List of most indebted companies

The following article lists the indebted companies in the world by total corporate debt according estimates by the British-Australian investment firm Janus Henderson. In 2019, the total debt of the 900 most indebted companies was $8,325 billion. The most indebted companies were in the oil and gas, utilities, telecommunication and automotive industries.[1] The world's most indebted company in 2021 was Toyota.[2]

The most indebted company in history was General Electric, holding in 2008 556$bn in debt.

2022 Top 20

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The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2022.[3]

Rank Company Country Debt
(billions of US$)
1 Evergrande Group   China 340
2 Toyota   Japan 217

2021 Top 20

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The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2021.[3]

Rank Company Country Debt
(billions of US$)
1 Toyota   Japan 186
2 Volkswagen AG   Germany 185
3 AT&T   United States 182
4 Verizon Communications   United States 174
5 Deutsche Telekom AG   Germany 153
6 Mercedes-Benz Group AG   Germany 109
7 Électricité de France SA   France 104
8 Comcast   United States 98
9 BMW   Germany 96
10 Charter Communications   United States 92
11 Ford Motor Company   United States 90
12 General Motors   United States 79
13 Anheuser-Busch and In-Bev   Belgium 76
14 Enel SpA   Italy 72
15 Duke Energy   United States 68
16 AbbVie, Inc.   United States 68
17 Korea Electric Power   South Korea 68
18 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone   Japan 67
19 Hyundai   South Korea 65
20 Vodafone   United Kingdom 62

2019 Top 20

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The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2019.[1]

Rank Company Country Debt
(billions of US$)
1 Volkswagen AG   Germany 192
2 AT&T   United States 176
3 Daimler AG   Germany 151
4 Toyota   Japan 138
5 SoftBank Group   Japan 135
6 Verizon Communications   United States 129
7 Ford Motor Company   United States 122
8 BMW   Germany 114
9 Comcast   United States 104
10 Anheuser-Busch and InBev   Belgium 96
11 Deutsche Telekom   Germany 87
12 CVS Health   United States 81
13 Petrobras   Brazil 79
14 Royal Dutch Shell   Netherlands 78
15 General Motors   United States 78
16 Charter Communications   United States 77
17 PetroChina   China 76
18 Walmart   United States 63
19 Duke Energy   United States 62
20 Korea Electric Power Corporation   South Korea 60

2016 Top 20

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The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2016.[1]

Rank Company Country Debt
(billions of US$)
1 AT&T   United States 139
2 Volkswagen AG   Germany 136
3 Verizon Communications   United States 126
4 Toyota   Japan 119
5 Anheuser-Busch and InBev   Belgium 107
6 Daimler AG   Germany 104
7 Ford Motor Company   United States 104
8 Petrobras   Brazil 95
9 BMW   Germany 95
10 General Electric   United States 91
11 Royal Dutch Shell   Netherlands 89
12 SoftBank Group   Japan 82
13 PetroChina   China 81
14 Deutsche Telekom   Germany 76
15 Telefónica   Spain 69
16 Charter Communications   United States 61
17 Walmart   United States 58
18 General Motors   United States 58
19 Comcast   United States 58
20 Électricité de France   France 57

2014 Top 20

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The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2014.[1]

Rank Company Country Debt
(billions of US$)
1 General Electric   United States 278
2 Volkswagen AG   Germany 134
3 Verizon Communications   United States 123
4 Toyota   Japan 115
5 Petrobras   Brazil 105
6 PetroChina   China 96
7 AT&T   United States 93
8 Daimler AG   Germany 90
9 Ford Motor Company   United States 88
10 BMW   Germany 84
11 Deutsche Telekom   Germany 79
12 Telefónica   Spain 73
13 Sinopec   China 71
14 SoftBank Group   Japan 70
15 Walmart   United States 66
16 Korea Electric Power Corporation   South Korea 57
17 Mitsubishi Corporation   Japan 55
18 Électricité de France   France 53
19 Rosneft   Russia 50
20 Orange S.A.   France 48

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Janus Henderson Corporate Debt Index Edition 1" (PDF). Janus Henderson.
  2. ^ "VW Becomes The World's Most Indebted Company, Owes More Than South Africa!". Carscoops. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  3. ^ a b Henderson, Janus (February 23, 2023). "JANUS HENDERSON CORPORATE DEBT INDEX, Edition 3" (PDF). Janus Henderson. Retrieved February 23, 2023.