Web table 28.

The world's top 100 non-financial TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2013
(Millions of dollars and number of employees)
Ranking by:
Foreign
assets
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100

TNI
81
34
67
56
21
38
9
68
66
36
73
17
3
97
1
33
75
59
64
31
88
25
8
46
58
44
16
19
69
41
96
78
53
48
87
100
98
35
37
60
13
91
2
50
51
62
49
45
89
18
20
63
94
26
7
84
85
27
32
55
30
95
52
65
42
83
70
47
24
90
28
92
80
5
76
4
74
23
15
93
72
57
40
14
39
54
29
82
6
79
61
86
10
43
77
11
22
99
71
12

Assets
b

Sales

Employment
b

Corporation

General Electric Co
Royal Dutch Shell plc
Toyota Motor Corporation
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Total SA
BP plc
Vodafone Group Plc
Volkswagen Group
Chevron Corporation
Eni SpA
Enel SpA
Glencore Xstrata PLC
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
EDF SA
Nestl SA
E.ON AG
GDF Suez
Deutsche Telekom AG
Apple Computer Inc
Honda Motor Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Corporation
Siemens AG
ArcelorMittal
Iberdrola SA
Johnson & Johnson
Nissan Motor Co Ltd
Hutchison Whampoa Limited
Fiat S.p.A.
Pfizer Inc
BMW AG
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Daimler AG
Telefonica SA
Mitsui & Co Ltd
Ford Motor Company

Home economy

Industry

United States
Electrical & electronic equipment
United Kingdom
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Japan
Motor vehicles
United States
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
France
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
United Kingdom
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
United Kingdom
Telecommunications
Germany
Motor vehicles
United States
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Italy
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Italy
Electricity, gas and water
Switzerland
Mining & quarrying
Belgium
Food, beverages and tobacco
France
Utilities (Electricity, gas and water)
Switzerland
Food, beverages and tobacco
Germany
Utilities (Electricity, gas and water)
France
Utilities (Electricity, gas and water)
Germany
Telecommunications
United States
Electrical & electronic equipment
Japan
Motor vehicles
Japan
Wholesale trade
Germany
Electrical & electronic equipment
Luxembourg
Metal and metal products
Spain
Utilities (Electricity, gas and water)
United States
Pharmaceuticals
Japan
Motor vehicles
Hong Kong, China
Diversified
Italy
Motor vehicles
United States
Pharmaceuticals
Germany
Motor vehicles
United States
Retail & Trade
Germany
Motor vehicles
Spain
Telecommunications
Japan
Wholesale trade
United States
Motor vehicles
CITIC Group
China
Diversified
Statoil ASA
Norway
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Airbus Group NV
France
Aircraft
Novartis AG
Switzerland
Pharmaceuticals
Procter & Gamble Co
United States
Diversified
Hon Hai Precision Industries
Taiwan Province of China Electrical & electronic equipment
General Motors Co
United States
Motor vehicles
Anglo American plc
United Kingdom
Mining & quarrying
BHP Billiton Group Ltd
Australia
Mining & quarrying
Repsol YPF SA
Spain
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
International Business Machines Corporation United States
Electrical & electronic equipment
BASF SE
Germany
Chemicals
Rio Tinto PLC
United Kingdom
Mining & quarrying
Microsoft Corporation
United States
Prepackaged software
Unilever PLC
United Kingdom
Diversified
BG Group plc
United Kingdom
Oil and gas field exploration
Hewlett-Packard Co
United States
Electrical & electronic equipment
ConocoPhillips
United States
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA
France
Non-metallic mineral products
SABMiller PLC
United Kingdom
Food, beverages and tobacco
Orange
France
Telecommunications
RWE AG
Germany
Utilities (Electricity, gas and water)
Roche Group
Switzerland
Pharmaceuticals
Mondelez International, Inc.
United States
Food, beverages and tobacco
Sumitomo Corporation
Japan
Wholesale trade
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
United Kingdom
Pharmaceuticals
Petronas - Petroliam Nasional Bhd
Malaysia
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
AP Moller - Maersk A/S
Denmark
Transport and storage
Sanofi
France
Pharmaceuticals
Vattenfall AB
Sweden
Electricity, gas and water
Vale SA
Brazil
Mining & quarrying
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Korea, Republic of
Electrical & electronic equipment
Schlumberger Ltd
United States
Other consumer services
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
United Kingdom
Tobacco
United Technologies Corporation
United States
Aircraft
Christian Dior SA
France
Textiles
Tesco PLC
United Kingdom
Retail & Trade
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company
China
Transport and storage
Linde AG
Germany
Chemicals
Sony Corporation
Japan
Electrical & electronic equipment
British American Tobacco PLC
United Kingdom
Food, beverages and tobacco
Caterpillar Inc
United States
Construction
Lafarge SA
France
Non-metallic mineral products
Volvo AB
Sweden
Motor vehicles
Google Inc.
United States
Software
Renault SA
France
Motor vehicles
Marubeni Corporation
Japan
Wholesale trade
ABB Ltd.
Switzerland
Engineerig services
AstraZeneca PLC
United Kingdom
Pharmaceuticals
Liberty Global plc
United Kingdom
Telecommunications
Carrefour SA
France
Retail & Trade
OMV AG
Austria
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
ITOCHU Corporation
Japan
Wholesale trade
Barrick Gold Corporation
Canada
Gold mining
The Coca-Cola Company
United States
Food, beverages and tobacco
Cargill
United States
Food
Pepsico Inc
United States
Food, beverages and tobacco
WPP PLC
United Kingdom
Business services
Deutsche Post AG
Germany
Transport and storage
Merck & Co
United States
Pharmaceuticals
Diageo PLC
United Kingdom
Food, beverages and tobacco
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
Israel
Pharmaceuticals
China National Offshore Oil Corp
China
Petroleum expl./ref./distr.
Japan Tobacco Inc
Japan
Food, beverages and tobacco
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
Netherlands
Electrical & electronic equipment

Foreign
331 160
301 898
274 380
231 033
226 717
202 899
182 837
176 656
175 736
141 021
140 396
135 080
134 549
130 161
124 730
124 429
121 402
120 350
119 918
118 476
112 762
110 462
109 602
108 679
96 803
95 228
91 436
90 985
90 403
88 370
88 206
87 257
87 156
86 023
79 092
78 602
78 185
77 614
71 941
70 981
70 659
70 074
68 955
67 649
66 011
60 841
58 323
58 059
57 087
55 769
55 026
54 548
54 430
53 704
53 332
52 362
52 336
50 837
50 834
49 662
49 460
49 072
48 730
48 403
47 667
47 247
46 425
45 507
45 444
44 786
43 908
43 488
43 452
43 048
42 239
41 940
41 526
41 484
41 185
40 916
40 866
40 677
39 893
39 700
38 129
37 913
37 282
37 075
36 911
36 860
35 928
35 863
35 649
35 489
34 552
34 431
34 376
34 276
34 054
33 901

Total
656 560
357 512
403 088
346 808
238 870
305 690
202 763
446 555
253 753
190 125
226 006
154 932
141 666
353 574
129 969
179 988
219 759
162 671
207 000
151 965
148 752
137 863
112 308
127 235
132 683
143 029
105 169
119 474
172 101
190 511
204 751
232 023
163 654
107 016
203 752
565 884
144 741
128 474
126 254
139 263
77 089
166 344
71 165
139 178
89 613
126 223
88 644
111 025
142 431
62 664
65 974
105 676
118 057
62 957
53 751
118 178
111 688
67 084
72 557
84 326
69 403
163 275
74 451
132 266
75 105
124 289
203 671
67 100
45 872
90 594
71 981
83 565
56 126
45 090
149 161
44 329
84 896
51 046
53 242
110 920
103 252
70 578
48 064
55 899
67 714
59 981
43 765
76 347
37 448
90 055
59 880
77 478
41 236
48 848
105 645
38 157
47 508
129 834
44 858
36 568

Foreign

74 382
275 651
171 231
237 438
175 703
250 372
59 059
211 488
122 982
109 886
61 867
153 912
39 414
46 978
98 034
115 072
72 133
50 049
104 713
96 055
17 645
85 441
74 369
23 534
39 402
81 172
26 133
106 053
31 310
85 319
137 613
116 526
58 237
22 208
61 458
9 561
23 953
72 525
57 185
51 342
131 557
56 900
27 266
61 371
35 019
64 942
79 032
49 440
36 505
48 182
15 922
72 014
26 459
40 204
18 492
23 238
30 905
49 907
28 308
17 396
37 684
71 939
43 931
40 199
18 491
38 734
188 833
31 369
36 301
26 632
34 235
32 127
19 139
20 357
55 565
23 616
33 894
15 787
40 477
33 057
41 062
45 041
27 463
23 892
10 821
51 594
36 754
17 502
12 233
27 576
86 092
32 789
15 018
50 466
25 787
14 424
16 449
21 887
11 640
30 102

Total
142 937
451 235
256 381
390 247
227 901
379 136
69 276
261 560
211 664
152 313
106 924
232 694
43 195
100 364
99 669
162 573
118 561
79 835
170 910
118 176
75 734
99 543
79 440
44 106
71 312
104 606
33 035
115 263
51 584
100 980
476 294
156 641
75 758
57 286
146 917
55 487
105 446
78 672
57 920
84 167
133 362
155 427
29 342
65 953
74 012
99 751
98 212
51 171
77 849
66 114
19 192
112 298
54 413
55 795
22 311
54 409
68 233
50 475
35 299
33 105
41 440
94 543
47 397
43 748
26 363
47 130
209 727
45 266
44 115
62 626
38 511
99 604
29 101
22 112
77 510
23 859
55 656
20 178
41 862
59 825
54 344
70 409
41 848
25 711
14 474
98 644
56 313
55 193
12 511
46 854
136 654
66 415
17 229
73 135
44 033
17 928
20 314
83 537
23 948
30 973

Source : UNCTAD.
Preliminary results based on data from the companies' financial reporting; corresponds to the financial year from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
TNI, the Transnationality Index, is calculated as the average of the following three ratios: foreign assets to total assets, foreign sales to total sales and foreign employment to total employment.
c
Industry classification for companies follows the United States Standard Industrial Classification as used by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
d
In a number of cases foreign employment data were calculated by applying the share of foreign employment in total employment of the previous year to total employment of 2013.
e
Employment data refers to revised 2012 figures, as data were not yet available.
f
Data refers to 2012.
a
b

Foreign

135 000
67 000
137 000
45 216
65 602
64 300
83 422
317 800
32 600
56 509
37 125
180 527
144 887
28 975
322 996
49 809
73 000
111 953
50 322
120 985
19 790
244 000
175 565
18 702
75 220
93 240
215 265
163 082
48 268
80 667
800 000
107 101
76 969
36 291
97 000
25 285
3 077
89 551
73 081
88 751
810 993
104 000
95 900
27 543
21 510
306 758
59 683
34 383
41 000
140 000
4 048
207 421
5 266
140 794
59 997
85 472
28 287
47 562
76 428
56 867
61 084
5 244
29 701
55 786
22 301
15 894
149 298
76 857
19 200
76 320
86 102
223 899
4 400
54 218
94 071
45 906
68 073
49 256
72 945
16 080
70 814
22 031
82 700
44 892
26 250
267 590
20 878
47 269
17 383
63 800
87 000
106 000
105 190
266 360
46 900
15 222
37 782
3 387
24 397
74 852

TNI
(Per cent)

Total
307 000
92 000
333 498
75 000
98 799
83 900
91 272
572 800
64 600
83 887
71 394
190 000
154 587
158 467
333 000
62 239
147 199
228 596
84 400
190 338
65 975
362 000
232 000
30 680
128 100
160 530
260 000
225 587
77 700
110 351
2 200 000
274 616
126 730
45 148
181 000
125 215
23 413
144 061
135 696
121 000
1 290 000
219 000
98 000
49 496
30 296
431 212
112 206
66 331
99 000
174 000
5 536
317 500
18 400
187 726
70 486
165 488
66 341
85 080
107 000
73 953
99 451
46 145
88 909
112 128
31 819
83 286
240 000
123 000
35 300
212 000
108 546
537 784
130 000
63 487
146 300
57 730
118 501
63 687
95 533
47 756
121 807
33 566
147 700
51 600
35 000
364 795
27 344
77 513
24 360
130 600
140 000
274 000
117 115
435 285
76 000
17 545
44 945
102 562
49 507
116 681

e
e

48.8
72.8
58.6
62.6
79.5
69.7
88.9
58.6
59.3
71.2
57.3
82.8
93.3
34.0
97.1
73.3
55.2
61.9
59.6
74.3
43.0
77.8
89.0
66.6
62.3
67.4
82.9
80.2
58.4
68.0
36.1
50.3
63.6
66.5
44.7
17.1
30.0
71.6
69.9
61.8
84.4
42.1
95.9
65.8
64.0
61.5
66.5
66.9
42.8
80.8
79.8
60.4
41.1
77.5
89.1
46.2
44.9
76.9
73.9
62.8
74.5
39.2
63.8
59.4
67.9
46.4
58.3
66.5
78.6
42.7
76.4
42.0
48.9
91.0
54.8
91.0
55.8
78.9
83.5
41.9
57.8
62.4
68.2
83.6
68.7
63.0
75.6
47.1
89.2
49.5
61.7
44.8
87.8
67.6
51.0
85.8
79.1
18.6
57.9
84.7