List of largest Australian companies

This article lists the largest companies in Australia 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 all 7 Australian 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

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1  | 195  | Wesfarmers | Conglomerate | 53,985  | 927  | 217,000  | Perth
2  | 233  | Woolworths Group | Retail | 47,842  | 1,336  | 201,522  | Sydney
3  | 246  | BHP | Mining | 45,809  | 3,705  | 27,161  | Melbourne
4  | 373  | Commonwealth Bank | Banking | 33,186  | 7,228  | 45,753  | Sydney
5  | 433  | Westpac | Banking  | 29,027  | 6,151  | 35,029  | Sydney
6  | 457  | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group | Banking  | 27,147  | 4,863  | 39,924  | Melbourne
7  | 479  | National Australia Bank | Banking  | 25,943  | 4,221  | 33,283  | Melbourne

## 2000 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 2018. All 37 Australian companies in the Forbes 2000 are listed.[2]

Rank  | Forbes
2000 rank  | Name  | Headquarters  | Revenue
(billions
US$)  | Profit
(billions
US$)  | Assets
(billions
US$)  | Value
(billions
US$)  | Industry

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1  | 79  | Commonwealth Bank | Sydney | 31.4  | 6.7  | 690.2  | 92.8  | Banking
2  | 101  | Westpac | Sydney  | 29.1  | 6.1  | 636.9  | 66.0  | Banking
3  | 109  | BHP | Melbourne | 42.6  | 6.0  | 102.4  | 138.3  | Mining
4  | 120  | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group | Melbourne  | 27.5  | 4.9  | 682.0  | 54.0  | Banking
5  | 138  | National Australia Bank | Melbourne  | 25.3  | 4.2  | 583.8  | 50.7  | Banking
6  | 313  | Macquarie Group | Sydney  | 11.3  | 1.9  | 148.8  | 30.8  | Finance
7  | 398  | Telstra | Melbourne  | 18.7  | 2.3  | 30.8  | 29.0  | Telecommunications
8  | 499  | Woolworths Group | Sydney  | 42.9  | 1.3  | 17.5  | 29.3  | Retail
9  | 517  | Wesfarmers | Perth | 33.8  | 2.0  | 14.5  | 28.4  | Conglomerate
10  | 701  | Suncorp | Brisbane | 10.3  | 0.6  | 69.9  | 12.6  | Insurance
11  | 726  | CSL | Melbourne  | 8.2  | 1.8  | 11.5  | 61.7  | Pharmaceutical
12  | 772  | Woodside Petroleum | Perth  | 5.3  | 1.4  | 27.1  | 23.8  | Oil and gas
13  | 800  | QBE Insurance | Sydney  | 12.4  | 0.5  | 40.2  | 12.1  | Insurance
14  | 866  | Scentre Group | Sydney  | 2.0  | 1.7  | 28.8  | 14.7  | Real estate
15  | 910  | South32 | Perth  | 7.9  | 1.4  | 15.1  | 12.5  | Mining
16  | 935  | Fortescue Metals Group | Perth  | 6.8  | 0.9  | 18.1  | 16.5  | Iron and Steel
17  | 943  | Origin Energy | Sydney  | 11.2  | 0.9  | 17.3  | 9.2  | Utilities
18  | 1109  | Insurance Australia Group | Sydney  | 5.5  | 0.7  | 20.3  | 12.8  | Insurance
19  | 1120  | AGL Energy | Sydney  | 9.5  | 0.9  | 10.7  | 10.2  | Utilities
20  | 1151  | Amcor | Melbourne  | 9.4  | 0.7  | 8.9  | 12.7  | Packaging
21  | 1253  | Goodman Group | Sydney  | 1.4  | 1.1  | 10.0  | 16.5  | Real estate
22  | 1282  | Qantas | Sydney  | 12.8  | 0.7  | 13.1  | 6.5  | Airline
23  | 1294  | Transurban | Melbourne  | 2.8  | 0.2  | 23.4  | 25.2  | Transportation
24  | 1318  | BlueScope | Melbourne  | 9.3  | 1.3  | 7.9  | 5.2  | Iron and Steel
25  | 1348  | Santos | Adelaide | 3.8  | 0.6  | 17.3  | 10.7  | Oil and gas
26  | 1365  | Brambles | Sydney  | 5.7  | 0.6  | 8.0  | 13.5  | Services
27  | 1507  | Dexus | Sydney  | 0.6  | 1.1  | 10.4  | 9.2  | Real estate
28  | 1540  | AMP | Sydney  | 4.9  | 0.0  | 102.3  | 4.8  | Finance
29  | 1601  | Caltex Australia | Sydney  | 16.0  | 0.4  | 4.7  | 5.1  | Oil and gas
30  | 1653  | GPT Group | Sydney  | 0.5  | 1.1  | 10.4  | 7.6  | Real estate
31  | 1703  | Vivo Energy | Melbourne  | 12.2  | 0.4  | 3.7  | 3.3  | Oil and gas
32  | 1755  | Mirvac | Sydney  | 1.9  | 1.0  | 9.9  | 7.3  | Real estate
33  | 1765  | Bendigo and Adelaide Bank | Bendigo | 1.7  | 0.3  | 50.5  | 3.5  | Banking
34  | 1848  | Sydney Airport Holdings | Sydney  | 1.2  | 0.5  | 9.2  | 12.0  | Transportation
35  | 1871  | Lendlease | Sydney  | 11.7  | 0.3  | 12.3  | 5.1  | Real estate
36  | 1901  | Bank of Queensland | Brisbane  | 1.7  | 0.2  | 37.7  | 2.6  | Banking
37  | 1940  | Ramsay Health Care | Sydney  | 7.4  | 0.3  | 8.7  | 8.9  | Health care

## See also[edit]

* List of largest companies by revenue

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
2. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 25 July 2019.