This article lists the largest companies in the United Kingdom in terms of their revenue, net profit, and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune, Forbes, and the United Kingdom-based B2B data provider Global Database.
2024 Fortune 500 The following are the 17 British companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023/24. Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company. RankFortune 500rankNameIndustryRevenue(USD millions)Profits(USD millions)Assets(USD millions)EmployeesHeadquarters 1 13Shell plcOil and Gas 323,183 19,359406,270103,000London 2 25BPOil and Gas 213,032 15,239280,29479,400London 3 67HSBCBanking 134,901 23,5333,038,677220,861London 4 140TescoRetail 86,231 1,48759,498225,659Welwyn Garden City 5 204Lloyds Banking GroupBanking 66,670 6,7861,454,90062,569London 6 210UnileverConsumer goods 64,436 7,01383,13074,000London 7 212BarclaysBanking 63,801 6,5361,883,109124,995London 8 264Rio TintoMining 54,041 10,058103,54957,174London 9 310VodafoneTelecommunication 48,871 1,236 155,75196,282Newbury 10329AstraZenecaPharmaceuticals 45,811 5,955101,11983,100Cambridge 11 396Sainsbury'sRetail 41,088 17231,667100,000London 12 396Standard CharteredBanking 38,292 3,469822,84484,958London 13 398Compass GroupRetail 38,005 1,61021,490562,460Chertsey 14 400GlaxoSmithKlinePharmaceuticals 37,692 6,12575,20470,212London 15 464British American TobaccoConsumer goods 33,907 -17,855151,30849,839London 16 485CentricaOil and Gas 32,882 4,88327,23221,014Windsor 17 486LindeChemicals 32,854 6,19980,81166,323Guildford
2024 Global Database list This list is based on the Global Database, which ranks the largest publicly traded companies in the United Kingdom. The ranking considers reported 2024 financial results, including revenue, operating income, net income, total assets, and total equity for each company. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures represent the latest available data for the financial year 2023/24. The 50 highest ranked companies from the United Kingdom are listed.
Rank Name Headquarters Revenue Net income Total assets Total equity Industry 1 Shell plc London 284.30 billion USD (▼) 16.50 billion USD (▼) 387.60 billion USD (▼) 180.20 billion USD (▼) Oil and Gas 2 BP London 189.18 billion USD (▼) 1.23 billion USD (▼) 282.23 billion USD (▲) 78.32 billion USD (▼) Oil and Gas 3 HSBC London 62.44 billion USD (▼) 24.99 billion USD (▲) 3.02 trillion USD (▼) 192.27 billion USD (▼) Banking 4 Unilever London 60.76 billion EUR (▲) 6.37 billion EUR (▼) 79.75 billion EUR (▲) 22.56 billion EUR (▲) Consumer goods 5 Vodafone Newbury 37.45 billion EUR (▲) −3.75 billion EUR (▼) 128.52 billion EUR (▼) 53.92 billion EUR (▼) Telecommunications 6 Tesco Welwyn Garden City 67.67 billion GBP (▲) 1.19 billion GBP (▲) 16.61 billion GBP (▲) 11.67 billion GBP (▼) Retail 7 Prudential plc London 10.36 billion USD (▲) 2.42 billion USD (▲) 181.88 billion USD (▲) 18.67 billion USD (▲) Financial services
2024 Forbes list This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the financial year 2023/24. The 50 highest ranked companies from the United Kingdom are listed. RankForbes 2000 rankNameHeadquartersRevenue(billions US$)Profit(billions US$)Industry 115HSBCLondon 144.9 22.2Banking 217Shell plcLondon 261.7617.9Oil and Gas347BPLondon202.89.2Oil and Gas4110Rio TintoLondon54.010.1Mining5121AstraZenecaCambridge47.66.3Pharmaceuticals6122UnileverLondon64.57.0Consumer goods7154Lloyds Banking GroupLondon33.15.8Banking8166BarclaysLondon31.55.1Banking9167LindeGuildford32.86.3Chemicals10177NatWest GroupEdinburgh33.75.1Banking11183GlaxoSmithKlineLondon38.65.6Pharmaceuticals12204National GridLondon25.49.4Utilities13227Standard CharteredLondon40.13.3Finance14314DiageoLondon20.44.0Beverages15349VodafoneNewbury39.81.2Telecommunication16359TescoWelwyn Garden City85.31.5Retail17361BAE SystemsLondon, Farnborough28.72.3Aerospace and defence18374AvivaLondon43.21.3Insurance19391Rolls-RoyceLondon20.53.0Aerospace and defence20401LyondellBasell IndustriesLondon40.62.1Chemicals21451London Stock ExchangeLondon10.40.95Finance22471BT GroupLondon25.42.3Telecommunication23478Compass GroupChertsey40.11.7Services24481PrudentialLondon10.91.7Insurance25491Reckitt BenckiserSlough18.22.0Consumer goods26501Imperial BrandsBristol22.82.6Consumer goods27508Legal & GeneralLondon55.90.54Insurance28514Coca-Cola Europacific PartnersLondon19.81.8Beverages29528British American TobaccoLondon33.9-17.9Consumer goods30546CNH IndustrialLondon24.22.3Industrials31568HaleonWeybridge14.01.3Healthcare32579International Airlines GroupLondon31.82.9Aviation 33604Associated British FoodsLondon24.91.5Retail35646RELXLondon11.42.2Services36651CentricaWindsor32.94.9Utilities37654Anglo AmericanLondon30.70.31Mining38748Ashtead GroupLondon10.71.6Services397573i GroupLondon0.714.8Finance40779SSEPerth14.30.71Energy41797Willis Towers WatsonLondon9.61.0Insurance42885Phoenix GroupLondon33.2-0.17Insurance43967St James's PlaceCirencester23.6-0.13Insurance441087M&GLondon13.80.37Insurance451089WPPLondon18.50.14Advertising461093Antofagasta plcLondon6.30.83Mining471103Sainsbury'sLondon40.90.17Retail481126AmcorWarmley13.80.65Packaging materials491167InvestecLondon6.21.1Banking501229BunzlLondon14.70.65Distributions
See also List of companies of the United Kingdom List of largest private companies in the United Kingdom List of largest companies by revenue List of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue
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