Sector Company Headquarters Overall rank Sales (billion $) Profits (billion $) Assets (billion $) Market value (billion $) Advertising WPP London 0301#301 18.7 1.8 42.4 30.1 Aerospace & Defense Boeing Chicago 0076#76 96.1 5.2 94.4 85.3 Air Courier United Parcel Service Sandy Springs 0146#146 58.1 4.8 38.3 93.3 Airline Delta Air Lines Atlanta 0170#170 40.5 4.7 53.3 34.4 Aluminum Alcoa New York 0757#757 21.7 -0.3 36.1 13.7 Apparel/Accessories Christian Dior Paris 0216#216 41.6 1.7 68.1 31.4 Apparel/Footwear Retail Inditex A Coruña 0310#310 23.1 3.2 18.8 103.2 Auto & Truck Manufacturers Toyota Motor Toyota 0010#10 235.8 19.3 406.7 177.0 Auto & Truck Parts Continental Hanover 0209#209 43.5 3.0 36.7 43.7 Beverages Anheuser-Busch InBev Leuven 0056#56 43.6 8.3 136.5 204.6 Biotechs Gilead Sciences Foster City 0118#118 32.2 18.1 51.8 138.1 Broadcasting & Cable Comcast Philadelphia 0035#35 74.5 8.2 166.6 148.2 Business & Personal Services Alibaba Hangzhou 0174#174 15.0 11.0 56.2 200.7 Business Products & Supplies Canon Tokyo 0254#254 31.4 1.8 36.8 40.4 Casinos & Gaming Las Vegas Sands Paradise 0432#301 11.4 1.8 21.0 37.2 Communications Equipment Cisco Systems San Jose 0063#63 49.6 10.3 112.6 141.7 Computer & Electronics Retail Best Buy Richfield 0637#637 39.5 0.9 13.5 10.7 Computer Hardware Apple Cupertino 0008#8 233.3 53.7 293.3 586.0 Computer Services Alphabet Mountain View 0027#27 77.2 17.0 149.7 500.1 Computer Storage Devices EMC Hopkinton 0231#231 24.6 2.0 45.7 51.9 Conglomerates Siemens Munich 0051#51 85.5 6.5 133.9 91.8 Construction Materials Saint-Gobain Courbevoie 0256#256 43.9 1.4 48.7 25.6 Construction Services China State Construction Engineering Beijing 0114#114 135.0 4.1 165.6 25.6 Consumer Electronics Sony Tokyo 0192#192 67.9 1.1 142.2 34.1 Consumer Financial Services American Express New York 0095#95 34.6 5.0 159.0 63.2 Containers & Packaging Amcor Hawthorn 0966#966 9.3 0.7 8.2 13.6 Department Stores Macy's Cincinnati 0515#515 27.1 1.1 20.6 12.8 Discount Stores Wal-Mart Stores Bentonville 0015#15 482.1 14.7 199.6 215.7 Diversified Chemicals BASF Ludwigshafen 0094#94 78.1 4.4 80.1 73.2 Diversified Insurance Ping An Insurance Group Shenzhen 0020#20 98.7 8.7 732.3 90.0 Diversified Metals & Mining China Shenhua Energy Beijing 0167#167 27.3 2.6 85.3 43.1 Diversified Utilities Veolia Environnement Paris 0526#526 27.7 0.5 39.0 13.3 Drug Retail CVS Health Woonsocket 0062#62 153.3 5.2 93.7 110.8 Electric Utilities Korea Electric Power Seoul 0097#97 52.1 11.7 149.5 33.1 Electrical Equipment Schneider Electric Rueil-Malmaison 0248#117 29.5 1.6 46.3 39.3 Electronics Hon Hai Precision New Taipei City 0117#117 141.2 4.6 70.3 39.2 Environmental & Waste Waste Management Houston 0549#549 13.0 0.8 20.9 25.1 Food Processing Nestlé Vevey 0033#33 92.2 9.4 123.9 235.7 Food Retail Kroger Cincinnati 0223#223 109.8 2.0 34.9 34.2 Forest Products Empresas CMPC Santiago 1943#1943 4.8 0.3 14.8 5.4 Furniture & Fixtures Steinhoff International Stellenbosch 0440#440 13.3 1.4 25.1 22.8 Healthcare Services Express Scripts St. Louis 0145#145 101.8 2.5 54.0 46.5 Heavy Equipment Caterpillar Peoria 0155#155 47.0 2.1 78.5 45.6 Home Improvement Retail Home Depot Atlanta 0112#112 88.5 7.0 42.5 169.8 Hotels/Motels Carnival Miami 0311#311 15.8 1.9 38.4 37.8 Household Appliances Midea Group Foshan 0402#402 22.0 2.0 19.8 20.2 Household/Personal Care Procter & Gamble Cincinnati 0039#39 69.4 8.4 129.1 218.9 Insurance Brokers Aon London 0420#420 11.7 1.4 27.2 27.9 Internet & Catalog Retail Amazon.com Seattle 0237#237 107.0 0.6 67.7 292.6 Investment Services Berkshire Hathaway Omaha 0004#4 210.8 24.1 561.1 360.1 Iron & Steel Citic Pacific Hong Kong 0061#61 53.8 5.4 877.8 45.4 Life & Health Insurance Japan Post Holdings Tokyo 0029#29 129.8 4.4 2,450.7 62.6 Major Banks ICBC Beijing 0001#1 171.1 44.2 3,420.3 198.0 Managed Health Care UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka 0041#41 165.9 6.0 117.9 127.5 Medical Equipment & Supplies Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick 0032#32 70.2 15.4 133.4 312.6 Natural Gas Utilities Gas Natural Fenosa Barcelona 0287#287 28.8 1.7 52.3 20.6 Oil & Gas Operations ExxonMobil Irving 0009#9 236.8 16.2 336.8 363.3 Oil Services & Equipment Schlumberger Houston 0176#176 31.7 1.6 69.1 111.1 Other Industrial Equipment Eaton Dublin 0315#315 20.9 2.0 31.0 28.9 Other Transportation Møller-Maersk Copenhagen 0306#306 40.3 0.7 64.1 30.7 Paper & Paper Products International Paper Memphis 0426#426 22.4 0.9 30.6 17.8 Pharmaceuticals Pfizer New York 0046#46 48.9 7.7 167.5 205.7 Precision Healthcare Equipment Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham 0267#267 17.0 2.0 40.9 57.8 Printing & Publishing Thomson Reuters New York 0405#405 12.2 1.3 29.1 30.9 Property & Casualty Insurance Travelers New York 0165#165 26.9 3.4 102.0 32.4 Railroads Union Pacific Omaha 0172#172 21.0 4.6 55.8 75.4 Real Estate China Vanke Shenzhen 0185#185 31.1 2.9 94.1 27.7 Recreational Products Activision Blizzard Santa Monica 0842#842 4.6 0.9 15.3 25.5 Regional Banks China Construction Bank Beijing 0002#2 146.8 36.4 2,826.0 162.8 Rental & Leasing Mitsubishi UFJ Lease Tokyo 1075#1075 6.7 0.5 42.3 4.2 Restaurants McDonald's Oak Brook 0189#189 25.4 4.8 37.9 110.1 Security Systems Secom Tokyo 0854#854 7.1 0.6 13.2 18.1 Semiconductors Samsung Electronics Seoul 0018#18 177.3 16.5 206.5 161.6 Software & Programming Microsoft Redmond 0023#23 86.6 10.2 181.9 407.0 Specialized Chemicals Air Liquide Paris 0313#313 18.2 1.9 31.4 40.5 Specialty Stores Richemont Bellevue 0416#416 12.4 1.7 21.2 37.6 Telecommunications services AT&T Dallas 0012#12 146.8 13.2 402.7 234.2 Thrifts & Mortgage Financing Aareal Bank Wiesbaden 1381#1381 1.4 0.4 57.2 2.1 Tobacco British American Tobacco London 0177#177 20.0 6.6 46.5 111.0 Trading Companies Mitsubishi Corp Tokyo 0136#136 59.8 2.7 135.7 27.7 Trucking Yamato Holdings Tokyo 1306#1306 11.7 0.3 9.3 8.6