List of largest Brazilian companies

This article lists the largest companies of Brazil in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.

## 2023 Fortune list[edit]

This list displays all 9 Brazilian 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 2022.[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  | 71  | Petrobras | Oil and Gas | 124,474  | 36,623  | 45,149  | Rio de Janeiro
2  | 177  | JBS S.A. | Food production | 72,626  | 2,995  | 260,000  | São Paulo
3  | 207  | Banco Itaú Unibanco | Banking | 63,884  | 5,755  | 101,094  | São Paulo
4  | 251  | Banco do Brasil | Banking  | 55,870  | 5,353  | 85,953  | Brasília
5  | 273  | Banco Bradesco | Banking  | 51,587  | 4,066  | 81,222  | Osasco
6  | 301  | Raízen | Energy | 47,721  | 474  | 44,738  | São Paulo
7  | 332  | Vale | Mining | 44,287  | 18,788  | 64,516  | Rio de Janeiro
8  | 406  | Caixa Econômica Federal | Finance | 37,066  | 1,894  | 86,959  | Brasília
9  | 429  | Vibra Energia | Oil and Gas  | 35,155  | 298  | 7,777  | Rio de Janeiro

## 2019 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 20 companies from Brazil 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  | 50  | Petrobras | Rio de Janeiro  | 95.7  | 7.1  | 222.0  | 91.2  | Oil and Gas
2  | 58  | Banco Itaú Unibanco | São Paulo  | 53.8  | 6.8  | 383.2  | 80.8  | Banking
3  | 96  | Banco Bradesco | Osasco | 62.6  | 5.2  | 332.1  | 70.7  | Banking
4  | 139  | Vale | Rio de Janeiro  | 36.8  | 7.0  | 88.2  | 68.3  | Mining
5  | 154  | Banco do Brasil | Brasília  | 42.0  | 3.8  | 368.4  | 34.5  | Banking
6  | 657  | Eletrobras | Rio de Janeiro  | 6.9  | 3.6  | 46.8  | 11.1  | Utilities
7  | 825  | JBS S.A. | São Paulo  | 49.7  | 0.0  | 29.5  | 12.3  | Food production
8  | 859  | Itaúsa | São Paulo  | 1.6  | 2.6  | 16.3  | 24.7  | Conglomerate
9  | 912  | Braskem | São Paulo  | 15.9  | 0.8  | 15.3  | 9.7  | Oil and Gas
10  | 1089  | Oi | Rio de Janeiro  | 6.0  | 6.7  | 16.9  | 2.5  | Telecommunications
11  | 1429  | Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional | São Paulo  | 6.3  | 1.4  | 12.2  | 5.3  | Steel
12  | 1478  | Cielo S.A. | Barueri | 3.2  | 0.9  | 21.3  | 5.7  | Finance
13  | 1486  | B3 | São Paulo  | 1.3  | 0.6  | 10.1  | 16.5  | Finance
14  | 1546  | CPFL Energia | Campinas | 8.2  | 0.5  | 11.2  | 7.4  | Utilities
15  | 1647  | Ultrapar | São Paulo  | 24.8  | 0.3  | 7.9  | 6.2  | Conglomerate
16  | 1660  | GPA | São Paulo  | 13.5  | 0.3  | 13.6  | 6.3  | Retail
17  | 1736  | Metalurgica Gerdau | Porto Alegre | 12.6  | 0.2  | 13.2  | 1.8  | Steel
18  | 1799  | Suzano Papel e Celulose | Salvador | 3.7  | 0.1  | 13.9  | 14.0  | Pulp and paper
19  | 1836  | CEMIG | Belo Horizonte | 6.1  | 0.5  | 15.4  | 6.1  | Utilities
20  | 1865  | Sabesp | São Paulo  | 4.4  | 0.8  | 11.2  | 7.2  | Waste management

## See also[edit]

* List of companies of Brazil
* List of largest companies by revenue

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
2. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.