List of largest technology companies by revenue

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This is a global list of largest technology companies by revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500. It shows companies identified by Fortune as being in the technology sector, ranked by total annual revenue. Other metrics not shown here, in particular market capitalization, are often used alternatively to define the size of a company.

The list includes companies whose primary business activities are associated with technology industry which includes computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductor, internet, telecom equipment, e-commerce and computer services. Note: This list shows only companies with annual revenues exceeding 50 billion USD.

Legend

Column Explanation
Rank Rank of company by revenue
Company Name of the international company
Revenue Amount of revenue of company in
USD billions in the fiscal year noted
Employees Number of employees of company
Headquarters Location of company's headquarters

2020 list

Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2020.[1] All data in the table is taken from the Fortune Global 500 list of technology sector companies for 2020[2] unless otherwise specified.

As of 2020, Fortune lists Amazon (revenue of $280.522 billion) in the retailing sector rather than the technology sector.[3]

Rank Company Revenue ($B) USD[2] Employees[2] Headquarters
1 United States Apple $260.174 137,000 Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics $197.705 287,439 Suwon, South Korea
3 Taiwan Foxconn $178.869 757,404 New Taipei City, Taiwan
4 United States Alphabet $161.857 118,899 Mountain View, California, US
5 United States Microsoft $125.843 144,000 Redmond, Washington, US
6 China Huawei $124.316 194,000 Shenzhen, China
7 United States Dell Technologies $92.154 165,000 Round Rock, Texas, US
8 Japan Hitachi $80.639 301,056 Tokyo, Japan
9 United States IBM $77.147 383,056 Armonk, New York, US
10 Japan Sony $75.972 111,700 Tokyo, Japan
11 United States Intel $71.965 110,800 Santa Clara, California, US
12 United States Facebook $70.697 44,942 Menlo Park, California, US
13 Japan Panasonic $68.897 259,385 Osaka, Japan
14 United States HP Inc. $58.756 56,000 Palo Alto, California, US
15 China Tencent $54.613 62,885 Shenzhen, China
16 South Korea LG Electronics $53.464 74,000 Seoul, South Korea
17 United States Cisco $51.904 75,900 San Jose, California, US
18 China Lenovo $50.716 63,000 Hong Kong, China[4]

2019 list

Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2019.[5] All data in the table is taken from the Fortune Global 500 list of technology sector companies for 2019[6] unless otherwise specified.

As of 2019, Fortune lists Amazon (revenue of $232.887 billion) in the retailing sector rather than the technology sector.[7]

Rank Company Revenue ($B) USD[6] Employees[6] Headquarters
1 United States Apple $265.595 132,000 Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics $197.700 309,630 Suwon, South Korea
3 Taiwan Foxconn $175.617 667,680 New Taipei City, Taiwan
4 United States Alphabet $136.819 98,771 Mountain View, California, US
5 United States Microsoft $110.360 131,000 Redmond, Washington, US
6 China Huawei $109.030 188,000 Shenzhen, China
7 United States Dell Technologies $90.621 157,000 Round Rock, Texas, US
8 Japan Hitachi $85.507 295,941 Tokyo, Japan
9 United States IBM $79.591 381,100 Armonk, New York, US
10 Japan Sony $78.157 114,400 Tokyo, Japan
11 Japan Panasonic $72.178 271,869 Osaka, Japan
12 United States Intel $70.848 107,400 Santa Clara, California, US
13 United States HP Inc. $58.472 55,000 Palo Alto, California, US
14 United States Facebook $55.838 35,587 Menlo Park, California, US
15 South Korea LG Electronics $55.757 72,600 Seoul, South Korea
16 China Lenovo $51.037 57,000 Hong Kong, China[4]

2018 list

Ranked by total revenues for respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2018.[8]

Rank[8] Company Fiscal year ending Revenue ($B) USD Employees Headquarters
1 United States Apple Inc. September 30, 2017[9] $229.2[8][10] 123,000[10] Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics December 31, 2017[11] $211.9[8][12][13] 320,670[14][15] Suwon, South Korea
3 United States Amazon December 31, 2017[16][17] $177.9[8][17] 613,300[18] Seattle, Washington, US
4 Taiwan Foxconn December 31, 2017[19][20] $154.7–158[8][20][21] 803,126[22] New Taipei City, Taiwan
5 United States Alphabet Inc. December 31, 2017[23][24] $110.8[8][24] 80,110[25] Mountain View, California, US
6 United States Microsoft June 30, 2017[26] $90.0[8] 124,000[26] Redmond, Washington, US
7 China Huawei December 31, 2017[27][28] $89.3–92.5[8][28] 180,000 Shenzhen, China
8 Japan Hitachi March 31, 2018[29] $84.6[8] 307,275 Tokyo, Japan
9 United States IBM December 31, 2017[30][31] $79.1[8] 397,800 Armonk, New York, US
10 United States Dell Technologies January 31, 2018[32][33] $78.7[8][33] 145,000[32] Round Rock, Texas, US
11 Japan Sony March 31, 2018[34] $77.1[8][35] 117,300[34] Tokyo, Japan
12 Japan Panasonic March 31, 2018[36] $72.0[8] 274,143 Osaka, Japan
13 United States Intel December 31, 2017[37] $62.8[8] 102,700 Santa Clara, California, US
14 South Korea LG Electronics December 31, 2017[38] $54.3[8] 74,000 Seoul, South Korea
15 China JD.com December 31, 2017[39] $54.0[8] 157,831 Beijing, China
16 United States HP Inc. October 31, 2017[40] $52.0[8] 49,000 Palo Alto, California, US

See also

  • List of largest Internet companies
  • List of the largest software companies
  • List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
  • List of largest companies by revenue
  • List of largest United States–based employers globally
  • List of largest employers

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Edited: 2021-06-19 11:06:26
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