This article lists the largest companies of Saudi Arabia in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.
2019 Fortune list edit
This list displays both of the two Saudi companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2018.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
| Rank | Fortune 500 rank |
Name | Industry | Revenue (USD millions) |
Profits (USD millions) |
Employees | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Saudi Aramco | Oil and gas | 355,905 | 110,974 | 76,418 | Dhahran |
| 2 | 252 | Saudi Basic Industries | Chemicals | 45,096 | 5,738 | 33,000 | Riyadh |
2020 Forbes list edit
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2019.[2]
| Rank | Forbes 2000 rank |
Name | Headquarters | Revenue (billions US$) |
Profit (billions US$) |
Assets (billions US$) |
Value (billions US$) |
Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Saudi Aramco | Dhahran | 329.8 | 88.2 | 398.3 | 1,900 | Oil and gas |
| 2 | 212 | Saudi Basic Industries | Riyadh | 37.3 | 1.5 | 83.4 | 59.8 | Chemicals |
| 3 | 315 | Saudi Telecom Company | Riyadh | 14.6 | 2.9 | 32.1 | 48.3 | Telecommunications |
| 4 | 396 | Saudi National Bank | Riyadh | 6.8 | 3.1 | 135.2 | 29.6 | Banking |
| 5 | 473 | Al-Rajhi Bank | Riyadh | 5.3 | 2.8 | 102.4 | 38.1 | Banking |
| 6 | 590 | Saudi Electricity Company | Riyadh | 17.3 | 0.4 | 127.9 | 18.9 | Utilities |
| 7 | 709 | Riyad Bank | Riyadh | 3.8 | 1.5 | 70.9 | 13.6 | Banking |
| 8 | 780 | Samba Financial Group | Riyadh | 2.8 | 1.1 | 68.1 | 12.4 | Finance |
| 9 | 814 | Saudi British Bank | Riyadh | 2.9 | 0.8 | 70.8 | 13.5 | Banking |
| 9 | 934 | Banque Saudi Fransi | Riyadh | 2.5 | 0.9 | 47.5 | 9.9 | Banking |
| 10 | 1013 | Arab National Bank | Riyadh | 2.3 | 0.8 | 48.9 | 8.2 | Banking |
| 11 | 1124 | Alinma Bank | Riyadh | 1.8 | 0.7 | 35.1 | 8.4 | Banking |
| 12 | 1508 | Maaden | Riyadh | 4.7 | -0.2 | 26.0 | 12.2 | Mining |
| 13 | 1681 | Almarai | Riyadh | 3.9 | 0.5 | 8.7 | 13.1 | Food processing |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
