The 25 Most Profitable Companies in the World

Turning a profit is an admirable thing for any company, but some companies do it significantly better than others. According to Fortune’s Global 500 list, the world’s 500 largest companies earned a total of $33.3 trillion in revenues and $2.1 trillion in profits in 2019.

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For this piece, GOBankingRates looked at the Fortune 500 companies for 2020 and found the 25 companies with the most total profits, as well as revenues, assets, employees and years on the Global 500 list. Read on to see who’s making bank.

• Revenues: $82,059,000,000
• Profits: $15,119,000,000
• Assets: $157,728,000,000
• Employees: 132,200
• Years on Global 500 List: 20
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 104

• Revenues: $282,760,000,000
• Profits: $15,542,000,000
• Assets: $547,810,000,000
• Employees: 671,205
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 7

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• Revenues: $352,106,000,000
• Profits: $15,842,000,000
• Assets: $404,336,000,000
• Employees: 83,000
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 5

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• Revenues: $51,750,000,000
• Profits: $16,273,000,000
• Assets: $167,489,000,000
• Employees: 88,300
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 215

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• Revenues: $197,705,000,000
• Profits: $18,453,300,000
• Assets: $304,907,500,000
• Employees: 287,439
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 19

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• Revenues: $70,697,000,000
• Profits: $18,485,000,000
• Assets: $133,376,000,000
• Employees: 44,942
• Years on Global 500 List: 4
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 144

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• Revenues: $118,009,000,000
• Profits: $18,593,000,000
• Assets: $352,397,700,000
• Employees: 473,800
• Years on Global 500 List: 24
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 55

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• Revenues: $275,288,000,000
• Profits: $19,096,200,000
• Assets: $487,465,900,000
• Employees: 359,542
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 10

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• Revenues: $131,868,000,000
• Profits: $19,265,000,000
• Assets: $291,727,000,000
• Employees: 135,000
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 44

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• Revenues: $103,449,000,000
• Profits: $19,401,000,000
• Assets: $1,951,158,000,000
• Employees: 200,000
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 70

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• Revenues: $103,915,000,000
• Profits: $19,549,000,000
• Assets: $1,927,555,000,000
• Employees: 259,800
• Years on Global 500 List: 23
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 69

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• Revenues: $71,965,000,000
• Profits: $21,048,000,000
• Assets: $136,524,000,000
• Employees: 110,800
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 138

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• Revenues: $73,166,000,000
• Profits: $21,450,000,000
• Assets: $185,026,500,000
• Employees: 117,600
• Years on Global 500 List: 4
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 132

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• Revenues: $184,280,000,000
• Profits: $21,626,700,000
• Assets: $1,180,488,500,000
• Employees: 372,194
• Years on Global 500 List: 11
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 21

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• Revenues: $135,091,000,000
• Profits: $27,126,900,000
• Assets: $3,268,837,900,000
• Employees: 309,384
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 43

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• Revenues: $113,589,000,000
• Profits: $27,430,000,000
• Assets: $2,434,079,000,000
• Employees: 208,131
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 58

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• Revenues: $147,313,000,000
• Profits: $30,701,200,000
• Assets: $3,571,541,700,000
• Employees: 467,631
• Years on Global 500 List: 21
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 35

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• Revenues: $161,857,000,000
• Profits: $34,343,000,000
• Assets: $275,909,000,000
• Employees: 118,899
• Years on Global 500 List: 12
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 29

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• Revenues: $142,422,000,000
• Profits: $36,431,000,000
• Assets: $2,687,379,000,000
• Employees: 256,981
• Years on Global 500 List: 26
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 38

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• Revenues: $158,884,000,000
• Profits: $38,609,700,000
• Assets: $3,651,644,600,000
• Employees: 370,1691
• Years on Global 500 List: 21
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 30

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• Revenues: $125,843,000,000
• Profits: $39,240,000,000
• Assets: $286,556,000,000
• Employees: 144,000
• Years on Global 500 List: 23
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 47

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• Revenues: $177,069,000,000
• Profits: $45,194,500,000
• Assets: $4,322,528,400,000
• Employees: 445,106
• Years on Global 500 List: 22
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 24

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• Revenues: $260,174,000,000
• Profits: $55,256,000,000
• Assets: $338,516,000,000
• Employees: 137,000
• Years on Global 500 List: 18
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 12

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• Revenues: $254,616,000,000
• Profits: $81,417,000,000
• Assets: $817,729,000,000
• Employees: 391,500
• Years on Global 500 List: 24
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 14

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• Revenues: $329,784,000,000
• Profits: $88,210,900,000
• Assets: $398,348,600,000
• Employees: 79,000
• Years on Global 500 List: 2
• Fortune 500 2020 rank: 6

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Methodology: For this piece, GOBankingRates looked at the Fortune 500 companies for 2020 and found the 25 companies with the most (1) total profits. For the 25 most profitable companies GOBankingRates also found: (2) total revenues; (3) total assets; (4) total employees; (5) years on the global 500 list; and (6) the companies current rank on the 2020 list. All data was collected and is up to date as of March 2, 2021.