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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 2023, largest company in Europe was the Volkswagen Group with revenue of US$348 billion.[1]

Volkswagen Group headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is Europe's largest and the world's twelfth-largest company by revenue

2024 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.[2][3]

Breakdown by country
Rank Country Companies
1  Germany 26
2  France 22
3  United Kingdom 11
4   Switzerland 8
4  Netherlands 8
5  Spain 7
6  Italy 5
7  Russia 4
8  Austria 1
8  Belgium 1
8  Denmark 1
8  Ireland 1
8  Luxembourg 1
8  Norway 1
8  Poland 1
8  Turkey 1
8  Sweden 1

Below are the 100 largest companies by revenue in 2024 (mostly for fiscal year 2023), according to the Fortune 500 list.[2] 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 Volkswagen Automotive 348.408  Germany
2 Shell Oil and gas 323.183  United Kingdom
3 TotalEnergies Oil and gas 218.945  France
4 Glencore Conglomerate 217.829   Switzerland
5 BP Oil and gas 213.032  United Kingdom
6 Stellantis Automotive 204.908  Netherlands
7 BMW Automotive 168.902  Germany
8 Mercedes-Benz Group Automotive 165.637  Germany
9 Électricité de France Electric utility 151.040  France
10 Banco Santander Financial services 137.244  Spain
11 BNP Paribas Financial services 136.076  France
12 HSBC Financial services 134.901  United Kingdom
13 Deutsche Telekom Telecommunications 121.046  Germany
14 Uniper Electric utility 116.662  Germany
15 Allianz Financial services 113.517  Germany
16 Rosneft Oil and gas 107.543  Russia
17 Equinor Petroleum industry 107.174  Norway
18 Nestlé Consumer goods 103.505   Switzerland
19 Enel Electric utility 103.311  Italy
20 Eni Oil and gas 102.501  Italy
21 E.ON Electric utility 101.280  Germany
22 Gazprom Oil and gas 100.252  Russia
23 SocGen Financial services 99.163  France
24 Bosch Conglomerate 90.020  Germany
25 Ahold Delhaize Retail 95.834  Netherlands
26 Crédit Agricole Financial services 93.358  France
27 Dior Luxury goods 93.136  France
28 Carrefour Retail 90.062  France
29 Rewe Group Retail 90.794  Germany
30 Axa Insurance 90.405  France
31 Engie Electric utility 89.257  France
32 Orlen Oil and gas 88.717  Poland
33 DHL Courier 86.385  Germany
34 Tesco Retail 86.231  United Kingdom
35 Siemens Conglomerate 82.931  Germany
36 Vinci Construction 75.750  France
37 Lukoil Oil and gas 75.012  Russia
38 BASF Chemicals 74.487  Germany
39 Groupe BPCE Financial services 73.774  France
40 UBS Group Financial services 71.245   Switzerland
41 Airbus Aeronautics and defence 70.751  Netherlands
42 ArcelorMittal Steel 68.275  Luxembourg
43 Koç Holding Conglomerate 67.482  Turkey
44 Roche Pharmaceuticals 67.269   Switzerland
45 BBVA Financial services 66.978  Spain
46 Lloyds Banking Group Financial services 66.697  United Kingdom
47 Deutsche Bank Financial services 65.978  Germany
48 Accenture Consulting 64.896  Ireland
49 Unilever Consumer goods 64.435  United Kingdom
50 Barclays Financial services 63.800  United Kingdom
51 Munich Re Financial services 63.353  Germany
52 Sberbank Financial services 63.329  Russia
53 Zurich Insurance Group Financial services 60.645   Switzerland
54 Bouygues Conglomerate 60.599  France
55 Daimler Truck Automotive 60.420  Germany
56 ING Financial services 60.401  Netherlands
57 AB InBev Beverages 59.380  Belgium
58 Assicurazioni Generali Financial services 57.022  Italy
59 Repsol Energy production 56.980  Spain
60 Renault Automotive 56.621  France
61 Edeka Retail 54.454  Germany
62 Novartis Pharmaceuticals 54.088   Switzerland
63 Rio Tinto Mining 54.041  United Kingdom
64 Iberdrola Electric utility 53.334  Spain
65 Deutsche Bahn Transport 53.197  Germany
66 Volvo Heavy equipment 52.101  Sweden
67 Intesa Sanpaolo Financial services 52.004  Italy
68 Saint-Gobain Building materials 51.830  France
69 Bayer Pharmaceuticals 51.498  Germany
70 Maersk Conglomerate 51.065  Denmark
71 Phoenix Pharmahandel Pharmaceuticals 50.934  Germany
72 Louis Dreyfus Company Agricultural Commodities 50.624  Netherlands
73 ZF Friedrichshafen Auto and truck parts 50.406  Germany
74 Sanofi Pharmaceuticals 50.208  France
75 Swiss Re Financial services 49.800   Switzerland
76 Chubb Insurance 49.735   Switzerland
77 Veolia Environmental services 49.027  France
78 Vodafone Telecommunications 48.871  United Kingdom
79 Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Financial services 48.566  Germany
80 Exor Investment 48.368  Netherlands
81 Unédic Financial services 48.128  France
82 UniCredit Financial services 48.044  Italy
83 EnBW Telecommunications 48.032  Germany
84 Orange S.A. Financial services 47.698  France
85 INGKA Holding Auto and truck parts 46.938  Netherlands
86 Talanx Financial services 46.155  Germany
87 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals 45.811  United Kingdom
88 Crédit Agricole Financial services 45.489  France
89 SNCF Transport 45.145  France
90 Continental Auto and truck parts 44.778  Germany
91 L'Oréal Cosmetics 44.520  France
92 Telefónica Telecommunications 43.947  Spain
93 OMV Oil and gas 42.661  Austria
94 LyondellBasell Chemicals 41.107  Netherlands
95 Sainsbury's Retail 41.108  United Kingdom
96 Lufthansa Transportation 40.455  Germany
97 ThyssenKrupp Conglomerate 40.027  Germany
98 Inditex Retail 35.799  Spain
99 Schneider Electric Electrical equipment 38.812  France
100 ACS Group Engineering 38.634  Spain

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.volkswagen-group.com/de/geschaeftsbericht-und-ergebnisse-geschaeftsjahr-2023-18144
  2. ^ a b "Fortune 500". Fortune.com.
  3. ^ "Mapping the Global 500". Retrieved 25 August 2024.