Rank Forbes 2000 rank Name Headquarters Revenue (billions US$) Profit (billions US$) Assets (billions US$) Value (billions US$) Industry 1 44 HSBC London 67.2 3.8 2,197.8 105.3 Banking 2 91 British American Tobacco London 33.0 7.3 186.8 88.8 Consumer goods 3 97 GlaxoSmithKline London 44.7 6.8 104.6 104.4 Pharmaceuticals 4 114 Rio Tinto Group London 43.2 8.0 87.8 175.5 Mining 5 115 Lloyds Banking Group London 64.3 3.1 1,104.7 28.6 Banking 6 178 Linde plc Guildford 28.2 2.3 86.6 96.6 Chemicals 7 181 Barclays London 28.8 2.6 1,790.9 23.1 Banking 8 192 Legal & General Group London 85.2 2.3 735.0 15.3 Insurance 9 207 Royal Bank of Scotland Edinburgh 23.5 4.5 957.8 16.8 Banking 10 213 Aviva London 89.5 3.2 593.1 12.0 Insurance 11 220 Prudential plc London 94.5 0.8 440.4 36.9 Insurance 12 232 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles London 121.1 3.2 110.1 13.8 Automotive 13 237 AstraZeneca Cambridge 26.2 1.5 57.2 137.7 Pharmaceuticals 14 253 Standard Chartered London 24.7 1.9 720.4 16.2 Finance 15 254 Tesco Welwyn Garden City 82.7 1.2 66.8 29.0 Retail 16 262 National Grid plc London 19.0 1.9 81.7 41.3 Utilities 17 273 Diageo London 16.8 3.9 42.0 81.0 Beverages 18 274 Anglo American plc London 29.9 3.5 56.2 22.0 Mining 19 314 BT Group London 29.6 2.8 63.3 14.5 Telecommunication 20 336 LyondellBasell Industries London 34.7 3.4 30.4 19.3 Chemicals 21 357 BP London 271.6 −3.3 273.9 79.4 Oil and Gas 22 389 BAE Systems plc London, Farnborough 23.4 1.9 34.5 20.6 Aerospace and defense 23 425 Imperial Brands Bristol 20.5 1.3 41.6 20.0 Consumer goods 24 465 Vodafone Newbury 49.4 −2.5 174.4 37.9 Telecommunication 25 505 Compass Group Chertsey 31.7 1.4 16.4 26.8 Services 26 518 M&G London 41.7 1.4 283.9 4.3 Insurance 27 528 CNH Industrial London 28.1 1.4 47.4 8.4 Industrials 28 559 RELX London 10.0 1.9 18.3 43.6 Services 29 574 Willis Towers Watson London 9.2 1.1 37.7 23.0 Insurance 30 591 Associated British Foods London 20.3 0.9 20.5 18.9 Retail 31 610 Coca-Cola European Partners London 13.4 1.2 21.0 18.1 Beverages 32 624 International Airlines Group London 28.6 1.9 40.0 5.6 Airline 33 636 SSE plc Perth 9.0 1.6 25.8 16.3 Energy 34 650 Reckitt Benckiser Slough 16.4 −4.7 42.6 59.4 Consumer goods 35 665 WPP plc London 16.9 0.7 41.5 9.5 Advertising 36 670 London Stock Exchange London 3.0 0.5 1,064.6 33.0 Finance 37 712 Ferguson plc Wokingham 22.1 1.0 12.6 16.1 Construction materials 38 826 Phoenix Group London 37.1 0.08 311.6 5.5 Insurance 39 880 Liberty Global London 11.5 −0.8 49.0 12.3 Telecommunication 40 889 St. James's Place plc Cirencester 21.1 0.2 155.3 5.7 Insurance 41 920 Rolls-Royce Holdings London 21.2 −1.7 42.7 8.0 Aerospace and defense 42 985 IHS Markit London 4.4 0.9 16.4 26.8 Services 43 992 Amcor Warmley 11.1 0.4 16.8 14.4 Packaging materials 44 1058 Sainsbury's London 37.0 0.2 35.7 5.5 Retail 45 1065 Ashtead Group London 6.4 1.0 13.4 12.3 Services 46 1104 Mylan Hatfield 11.5 0.02 31.3 8.7 Pharmaceuticals 47 1107 Investec London 5.8 0.6 73.6 2.0 Finance 48 1188 Schroders London 3.3 0.6 28.2 9.2 Finance 49 1189 Mondi Surrey 8.1 0.9 9.6 8.6 Paper products 50 1191 Quilter plc London 10.0 0.05 84.4 2.8 Finance