The Private Companies
One of the unique elements of our Global 5000 database is the inclusion of private companies alongside the publics. Most popularly published lists (Fortune lists or Forbes Global 2000 for example) contain only public companies. We have over 1160 private companies as part of The Global 5000 representing $17 trillion in revenue – approximately 23% of […]
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 […]
Walgreens Heads the List of M&A News This Week
Walgreens to Go Private in $23.7B ‘Definitive Agreement’ with Sycamore PartnersWalgreens Boots Alliance said the drug store chain is going private, acquired by private equity company Sycamore Partners in a $23.7 billion deal described as a “definitive agreement.” The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025.Acquisition ● Retailers & Wholesalers ● North America […]
Prosus Acquiring Just Eat Takeaway
Prosus to Acquire Just Eat Takeaway.com for €4.1bn Prosus announced it has reached a conditional agreement to acquire Just Eat Takeaway.com, to create the fourth largest food delivery group globally. Prosus intends to acquire Just Eat Takeaway.com’s entire issued share capital for €20.30 per share via a recommended all-cash public offer on the Amsterdam exchange.Acquisition […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Big Week for Global 5000 Acquisitions
Omnicom to Acquire Interpublic Group Omnicom and The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. announced their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement pursuant to which Omnicom will acquire Interpublic in a stock-for-stock transaction. Acquisition ● Business Services ● North America Korean Air Buys Majority Stake in Asiana AirlinesKorean Air said it had bought a majority stake in rival […]
Match and Append – a Rule of Thumb
Our Global 5000 database is often used by marketing teams who take our file and match it to their internal CRM records and append an indicator (record number of ranking) for matched records onto their internal customer and prospect file. The idea is that the external validation indicating a record is part of a large […]
Another 15 M&A Announcements This week
As we have indicated previously, these continuing M&A activities provide key indicators for sales & marketing forces to start interacting differently with their existing targeted accounts. The Global 5000 Company Announcements CONSTRUCTIONHolcim Signs Agreement to Sell Its Nigerian Business FINANCIAL SERVICESBlackRock to Acquire HPS Investment PartnersExperian Acquisition of Audigent FOOD & BEVERAGETreeHouse Foods, Inc. Announces Acquisition […]