The world here is every country and territory whose business registers we hold. Our list of industrial companies in the world holds companies in 202 of its countries.
List of Industrial Companies Worldwide
Industrial companies make machinery, equipment, metal products and tools for factories, construction and agriculture. We list 4,450,050 industrial companies in the world, most of them in China (43%) and India (22%). One list for the whole territory, with the register number of each country. Download it as a database or pull it through our Company Data API.
4,450,050 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies4,450,050
Countries202
Largest countryChina
Employees5-9
Revenue$500K-$1M
Email7.5%
Phone26%
Website12%
CEO name82%
Live sample of industrial companies in the world
Below you see a live sample of the 4,450,050 industrial companies, sorted by number of employees. Filter on country, size, revenue, legal form or founding year, or search a company by name.
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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 | Jixi Mining Bureau Electromechanical Factory | China | Jixi | No. 47 Nanxing Street, Jiguan District | Heilongjiang | 158100 | N/A | 1991 | 0 | 229,995 | Corporation | 2 | 230300100008014 |
| 2 | Gutierrez Pasaje Gerardo | Colombia | La Cruz | Carrera 12 12 07 Barrio Granada | Nariño | N/A | N/A | 2021 | $1,050,000 | 100,000 | N/A | 158123756 | |
| 3 | Thermo Detection De Mexico, S. De R.L. De C.V. | Mexico | Benito Juárez | Av. Insurgentes sur No. 863 Piso 9 | Distrito Federal | 03810 | *****.com | 1993 | $16,988,799 | 75,000 | Corporation | 1807 | TDM930119TE0 |
| 4 | John Deere Fabriek Horst B.V. | Netherlands | Horst | Energiestraat 16 | Limburg | 5961 PT | *****.nl | 2021 | $11,983,444,560 | 67,044 | Corporation | 533 | 12020529 |
| 5 | Otis Elevator CO | Egypt | Cairo | 11 Dr Mohamed Mandour Street | Cairo | N/A | N/A | N/A | $4,567,980,000 | 60,000 | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 | Emc International Holdings, INC. | USA | Hopkinton | 176 South St | Middlesex | 01748-2230 | *****.com | 1986 | $23,494,785 | 60,000 | Corporation | 762 | 043184287 |
| 7 | Jiangsu Changshuo Ecotechnology CO., LTD. | China | Taizhou | No.9, Area A, Disan Industrial Zone, Liangxu Sub-district, Jiang | Jiangsu | 225300 | N/A | 2020 | $3,993,000 | 51,000 | Corporation | N/A | 321284000337052 |
| 8 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Sonbhadra Banshi Suryapur | Bhel Site Office | Bihar | 231225 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 9 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Kolkata | 8m , 4th Floor Gillander House | West Bengal | 700002 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 10 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Tiruchirappalli | High Pressure Boiler Plant and Seamless Steel Tube Plant Complex | Tamil Nadu | 620014 | *****.com | 2001 | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 11 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Chennai | 474, Regional Operations Divisions, Anna Salai | Tamil Nadu | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 12 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Haridwar | Bhel Educational Mgmt Board, Ranipur | Uttarakhand | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 13 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | New Delhi | 54 Ja Annexe | Delhi | 110057 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 14 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | New Delhi | 124 Thapar House | Delhi | 110001 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 15 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | New Delhi | B 196 | Delhi | 110027 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 16 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | New Delhi | Ground Floor Tax Building | Delhi | 110050 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 17 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | New Delhi | D 16 / 2 | Delhi | 110020 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 18 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | New Delhi | Computer Centre Building | Delhi | 110037 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 19 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | New Delhi | 4th Floor, C S O | Delhi | 110001 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 20 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Hyderabad | Bhe Lramachandra Puram, | Telangana | 500873 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 21 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Jhansi | Type A 3 | Uttar Pradesh | 284129 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 22 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Gautam Budha Nagar Colony | A 8 - 10, 3rd Floor Kribhco Bhavan | Uttar Pradesh | 201301 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | 09AAACB4146P2ZC | |
| 23 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Bengaluru | 2nd Floor Shankarnarayana Building | Karnataka | 560001 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 24 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Hyderabad | 202 Annex, 902, 2nd Floor Field Supporting Services | Telangana | 502032 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A | |
| 25 | Bharat Heavy Electricals LIMITED | India | Tiruchirappalli | Bhel Township, Kailasapuram | Tamil Nadu | 620014 | *****.com | N/A | 0 | 50,000 | 99999 | N/A |
Showing 25 of 4,450,050 companies
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Largest industrial companies in the world
The biggest industrial companies in the world by staff and by revenue, the largest in China, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest. Click a name for the record.
International Business Machines CORPORATION is the largest industrial company in the world by headcount. 114,743 industrial companies employ 50 people or more; 47,901 employ 100 or more.
131,164 industrial companies in the world turn over more than $5 million a year; 57,869 more than $10 million. Branches of foreign groups are left out: their records carry the group's turnover.
China has the most industrial companies in the world: 1,907,865, or 43% of the list. These are its largest by headcount.
79,600 industrial companies were entered in a register in the world so far in 2026. These are the largest of them by headcount.
1,383 industrial companies in the world in our data were founded before 1900.
Most industrial companies in the world are very small: 62% have 1 to 9 employees, and 56% sit between $500K and $5M in yearly revenue.
Which countries have the most industrial companies?
The world here is every country and territory whose business registers we hold. Each country has its own business register and company number. The list carries them all in one file.
Industrial companies per country, 202 countries
- 1China1,907,865 (43%)
- 2India989,969 (22%)
- 3The United States276,114 (6%)
- 4Japan131,078 (3%)
- 5South Korea83,479 (2%)
- 6Italy69,102 (2%)
- 7Vietnam64,458 (1%)
- 8Taiwan60,196 (1%)
- 9Germany59,484 (1%)
- 10Russia56,874 (1%)
- 11Turkey41,647 (1%)
- 12Spain41,025 (1%)
- 13Peru40,753 (1%)
- 14France37,302 (1%)
- 15Brazil36,008 (1%)
China and India together hold 65% of the industrial companies in the world. The list carries each country's own register number, so you can match it against the local register. The other 187 countries hold 554,682 more.
Which continents have the most industrial companies?
Asia holds 75% of the industrial companies in our data, Europe 11% and North America 8%.
Industrial companies per continent
- 1Asia3,322,791 (75%)
- 2Europe496,702 (11%)
- 3North America352,746 (8%)
- 4South America123,900 (3%)
- 5Middle East90,324 (2%)
- 6Africa44,254 (1%)
- 7Oceania19,319 (1%)
How many industrial companies started this year?
This year 79,600 new industrial companies registered in the world, after 126,832 last year.
Founded per year
- 152,2172022
- 159,8822023
- 140,1082024
- 126,8322025
- 79,6002026 so far
Legal forms of industrial companies in the world
58% of the industrial companies in the world are corporations.
- Corporations2,573,427
- Sole traders1,172,544
- Partnerships183,581
- Foreign companies24,398
- Cooperatives5,140
- Non-profit840
- Other or unknown490,120
Which industrial companies are part of a group?
536,641 of the 4,450,050 industrial companies in the world (12%) are part of a chain or group: 221,353 head offices or parent companies and 315,288 branches. The other 3,913,409 (88%) trade from a single location. 54 of the 55 largest industrial companies in the world by revenue belong to a group.
Chains and single locations
| Location | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single location | 3,913,409 | 88% | |
| Head office | 221,353 | 5% | |
| Branch | 315,288 | 7% |
Largest groups in this list
- 2Ricoh Company, Ltd.1,934 in group
- 3International Business Machines CORPORATION1,779 in group
- 4Otis Worldwide CORPORATION1,651 in group
The groups are counted from the 55 largest companies in this list by revenue, not from all 4,450,050; our API cannot yet filter on group size. The chain count above covers the whole list.
What do industrial companies do?
Industrial companies build engines, machine tools, pumps, conveyors, farm and construction machinery and fabricated metal products, often to their customers' specifications. Their buyers are manufacturers, builders, farmers, mines and utilities, and the field mixes family-owned engineering firms with international machinery groups.
Our data comes from the business registers of 202 countries, where industrial companies are classified under SIC major group 35 (industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment), code 5084 (industrial machinery and equipment) and code 5085 (industrial supplies). In NACE, the European code those registers use, 2,591,466 of them (58%) sit in classes 28.99 (manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.), 28.29 (manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.) and 46.69 (wholesale of other machinery and equipment), part of divisions 28 (manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.) and 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles).
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Our data holds 4,450,050 industrial companies in the world, counted on 2 November 2026.
China, with 1,907,865 industrial companies or 43% of the total, followed by India (989,969) and the United States (276,114).
Most industrial companies in the world are very small: 62% have 1 to 9 employees, and 56% sit between $500K and $5M in yearly revenue. The largest by employees is International Business Machines CORPORATION in Armonk with 286,800 employees.
This year 79,600 new industrial companies registered in the world, after 126,832 last year.
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