The Biggest Companies in the World, by Country

The biggest company in the world is Apple, with a market value of $2.64 trillion. Apple is a well-known technology company based in the United States, and in addition to being the most valuable company in the world, it is also the largest tech company by revenue and the second-largest mobile phone manufacturer.

Saudi Aramco, an oil company located in Saudi Arabia, is the second-largest company in the world and was the only other company on the list to even get close to Apple’s unbelievable market value. Saudi Aramco has a market value of $2.29 trillion, and it’s also one of the largest companies in the world by revenue. Saudi Aramco can also boast having the largest daily oil production of all oil companies in the world and the world’s second-largest crude oil reserves, 270 billion barrels.

• United States: Apple, $2.64 trillion
• Saudi Arabia: Saudi Aramco, $2.29 trillion
• Taiwan: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., $494.6 billion
• China: Tencent Holdings, $414.3 billion
• South Korea: Samsung, $367.3 billion
• Switzerland: Nestlé, $360 billion
• France: LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, $346.8 billion
• Canada: Home Depot, $310.1 billion
• Denmark: Novo Nordisk, $252.9 billion
• Netherlands: ASML Holding, $247.8 billion

The industry with the most valuable companies in the world is the banking industry, followed closely by the energy industry. Out of the 90 companies included in our comparison, 24 are banks and another 23 companies are in the energy sector. The food and beverage industry was the third most common industry, with eight of the largest companies by country.

Apple is the biggest company in the U.S., with a market value of $2.64 trillion. Technology companies proved to be the biggest companies in the U.S. by taking the top three spots. Microsoft trails Apple by half a trillion dollars, with a market value of $2.05 trillion, and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, takes the third spot with a market value of $1.58 trillion. All five of the largest companies in the U.S. were valued at more than a trillion dollars each.

1. Apple: $2.64 trillion
2. Microsoft: $2.05 trillion
3. Alphabet: $1.58 trillion
4. Amazon: $1.47 trillion
5. Tesla: $1.04 trillion

The biggest company in Asia is the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a Taiwanese company with a market value of $494.6 billion, the third-biggest market value out of the 90 companies on our list. As the name implies, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is a technology company that manufactures and designs semiconductors as well as graphics cards and other computer hardware. Founded in 1987, it was the world’s first dedicated semiconductor foundry and has been leading the semiconductor field for many years.

The biggest company in Europe is Nestlé, a Swiss food and beverage company with a market value of $360.01 billion. Switzerland’s Nestlé ranked sixth in the largest companies by country, and it is also the largest publicly held food company in the world. Nestlé was formed in 1905 and in its early stages only produced condensed milk and infant formula; it has since expanded to include a wide range of food and beverage products.

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