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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 and Forbes.
2024 Fortune 500:
This list displays all 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.[1]
| Rank | Fortune 500 rank | Name | Industry | Revenue (USD millions) | Profits (USD millions) | Assets (USD millions) | Employees | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Shell plc | Oil and Gas | 323,183 | 19,359 | 406,270 | 103,000 | London |
| 2 | 25 | BP | Oil and Gas | 213,032 | 15,239 | 280,294 | 79,400 | London |
| 3 | 67 | HSBC | Banking | 134,901 | 23,533 | 3,038,677 | 220,861 | London |
| 4 | 140 | Tesco | Retail | 86,231 | 1,487 | 59,498 | 225,659 | Welwyn Garden City |
| 5 | 204 | Lloyds Banking Group | Banking | 66,670 | 6,786 | 1,454,900 | 62,569 | London |
| 6 | 210 | Unilever | Consumer goods | 64,436 | 7,013 | 83,130 | 74,000 | London |
| 7 | 212 | Barclays | Banking | 63,801 | 6,536 | 1,883,109 | 124,995 | London |
| 8 | 264 | Rio Tinto | Mining | 54,041 | 10,058 | 103,549 | 57,174 | London |
| 9 | 310 | Vodafone | Telecommunication | 48,871 | 1,236 | 155,751 | 96,282 | Newbury |
| 10 | 329 | AstraZeneca | Pharmaceuticals | 45,811 | 5,955 | 101,119 | 83,100 | Cambridge |
| 11 | 396 | Sainsbury's | Retail | 41,088 | 172 | 31,667 | 100,000 | London |
| 12 | 396 | Standard Chartered | Banking | 38,292 | 3,469 | 822,844 | 84,958 | London |
| 13 | 398 | Compass Group | Retail | 38,005 | 1,610 | 21,490 | 562,460 | Chertsey |
| 14 | 400 | GlaxoSmithKline | Pharmaceuticals | 37,692 | 6,125 | 75,204 | 70,212 | London |
| 15 | 464 | British American Tobacco | Consumer goods | 33,907 | -17,855 | 151,308 | 49,839 | London |
| 16 | 485 | Centrica | Energy | 32,882 | 4,883 | 27,232 | 21,014 | Windsor |
| 17 | 486 | Linde | Chemicals | 32,854 | 6,199 | 80,811 | 66,323 | Guildford |
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.[2]