Comparing Country Growth Performance

With the benefit of history – having updated The Global 5000 companies since 2006 – we can now look at how different industries and countries have grown. This becomes an important component to business and sales plans where a companies assets might be focused on certain sectors or quotas are built on a country by […]

The Global 5000 Database Updates – Dec 2014

At the end of December 2014, we closed the year with 4,506 active records in the database. The total revenue now represented by The Global 5000 companies exceeds $53 trillion – an amazing concentration of size and buying power in one marketing database. During the year, we added 209 companies and removed 81 others as […]

New Companies Added to The Global 5000 Database – November 2014

As part of our ongoing research activities, we added the following 21 companies to The Global 5000 list and also made changes to the database related to the corporate activity shown below In November, we added the following 22 companies: Albertson’s LLC Amtek Engineering Ltd Cal Dive International, Inc. CGS Holding (Mitas) China Energy Engineering […]

New Additions to The Global 5000 Database – October 2014

As part of our ongoing research activities, we added the following 21 companies to The Global 5000 list and also made changes to the database related to the corporate activity shown below In October, we added the following companies: BGI-Shenzhen Bohai Steel Group Catalina Marketing CEFC China Energy Dialog Semiconductor Plc Ellucian FM Global (Factory […]

Where are The Global 5000 Companies?

When constructing a sales or marketing plan and assigning territories or determining resources by geography, it is necessary to understand where those target markets are. In the table below, we took a count of the HQ location of all the Global 5000 companies.  Here are the leaders ranked by # of Global 5000 companies. USA […]

New Additions to The Global 5000 Database – September 2014

As part of our ongoing research activities, we added the following 10 companies to The Global 5000 list and also made changes to the database related to the corporate activity shown below In September, we added the following companies: Axalta Coating Systems Blucora, Inc China Modern Dairy Holdings Hyundai Greenfood Co Ltd Leidos Holdings, Inc. […]

Global 5000 Companies – New Additions plus M&A Activity

As part of our ongoing research activities, we added the following 14 companies to The Global 5000 list and also made changes to the database related to the corporate activity shown below In August, we added the following companies: Asatsu-dk Inc. Ecobank Transnational Inc. (ETI) Iliad SA Intermec, Inc. Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) […]

New Companies Added to The Global 5000 – July 2014

We are continually researching publications, web sites and various government data to discover the largest companies in the world. At times, there could be a new public listing or a spin-off from an existing firm or a low profile private company that just became more public. It is a continual challenge and a quest. In […]

M&A Activities & New Companies Added The Global 5000 – May 2014

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]

The Global 5000 Activities for April 2014 – M&A and New Companies Added

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]