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List of largest companies in Europe by revenue

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This list comprises the largest companies currently in Europe by revenue as of 2023, according to the Fortune 500 tally of companies and Forbes.

In 2022, largest company in Europe was Shell with revenue of US$386 billion.[1] Energi Danmark Group had largest revenue growth on Fortune 500 list.[2]

Shell Centre headquarters in London. Shell is Europe's largest and the world's ninth-largest company by revenue

2023 Fortune Global 500 List

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Breakdown by country

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These are the top 10 countries with the highest revenues from the top 500 companies as of August 2023.[3][4]

Breakdown by country
Rank Country Companies
1  Germany 28
2  France 24
3  United Kingdom 10
4   Switzerland 9
4  Spain 9
6  Netherlands 4
6  Italy 4
8  Russia 3
9  Austria 1
9  Belgium 1
9  Ireland 1
9  Luxembourg 1
9  Norway 1
9  Poland 1
9  Sweden 1

Below are the 100 largest companies by revenue in 2023 (mostly for fiscal year 2022), according to the Fortune 500 list.[3] Note that this list mostly includes public companies. Many private companies like Lidl (Schwarz Gruppe) or Aldi, to give just two examples, are hence missing.

Rank Company Industry Revenue
(US$ billions)
Headquarters
1 Shell Oil and gas 386.201  United Kingdom
2 Volkswagen Automotive 293.685  Germany
3 Uniper Electric utility 288.309  Germany
4 TotalEnergies Oil and gas 263.310  France
5 Glencore Conglomerate 255.984   Switzerland
6 BP Oil and gas 248.891  United Kingdom
7 Stellantis Automotive 188.888  Netherlands
8 Gazprom Oil and gas 167.832  Russia
9 Mercedes-Benz Group Automotive 157.782  Germany
10 Électricité de France Electric utility 150.902  France
11 Equinor Petroleum industry 150.806  Norway
12 BMW Automotive 149.991  Germany
13 Enel Electric utility 147.790  Italy
14 Eni Oil and gas 140.607  Italy
15 Allianz Financial services 129.059  Germany
16 E.ON Electric utility 121.646  Germany
17 Deutsche Telekom Telecommunications 120.108  Germany
18 Engie Electric utility 109.175  France
19 Axa Insurance 109.067  France
20 DHL Courier 99.324  Germany
21 Banco Santander Financial services 99.231  Spain
22 Nestlé Consumer goods 98.931   Switzerland
23 Bosch Conglomerate 92.777  Germany
24 BASF Chemicals 91.847  Germany
25 Ahold Delhaize Retail 91.486  Netherlands
26 Carrefour Retail 90.062  France
27 BNP Paribas Financial services 88.564  France
28 HSBC Financial services 87.897  United Kingdom
29 Crédit Agricole Financial services 86.471  France
30 Assicurazioni Generali Financial services 85.750  Italy
31 Dior Luxury goods 83.283  France
32 Maersk Conglomerate 81.529  Denmark
33 ArcelorMittal Steel 79.844  Luxembourg
34 Tesco Retail 79.687  United Kingdom
35 Siemens Conglomerate 77.860  Germany
36 Munich Re Financial services 75.747  Germany
37 Repsol Oil and gas 72.536  Spain
38 Roche Pharmaceuticals 69.596   Switzerland
39 Vinci Construction 65.750  France
40 OMV Oil and gas 65.523  Austria
41 SocGen Financial services 63.417  France
42 Unilever Consumer goods 63.182  United Kingdom
43 Orlen Oil and gas 62.326  Poland
44 Airbus Aeronautics and defence 61.805  Netherlands
45 Accenture Consulting 61.594  Ireland
46 Louis Dreyfus Company Agricultural Commodities 59.931  Netherlands
47 Deutsche Bahn Transport 59.210  Germany
48 EnBW Electric utility 58.901  Germany
49 AB InBev Beverages 57.786  Belgium
50 Iberdrola Electric utility 56.741  Spain
51 Talanx Financial services 56.029  Germany
52 Sberbank Financial services 55.877  Russia
53 Saint-Gobain Building materials 53.847  France
54 Daimler Truck Automotive 53.582  Germany
55 Bayer Pharmaceuticals 53.365  Germany
56 Novartis Pharmaceuticals 51.828   Switzerland
57 LyondellBasell Chemicals 50.451  Netherlands
58 Renault Automotive 49.924  France
59 Edeka Retail 49.481  Germany
60 Energi Danmark Group Energy production 48.717  Denmark
61 ING Financial services 48.062  Netherlands
62 Sanofi Pharmaceuticals 47.738  France
63 Groupe BPCE Financial services 47.723  France
64 Vodafone Telecommunications 47.550  United Kingdom
65 Volvo Heavy equipment 46.828  Sweden
66 Bouygues Conglomerate 46.696  France
67 INGKA Retail 46.135  Netherlands
68 ZF Friedrichshafen Auto and truck parts 46.068  Germany
69 Swiss Re Financial services 45.998   Switzerland
70 Exor Investment 45.977  Netherlands
71 BBVA Financial services 45.776  Spain
72 Orange Telecommunications 45.721  France
73 Veolia Environmental services 45.105  France
74 Barclays Financial services 45.023  United Kingdom
75 ThyssenKrupp Conglomerate 44.502  Germany
76 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals 44.351  United Kingdom
77 SNCF Transport 43.594  France
78 Chubb Insurance 43.166   Switzerland
79 GSK Pharmaceuticals 43.035  United Kingdom
80 Fresenius Medical equipment 42.954  Germany
81 UBS Financial services 42.950   Switzerland
82 Deutsche Bank Financial services 42.285  Germany
83 Telefónica Telecommunications 42.063  Spain
84 Zurich Insurance Group Financial services 41.750   Switzerland
85 Continental Auto and truck parts 41.449  Germany
86 Kuehne + Nagel Logistics 41.278  Germany
87 RWE Electricity generation 40.352  Germany
88 L'Oréal Cosmetics 40.241  France
89 Intesa Sanpaolo Financial services 38.836  Italy
90 Phoenix Pharmahandel Pharmaceuticals 38.045  Germany
91 Sainsbury's Retail 37.910  United Kingdom
92 X5 Group Retail 37.494  Russia
93 GasTerra Oil and gas 37.338  Netherlands
94 La Poste Courier 37.224  France
95 Hapag-Lloyd Container shipping 37.224  Germany
96 Schneider Electric Electrical equipment 35.945  France
97 Finatis Pharmaceutical and Food industry 35.851  France
98 ELO Group Pharmaceutical and Food industry 35.799  France
99 Naturgy Oil and gas 35.723  Spain
100 ACS Group Engineering 35.355  Spain

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Annual Report and Accounts 2022". shell.com.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2022", www.energidanmark.com
  3. ^ a b "Fortune 500". Fortune.com.
  4. ^ "Mapping the Global 500". Retrieved 25 August 2024.