The Top 100 Companies of the World: The U.S. vs Everyone Else

[F-22Raptor]

When it comes to breaking down the top 100 companies of the world, the United States still commands the largest slice of the pie.

Throughout the 20th century and before globalization reached its current peaks, American companies made the country an economic powerhouse and the source of a majority of global market value.

But even as countries like China have made headway with multi-billion dollar companies of their own, and the market’s most important sectors have shifted, the U.S. has managed to stay on top.

How do the top 100 companies of the world stack up? This visualization pulls from PwC’s annual ranking of the world’s largest companies, using market capitalization data from May 2021.

Where are the World’s Largest Companies Located?
The world’s top 100 companies account for a massive $31.7 trillion in market cap, but that wealth is not distributed evenly.

Between companies, there’s a wide range of market caps. For example, the difference between the world’s largest company (Apple) and the 100th largest (Anheuser-Busch) is $1.9 trillion.

And between countries, that divide becomes even more stark. Of the 16 countries with companies making the top 100 ranking, the U.S. accounts for 65% of the total market cap value.


Compared to the U.S., other once-prominent markets like Japan, France, and the UK have seen their share of the world’s top 100 companies falter over the years. In fact, all of Europe accounts for just $3.46 trillion or 11% of the total market cap value of the list.

A major reason for the U.S. dominance in market values is a shift in important industries and contributors. Of the world’s top 100 companies, 52% were based in either technology or consumer discretionary, and the current largest players like Apple, Alphabet, Tesla, and Walmart are all American-based.

The Top 100 Companies of the World: Competition From China
The biggest and most impressive competitor to the U.S. is China.

With 14 companies of its own in the world’s top 100, China accounted for $4.19 trillion or 13% of the top 100’s total market cap value. That includes two of the top 10 firms by market cap, Tencent and Alibaba.


Impressively, China’s rise in market value isn’t limited to well-known tech and consumer companies. The country’s second biggest contributing industry to the top 100 firms was finance, once also the most valuable sector in the U.S. (currently 4th behind tech, consumer discretionary, and health care).

Other notable countries on the list include Saudi Arabia and its state-owned oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco, which is the third largest company in the world. Despite only having one company in the top 100, Saudi Arabia had the third-largest share of the top 100’s total market cap value.

As Europe continues to lose ground year-over-year and the rest of Asia struggles to keep up, the top 100 companies might become increasingly concentrated in just the U.S. and China. The question is, will the imbalance of global market value start to even out, or become even bigger?

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-top-100-companies-of-the-world-the-u-s-vs-everyone-else/

 

[KAL-EL]

Oh boy.. This could possibly be very triggering for some.

 

[letsrock]

How do they measure market cap. it changes every minute as stock prices changes.

 

[xuxu1457]

Great America, American business must be the best, if not, then let the United States government push the best to death.
From Japan Semiconductor, France Alstom, Huawei，To master Samsung's equity......

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

How do they measure market cap. it changes every minute as stock prices changes.

That's exactly how they measure it. Market cap can be arbitrarily high depending on how much money is printed. But that equity value can never be translated into real value because the minute it is sold to raise cash, the market value declines.

 

[hualushui]

I suggest that the US print 10 trillion dollars, so that the share of American companies will be as high as 90%

 

[crankthatskunk]

The quick answer to all this is one sentence. "The dominance of the dollar in the world".
The US $ slide in the world. The game is over, all these big companies share would slide and they would be fraction of their market values.
Market value is just an imaginary number, shares bought and sold on current trends. Once trends go negative, the share prices go south very rapidly.

 

[52051]

By market cap?

I guess the US money-printing machine works like wonders, thats why the inflation level in the US is now comparable to other banana states.

 

[Big_bud]

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When it comes to breaking down the top 100 companies of the world, the United States still commands the largest slice of the pie.

Throughout the 20th century and before globalization reached its current peaks, American companies made the country an economic powerhouse and the source of a majority of global market value.

But even as countries like China have made headway with multi-billion dollar companies of their own, and the market’s most important sectors have shifted, the U.S. has managed to stay on top.

How do the top 100 companies of the world stack up? This visualization pulls from PwC’s annual ranking of the world’s largest companies, using market capitalization data from May 2021.

Where are the World’s Largest Companies Located?
The world’s top 100 companies account for a massive $31.7 trillion in market cap, but that wealth is not distributed evenly.

Between companies, there’s a wide range of market caps. For example, the difference between the world’s largest company (Apple) and the 100th largest (Anheuser-Busch) is $1.9 trillion.

And between countries, that divide becomes even more stark. Of the 16 countries with companies making the top 100 ranking, the U.S. accounts for 65% of the total market cap value.


Compared to the U.S., other once-prominent markets like Japan, France, and the UK have seen their share of the world’s top 100 companies falter over the years. In fact, all of Europe accounts for just $3.46 trillion or 11% of the total market cap value of the list.

A major reason for the U.S. dominance in market values is a shift in important industries and contributors. Of the world’s top 100 companies, 52% were based in either technology or consumer discretionary, and the current largest players like Apple, Alphabet, Tesla, and Walmart are all American-based.

The Top 100 Companies of the World: Competition From China
The biggest and most impressive competitor to the U.S. is China.

With 14 companies of its own in the world’s top 100, China accounted for $4.19 trillion or 13% of the top 100’s total market cap value. That includes two of the top 10 firms by market cap, Tencent and Alibaba.


Impressively, China’s rise in market value isn’t limited to well-known tech and consumer companies. The country’s second biggest contributing industry to the top 100 firms was finance, once also the most valuable sector in the U.S. (currently 4th behind tech, consumer discretionary, and health care).

Other notable countries on the list include Saudi Arabia and its state-owned oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco, which is the third largest company in the world. Despite only having one company in the top 100, Saudi Arabia had the third-largest share of the top 100’s total market cap value.

As Europe continues to lose ground year-over-year and the rest of Asia struggles to keep up, the top 100 companies might become increasingly concentrated in just the U.S. and China. The question is, will the imbalance of global market value start to even out, or become even bigger?

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-top-100-companies-of-the-world-the-u-s-vs-everyone-else/

Do people also realise the price of an Epi pen in USA? vs rest of the world? Purchasing power has been artificially jacked up in people by printing unlimited amount of dollars. Moreover, companies can charge whatever they want because of free government dollars they get in form of free health insurance. In terms of dollars no company of the world would match USA because of these issues. Other countries have to earn dollars, USA just has to print them. Real efficiency, performance and profitability of a lot of USA companies would be way different than it appears in such a set up.

Plus what 80% of these companies are doing is importing stuff from China, Mexico and other Asian countries. Rebranding them with their own logo and selling them. So the iphone manufacturing plant in China asks its workers to wear diapers so that they don't need to take breaks! They live on very low wage and are over burdened with too much work, but their American lords get to enjoy huge salaries. Likewise every charger gets made in China for 2-3 dollars, China provides it on USA port for that price! These countries just slap their logo on and sell it for 20-25$ a piece. Same goes for mobile casings. In Australia a mobile casing can cost 50-70$! None of them are made in Australia. China should start increasing its prices. If USA was making everything in USA and paying all the wages in US dollars, its market would collapse. Same goes for Australia, UK, Canada. If they just stop the discrimination against Asian in allowing visas. (Like Europeans can visit them so easily, work and live there) there will be no cash in hand workers! Suddenly pizzas will cost double and the delivery fees would double!

Everything that dazzles is not gold. The whites and USA specially has ruled the world in the worst and most discriminatory way possible!

 

[Vanguard One]

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When it comes to breaking down the top 100 companies of the world, the United States still commands the largest slice of the pie.

Throughout the 20th century and before globalization reached its current peaks, American companies made the country an economic powerhouse and the source of a majority of global market value.

But even as countries like China have made headway with multi-billion dollar companies of their own, and the market’s most important sectors have shifted, the U.S. has managed to stay on top.

How do the top 100 companies of the world stack up? This visualization pulls from PwC’s annual ranking of the world’s largest companies, using market capitalization data from May 2021.

Where are the World’s Largest Companies Located?
The world’s top 100 companies account for a massive $31.7 trillion in market cap, but that wealth is not distributed evenly.

Between companies, there’s a wide range of market caps. For example, the difference between the world’s largest company (Apple) and the 100th largest (Anheuser-Busch) is $1.9 trillion.

And between countries, that divide becomes even more stark. Of the 16 countries with companies making the top 100 ranking, the U.S. accounts for 65% of the total market cap value.


Compared to the U.S., other once-prominent markets like Japan, France, and the UK have seen their share of the world’s top 100 companies falter over the years. In fact, all of Europe accounts for just $3.46 trillion or 11% of the total market cap value of the list.

A major reason for the U.S. dominance in market values is a shift in important industries and contributors. Of the world’s top 100 companies, 52% were based in either technology or consumer discretionary, and the current largest players like Apple, Alphabet, Tesla, and Walmart are all American-based.

The Top 100 Companies of the World: Competition From China
The biggest and most impressive competitor to the U.S. is China.

With 14 companies of its own in the world’s top 100, China accounted for $4.19 trillion or 13% of the top 100’s total market cap value. That includes two of the top 10 firms by market cap, Tencent and Alibaba.


Impressively, China’s rise in market value isn’t limited to well-known tech and consumer companies. The country’s second biggest contributing industry to the top 100 firms was finance, once also the most valuable sector in the U.S. (currently 4th behind tech, consumer discretionary, and health care).

Other notable countries on the list include Saudi Arabia and its state-owned oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco, which is the third largest company in the world. Despite only having one company in the top 100, Saudi Arabia had the third-largest share of the top 100’s total market cap value.

As Europe continues to lose ground year-over-year and the rest of Asia struggles to keep up, the top 100 companies might become increasingly concentrated in just the U.S. and China. The question is, will the imbalance of global market value start to even out, or become even bigger?

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-top-100-companies-of-the-world-the-u-s-vs-everyone-else/

LOL at the Chinese.

 

[Menthol]

How do they measure market cap. it changes every minute as stock prices changes.

Pumping the price up!

Because that is where everyone put their saving and retirement investment.

It's a Ponzi scheme.

But as long as you pull out your money earlier at the right time, it's a big win for you.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Do people also realise the price of an Epi pen in USA? vs rest of the world? Purchasing power has been artificially jacked up in people by printing unlimited amount of dollars.

I can walk into a Pharmacy in Canada/Mexico/France or order an Epi Pen online from a foreign site and pay a lower price in converted dollars than in the US. Not sure what this has to do with dollars per se. It is mostly about US consumers financing Pharmaceuticals.

 

[925boy]

Oh boy.. This could possibly be very triggering for some.

like me, cuz many of those US companies dont pay fair tax, and get bailouts from govt, so they're numbers arent real IMO.

It is mostly about US consumers financing Pharmaceuticals.

AND THATS THE PROBLEM- they should be financing UNiversal national healthare, not DRUG COMPANIES that cheat and drain them!

By market cap?

I guess the US money-printing machine works like wonders, thats why the inflation level in the US is now comparable to other banana states.

and if these American companies are TRULY that rich, why are US citizens so poor and why is the national debt so high??? Its def a ponzi scheme..

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

AND THATS THE PROBLEM- they should be financing UNiversal national healthare, not DRUG COMPANIES that cheat and drain them!

We'd all have Covid right now if Pharmaceuticals didn't have money for R&D.

It costs alot of money to bring a drug to market. These companies aren't charities. They aren't going to recoup their investment by charging a penny a pill.

It doesn't help when third world countries demand these drugs for free. Or demand to make them locally for a penny.

Everybody demands a miracle cure from the US yesterday (especially desperate foreign countries)...but nobody wants to help pay for its development.