This is a list of notable European companies . For further information on the types of business entities in this union and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in the European Union".
Volkswagen is the largest company in European Union and the largest car manufacturer in the world by revenue. [1] [2]
The following is a list of 50 largest European Union companies in 2023, ordered by revenue in billions of US dollars. [3]
| Rank | Company | Industry | Headquarters | Revenue (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volkswagen | Automotive | Wolfsburg, Germany | 293.685 |
| 2 | Uniper | Electric utility | Düsseldorf, Germany | 288.309 |
| 3 | TotalEnergies | Oil and gas | Paris, France | 263.310 |
| 4 | Stellantis | Automotive | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 188.888 |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz Group | Automotive | Stuttgart, Germany | 157.782 |
| 6 | Électricité de France | Electric utility | Paris, France | 150.902 |
| 7 | BMW | Automotive | Munich, Germany | 149.991 |
| 8 | Enel | Electric utility | Rome, Italy | 147.790 |
| 9 | Eni | Oil and gas | Rome, Italy | 140.607 |
| 10 | Allianz | Financial services | Munich, Germany | 129.059 |
| 11 | E.ON | Electric utility | Essen, Germany | 121.646 |
| 12 | Deutsche Telekom | Telecommunications | Bonn, Germany | 120.108 |
| 13 | Engie | Electric utility | Paris, France | 109.175 |
| 14 | AXA | Financial services | Paris, France | 109.067 |
| 15 | DHL Group | Courier | Bonn, Germany | 99.324 |
| 16 | Banco Santander | Financial services | Santander, Spain | 99.231 |
| 17 | Bosch | Conglomerate | Gerlingen, Germany | 92.777 |
| 18 | BASF | Chemicals | Ludwigshafen, Germany | 91.847 |
| 19 | Ahold Delhaize | Retail | Zaandam, Netherlands | 91.486 |
| 20 | Carrefour | Retail | Paris, France | 90.062 |
| 21 | BNP Paribas | Financial services | Paris, France | 88.564 |
| 22 | Crédit Agricole | Financial services | Paris, France | 86.471 |
| 23 | Assicurazioni Generali | Financial services | Trieste, Italy | 85.750 |
| 24 | Dior | Luxury goods | Paris, France | 83.283 |
| 25 | Maersk | Freight transport | Svendborg, Denmark | 81.529 |
| 26 | ArcelorMittal | Steel | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | 79.844 |
| 27 | Siemens | Conglomerate | Berlin, Germany | 77.860 |
| 28 | Munich Re | Financial services | Munich, Germany | 75.747 |
| 29 | Repsol | Petroleum | Madrid, Spain | 72.536 |
| 30 | Vinci SA | Construction | Nanterre, France | 65.750 |
| 31 | OMV | Petrochemicals | Vienna, Austria | 65.523 |
| 32 | SocGen | Financial services | Paris, France | 63.417 |
| 33 | Orlen | Petroleum | Płock, Poland | 62.326 |
| 34 | Airbus | Aerospace | Leiden, Netherlands | 61.805 |
| 35 | Accenture | Information technology consulting | Dublin, Ireland | 61.594 |
| 36 | Louis Dreyfus Company | Agriculture | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 59.931 |
| 37 | Deutsche Bahn | Rail transport | Berlin, Germany | 59.210 |
| 38 | EnBW | Electric utilities | Karlsruhe, Germany | 58.901 |
| 39 | AB InBev | Beverages | Leuven, Belgium | 57.786 |
| 40 | Iberdrola | Electric utility | Bilbao, Spain | 56.741 |
| 41 | Talanx | Financial services | Hanover, Germany | 56.029 |
| 42 | Saint-Gobain | Building materials | Paris, France | 53.847 |
| 43 | Daimler Truck | Automotive | Stuttgart, Germany | 53.582 |
| 44 | Bayer | Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Biotechnology, Healthcare | Leverkusen, Germany | 53.365 |
| 45 | LyondellBasell | Chemicals | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 50.451 |
| 46 | Renault | Automotive | Paris, France | 49.924 |
| 47 | Edeka | Retail | Hamburg, Germany | 49.481 |
| 48 | Energi Danmark Group | Energy market | Aarhus, Denmark | 48.717 |
| 49 | ING Group | Financial services | Amsterdam, France | 48.062 |
| 50 | Sanofi | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Healthcare | Paris, France | 47.738 |
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