The following article lists the indebted companies in the world by total corporate debt according estimates by the British-Australian investment firm Janus Henderson. In 2019, the total debt of the 900 most indebted companies was $8,325 billion. The most indebted companies were in the oil and gas, utilities, telecommunication and automotive industries. The world's most indebted company in 2021 was Toyota.
The most indebted company in history was General Electric, holding in 2008 $550 billion of debt.
2023/24 Top 20 The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2023/24. CompanyCountryIndustryDebt(billions of US$)Volkswagen AGAutomotive196ToyotaAutomotive179Verizon CommunicationsTelecommunications172AT&TTelecommunications152Deutsche Telekom AGTelecommunications150Ford Motor CompanyAutomotive111Charter CommunicationsTelecommunications98ComcastTelecommunications Mass media97Mercedes-Benz Group AGAutomotive96General MotorsAutomotive94Enel SpAEnergy82OracleInformation technology82Duke EnergyEnergy80BMWAutomotive80HyundaiAutomotive75NextEra EnergyEnergy71CVS HealthHealthcare Retail68Anheuser-Busch InBevBeverages68UnitedHealth GroupHealthcare67AmazonRetail Information technology67
2021 Top 20 The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2021. +RankCompanyCountryDebt(billions of US$)1Toyota1862Volkswagen AG1853AT&T1824Verizon Communications1745Deutsche Telekom AG1536Mercedes-Benz Group AG1097Électricité de France SA1048Comcast989BMW9610Charter Communications9211Ford Motor Company9012General Motors7913Anheuser-Busch and In-Bev7614Enel SpA7215Duke Energy6816AbbVie, Inc.6817Korea Electric Power6818Nippon Telegraph and Telephone6719Hyundai6520Vodafone62
2019 Top 20
The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2019. RankCompanyCountryDebt (billions of US$)1Volkswagen AG1922AT&T1763Daimler AG1514Toyota1385SoftBank Group1356Verizon Communications1297Ford Motor Company1228BMW1149Comcast10410Anheuser-Busch and InBev9611Deutsche Telekom8712CVS Health8113Petrobras7914Royal Dutch Shell7815General Motors7816Charter Communications7717PetroChina7618Walmart6319Duke Energy6220Korea Electric Power Corporation60
2016 Top 20
The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2016. RankCompanyCountryDebt (billions of US$)1AT&T1392Volkswagen AG1363Verizon Communications1264Toyota1195Anheuser-Busch and InBev1076Daimler AG1047Ford Motor Company1048Petrobras959BMW9510General Electric9111Royal Dutch Shell8912SoftBank Group8213PetroChina8114Deutsche Telekom7615Telefónica6916Charter Communications6117Walmart5818General Motors5819Comcast5820Électricité de France57
2014 Top 20
The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2014. RankCompanyCountryDebt (billions of US$)1General Electric2782Volkswagen AG1343Verizon Communications1234Toyota1155Petrobras1056PetroChina967AT&T938Daimler AG909Ford Motor Company8810BMW8411Deutsche Telekom7912Telefónica7313Sinopec7114SoftBank Group7015Walmart6616Korea Electric Power Corporation5717Mitsubishi Corporation5518Électricité de France5319Rosneft5020Orange S.A.48
See also
List of largest companies by revenue List of largest employers List of largest corporate profits and losses List of public corporations by market capitalization List of most valuable brands
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