World's top 50 non-financial TNCs in 2001
Million US$ and number of employees
Corporation(home economy) Industry Foreign assets
Total
assets sales employees
1 Vodafone (UK) Telecommunications 187 792 207458 32744 67178
2 General Electric (US) Electrical and electronic equipment 180 031 495 210 125 913 310 000
3 BP (UK) Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 111 207 141 158 175 389 110 150
4 Vivendi Universal (FR) Diversified 91 120 123 156 51 423 381 504
5 Deutsche Telekom AG (GE) Telecommunications 90 657 145 802 43 309 257 058
6 Exxonmobil Corporation (US) Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 89 426 143 174 209 417 97 900
7 Ford Motor Company (US) Motor vehicles 81 169 276 543 162 412 354 431
8 General Motors (US) Motor vehicles 75 379 323 969 177 260 365 000
9 Royal Dutch/Shell Group (UK/NL) Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 73 492 111 543 135 211 89 939
10 Total Fina Elf (FR) Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 70 030 78 500 94 418 122 025
11 Suez (FR) Electricity, gas and water 69 345 79 280 37 975 188 050
12 Toyota Motor Corporation (JP) Motor vehicles 68 400 144 793 108 808 246 702
13 Fiat Spa (ITA) Motor vehicles 48 749 89 264 52 002 198 764
14 Telefonica SA (SP) Telecommunications 48 122 77 011 27 775 161 527
15 Volkswagen Group (GE) Motor vehicles 47 480 92 520 79 376 324 413
16 ChevronTexaco Corp. (US) Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 44 943 77 572 104 409 67 569
17 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (HK) Diversified 40 989 55 281 11 415 77 253
18 News Corporation (AUS) Media 35 650 40 007 15 087 33 800
19 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) Motor vehicles 35 257 52 056 55 955 120 600
20 E.On (GE) Electricity, gas and water 33 990 87 755 71 419 151 953
21 Nestlé SA (CH) Food and beverages 33 065 55 821 50 717 229 765
22 RWE Group (GE) Electricity, gas and water 32 809 81 024 58 039 155 634
23 IBM (US) Electrical and electronic equipment 32 800 88 313 85 866 319 876
24 ABB (CH) Machinery and equipment 30 586 32 305 19 382 156 865
25 Unilever (UK/NL) Diversified 30 529 46 922 46 803 279 000
26 ENI Group (ITA) Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 29 935 55 584 43 861 80 178
27 BMW AG (GE) Motor vehicles 29 901 45 415 34 482 97 275
28 Philips Electronics (NL) Electrical and electronic equipment 29 416 34 070 28 992 188 643
29 Carrefour SA (FR) Retail 29 342 41 172 62 294 358 501
30 Electricité de France (FR) Electricity, gas and water 28 141 120 124 36 502 162 491
31 Repsol YPF SA (SP) Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 27 028 45 575 39 135 35 452
32 Sony Corporation (JP) Electrical and electronic equipment 26 930 61 393 57 595 168 000
33 Aventis SA (FR) Pharmaceuticals 26 368 34 761 20 567 91 729
34 Wal-Mart Stores (US) Retail 26 324 83 451 217 799 1 383 000
35 DaimlerChrysler AG (GE/US) Motor vehicles 25 795 183 765 137 051 372 470
36 Lafarge SA (FR) Construction materials 24 906 26 493 12 280 82 892
37 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) Motor vehicles 24 382 54 113 47 091 125 099
38 AES Corporation (US) Electricity, gas and water 23 902 36 736 9 327 38 000
39 Roche Group (CH) Pharmaceuticals 22 794 25 289 17 463 63 717
40 BASF AG (GE) Chemicals 20 872 32 671 29 136 92 545
41 Deutsche Post AG (GE) Transport and storage 20 840 138 837 29 924 276 235
42 Bayer AG (GE) Pharmaceuticals/chemicals 20 297 32 817 27 142 116 900
43 GlaxoSmithkline Plc (UK) Pharmaceuticals 20 295 31 758 29 689 107 470
44 Royal Ahold NV (NL) Retail 19 967 28 562 59 701 270 739
45 Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (FR) Construction materials 19 961 28 478 27 245 173 329
46 BHP Billiton Group (AUS) Mining and quarrying 19 898 29 552 17 778 51 037
47 Diageo Plc (UK) Food and beverages 19 731 26 260 16 020 62 124
48 Conoco Inc. (US) Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 19 383 27 904 38 737 20 033
49 Philip Morris Companies Inc. (US) Diversified 19 339 84 968 89 924 175 000
50 National Grid Transco (UK) Electricity, gas and water 19 080 24 839 6 308 13 236