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This list displays all 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 2023/24. Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company. [1]
A range of international companies like Alstom, Siemens, Hitachi and CAF manufacture railway locomotives and other related components. Associated with this sector are the defence and aerospace industries. As of 2022, the UK aerospace industry was the second largest in the world behind that of the United States, [15] with a turnover of over $34. ...
The aerospace industry of the UK is the second largest aerospace industry in the world (after the United States) and the largest in Europe. [154] [155] The industry employs around 113,000 people directly and around 276,000 indirectly and has an annual turnover of around £20 billion.
The list includes companies whose primary business activities are associated with the technology industry, which includes computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, telecom equipment, e-commerce and computer services. Note: This list shows only companies with annual revenues exceeding US$50 billion.
This list comprises the largest companies currently in Europe by revenue as of 2023, according to the Fortune 500 tally of companies and Forbes. In 2023, largest company in Europe was the Volkswagen Group with revenue of US$348 billion. [1] Volkswagen Group headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is Europe's largest and the world's ...
In 2008, Sheffield ranked among the top 10 cities in the UK as a business location, [229] and aims to regenerate itself as a modern technology and sports based city. Sheffield was the first National City of Sport, with a range of high quality facilities. [230] Sheffield has an international reputation for metallurgy and steel-making.
Since 2001, there has been significant change in the geographical distribution of the companies in the Global 500 rankings. Most of this growth is accounted for by a rapid increase in the number of Chinese Global 500 companies, of which there were 135 by 2021, increasing from only 10 in 2001.
The following is a list of the world's largest manufacturing companies, ordered by revenue in millions of U.S. dollars according to the Fortune Global 500. Currently the 50 biggest companies by revenue are included.