List of largest companies in the United Kingdom explained

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.

2022 Fortune list

This list displays all 18 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 2021. Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.^[1]

Rank	Fortune 500 rank	Name	Industry	Revenue (USD millions)	Profits (USD millions)	Assets (USD millions)	Employees	Headquarters
1	15	Shell plc	Oil and Gas	272,657	20,101	404,379	82,000	London
2	35	BP	Oil and Gas	164,195	7,565	287,272	65,000	London
3	126	Tesco	Retail	84,192	2,031	66,219	231,223	Welwyn Garden City
4	149	HSBC	Banking	77,330	13,917	2,957,939	219,697	London
5	198	Aviva	Insurance	64,240	2,703	485,481	22,062	London
6	201	Rio Tinto	Mining	63,495	21,094	102,896	49,345	London
7	203	Legal & General	Insurance	62,504	2,819	789,066	10,743	London
8	205	Unilever	Consumer goods	62,006	7,151	85,383	148,044	London
9	222	Lloyds Banking Group	Banking	58,476	7,954	1,200,620	57,955	London
10	247	Vodafone	Telecommunication	52,931	2,424	170,749	96,941	Newbury
11	294	GlaxoSmithKline	Pharmaceuticals	46,914	6,030	107,129	90,096	London
12	331	Anglo American	Mining	41,554	8,562	65,985	62,000	London
13	342	Sainsbury's	Retail	40,831	924	35,389	117,000	London
14	374	Barclays	Banking	37,561	9,872	1,874,737	81,600	London
15	381	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	37,417	112	105,363	83,100	Cambridge
16	403	British American Tobacco	Consumer goods	35,321	9,353	186,033	54,365	London
17	426	Phoenix Group	Insurance	33,749	−1,151	452,064	8,045	London
18	463	Linde	Chemicals	30,798	3,826	81,605	72,327	Guildford

2022 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 2021. 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	16	Shell plc	London	261.76	20.27	404.38	211.1	Oil and Gas
2	38	HSBC	London	59.33	12.58	2,957.94	135.3	Banking
3	50	BP	London	158.01	7.55	287.27	98.38	Oil and Gas
4	82	Rio Tinto	London	63.46	21.06	102.90	117.78	Mining
5	96	Lloyds Banking Group	London	58.48	7.36	1,200.75	31.34	Banking
6	101	British American Tobacco	London	35.32	9.34	186.05	97.49	Consumer goods
7	125	Unilever	London	62.00	7.15	85.40	116.16	Consumer goods
8	129	GlaxoSmithKline	London	46.92	6.03	107.14	112.09	Pharmaceuticals
9	155	Barclays	London	30.17	8.77	1,874.94	31.55	Banking
10	181	Anglo American	London	41.52	8.54	65.98	59.44	Mining
11	187	Linde	Guildford	30.79	3.83	81.61	157.26	Chemicals
12	240	Legal & General	London	62.51	2.79	779.43	19.63	Insurance
13	247	NatWest Group	Edinburgh	17.86	4.41	1,059.17	30.22	Banking
14	277	National Grid	London	20.77	2.07	119.92	54.88	Utilities
15	287	Diageo	London	19.00	4.19	44.91	116.05	Beverages
16	296	LyondellBasell Industries	London	46.15	5.6	36.74	34.94	Chemicals
17	306	Tesco	Welwyn Garden City	84.17	2.06	66.22	25.89	Retail
18	351	Standard Chartered	London	18.88	1.96	827.82	19.69	Finance
19	410	BAE Systems	London, Farnborough	26.85	2.42	36.75	30.15	Aerospace and defence
20	412	BT Group	London	28.84	1.43	69.55	23.74	Telecommunication
21	429	Imperial Brands	Bristol	22.66	3.88	39.22	20.62	Consumer goods
22	435	CNH Industrial	London	33.43	1.72	49.42	20.19	Industrials
23	461	AstraZeneca	Cambridge	38.68	0.09	105.36	204.56	Pharmaceuticals
24	479	Vodafone	Newbury	53.63		178.59	46.36	Telecommunication
25	499	London Stock Exchange	London	9.27	0.83	1,066.1	52.66	Finance
26	501	Aviva	London	45.13	0.57	465.18	21.03	Insurance
27	540	Prudential	London	26.52		189.35	36.7	Insurance
28	557	Willis Towers Watson	London	9.58	4.22	34.97	26.88	Insurance
29	583	Liberty Global	London	10.54	13.43	46.92	12.59	Telecommunication
30	584	SSE	Perth	10.33	3.52	31.56	24.88	Energy
31	635	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	London	16.24	1.15	33.08	23.43	Beverages
32	675	RELX	London	9.95	2.02	18.77	59.18	Services
33	686	Ferguson	Wokingham	22.74	1.86	14.1	29.61	Construction materials
34	725	Reckitt Benckiser	Slough	18.2		36.5	56.35	Consumer goods
35	756	WPP	London	17.61	0.87	38.05	14.80	Advertising
36	820	Phoenix Group	London	33.53		440.48	7.93	Insurance
37	826	St James's Place	Cirencester	24.42	0.39	210.82	9.31	Insurance
38	827	Segro	London	0.75	5.58	24.09	21.23	Real estate
39	848	Compass Group	Chertsey	24.5	0.48	20.05	39.01	Services
40	915	Associated British Foods	London	18.99	0.65	22.78	16.58	Retail
41	921	M&G	London	23.38	0.11	294.55	6.99	Insurance
42	942	Amcor	Warmley	13.59	0.94	17.14	17.53	Packaging materials
43	990	Centrica	Windsor	20.28	0.80	36.69	5.96	Utilities
44	1040	Ashtead Group	London	7.65	1.18	14.78	26.45	Services
45	1045	Antofagasta plc	London	7.47	1.29	17.28	18.92	Mining
46	1057	3i Group	London	0.33	3.83	16.62	16.82	Finance
47	1136	Sainsbury's	London	40.82	0.38	34.62	7.17	Retail
48	1147	Evraz	London	13.49	3.04	9.85	1.52	Mining
49	1150	Rolls-Royce	London	15.43	0.21	38.84	9.84	Aerospace and defence
50	1160	Kingfisher plc	London	18.12	1.16	16.57	6.77	Retail

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Global 500 . 2022-08-28 . Fortune . en.
2. Web site: Andrea . Murphy . Isabel . Contreras . The Global 2000 . 2022-08-28 . Forbes . en.