’s divestitures, etc. among Global 5000 companies. Essentially any corporate activities that will materially affect their revenue and affect how companies may need to adjust their target market selling efforts. The idea is that what is in your CRM system or […]
Yearend (and Q4 2024) Updates for Global 5000 Database
We have completed our database updates for Q4 2024 with 390 updates and here’s a snapshot of what we are seeing at the end of the year: During Q4 2024, 63 new companies were added to the Global 5000 Currently, the Global 5000 companies report revenue exceeding $76.8 trillion. They employ over 171 million people. The average […]