Forbes Global 2000
The Global 2000 ranks the largest companies in the world using four metrics: sales, profits, assets, and market value. As a group, the companies on the 2023 list account for $50.8 trillion in sales, $4.4 trillion in profit, $231 trillion in assets and $74 trillion in market value. Cumulative profits, assets and market value are all down slightly from last year, though this is the first time total revenue has surpassed $50 trillion.