Fortune India 500

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Fortune India 500
Top 10 companies on the list (2023) [1]
RankCompanyTotal revenue
(in billion ₹)
1Steady2.svg Reliance Industries 9202.74
2Increase2.svg Indian Oil Corporation 8720.93
3Decrease2.svg LIC 7924.27
4Steady2.svg ONGC 6389.65
5Increase2.svg Bharat Petroleum Corporation 4778.55
6Decrease2.svg State Bank of India 4733.78
7Steady2.svg Tata Motors 3573.17
8Steady2.svg Tata Steel 2483.74
9Increase2.svg Tata Consultancy Services 2289.07
10Decrease2.svg Hindalco Industries 2212.68
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The Fortune India 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations in India compiled on the basis of latest sales and gross revenue figures. The list is published annually by Fortune magazine. [2] Fortune India is Fortune's sixth international edition following local editions for China, Turkey, Korea, Indonesia as well as a special edition for Greece. [3] [4]

Contents

Fortune India is published monthly in English, through a licence agreement between Time Inc., the publisher of Fortune (US) and Kolkata-based ABP Group, one of India's largest media companies. [5] [6] The first issue of Fortune India was published in September 2010 with Dibyendra Nath Mukerjea as the editor and Pavan Varshnei as the president. [7] [8] In October 2011, the publication celebrated its first anniversary with a double issue. [9]

The Fortune India 500 list ranks publicly traded companies by their annual audited total income for the financial year ending on or before 30 June. The list has been published in its current form since 2010, and also includes financial corporations and service providers, leading by revenue. [10]

History

2023's Fortune India 500 list

Reliance Industries has held the top spot for five consecutive years, while Indian Oil Corporation has moved up to second place and LIC has dropped to third place. [11]

2021 list

Reliance Industries retained at the top spot for three successive years, whilst State Bank of India climbed up to second place and Indian Oil Corporation fell to third place. [12]

2020 list

Reliance Industries continued on top place in the 2020 Fortune India 500 rankings, while Indian Oil Corporation and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation were second and third respectively. [13] Reliance Industries was ranked 96th in the GlobalFortune 500 list, and the top 7 positioned companies in the Indian list made it to the global Fortune 500 list. [14]

2019 list

Reliance Industries exchanged positions with Indian Oil Corporation for the top place in the 2019 Fortune India 500 rankings, while Oil & Natural Gas Corporation continued on the third position. [15]

2018 list

Indian Oil Corporation continued on top place in the 2018 Fortune India 500 rankings, while Reliance Industries and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation was second and third respectively. [16]

2017 list

Indian Oil Corporation topped the 2017 Fortune India 500 rankings, and Reliance Industries was listed second. The next three places were taken by State Bank of India, Tata Motors, and Rajesh Exports, respectively. [17]

2011 list

Indian Oil Corporation, Reliance Industries and Bharat Petroleum Corporation dominate the list in the second year. [18]

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (#1 media, #256 overall), Sun TV Network (#2, #347), HT Media (#3, #383), Network 18 (#4, #413) and Dish TV (#5, #437) are in the list of media companies in the Fortune India 500 roster of India's largest corporations. [19]

Tata Consultancy Services (#1 IT, #20 overall), Wipro (#2, #25), Infosys (#3, #27), HCL Technologies Limited (#4, #49), Satyam Computer Services (#5, #153) and Tech Mahindra (#6, #161) are the top IT companies in the list. [20]

2011 breakdown by city

This is a ranking of the top ten cities, with the most global 500 companies. [21]

RankCitiesBiggest companies of India
1 Mumbai 177
2 Delhi NCR 111
3 Kolkata 38
4 Chennai 34
5 Bangalore 25
6 Pune 25
7 Kochi 24
8 Ahmedabad 19
9 Hyderabad 17
10 Trivandrum 13

2010 list

Indian Oil Corporation topped the inaugural Fortune India 500 rankings, and Reliance Industries was listed second. The next three places were taken by State Bank of India, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum respectively. [22]

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