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.

2024 Fortune 500

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]

Rank	Fortune 500 rank	Name	Industry	Revenue (USD millions)	Profits (USD millions)	Assets (USD millions)	Employees	Headquarters
1	13	Shell plc	Oil and Gas	323,183	19,359	406,270	103,000	London
2	25	BP	Oil and Gas	213,032	15,239	280,294	79,400	London
3	67	HSBC	Banking	134,901	23,533	3,038,677	220,861	London
4	140	Tesco	Retail	86,231	1,487	59,498	225,659	Welwyn Garden City
5	204	Lloyds Banking Group	Banking	66,670	6,786	1,454,900	62,569	London
6	210	Unilever	Consumer goods	64,436	7,013	83,130	74,000	London
7	212	Barclays	Banking	63,801	6,536	1,883,109	124,995	London
8	264	Rio Tinto	Mining	54,041	10,058	103,549	57,174	London
9	310	Vodafone	Telecommunication	48,871	1,236	155,751	96,282	Newbury
10	329	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	45,811	5,955	101,119	83,100	Cambridge
11	396	Sainsbury's	Retail	41,088	172	31,667	100,000	London
12	396	Standard Chartered	Banking	38,292	3,469	822,844	84,958	London
13	398	Compass Group	Retail	38,005	1,610	21,490	562,460	Chertsey
14	400	GlaxoSmithKline	Pharmaceuticals	37,692	6,125	75,204	70,212	London
15	464	British American Tobacco	Consumer goods	33,907	-17,855	151,308	49,839	London
16	485	Centrica	Energy	32,882	4,883	27,232	21,014	Windsor
17	486	Linde	Chemicals	32,854	6,199	80,811	66,323	Guildford

2024 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 financial year 2023/24. The 50 highest ranked companies from the United Kingdom are listed.^[2]

Rank	Forbes 2000 rank	Name	Headquarters	Revenue (billions US$)	Profit (billions US$)	Industry
1	15	HSBC	London	144.9	22.2	Banking
2	17	Shell plc	London	261.76	17.9	Oil and Gas
3	47	BP	London	202.8	9.2	Oil and Gas
4	110	Rio Tinto	London	54.0	10.1	Mining
5	121	AstraZeneca	Cambridge	47.6	6.3	Pharmaceuticals
6	122	Unilever	London	64.5	7.0	Consumer goods
7	154	Lloyds Banking Group	London	33.1	5.8	Banking
8	166	Barclays	London	31.5	5.1	Banking
9	167	Linde	Guildford	32.8	6.3	Chemicals
10	177	NatWest Group	Edinburgh	33.7	5.1	Banking
11	183	GlaxoSmithKline	London	38.6	5.6	Pharmaceuticals
12	204	National Grid	London	25.4	9.4	Utilities
13	227	Standard Chartered	London	40.1	3.3	Finance
14	314	Diageo	London	20.4	4.0	Beverages
15	349	Vodafone	Newbury	39.8	1.2	Telecommunication
16	359	Tesco	Welwyn Garden City	85.3	1.5	Retail
17	361	BAE Systems	London, Farnborough	28.7	2.3	Aerospace and defence
18	374	Aviva	London	43.2	1.3	Insurance
19	391	Rolls-Royce	London	20.5	3.0	Aerospace and defence
20	401	LyondellBasell Industries	London	40.6	2.1	Chemicals
21	451	London Stock Exchange	London	10.4	0.95	Finance
22	471	BT Group	London	25.4	2.3	Telecommunication
23	478	Compass Group	Chertsey	40.1	1.7	Services
24	481	Prudential	London	10.9	1.7	Insurance
25	491	Reckitt Benckiser	Slough	18.2	2.0	Consumer goods
26	501	Imperial Brands	Bristol	22.8	2.6	Consumer goods
27	508	Legal & General	London	55.9	0.54	Insurance
28	514	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	London	19.8	1.8	Beverages
29	528	British American Tobacco	London	33.9	-17.9	Consumer goods
30	546	CNH Industrial	London	24.2	2.3	Industrials
31	568	Haleon	Weybridge	14.0	1.3	Healthcare
32	579	International Airlines Group	London	31.8	2.9	Aviation
33	604	Associated British Foods	London	24.9	1.5	Retail
34	610	Ferguson	Wokingham	29.4	1.8	Construction materials
35	646	RELX	London	11.4	2.2	Services
36	651	Centrica	Windsor	32.9	4.9	Utilities
37	654	Anglo American	London	30.7	0.31	Mining
38	748	Ashtead Group	London	10.7	1.6	Services
39	757	3i Group	London	0.71	4.8	Finance
40	779	SSE	Perth	14.3	0.71	Energy
41	797	Willis Towers Watson	London	9.6	1.0	Insurance
42	885	Phoenix Group	London	33.2	-0.17	Insurance
43	967	St James's Place	Cirencester	23.6	-0.13	Insurance
44	1087	M&G	London	13.8	0.37	Insurance
45	1089	WPP	London	18.5	0.14	Advertising
46	1093	Antofagasta plc	London	6.3	0.83	Mining
47	1103	Sainsbury's	London	40.9	0.17	Retail
48	1126	Amcor	Warmley	13.8	0.65	Packaging materials
49	1167	Investec	London	6.2	1.1	Banking
50	1229	Bunzl	London	14.7	0.65	Distributions

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