The Fortune Global 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by Fortune magazine.

Until 1989 it listed only non-US industrial corporations under the title "International 500", while the Fortune 500 contained and still contains exclusively US corporations. In 1990, US companies were added to compile a truly global list of top industrial corporations as ranked by sales. In 2005, more than 450 of them were headquartered in Europe (195), the United States (176), and Japan (80).^[1]

Since 1995, the list has had its current form, listing also top financial corporations and service providers by revenue.

Contents 1 2009 list 1.1 2009 breakdown by country 1.2 2009 breakdown by city 2 Notes 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] 2009 list

This is the top 10 as published in July 2009. It is based on the companies' fiscal year ended on or before 31 March 2009.^[2]

Company	Country	Field
Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands†	Oil
ExxonMobil Corporation	United States	Oil
Wal Mart	United States	Retail
BP	United Kingdom	Oil
Chevron Corporation	United States	Oil
Total S.A.	France	Oil
ConocoPhillips	United States	Oil
ING Group	Netherlands	Banking
Sinopec	China	Oil
Toyota Motor	Japan	Automobiles

^† While Fortune lists Shell as a Dutch company, the company itself asserts that it is both Dutch and British.^[3]

General Motors, which was in last year's top ten, dropped to #18. Sinopec moved into the top ten; it was #16 in 2008.^[4]

The top ten includes seven oil companies, one automobile manufacturer, one retailer, and one banking corporation.

[edit] 2009 breakdown by country

This is a ranking of the top 10 countries with the most Global 500 companies.^[5]

Rank	Country	Companies
1	United States	140
2	Japan	68
3	France	40
4	Germany	39
5	China	37
6	United Kingdom	26
7	Switzerland	15
8	Canada	14
8	South Korea	14
10	Netherlands	12
10	Spain	12

The European Union countries have 163 Fortune Global 500 companies.

[edit] 2009 breakdown by city

This is a breakdown by cities proper (not metropolitan areas) as determined by Fortune.^[6] The top 10 cities with the most Global 500 companies are listed.

Rank	City	Country	Number of Global 500 companies	Global 500 revenues ($ millions)
1	Tokyo	Japan	51	2,237,560
2	Paris	France	27	1,399,172
3	Beijing	China	26	1,361,407
4	New York	United States	18	869,150
5	London	United Kingdom	15	994,772
6	Seoul	South Korea	11	519,351
7	Madrid	Spain	9	434,393
8	Toronto	Canada	7	195,510
8	Zürich	Switzerland	7	242,595
8	Osaka	Japan	7	291,492
8	Moscow	Russia	7	380,530
8	Munich	Germany	7	485,386

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Forbes Global 2000
• Fortune 500
• List of companies by revenue
• List of companies by employees

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Full list