Comparing Public vs Private Companies

One of the unique aspects of our Global 5000 database compared to other “top” lists is that we include both public and private companies. A question we are often asked is how many private companies are in the database — so we have put together this summary to show the breakdown by region of the world and by public vs private ownership.

• Americas = 2,394 total
  • 1,698 public
  • 696 private
• EMEA = 1,375 total
  • 1,012 public
  • 363 private
• AsiaPac = 1,231 total
  • 1,094 public
  • 137 private