@writersroom.boardwalkThe World's 30 Largest Companies by Revenue - 2026 is here and the spread at the top is tight. Amazon leads with $716.9 billion, just ahead of Walmart at $713.2 billion for second place. State Grid takes third with $555.4 billion, followed by UnitedHealth Group ($447.6 billion) and Saudi Aramco ($445.5 billion). Apple comes in sixth with $416.2 billion, while McKesson ($403.4 billion), Alphabet ($402.8 billion), CVS Health ($402.1 billion), and China National Petroleum ($401.9 billion) round out the next tier. Berkshire Hathaway sits at eleventh with $371.4 billion, Sinopec Group twelfth at $364.0 billion, and Volkswagen thirteenth with $363.1 billion. Toyota Motor follows at fourteen ($336.3 billion), ExxonMobil Holdings fifteenth ($332.2 billion), Cencora sixteenth ($321.3 billion), and China State Construction Engineering seventeenth ($289.9 billion). Microsoft claims eighteenth with $281.7 billion, JPMorgan Chase nineteenth at $280.3 billion, Costco Wholesale twentieth ($275.2 billion), Cigna Group twenty-first ($274.9 billion), Shell twenty-second ($273.7 billion), Hon Hai Precision Industry twenty-third ($260.1 billion), Glencore twenty-fourth ($247.5 billion), Trafigura Group twenty-fifth ($240.3 billion), Samsung Electronics twenty-sixth ($234.7 billion), Cardinal Health twenty-seventh ($222.6 billion), Nvidia twenty-eighth ($215.9 billion), Industrial & Commercial Bank of China twenty-ninth ($210.6 billion), and Meta Platforms rounding out the list at thirtieth with $201.0 billion. The infographic displays national flags next to each company name to indicate their country of origin, using a clean layout with logos for clarity. Note: Figures are based on the latest fiscal-year revenues available for the 2026 ranking, mostly covering FY 2025. Source: Fortune Global 500, 2026

@writersroom.boardwalkThe World's 30 Largest Companies by Revenue - 2026 is here and the spread at the top is tight. Amazon leads with $716.9 billion, just ahead of Walmart at $713.2 billion for second place. State Grid takes third with $555.4 billion, followed by UnitedHealth Group ($447.6 billion) and Saudi Aramco ($445.5 billion). Apple comes in sixth with $416.2 billion, while McKesson ($403.4 billion), Alphabet ($402.8 billion), CVS Health ($402.1 billion), and China National Petroleum ($401.9 billion) round out the next tier. Berkshire Hathaway sits at eleventh with $371.4 billion, Sinopec Group twelfth at $364.0 billion, and Volkswagen thirteenth with $363.1 billion. Toyota Motor follows at fourteen ($336.3 billion), ExxonMobil Holdings fifteenth ($332.2 billion), Cencora sixteenth ($321.3 billion), and China State Construction Engineering seventeenth ($289.9 billion). Microsoft claims eighteenth with $281.7 billion, JPMorgan Chase nineteenth at $280.3 billion, Costco Wholesale twentieth ($275.2 billion), Cigna Group twenty-first ($274.9 billion), Shell twenty-second ($273.7 billion), Hon Hai Precision Industry twenty-third ($260.1 billion), Glencore twenty-fourth ($247.5 billion), Trafigura Group twenty-fifth ($240.3 billion), Samsung Electronics twenty-sixth ($234.7 billion), Cardinal Health twenty-seventh ($222.6 billion), Nvidia twenty-eighth ($215.9 billion), Industrial & Commercial Bank of China twenty-ninth ($210.6 billion), and Meta Platforms rounding out the list at thirtieth with $201.0 billion. The infographic displays national flags next to each company name to indicate their country of origin, using a clean layout with logos for clarity. Note: Figures are based on the latest fiscal-year revenues available for the 2026 ranking, mostly covering FY 2025. Source: Fortune Global 500, 2026