Forbes has published its annual Global 2000 ranking, identifying the world’s largest public companies.
The list ranks major corporations using a combination of financial measures, providing a widely referenced snapshot of corporate scale across industries and regions. The Global 2000 is released yearly and is used by analysts, executives and investors to compare leading firms.
The 2026 edition continues the publication’s long-running franchise of measuring global corporate heft. The ranking serves as a reference point for assessing the relative size of the world’s biggest businesses.
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https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/