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Top companies
Biggest Employers
Rank
Company
Global 500
revenues rank
2006 Number
of Employees
1
Wal-Mart Stores
1
1,900,000
2
State Grid
29
1,504,000
3
China National Petroleum
24
1,086,966
4
U.S. Postal Service
64
796,199
5
Sinopec
17
681,900
6
Siemens
28
475,000
7
McDonald's
329
465,000
8
Deutsche Post
57
463,350
9
Carrefour
32
456,295
10
Agricultural Bank of China
277
452,464
11
Gazprom
52
432,230
12
United Parcel Service
128
428,000
13
Compass Group
322
406,924
14
China Telecommunications
275
400,299
15
Hitachi
48
384,444
16
Hon Hai Precision Industry
154
382,000
17
DaimlerChrysler
8
360,385
18
International Business Machines
42
355,766
19
Sears Holdings
114
352,000
19
Target
96
352,000
21
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
170
351,448
22
Sodexho Alliance
483
332,096
23
Citigroup
14
332,000
24
Matsushita Electric Industrial
59
328,645
25
Volkswagen
16
324,875
26
Mittal Steel
99
320,000
27
General Electric
11
319,000
28
Tesco
55
318,283
29
Kroger
80
310,000
30
Home Depot
44
305,760
31
La Poste
223
303,401
32
AT&T
86
302,770
33
Toyota Motor
6
299,394
34
Veolia Environnement
178
298,498
35
China Construction Bank
230
297,506
36
HSBC Holdings
22
296,197
37
China State Construction
396
294,309
38
Ford Motor
12
283,000
39
General Motors
5
280,000
40
China Railway Engineering
342
275,866
41
Nestlé
56
265,000
42
Robert Bosch
109
261,291
43
Edeka Zentrale
338
253,000
44
Deutsche Telekom
60
248,800
45
China Railway Construction
384
245,540
46
Verizon Communications
39
242,000
47
Jardine Matheson
457
240,000
48
Tyco International
149
238,200
49
Telefónica
77
234,900
50
Bank of China
215
232,632
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Company
2006 Profits
($ millions)
Exxon Mobil
39,500.0
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25,442.0
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22,876.0
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Company
2006 Revenues ($ millions)
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204,746.4
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131,636.0
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110,520.2
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107,185.5
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94,790.5
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