List of largest technology companies by revenue

This is a global list of largest technology companies by revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500. It shows companies identified by Fortune as being in the technology sector, ranked by total annual revenue. Other metrics not shown here, in particular market capitalization, are often used alternatively to define the size of a company.

The list includes companies whose primary business activities are associated with the technology industry, which includes computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, telecom equipment, e-commerce and computer services. Note: This list shows only companies with annual revenues exceeding US$50 billion.

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Column Explanation
Rank Rank of company by revenue
Company Name of the international company
Revenue The revenue of the company in billions of
USDs in the fiscal year noted
Employees Number of employees of company
Headquarters Location of company's headquarters

2021 list edit

Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2021.[1] All data in the table is taken from the Fortune Global 500 list of technology sector companies for 2021[2] unless otherwise specified.

As of 2021, Fortune lists Amazon (revenue of $386.064 billion), Jingdong ($108.087 billion), and Alibaba ($105.865 billion) in the retailing sector rather than the technology sector.[3]

Rank Company Revenue ($B) USD[2] Employees[2] Revenue per employee ($K USD)[2] Headquarters
1   Apple $383.93 147,000 1867.44897 Cupertino, California, US
2   Samsung Electronics $200.734 267,937 749.18357 Suwon, South Korea
3   Alphabet $182.527 135,301 1349.04398 Mountain View, California, US
4   Foxconn $181.945 878,429 207.12544 New Taipei City, Taiwan
5   Microsoft $143.015 163,000 877.39263 Redmond, Washington, US
6   Huawei $129.184 197,000 655.75634 Shenzhen, China
7   Dell Technologies $92.224 158,000 583.6962 Round Rock, Texas, US
8   Meta $85.965 58,604 1466.87939 Menlo Park, California, US
9   Sony $84.893 109,700 773.86508 Tokyo, Japan
10   Hitachi $82.345 350,864 234.69207 Tokyo, Japan
11   Intel $77.867 110,600 704.04159 Santa Clara, California, US
12   IBM $73.620 364,800 201.80921 Armonk, New York, US
13   Tencent $69.864 85,858 813.71567 Shenzhen, China
14   Panasonic $63.191 243,540 259.46867 Osaka, Japan
15   Lenovo $60.742 71,500 849.53846 Hong Kong, China[4]
16   HP Inc. $56.639 53,000 1068.66037 Palo Alto, California, US
17   LG Electronics $53.625 75,000 715.00000 Seoul, South Korea

2020 list edit

Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2020.[5] All data in the table is taken from the Fortune Global 500 list of technology sector companies for 2020[6] unless otherwise specified.

As of 2020, Fortune lists Amazon (revenue of $280.522 billion) in the retailing sector rather than the technology sector.[3]

Rank Company Revenue ($B) USD[6] Employees[6] Revenue per employee ($K USD)[6] Headquarters
1   Apple $260.174 137,000 1899.08029 Cupertino, California, US
2   Samsung Electronics $197.705 287,439 687.8155 Suwon, South Korea
3   Foxconn $178.869 757,404 236.16062 New Taipei City, Taiwan
4   Alphabet $161.857 118,899 1361.29824 Mountain View, California, US
5   Microsoft $125.843 144,000 873.90972 Redmond, Washington, US
6   Huawei $124.316 194,000 640.80412 Shenzhen, China
7   Dell Technologies $92.154 165,000 558.50909 Round Rock, Texas, US
8   Hitachi $80.639 301,056 267.85382 Tokyo, Japan
9   IBM $77.147 383,056 201.39875 Armonk, New York, US
10   Sony $75.972 111,700 680.14324 Tokyo, Japan
11   Intel $71.965 110,800 649.50361 Santa Clara, California, US
12   Meta(Facebook) $70.697 44,942 1573.07195 Menlo Park, California, US
13   Panasonic $68.897 259,385 265.61674 Osaka, Japan
14   HP Inc. $58.756 56,000 1049.21428 Palo Alto, California, US
15   Tencent $54.613 62,885 868.45829 Shenzhen, China
16   LG Electronics $53.464 74,000 722.48648 Seoul, South Korea
17   Cisco $51.904 75,900 683.84716 San Jose, California, US
18   Lenovo $50.716 63,000 805.01587 Hong Kong, China[4]

2019 list edit

Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2019.[7] All data in the table is taken from the Fortune Global 500 list of technology sector companies for 2019[8] unless otherwise specified.

As of 2019, Fortune lists Amazon (revenue of $232.887 billion) in the retailing sector rather than the technology sector.[9]

Rank Company Revenue ($B) USD[8] Employees[8] Revenue per employee ($K USD)[8] Headquarters
1   Apple $265.595 132,000 $2012.08333 Cupertino, California, US
2   Samsung Electronics $197.700 309,630 $638.50402 Suwon, South Korea
3   Foxconn $175.617 667,680 $263.0257 New Taipei City, Taiwan
4   Alphabet $136.819 98,771 $1385.21428 Mountain View, California, US
5   Microsoft $110.360 131,000 $842.44274 Redmond, Washington, US
6   Huawei $109.030 188,000 $579.9468 Shenzhen, China
7   Dell Technologies $90.621 157,000 $577.20382 Round Rock, Texas, US
8   Hitachi $85.507 295,941 $288.93259 Tokyo, Japan
9   IBM $79.591 381,100 $208.84544 Armonk, New York, US
10   Sony $78.157 114,400 $683.19055 Tokyo, Japan
11   Panasonic $72.178 271,869 $265.48815 Osaka, Japan
12   Intel $70.848 107,400 $659.6648 Santa Clara, California, US
13   HP Inc. $58.472 55,000 $1063.12727 Palo Alto, California, US
14   Meta(Facebook) $55.838 35,587 $1569.05611 Menlo Park, California, US
15   LG Electronics $55.757 72,600 $768.00275 Seoul, South Korea
16   Lenovo $51.037 57,000 $895.38596 Hong Kong, China[4]

2018 list edit

Ranked by total revenues for respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2018.[10]

Rank[10] Company Fiscal year ending Revenue ($B) USD Employees Revenue per employee ($K USD) Headquarters
1   Apple Inc. September 30, 2017[11] $229.2[10][12] 123,000[12] $1863.41463 Cupertino, California, US
2   Samsung Electronics December 31, 2017[13] $211.9[10][14][15] 320,670[16][17] $660.80394 Suwon, South Korea
3   Amazon December 31, 2017[18][19] $177.9[10][19] 613,300[20] $290.07011 Seattle, Washington, US
4   Foxconn December 31, 2017[21][22] $154.7–158[10][22][23] 803,126[24] $192.62232 New Taipei City, Taiwan
5   Alphabet Inc. December 31, 2017[25][26] $110.8[10][26] 80,110[27] $1383.09823 Mountain View, California, US
6   Microsoft June 30, 2017[28] $90.0[10] 124,000[28] $725.80645 Redmond, Washington, US
7   Huawei December 31, 2017[29][30] $89.3–92.5[10][30] 180,000 $496.11111 Shenzhen, China
8   Hitachi March 31, 2018[31] $84.6[10] 307,275 $275.3234 Tokyo, Japan
9   IBM December 31, 2017[32][33] $79.1[10] 397,800 $198.84364 Armonk, New York, US
10   Dell Technologies January 31, 2018[34][35] $78.7[10][35] 145,000[34] $542.75862 Round Rock, Texas, US
11   Sony March 31, 2018[36] $77.1[10][37] 117,300[36] $657.289 Tokyo, Japan
12   Panasonic March 31, 2018[38] $72.0[10] 274,143 $262.63665 Osaka, Japan
13   Intel December 31, 2017[39] $62.8[10] 102,700 $611.48977 Santa Clara, California, US
14   LG Electronics December 31, 2017[40] $54.3[10] 74,000 $733.78378 Seoul, South Korea
15   JD.com December 31, 2017[41] $54.0[10] 157,831 $342.1381 Beijing, China
16   HP Inc. October 31, 2017[42] $52.0[10] 49,000 $1061.22448 Palo Alto, California, US

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