TFI International Agrees to Acquire Daseke
TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII), a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, today announced it has agreed to acquire Daseke, Inc. (“Daseke”, NASDAQ: DSKE), one of the leading flatbed and specialized transportation and logistics companies in North America, for $8.30 in cash per common share. Read Announcement
The Profile of The Global 5000 Companies
With our latest update, here’s a snapshot of how the Global 5000 companies shake out by industry and country. First is the database sliced by revenue for Global 5000 companies – total revenue by country. Shown here are the top 12 countries and dollar value in billions. You can see that the ranking of countries […]
Global 5000 Database Update – Q3, 2023
Updates for Q3, 2023 (ending September 2023) are complete, posted and available for client delivery. During the quarter, over 1500 records were updated, and all 5,000 company records have been updated within the past 12 months. During Q3, 30 companies were added (or returned to the list) and another 30 were removed as they were […]
Global 5000 Database Update – Q2, 2023
Updates for Q2, 2023 are complete, posted and available for client delivery. During the quarter, over 1700 records were updated, and all 5,000 company records have been updated within the past 12 months. During Q2, 50 companies were added (or returned to the list) and another 50 were removed as they were acquired or reported […]
Global 5000 Database Update – May 2023
Continuing our regular updating of the Global 5000 database, we have completed updating over 520 records for the month of May. During the month, we also welcomed 10 new companies to the Global 5000 replacing some who were acquired (or their revenue fell back too far to make it into the 5000. That brings the […]
A Look @ Business Services Industry
We capture a number of diverse segments under the Business Services industry grouping including: law firms, outplacement, accountants, engineering services, consultants, etc. Here are the top 10 (largest revenue) in that industry: Alphabet (Google) Meta Platofrms Xiamen Xiangyu Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Accenture Plc PricewaterhouseCoopers Ernst & Young KPMG TD Synnex Corporation Randstad Holding
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]