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List of largest Brazilian companies

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This article lists the largest companies of Brazil in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.

2023 Fortune list

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This list displays all 9 Brazilian 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 2022.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.

Rank Fortune 500
rank
Name Industry Revenue
(USD millions)
Profits
(USD millions)
Employees Headquarters
1 71 Petrobras Oil and Gas 124,474 36,623 45,149 Rio de Janeiro
2 177 JBS S.A. Food production 72,626 2,995 260,000 São Paulo
3 207 Banco Itaú Unibanco Banking 63,884 5,755 101,094 São Paulo
4 251 Banco do Brasil Banking 55,870 5,353 85,953 Brasília
5 273 Banco Bradesco Banking 51,587 4,066 81,222 Osasco
6 301 Raízen Energy 47,721 474 44,738 São Paulo
7 332 Vale Mining 44,287 18,788 64,516 Rio de Janeiro
8 406 Caixa Econômica Federal Finance 37,066 1,894 86,959 Brasília
9 429 Vibra Energia Oil and Gas 35,155 298 7,777 Rio de Janeiro

2024 Forbes list

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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 year 2023. All 26 companies from Brazil in the Forbes 2000 are listed.[2]

Rank Forbes
2000 rank
Name Headquarters Revenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Value
(billions
US$)
Industry
1 54 Petrobras Rio de Janeiro 99.4 22.3 213.2 92.6 Oil and Gas
2 86 Banco Itaú Unibanco São Paulo 67.8 6.6 525.2 63.7 Banking
3 160 Banco do Brasil Brasília 42.0 3.8 368.4 34.5 Banking
4 181 Vale Rio de Janeiro 41.8 7.8 91.5 55.4 Mining
5 223 Banco Bradesco Osasco 61.2 2.6 390.8 27.9 Banking
6 302 BTG Pactual São Paulo 17.0 2.1 113.4 78.8 Financial services
7 652 Nubank São Paulo 8.1 1.3 43.8 55.6 Financial services
8 831 JBS S.A. São Paulo 74.2 0.4 40.8 12.7 Food production
9 850 Eletrobras Rio de Janeiro 7.4 0.9 52.8 18.6 Utilities
10 911 Suzano Papel e Celulose Salvador 7.7 1.8 28.6 12.9 Pulp and paper
11 951 Raízen São Paulo 44.4 0.8 25.8 6.0 Energy
12 956 Itaúsa São Paulo 1.5 2.7 21.7 20.7 Conglomerate
13 1106 WEG Industries Jaraguá do Sul 6.7 1.2 6.4 32.5 Electrical equipment
14 1133 Vibra Energia Rio de Janeiro 33.1 1.1 8.8 5.0 Oil and Gas
15 1145 XP Inc. São Paulo 3.0 0.8 51.3 11.9 Financial services
16 1224 Gerdau Cosiga São Paulo 13.4 1.3 15.4 8.0 Steel
17 1295 Marfrig São Paulo 27.2 -0.2 26.2 2.1 Food production
18 1350 Rede D'Oro Luiz São Paulo 9.7 0.5 18.2 13.7 Healthcare
19 1477 Ultrapar São Paulo 25.5 0.5 7.4 5.3 Conglomerate
20 1520 CPFL Energia Campinas 8.1 1.1 15.1 7.7 Utilities
21 1652 CEMIG Belo Horizonte 7.4 1.2 11.3 5.8 Utilities
22 1658 B3 São Paulo 1.8 0.8 9.8 12.2 Finance
23 1727 Braskem São Paulo 14.0 -1.2 18.7 3.0 Oil and Gas
24 1827 Cosan Rio de Janeiro 7.9 0.2 28.8 5.2 Energy
25 1832 Metalurgica Gerdau Porto Alegre 13.4 0.4 15.4 2.3 Steel
26 1915 Sabesp São Paulo 5.4 0.7 13.3 10.5 Waste management
27 1984 Equatorial Energia São Luís 8.2 0.4 20.1 7.0 Utilities

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.