Database Update for The Global 5000 – Q2 2025
We have completed our database updates for Q2 2025 with over 2300 company records updated and here’s a snapshot of what we are seeing: During Q2, 38 new companies were added to the Global 5000 Currently, the Global 5000 companies report revenue exceeding $77 trillion. They employ over 171 million people. The average revenue per employee […]
The Next Candidates for The Global 5000
Our work involving annual updating and ongoing tracking of Global 5000 companies always brings an array of activity causing some companies to get removed from the list. Typically it is M&A related or company revenues coming up short of what is needed to be in the top 5000. When this happens, we need to find replacements […]
Global 5000 M&A Market Update
Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire InformaticaSalesforce and Informatica have entered into an agreement for Salesforce to acquire Informatica for approximately $8 billion in equity value, net of Salesforce’s current investment in Informatica. The planned acquisition will enhance Salesforce’s data foundation critical for deploying powerful and responsible agentic AI. Acquisition ● Technology ● North America Medtronic Announces Intent to Separate […]
Russian Companies in The Global 5000
When we first assembled The Global 5000 we focused efforts on not only finding the largest companies in the world but also doing the research of looking for big companies in every country in the world. That included places like Russia – which at the time did not seem like a big issue. Fast forward […]
Introducing the Food 400
Many different analytical pieces we come across focus on specific industries or verticals and those are often based on fairly specific labeling of industry schema – SIC codes or NAICs, etc. We have taken a broader view for analysis and trend purposes. Each company in our database gets assigned a specific segment label and those are largely […]
Database Update for Global 50 (Q1 2025)
We have completed our database updates for Q1 2025 with over 1500 company records updated and here’s a snapshot of what we are seeing: During Q1, 48 new companies were added to the Global 5000 Currently, the Global 5000 companies report revenue exceeding $77 trillion. They employ over 171 million people. The average revenue per employee […]
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 […]