List of largest companies in the United Kingdom

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.

2020 Fortunes list

This list displays all 22 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 2019.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.

Rank	Fortune 500 rank	Name	Industry	Revenue (USD millions)	Profits (USD millions)	Employees	Headquarters
1	8	BP	Oil and Gas	282,616	4,026	72,500	London
2	73	HSBC	Banking	98,673	7,383	235,351	London
3	80	Prudential plc	Insurance	93,736	783	18,125	London
4	85	Legal & General Group	Insurance	90,615	2,340	8,542	London
5	88	Aviva	Insurance	89,647	3,251	31,181	London
6	103	Tesco	Retail	82,700	1,240	293,963	Welwyn Garden City
7	170	Lloyds Banking Group	Banking	64,297	3,733	63,069	London
8	185	Unilever	Consumer goods	58,179	6,296	149,867	London
9	228	Vodafone	Telecommunication	49,960	−1,022	95,219	Newbury
10	280	Rio Tinto Group	Mining	43,165	8,010	46,007	London
11	282	GlaxoSmithKline	Pharmaceuticals	43,073	5,927	99,437	London
12	299	M&G	Insurance	41,076	1,429	8,021	London
13	327	Barclays	Banking	38,337	4,178	80,800	London
14	338	Phoenix Group	Insurance	37,215	109	4,417	London
15	344	Sainsbury's	Retail	36,831	193	111,900	London
16	379	British American Tobacco	Consumer goods	33,021	7,279	59,989	London
17	395	Compass Group	Services	31,736	1,416	596,452	Chertsey
18	419	Anglo American plc	Mining	29,870	3,547	63,000	London
19	432	BT Group	Telecommunication	29,097	2,203	105,300	London
20	440	Centrica	Utilities	28,934	−1,305	29,147	Windsor
21	444	Linde plc	Chemicals	28,677	2,285	79,886	Surrey
22	446	International Airlines Group	Airline	28,548	1,920	66,034	London

2020 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 2019. The 50 highest ranked companies from the United Kingdom are listed.[2]

Rank	Forbes 2000 rank	Name	Headquarters	Revenue (billions US$)	Profit (billions US$)	Assets (billions US$)	Value (billions US$)	Industry
1	44	HSBC	London	67.2	3.8	2,197.8	105.3	Banking
2	91	British American Tobacco	London	33.0	7.3	186.8	88.8	Consumer goods
3	97	GlaxoSmithKline	London	44.7	6.8	104.6	104.4	Pharmaceuticals
4	114	Rio Tinto Group	London	43.2	8.0	87.8	175.5	Mining
5	115	Lloyds Banking Group	London	64.3	3.1	1,104.7	28.6	Banking
6	178	Linde plc	Guildford	28.2	2.3	86.6	96.6	Chemicals
7	181	Barclays	London	28.8	2.6	1,790.9	23.1	Banking
8	192	Legal & General Group	London	85.2	2.3	735.0	15.3	Insurance
9	207	Royal Bank of Scotland	Edinburgh	23.5	4.5	957.8	16.8	Banking
10	213	Aviva	London	89.5	3.2	593.1	12.0	Insurance
11	220	Prudential plc	London	94.5	0.8	440.4	36.9	Insurance
12	232	Fiat Chrysler Automobiles	London	121.1	3.2	110.1	13.8	Automotive
13	237	AstraZeneca	Cambridge	26.2	1.5	57.2	137.7	Pharmaceuticals
14	253	Standard Chartered	London	24.7	1.9	720.4	16.2	Finance
15	254	Tesco	Welwyn Garden City	82.7	1.2	66.8	29.0	Retail
16	262	National Grid plc	London	19.0	1.9	81.7	41.3	Utilities
17	273	Diageo	London	16.8	3.9	42.0	81.0	Beverages
18	274	Anglo American plc	London	29.9	3.5	56.2	22.0	Mining
19	314	BT Group	London	29.6	2.8	63.3	14.5	Telecommunication
20	336	LyondellBasell Industries	London	34.7	3.4	30.4	19.3	Chemicals
21	357	BP	London	271.6	−3.3	273.9	79.4	Oil and Gas
22	389	BAE Systems plc	London, Farnborough	23.4	1.9	34.5	20.6	Aerospace and defense
23	425	Imperial Brands	Bristol	20.5	1.3	41.6	20.0	Consumer goods
24	465	Vodafone	Newbury	49.4	−2.5	174.4	37.9	Telecommunication
25	505	Compass Group	Chertsey	31.7	1.4	16.4	26.8	Services
26	518	M&G	London	41.7	1.4	283.9	4.3	Insurance
27	528	CNH Industrial	London	28.1	1.4	47.4	8.4	Industrials
28	559	RELX	London	10.0	1.9	18.3	43.6	Services
29	574	Willis Towers Watson	London	9.2	1.1	37.7	23.0	Insurance
30	591	Associated British Foods	London	20.3	0.9	20.5	18.9	Retail
31	610	Coca-Cola European Partners	London	13.4	1.2	21.0	18.1	Beverages
32	624	International Airlines Group	London	28.6	1.9	40.0	5.6	Airline
33	636	SSE plc	Perth	9.0	1.6	25.8	16.3	Energy
34	650	Reckitt Benckiser	Slough	16.4	−4.7	42.6	59.4	Consumer goods
35	665	WPP plc	London	16.9	0.7	41.5	9.5	Advertising
36	670	London Stock Exchange	London	3.0	0.5	1,064.6	33.0	Finance
37	712	Ferguson plc	Wokingham	22.1	1.0	12.6	16.1	Construction materials
38	826	Phoenix Group	London	37.1	0.08	311.6	5.5	Insurance
39	880	Liberty Global	London	11.5	−0.8	49.0	12.3	Telecommunication
40	889	St. James's Place plc	Cirencester	21.1	0.2	155.3	5.7	Insurance
41	920	Rolls-Royce Holdings	London	21.2	−1.7	42.7	8.0	Aerospace and defense
42	985	IHS Markit	London	4.4	0.9	16.4	26.8	Services
43	992	Amcor	Warmley	11.1	0.4	16.8	14.4	Packaging materials
44	1058	Sainsbury's	London	37.0	0.2	35.7	5.5	Retail
45	1065	Ashtead Group	London	6.4	1.0	13.4	12.3	Services
46	1104	Mylan	Hatfield	11.5	0.02	31.3	8.7	Pharmaceuticals
47	1107	Investec	London	5.8	0.6	73.6	2.0	Finance
48	1188	Schroders	London	3.3	0.6	28.2	9.2	Finance
49	1189	Mondi	Surrey	8.1	0.9	9.6	8.6	Paper products
50	1191	Quilter plc	London	10.0	0.05	84.4	2.8	Finance

See also

• List of companies of the United Kingdom
• List of largest private companies in the United Kingdom
• List of largest companies by revenue
• List of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue

References

1. "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
2. "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-01-03.