List of largest companies in the United Kingdom

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This article lists the largest companies in the United Kingdom in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes .

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2022 Fortune list

This list displays all 18 British companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2021. Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company. [1]

RankFortune 500
rank
NameIndustryRevenue
(USD millions)
Profits
(USD millions)
Assets
(USD millions)
EmployeesHeadquarters
Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 15 Shell plc Oil and Gas Increase2.svg 272,657Increase2.svg 20,101404,37982,000 London
Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 35 BP Oil and GasDecrease2.svg 164,195Increase2.svg 7,565287,27265,000London
Increase2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 126 Tesco Retail Increase2.svg 84,192Increase2.svg 2,03166,219231,223 Welwyn Garden City
Decrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 149 HSBC Banking Decrease2.svg 77,330Increase2.svg 13,9172,957,939219,697London
Steady2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 198 Aviva Insurance Decrease2.svg 64,240Decrease2.svg 2,703485,48122,062London
Increase2.svg 6Increase2.svg 201 Rio Tinto Mining Increase2.svg 63,495Increase2.svg 21,094102,89649,345London
Decrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg 203 Legal & General Insurance Decrease2.svg 62,504Increase2.svg 2,819789,06610,743London
Steady2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 205 Unilever Consumer goods Increase2.svg 62,006Increase2.svg 7,15185,383148,044London
Decrease2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 222 Lloyds Banking Group Banking Decrease2.svg 58,476Increase2.svg 7,9541,200,62057,955London
Decrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 247 Vodafone Telecommunication Increase2.svg 52,931Increase2.svg 2,424170,74996,941 Newbury
Steady2.svg 11Decrease2.svg 294 GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Increase2.svg 46,914Increase2.svg 6,030107,12990,096London
Increase2.svg 12Increase2.svg 331 Anglo American Mining Increase2.svg 41,554Increase2.svg 8,56265,98562,000London
Increase2.svg 13Increase2.svg 342 Sainsbury's Retail Increase2.svg 40,831Increase2.svg 92435,389117,000London
Decrease2.svg 14Decrease2.svg 374 Barclays Banking Decrease2.svg 37,561Increase2.svg 9,8721,874,73781,600London
Increase2.svg 15Increase2.svg381 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Increase2.svg 37,417Decrease2.svg 112105,36383,100 Cambridge
Steady2.svg 16Decrease2.svg 403 British American Tobacco Consumer goods Increase2.svg 35,321Increase2.svg 9,353186,03354,365London
Decrease2.svg 17Decrease2.svg 426 Phoenix Group Insurance Decrease2.svg 33,749Decrease2.svg −1,151452,0648,045London
Increase2.svg18Increase2.svg 463 Linde Chemicals Increase2.svg 30,798Increase2.svg 3,82681,60572,327 Guildford

2022 Forbes list

This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2021. The 50 highest ranked companies from the United Kingdom are listed. [2]

RankForbes
2000 rank
NameHeadquartersRevenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Value
(billions
US$)
Industry
Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg16 Shell plc London Increase2.svg261.76Increase2.svg20.27Increase2.svg404.38Increase2.svg211.1 Oil and Gas
Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg38 HSBC LondonDecrease2.svg59.33Increase2.svg12.58Increase2.svg2,957.94Increase2.svg135.3 Banking
Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg50 BP LondonDecrease2.svg158.01Increase2.svg7.55Increase2.svg287.27Increase2.svg98.38 Oil and Gas
Steady2.svg4Increase2.svg82 Rio Tinto LondonIncrease2.svg63.46Increase2.svg21.06Increase2.svg102.90Decrease2.svg117.78 Mining
Steady2.svg5Increase2.svg96 Lloyds Banking Group LondonDecrease2.svg58.48Increase2.svg7.36Increase2.svg1,200.75Increase2.svg31.34 Banking
Decrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg101 British American Tobacco LondonIncrease2.svg35.32Increase2.svg9.34Decrease2.svg186.05Increase2.svg97.49 Consumer goods
Increase2.svg7Increase2.svg125 Unilever LondonIncrease2.svg62.00Increase2.svg7.15Increase2.svg85.40Increase2.svg116.16 Consumer goods
Decrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg129 GlaxoSmithKline LondonIncrease2.svg46.92Decrease2.svg6.03Increase2.svg107.14Increase2.svg112.09 Pharmaceuticals
Decrease2.svg9Increase2.svg155 Barclays LondonIncrease2.svg30.17Increase2.svg8.77Increase2.svg1,874.94Increase2.svg31.55 Banking
Increase2.svg10Increase2.svg181 Anglo American LondonIncrease2.svg41.52Increase2.svg8.54Increase2.svg65.98Increase2.svg59.44 Mining
Decrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg187 Linde Guildford Increase2.svg30.79Increase2.svg3.83Decrease2.svg81.61Increase2.svg157.26 Chemicals
Decrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg240 Legal & General LondonDecrease2.svg62.51Increase2.svg2.79Increase2.svg779.43Increase2.svg19.63 Insurance
Decrease2.svg13Decrease2.svg247 NatWest Group Edinburgh Decrease2.svg17.86Decrease2.svg4.41Increase2.svg1,059.17Increase2.svg30.22 Banking
Increase2.svg14Decrease2.svg277 National Grid LondonIncrease2.svg20.77Increase2.svg2.07Increase2.svg119.92Increase2.svg54.88 Utilities
Increase2.svg15Decrease2.svg287 Diageo LondonIncrease2.svg19.00Increase2.svg4.19Increase2.svg44.91Increase2.svg116.05 Beverages
Increase2.svg16Increase2.svg296 LyondellBasell Industries LondonIncrease2.svg46.15Increase2.svg5.6Increase2.svg36.74Increase2.svg34.94 Chemicals
Increase2.svg17Decrease2.svg306 Tesco Welwyn Garden City Increase2.svg84.17Increase2.svg2.06Decrease2.svg66.22Decrease2.svg25.89 Retail
Decrease2.svg18Decrease2.svg351 Standard Chartered LondonDecrease2.svg18.88Decrease2.svg1.96Increase2.svg827.82Increase2.svg19.69 Finance
Increase2.svg19Decrease2.svg410 BAE Systems London, Farnborough Increase2.svg26.85Increase2.svg2.42Increase2.svg36.75Increase2.svg30.15 Aerospace and defence
Decrease2.svg20Decrease2.svg412 BT Group LondonDecrease2.svg28.84Decrease2.svg1.43Increase2.svg69.55Increase2.svg23.74 Telecommunication
Increase2.svg21Decrease2.svg429 Imperial Brands Bristol Increase2.svg22.66Increase2.svg3.88Decrease2.svg39.22Increase2.svg20.62 Consumer goods
Increase2.svg22Increase2.svg435 CNH Industrial LondonIncrease2.svg33.43Increase2.svg1.72Increase2.svg49.42Increase2.svg20.19 Industrials
Decrease2.svg23Decrease2.svg461 AstraZeneca Cambridge Increase2.svg38.68Decrease2.svg0.09Increase2.svg105.36Increase2.svg204.56 Pharmaceuticals
Steady2.svg24Decrease2.svg479 Vodafone Newbury Increase2.svg53.63Increase2.svg−0.29Increase2.svg178.59Increase2.svg46.36 Telecommunication
Increase2.svg25Increase2.svg499 London Stock Exchange LondonIncrease2.svg9.27Increase2.svg0.83Increase2.svg1,066.1Increase2.svg52.66 Finance
Decrease2.svg26Decrease2.svg501 Aviva LondonDecrease2.svg45.13Decrease2.svg0.57Decrease2.svg465.18Increase2.svg21.03 Insurance
Decrease2.svg27Decrease2.svg540 Prudential LondonDecrease2.svg26.52Increase Negative.svg−1.98Decrease2.svg189.35Decrease2.svg36.7 Insurance
Increase2.svg28Increase2.svg557 Willis Towers Watson LondonIncrease2.svg9.58Increase2.svg4.22Decrease2.svg34.97Increase2.svg26.88 Insurance
Increase2.svg29Increase2.svg583 Liberty Global LondonDecrease2.svg10.54Increase2.svg13.43Decrease2.svg46.92Increase2.svg12.59 Telecommunication
Increase2.svg30Increase2.svg584 SSE Perth Increase2.svg10.33Increase2.svg3.52Increase2.svg31.56Increase2.svg24.88 Energy
Steady2.svg31Decrease2.svg635 Coca-Cola Europacific Partners LondonIncrease2.svg16.24Increase2.svg1.15Increase2.svg33.08Increase2.svg23.43 Beverages
Decrease2.svg32Decrease2.svg675 RELX LondonDecrease2.svg9.95Increase2.svg2.02Increase2.svg18.77Increase2.svg59.18Services
Increase2.svg33Increase2.svg686 Ferguson Wokingham Increase2.svg22.74Increase2.svg1.86Increase2.svg14.1Increase2.svg29.61 Construction materials
Steady2.svg34Decrease2.svg725 Reckitt Benckiser Slough Increase2.svg18.2Increase2.svg−0.04Decrease2.svg36.5Decrease2.svg56.35 Consumer goods
Steady2.svg35Decrease2.svg756 WPP LondonIncrease2.svg17.61Increase2.svg0.87Decrease2.svg38.05Increase2.svg14.80 Advertising
Increase2.svg36Increase2.svg820 Phoenix Group LondonDecrease2.svg33.53Increase Negative.svg−1.18Increase2.svg440.48Increase2.svg7.93 Insurance
Increase2.svg37Increase2.svg826 St James's Place Cirencester Increase2.svg24.42Increase2.svg0.39Increase2.svg210.82Increase2.svg9.31 Insurance
Increase2.svg38Increase2.svg827 Segro LondonIncrease2.svg0.75Increase2.svg5.58Increase2.svg24.09Increase2.svg21.23 Real estate
Decrease2.svg39Decrease2.svg848 Compass Group Chertsey Decrease2.svg24.5Decrease2.svg0.48Decrease2.svg20.05Decrease2.svg39.01Services
Decrease2.svg40Decrease2.svg915 Associated British Foods LondonDecrease2.svg18.99Decrease2.svg0.65Increase2.svg22.78Decrease2.svg16.58 Retail
Decrease2.svg41Decrease2.svg921 M&G London Decrease2.svg23.38Decrease2.svg0.11Increase2.svg294.55Increase2.svg6.99 Insurance
Increase2.svg42Increase2.svg942 Amcor Warmley Increase2.svg13.59Increase2.svg0.94Increase2.svg17.14Increase2.svg17.53 Packaging materials
Increase2.svg43Increase2.svg990 Centrica Windsor Increase2.svg20.28Increase2.svg0.80Increase2.svg36.69Increase2.svg5.96 Utilities
Increase2.svg44Increase2.svg1040 Ashtead Group LondonIncrease2.svg7.65Increase2.svg1.18Increase2.svg14.78Increase2.svg26.45Services
Increase2.svg45Increase2.svg1045 Antofagasta plc LondonIncrease2.svg7.47Increase2.svg1.29Increase2.svg17.28Increase2.svg18.92Mining
Increase2.svg46Increase2.svg1057 3i Group LondonIncrease2.svg0.33Increase2.svg3.83Increase2.svg16.62Increase2.svg16.82Finance
Decrease2.svg47Decrease2.svg1136 Sainsbury's LondonIncrease2.svg40.82Increase2.svg0.38Decrease2.svg34.62Increase2.svg7.17Retail
Increase2.svg48Increase2.svg1147 Evraz LondonIncrease2.svg13.49Increase2.svg3.04Increase2.svg9.85Increase2.svg1.52Mining
Decrease2.svg49Decrease2.svg1150 Rolls-Royce LondonDecrease2.svg15.43Increase2.svg0.21Decrease2.svg38.84Increase2.svg9.84 Aerospace and defence
Increase2.svg50Increase2.svg1160 Kingfisher plc LondonIncrease2.svg18.12Increase2.svg1.16Increase2.svg16.57Increase2.svg6.77Retail

See also

References

  1. "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  2. Murphy, Andrea; Contreras, Isabel. "The Global 2000". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-08-28.