Breaking Down the Global Giants

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95652571The IndustryWeek 1000 annual list of the world’s largest manufacturers always presents a voluminous display of data and growth trends. Among the biggest “news” from the list this time around is China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. ascending to No. 1 in revenues with $471,672 (in U.S. millions).

Royal Dutch Shell comes next at $459,599, followed by top U.S. entrant Exxon Mobil Corp. at $424,328. Other leading U.S. companies are Chevron Corp. (No. 11), Phillips 66 (No. 14), Apple Inc. (No. 15), General Motors (No. 19) and Ford Motor Co. (No. 20).

Below is a breakdown by the top six countries — total number on the list of 1,000, combined revenues of those companies and average annual growth:

  • United States: 333 companies, $7.6 trillion revenues, 3.1% average revenue growth
  • Japan: 172, $2.6 trillion and 8.6%
  • China: 61, $1.5 trillion and 7.0%
  • Germany: 35, $1.3 trillion and 1.5%
  • United Kingdom: 30, $1.2 trillion and 4.9%
  • France: 41, $1 trillion and 3.5%

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