How many companies are there in the world?

There are 375,880,144 companies in the world, spread over 215 countries. China has the most (80.2 million), then United States (63.9 million), India (38.7 million) and Brazil (28.9 million). Almost all of them are small: 58% have one to four employees, and only 7,886 companies on earth employ 10,000 people or more. Below you find the largest companies in the world by revenue, by employees and by the number of companies in their group, which countries have the most companies per person, and how many started this year. Want to buy a list of companies, for one country or for all of them, as a CSV or Excel file or API integration? Get it from our global company database.

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Amazon.com, INC.	USA	Seattle	410 Terry Ave N	King	98109-5210	*****.com	1994	$716,924,000,000	1,576,017	Corporation	3718	2620453
2	Walmart INC.	USA	Bentonville	1 Customer Dr	Benton	72716-5004	*****.com	1945	$713,163,000,000	2,100,000	Corporation	9827	732109
3	State Of California	USA	Sacramento	1021 O St Ste 9000	Sacramento	95814-5704	*****.gov	1850	$482,537,075,000	208,580	Corporation	7677	N/A
4	Saudi Arabian Oil Company (saudi Aramco) A Saudi Joint-Stock Company	Saudiarabia	Dhahran	4297 Eastern Avenue Street, West Dhahran District Business	Eastern Region	N/A	N/A	2018	$445,653,285,864	75,118	Corporation	1278	2052101150
5	China National Petroleum CORPORATION	China	Beijing	No. 9, Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District	Beijing	100120	N/A	1990	$431,291,695,634	923,719	Corporation	29952	100000000010438
6	Apple INC.	USA	Cupertino	1 Apple Park Way	Santa Clara	95014-0642	*****.com	1977	$416,161,000,000	166,000	Corporation	783	0806592
7	Berkshire Hathaway INC.	USA	Omaha	3555 Farnam St Ste 1440	Douglas	68131-3378	*****.com	1889	$410,522,000,000	387,800	Corporation	8816	2908471
8	Mckesson CORPORATION	USA	Irving	6555 State Highway 161	Dallas	75039	*****.com	1833	$403,430,000,000	43,000	Corporation	910	2417015
9	Alphabet INC.	USA	Mountain View	1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy	San Bernardino	94043-1351	*****.google	1998	$402,836,000,000	190,822	Corporation	517	5786925
10	Cvs Health CORPORATION	USA	Woonsocket	1 Cvs Dr	Providence	02895-6146	*****.com	1963	$402,067,000,000	300,000	Corporation	10694	2656078
11	China Petrochemical CORPORATION	China	Beijing	No.22, Bei Street, Chaoyangmen, Chaoyang District	Beijing	100728	N/A	1983	$397,514,150,079	132,039	Corporation	41041	100000000001244
12	Volkswagen AG	Germany	Wolfsburg	Berliner Ring 2	Wolfsburg, Stadt	38440	*****.de	1937	$373,138,371,864	588,754	Corporation	4281	38100B100484
13	Government Of Canada	Canada	Ottawa	111 Wellington St	Ontario	K1A 0A9	N/A	1867	$357,286,063,407	367,772	Corporation	14060	16026753
14	Exxon Mobil CORPORATION	USA	Spring	22777 Springwoods Village Pkwy	Harris	77389	*****.com	1882	$332,238,000,000	58,000	Corporation	1495	3793794100
15	Exxonmobil Holdings CORPORATION	USA	Spring	22777 Springwoods Village Pkwy	Harris	77389-1425	*****.com	2026	$332,238,000,000	58,000	Corporation	1495	0806416477
16	Toyota Motor CORPORATION	Japan	Toyota	1, Toyotacho	Aichi	471-0826	N/A	1933	$324,180,952,992	383,853	Corporation	3053	1180301018771
17	Cencora, INC.	USA	Conshohocken	1 W 1st Ave	Montgomery	19428-1800	*****.com	1871	$321,332,819,000	51,010	Corporation	845	3368747
18	Zhaodong Xinguoji Commerce And Trade CO., LTD.	China	Zhaodong	Lvse Shipin Industrial Park	Heilongjiang	151100	N/A	2014	$301,121,560,446	482,198	Corporation	8	232303100040539
19	State Of New York	USA	Albany	State Capitol	Albany	12224	N/A	1788	$283,250,000,000	464,954	Corporation	4980	N/A
20	Microsoft CORPORATION	USA	Redmond	1 Microsoft Way	King	98052-8300	*****.com	1975	$281,724,000,000	228,000	Corporation	1125	600413485
21	Jpmorgan Chase & CO.	USA	New York	270 Park Ave	New York	10017-2014	*****.com	1968	$280,345,000,000	318,512	Corporation	6695	0691011
22	Costco Wholesale CORPORATION	USA	Issaquah	999 Lake Dr	King	98027-5367	*****.com	1976	$275,235,000,000	341,000	Corporation	1055	601024674
23	The Cigna Group	USA	Bloomfield	900 Cottage Grove Rd	Ct	06002-2920	*****.com	1792	$274,900,000,000	67,700	Corporation	481	6784873
24	Shell PLC	Unitedkingdom	Balham	Shell Centre	London	SE1 7NA	*****.uk	2002	$266,886,000,000	88,000	Corporation	5522	04366849
25	Glencore PLC	Unitedkingdom	Saint-hélier	13 Castle Street	Saint Helier	JE1 1ES	N/A	1974	$247,535,000,000	140,000	Corporation	270	107710

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Companies in the world

375,880,144

215 countries · 2 November 2026

There are 375,880,144 companies in the world in our data (2 November 2026). That is one company for every 22 people on earth. 16,078,160 of them were registered this year, about 74,000 per working day. We count every registered business, from a sole trader to Walmart, not only the listed ones.

Per working day in 2026

≈ 74,000

new companies registered · 16,078,160 so far this year

Very large

7,886

companies employ 10,000 people or more · 38,746 turn over $1 billion+

Very small

58%

217.7 million companies have 1 to 4 employees

How this differs from the Fortune Global 500

Scope: We count all 375.9 million registered companies; Fortune ranks 500 by revenue.
Headcount: Staff as filed on the parent record, not consolidated group employment.
Ownership: Private and state-owned companies included, with their ownership on the row.
Freshness: Refreshed monthly from the registers of 215 countries; Fortune once a year.

Nine of the ten largest companies in the Fortune Global 500 of 2026 are in our top 20 by revenue. UnitedHealth Group is not: we hold no parent record that carries the group's revenue. Where a row differs from Fortune, the reason is on the row: a company that files as a subsidiary, a headcount that belongs to one legal entity rather than the whole group, or a parent record we do not hold.

Which country has the most companies?

China has the most companies in the world, 80.2 million, ahead of United States (63.9 million) and India (38.7 million). The ten largest countries hold 70% of all companies; the other 205 share the remaining 30%.

Area = companies. Hover or focus a tile for the exact count; click for the country page. "Other" bundles 200 countries.

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Companies per 1,000 people: where entrepreneurship is densest

The world average is 43 companies per 1,000 people. Among the largest economies France 187, United States 179 and Brazil 129 are far above it, while India 25 and Japan 39 are below it. Among countries with a million people or more, Australia, Hong Kong and Estonia have the most companies per person. Branch locations are not counted; population from the World Bank (2025).

Densest countries with 1 million+ people

Australia310 companies per 1,000 people
Hong Kong280 companies per 1,000 people
Estonia275 companies per 1,000 people
Mauritius273 companies per 1,000 people
Czech Republic270 companies per 1,000 people
Finland229 companies per 1,000 people
Norway207 companies per 1,000 people
Netherlands206 companies per 1,000 people
Bulgaria194 companies per 1,000 people
Slovakia192 companies per 1,000 people

The ten largest economies

United States179 companies per 1,000 people
China54 companies per 1,000 people
Germany75 companies per 1,000 people
Japan39 companies per 1,000 people
India25 companies per 1,000 people
United Kingdom123 companies per 1,000 people
France187 companies per 1,000 people
Italy96 companies per 1,000 people
Brazil129 companies per 1,000 people
Canada97 companies per 1,000 people

Dashed line: world average, 43 per 1,000 people. Filled dot: above average.

Largest companies in the world

Amazon.com is the largest company in the world by revenue, $716.9 billion a year, ahead of Walmart ($713.2 billion). 38,746 companies worldwide turn over more than $1 billion.

#	Company	Revenue	Employees	Group
1	Seattle, United StatesListed	$716.9B	1,576,017	3,718
2	Bentonville, United StatesListed	$713.2B	2,100,000	9,827
3	Beijing, ChinaState-ownedparent record headcount	$564.0B	887	12,080
4	Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaState-owned	$445.7B	75,118	1,278
5	Beijing, ChinaState-owned	$431.3B	923,719	29,952
6	Cupertino, United StatesListed	$416.2B	166,000	783
7	Omaha, United StatesListed	$410.5B	387,800	8,816
8	Irving, United StatesListed	$403.4B	43,000	910
9	Mountain View, United StatesListed	$402.8B	190,822	517
10	Woonsocket, United StatesListed	$402.1B	300,000	10,694
11	Beijing, ChinaState-owned	$397.5B	132,039	41,041
12	Wolfsburg, GermanyListed	$373.1B	588,754	4,281
13	Ottawa, Canada	$357.3B	367,772	14,060
14	Spring, United StatesListed	$332.2B	58,000	1,495
15	Toyota, JapanListed	$324.2B	383,853	3,053
16	Conshohocken, United StatesListed	$321.3B	51,010	845
17	Redmond, United StatesListed	$281.7B	228,000	1,125
18	New York, United StatesListed	$280.3B	318,512	6,695
19	Issaquah, United StatesListed	$275.2B	341,000	1,055
20	Balham, United KingdomListed	$266.9B	88,000	5,522
21	Saint-Hélier, United KingdomListed	$247.5B	140,000	270
22	Suwon, South KoreaListed	$226.9B	129,636	781
23	Indianapolis, United StatesListed	$199.1B	97,100	546
24	Hoofddorp, NetherlandsListed	$165.9B	248,243	1,333
25	Queen's Park, United KingdomListed	$158.9B	98,200	5,186
26	München, GermanyListed	$154.7B	156,305	614
27	Wayzata, United StatesPrivate	$153.6B	155,000	1,749
28	Stuttgart, GermanyListed	$153.3B	169,240	970
29	Canary Wharf, United KingdomListed	$149.6B	218,271	4,773
30	München, GermanyListed	$141.3B	157,084	2,608
31	Minato-Ku, JapanListed	$139.4B	195,109	1,607
32	Bonn, GermanyListed	$138.0B	199,223	8,596
33	Seoul, South KoreaListed	$126.7B	73,063	1,166
34	East District, TaiwanListed	$121.8B	70,037	79
35	Chiyoda-Ku, JapanListed	$121.0B	63,037	2,425
36	Vevey, SwitzerlandListed	$111.2B	291,000	2,327
37	Oaklands, United KingdomListed	$101.6B	336,123	5,042
38	Stavanger, NorwayState-owned	$99.6B	21,239	2,898
39	Neckarsulm, GermanyPrivate	$98.8B	249,311	6,633
40	Bonn, GermanyListed	$96.0B	583,371	6,331
41	Gerlingen, GermanyPrivate	$95.5B	424,665	2,208
42	Minato-Ku, JapanListed	$94.8B	114,570	4,814
43	Zaandam, NetherlandsListed	$94.5B	83,773	4,235
44	Chiyoda-Ku, JapanListed	$92.2B	344,196	3,203
45	München, GermanyListed	$91.8B	316,000	3,670
46	Essen (Oldenburg), GermanyListed	$91.2B	80,512	1,335
47	Rio de Janeiro, BrazilState-owned	$90.4B	50,687	623
48	Chiyoda-Ku, JapanListed	$89.5B	55,463	2,145
49	Monument, United KingdomListed	$86.0B	64,038	2,122
50	Minato-Ku, JapanListed	$79.8B	112,300	1,380

Built from the top of each country's register, not from one global sort: the global sort returns placeholder revenues. Revenue and headcount are those on the parent record. A parent that files one legal entity's headcount ranks by revenue only and carries a tag.

Walmart is the biggest employer in the world with 2,100,000 staff; Amazon.com follows with 1,576,017. Only 7,886 companies on earth employ 10,000 people or more.

#	Company	Employees	Revenue	Group
1	Bentonville, United StatesListed	2,100,000	$713.2B	9,827
2	Seattle, United StatesListed	1,576,017	$716.9B	3,718
3	Beijing, ChinaState-owned	923,719	$431.3B	29,952
4	Moskva, RussiaState-owned	696,300	$39.5B	2,659
5	Dublin, IrelandListed	693,748	$61.6B	1,667
6	Wolfsburg, GermanyListed	588,754	$373.1B	4,281
7	Bonn, GermanyListed	583,371	$96.0B	6,331
8	Gerlingen, GermanyPrivate	424,665	$95.5B	2,208
9	Mumbai, IndiaListed	419,911	$57.7B	18,371
10	Omaha, United StatesListed	387,800	$410.5B	8,816
11	Toyota, JapanListed	383,853	$324.2B	3,053
12	Ottawa, Canada	367,772	$357.3B	14,060
13	Chiyoda-Ku, JapanListed	344,196	$92.2B	3,203
14	Issaquah, United StatesListed	341,000	$275.2B	1,055
15	Oaklands, United KingdomListed	336,123	$101.6B	5,042
16	New York, United StatesListed	318,512	$280.3B	6,695
17	München, GermanyListed	316,000	$91.8B	3,670
18	Woonsocket, United StatesListed	300,000	$402.1B	10,694
19	Vevey, SwitzerlandListed	291,000	$111.2B	2,327
20	Chiyoda-Ku, JapanListed	287,901	$67.7B	3,023
21	Lakeland, United StatesPrivate	260,000	$63.2B	1,419
22	Neckarsulm, GermanyPrivate	249,311	$98.8B	6,633
23	Hoofddorp, NetherlandsListed	248,243	$165.9B	1,333
24	Krasnodar, Russia	233,642	$38.8B	268
25	Redmond, United StatesListed	228,000	$281.7B	1,125
26	Moskva, RussiaState-owned	224,785	$29.1B	1,102
27	Toronto, Canada	222,000	$43.8B	888
28	Canary Wharf, United KingdomListed	218,271	$149.6B	4,773
29	Mumbai, India	214,521	$39.7B	8,493
30	Sydney, Australia	201,413	$52.3B	475
31	Ginevra, Switzerland	200,000	$35.6B	1,037
32	Bonn, GermanyListed	199,223	$138.0B	8,596
33	Minato-Ku, JapanListed	195,109	$139.4B	1,607
34	Mountain View, United StatesListed	190,822	$402.8B	517
35	Chiba, JapanListed	179,230	$69.7B	15,580
36	Sabaneta, Colombia	178,000	$6.5B	6
37	Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany	176,341	$23.1B	4
38	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesListed	174,386	$36.7B	2
39	Álvaro Obregón, Mexico	170,000	$6.3B	1,921
40	Kyiv, Ukraine	169,952	$2.1B	55
41	Stuttgart, GermanyListed	169,240	$153.3B	970
42	Chiyoda-Ku, Japan	168,922	$18.0B	24,219
43	Cupertino, United StatesListed	166,000	$416.2B	783
44	Sankt-Peterburg, Russia	160,679	$43.8B	226
45	Chuo-Ku, JapanListed	158,295	$10.7B	6,001
46	Friedrichshafen, GermanyPrivate	157,568	$45.0B	1,157
47	München, GermanyListed	157,084	$141.3B	2,608
48	München, GermanyListed	156,305	$154.7B	614
49	Wayzata, United StatesPrivate	155,000	$153.6B	1,749
50	Phường 5, Vietnam	150,907	$19.3B	–

A company with 200,000+ employees is ranked only when its group holds 50+ companies and turns over $20 billion+; this removes register records with implausible headcounts.

China Petrochemical has 41,041 companies in its group, more than any other of the world's largest companies. Nobody else publishes this ranking: the largest corporate families by the number of legal entities they control.

#	Company	Companies	Countries	Abroad
1	Beijing, ChinaState-owned	41,041	36	128
2	Beijing, ChinaState-owned	29,952	42	230
3	Mumbai, IndiaListed	18,371	22	78
4	Chiba, JapanListed	15,580	15	245
5	Ottawa, Canada	14,060	41	943
6	Beijing, ChinaState-ownedparent record headcount	12,080	18	1,205
7	Woonsocket, United StatesListed	10,694	8	10
8	Bentonville, United StatesListed	9,827	21	4,380
9	Omaha, United StatesListed	8,816	65	1,184
10	Bonn, GermanyListed	8,596	51	7,063
11	Mumbai, India	8,493	6	8
12	Chiyoda-Ku, JapanListed	7,960	5	7,494
13	New York, United StatesListed	6,695	54	584
14	Laval, CanadaListed	6,689	16	5,202
15	Neckarsulm, GermanyPrivate	6,633	40	6,562
16	Bonn, GermanyListed	6,331	150	5,719
17	Balham, United KingdomListed	5,522	107	4,198
18	Brasília, BrazilState-owned	5,405	11	198
19	Queen's Park, United KingdomListed	5,186	78	3,210
20	Oaklands, United KingdomListed	5,042	27	817
21	Minato-Ku, JapanListed	4,814	58	1,631
22	Canary Wharf, United KingdomListed	4,773	66	3,821
23	Ahmedabad, India	4,431	4	3
24	Osasco, Brazil	4,317	8	12
25	Wolfsburg, GermanyListed	4,281	82	3,376
26	Zaandam, NetherlandsListed	4,235	12	2,807
27	Frankfurt am Main, Germany	4,230	60	3,654
28	Manchester, United Kingdom	4,020	1	0
29	Issy-les-Moulineaux, France	3,805	82	1,363
30	Seattle, United StatesListed	3,718	60	1,465
31	Milano, ItalyListed	3,679	33	1,311
32	München, GermanyListed	3,670	98	3,183
33	Milano, ItalyListed	3,449	39	266
34	Chiyoda-Ku, JapanListed	3,203	68	964
35	Mclean, United StatesPrivate	3,179	73	1,068
36	Rathfarnham, Ireland	3,146	32	3,066

Companies in the group: every company that reports to the same global ultimate owner, across all countries; countries counted from the group's own record. Only a group's head is listed, not a subsidiary that carries the group's size.

Cargill is the largest privately held company in the world by revenue in our data, ahead of Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG and Robert Bosch. Private means not listed and not state-owned.

#	Company	Revenue	Employees	Group
1	Wayzata, United StatesPrivate	$153.6B	155,000	1,749
2	Neckarsulm, GermanyPrivate	$98.8B	249,311	6,633
3	Gerlingen, GermanyPrivate	$95.5B	424,665	2,208
4	Lakeland, United StatesPrivate	$63.2B	260,000	1,419
5	Leiden, NetherlandsPrivate	$47.8B	16,646	908
6	Friedrichshafen, GermanyPrivate	$45.0B	157,568	1,157
7	Mclean, United StatesPrivate	$42.8B	28,746	3,179
8	Wichita, United StatesPrivate	$36.9B	70,000	1,330
9	Essen (Oldenburg), GermanyPrivate	$31.0B	86,301	1,482
10	Karlsruhe, GermanyPrivate	$22.6B	71,296	–
11	Gütersloh, GermanyPrivate	$22.0B	77,909	1,059
12	Atlanta, United StatesPrivate	$16.6B	55,225	699
13	Ingelheim am Rhein, GermanyPrivate	$13.9B	1,580	370
14	Keene, United StatesPrivate	$10.2B	18,000	280

Ownership from our own list of the largest groups, checked by hand; revenue is the parent record's. Most published lists of private companies stop at 2023 figures; this one refreshes monthly.

Group structures

How big are companies in the world?

217.7 million companies (58%) have one to four employees. At the other end, 7,886 companies employ 10,000 or more, 0.002% of the total. 38,746 companies turn over more than $1 billion a year.

By employee size

Employees	Companies	%
1-4	217,749,901	58%
5-9	59,592,085	16%
10-19	48,071,285	13%
20-49	15,288,452	4%
50-99	2,682,536	0.7%
100-499	1,610,726	0.4%
500-999	161,033	<0.1%
1,000-9,999	124,214	<0.1%
10,000+	7,886	<0.1%

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Companies	%
< $100K	110,149,574	29%
$100K-$500K	103,030,000	27%
$500K-$1M	43,136,649	11%
$1M-$5M	66,988,497	18%
$5M-$10M	4,923,164	1%
$10M-$100M	1,985,860	0.5%
$100M-$1B	222,964	<0.1%
$1B+	38,746	<0.1%

Log scale: a bar shows the order of magnitude, so the 7,886 companies with 10,000+ staff stay visible next to the 217.7 million with one to four. Hover or focus a bar for the exact count and share (0.002% of all companies have 10,000+ staff).

Legal forms of the world's companies

47% of all companies in the world are corporations (176.7 million), and 31% are sole traders (115.6 million). Partnerships make up 20.5 million, non-profit organisations 6.9 million and cooperatives 4.7 million.

Corporations176,740,55347%
Sole traders115,570,02231%
No legal form on record49,346,38713%
Partnerships20,453,2355%
Non-profit organisations6,868,2462%
Cooperatives4,681,4731%
Foreign branches855,2860.2%
Public bodies601,0480.2%
Joint ventures763,8940.2%

Private, state-owned, listed

Of the 50 largest companies by revenue on this page, 40 are listed, 6 are state-owned (State Grid Corporation of China, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), China National Petroleum and China Petrochemical among them) and 3 are privately held, led by Cargill, Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG and Robert Bosch.

Listed 40, , ,
State-owned 6, , ,
Private 3, ,

Of the 50 largest companies by revenue in the ranking above.

How many companies are part of a group structure?

33.9 million companies (9%) are part of a multi-site structure: 12.9 million head offices with 20.9 million branch locations. The other 342.0 million stand alone. Structures are most common in Japan (41%), Vietnam (33%) and Italy (32%).

Share of companies in a structure, countries with 1M+ companies

Country	Share	In a structure
Japan		40.9%
Vietnam		33.2%
Italy		31.7%
Belgium		29.5%
Czech Republic		29.4%
Slovakia		24.1%
France		17.0%
Spain		16.7%
Netherlands		13.2%
Germany		12.9%
Greece		12.0%
Sweden		10.2%
China		8.9%
Taiwan		8.5%
India		8.3%

Norway is left out: its register files every place of business of a company as a sub-unit of its own, so 82% of its records are part of a structure.

The most international groups

1Germany · 5,719 of 6,331 companies abroad150 countries
2United Kingdom · 4,198 of 5,522 companies abroad107 countries
3Germany · 3,183 of 3,670 companies abroad98 countries
4Germany · 3,376 of 4,281 companies abroad82 countries
5France · 1,363 of 3,805 companies abroad82 countries
6United Kingdom · 3,210 of 5,186 companies abroad78 countries
7United States · 1,068 of 3,179 companies abroad73 countries
8Japan · 964 of 3,203 companies abroad68 countries

Countries in which the group has a company, counted from the group's own record, among the largest groups above.

Company ownership structure data

How many companies started this year?

16,078,160 companies were registered worldwide so far in 2026, about 74,000 per working day, after 25.5 million in 2025. China, United States and Brazil account for 70% of them. Measured against the companies a country already has, the fastest-growing registers are in Brazil, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Companies registered per year, worldwide

20,733,4072022
23,948,1212023
23,338,8982024
25,527,5762025
16,078,1602026 so far

New companies in 2026 by country

Country	New	%
China +6.6%	5,265,028	33%
United States +4.7%	2,970,531	18%
Brazil +10.2%	2,945,994	18%
France +4.1%	583,881	4%
United Kingdom +6.0%	534,395	3%
Australia +4.4%	375,304	2%
India +0.6%	234,069	1%
Poland +3.5%	218,587	1%
Italy +2.9%	203,066	1%
Netherlands +5.2%	202,883	1%

+%: new companies against the companies the country already has.

Companies by continent

Asia holds 39% of the world's companies, Europe 22% and North America 19%. Each continent has its own page with the largest companies, the countries in it and how many started this year.

Asia
146M
39% of the world · 33 countries
Largest:
Europe
83M
22% of the world · 47 countries
Largest:
North America
72M
19% of the world · 33 countries
Largest:
South America
43M
11% of the world · 13 countries
Largest:
Africa
16M
4% of the world · 54 countries
Largest: SPA Sonatrach
Oceania
9.6M
3% of the world · 20 countries
Largest: Rio Tinto Limited
Middle East
5.6M
1% of the world · 15 countries
Largest:

Questions about companies in the world

Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).

There are 375,880,144 companies in the world in our data, across 215 countries, counted on 2 November 2026. That is one company for every 22 people.

China, with 80.2 million, ahead of United States (63.9 million), India (38.7 million) and Brazil (28.9 million). The ten largest countries hold 70% of all companies.

Among countries with over a million people, Australia leads with 310 companies per 1,000 residents, then Hong Kong (280) and Estonia (275). The world average is 43.

By revenue Amazon.com ($716.9 billion), ahead of Walmart ($713.2 billion). By employees Walmart (2.1 million). By the number of companies in its group China Petrochemical (41,041).

Walmart, with 2,100,000 employees, followed by Amazon.com (1,576,017), China National Petroleum (923,719), Russian Railways (RZhD) (696,300) and Accenture (693,748).

In our data Cargill, with $153.6 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG ($98.8 billion) and Robert Bosch ($95.5 billion).

Only 7,886 companies employ 10,000 people or more, and 38,746 turn over more than $1 billion a year. 58% of all companies have one to four employees.

16,078,160 companies were registered worldwide so far in 2026, about 74,000 per working day, after 25.5 million in 2025.

Fortune ranks 500 large companies by consolidated revenue once a year. We count all 375.9 million registered companies, refresh monthly, and show headcount as filed on the parent record. Nine of Fortune's top ten of 2026 are in our top 20 by revenue.

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Discover more: every country, continent and region

134 country pages, 7 continents and 4 regions, each with its company count.

Asia

Afghanistan 21K
Armenia 6K
Azerbaijan 5K
Bangladesh 406K
China 80M
Georgia 13K
Hong Kong 2.1M
India 39M
Indonesia 3.0M
Japan 6.8M
Kazakhstan 2.2M
Kyrgyzstan 170K
Macao 26K
Malaysia 796K
Nepal 326K
Pakistan 1.7M
Philippines 795K
Singapore 633K
South Korea 2.7M
Sri Lanka 145K
Taiwan 1.9M
Thailand 1.0M
Uzbekistan 351K
Vietnam 1.9M

North America

Western Europe

Southern Europe

Northern Europe

Denmark 958K
Estonia 376K
Finland 1.3M
Iceland 140K
Ireland 402K
Latvia 186K
Lithuania 197K
Norway 2.0M
Sweden 1.9M
United Kingdom 8.8M

Eastern Europe

Belarus 186K
Czech Republic 3.5M
Hungary 1.3M
Moldova 160K
Poland 6.3M
Romania 2.0M
Russia 3.0M
Slovakia 1.2M
Ukraine 1.7M

South America

Argentina 2.3M
Bolivia 159K
Brazil 29M
Chile 2.3M
Colombia 3.6M
Ecuador 2.8M
Paraguay 70K
Peru 2.8M
Uruguay 165K
Venezuela 78K

Africa

Algeria 213K
Angola 196K
Botswana 34K
Cameroon 372K
Ethiopia 1.3M
Ghana 1.4M
Ivory Coast 127K
Kenya 1.3M
Malawi 8K
Mauritius 340K
Morocco 893K
Mozambique 7K
Namibia 32K
Niger 3K
Nigeria 659K
South Africa 7.7M
Tanzania 245K
Tunisia 270K
Uganda 11K
Zambia 237K
Zimbabwe 4K

Middle East

Bahrain 149K
Egypt 290K
Iran 27K
Iraq 42K
Israel 949K
Jordan 369K
Kuwait 97K
Lebanon 133K
Oman 285K
Qatar 89K
Saudi Arabia 843K
Syria 33K
Turkey 1.5M
United Arab Emirates 819K
Yemen 6K

Oceania

Australia 8.6M
New Zealand 1.0M

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