List of largest technology companies by revenue

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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.

Legend[edit]

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 United States Apple $383.93 147,000 1867.44897 Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics $200.734 267,937 749.18357 Suwon, South Korea
3 United States Alphabet $182.527 135,301 1349.04398 Mountain View, California, US
4 Taiwan Foxconn $181.945 878,429 207.12544 New Taipei City, Taiwan
5 United States Microsoft $143.015 163,000 877.39263 Redmond, Washington, US
6 China Huawei $129.184 197,000 655.75634 Shenzhen, China
7 United States Dell Technologies $92.224 158,000 583.6962 Round Rock, Texas, US
8 United States Meta $85.965 58,604 1466.87939 Menlo Park, California, US
9 Japan Sony $84.893 109,700 773.86508 Tokyo, Japan
10 Japan Hitachi $82.345 350,864 234.69207 Tokyo, Japan
11 United States Intel $77.867 110,600 704.04159 Santa Clara, California, US
12 United States IBM $73.620 364,800 201.80921 Armonk, New York, US
13 China Tencent $69.864 85,858 813.71567 Shenzhen, China
14 Japan Panasonic $63.191 243,540 259.46867 Osaka, Japan
15 China Lenovo $60.742 71,500 849.53846 Hong Kong, China[4]
16 United States HP Inc. $56.639 53,000 1068.66037 Palo Alto, California, US
17 South Korea 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 United States Apple $260.174 137,000 1899.08029 Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics $197.705 287,439 687.8155 Suwon, South Korea
3 Taiwan Foxconn $178.869 757,404 236.16062 New Taipei City, Taiwan
4 United States Alphabet $161.857 118,899 1361.29824 Mountain View, California, US
5 United States Microsoft $125.843 144,000 873.90972 Redmond, Washington, US
6 China Huawei $124.316 194,000 640.80412 Shenzhen, China
7 United States Dell Technologies $92.154 165,000 558.50909 Round Rock, Texas, US
8 Japan Hitachi $80.639 301,056 267.85382 Tokyo, Japan
9 United States IBM $77.147 383,056 201.39875 Armonk, New York, US
10 Japan Sony $75.972 111,700 680.14324 Tokyo, Japan
11 United States Intel $71.965 110,800 649.50361 Santa Clara, California, US
12 United States Meta(Facebook) $70.697 44,942 1573.07195 Menlo Park, California, US
13 Japan Panasonic $68.897 259,385 265.61674 Osaka, Japan
14 United States HP Inc. $58.756 56,000 1049.21428 Palo Alto, California, US
15 China Tencent $54.613 62,885 868.45829 Shenzhen, China
16 South Korea LG Electronics $53.464 74,000 722.48648 Seoul, South Korea
17 United States Cisco $51.904 75,900 683.84716 San Jose, California, US
18 China 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 United States Apple $265.595 132,000 $2012.08333 Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics $197.700 309,630 $638.50402 Suwon, South Korea
3 Taiwan Foxconn $175.617 667,680 $263.0257 New Taipei City, Taiwan
4 United States Alphabet $136.819 98,771 $1385.21428 Mountain View, California, US
5 United States Microsoft $110.360 131,000 $842.44274 Redmond, Washington, US
6 China Huawei $109.030 188,000 $579.9468 Shenzhen, China
7 United States Dell Technologies $90.621 157,000 $577.20382 Round Rock, Texas, US
8 Japan Hitachi $85.507 295,941 $288.93259 Tokyo, Japan
9 United States IBM $79.591 381,100 $208.84544 Armonk, New York, US
10 Japan Sony $78.157 114,400 $683.19055 Tokyo, Japan
11 Japan Panasonic $72.178 271,869 $265.48815 Osaka, Japan
12 United States Intel $70.848 107,400 $659.6648 Santa Clara, California, US
13 United States HP Inc. $58.472 55,000 $1063.12727 Palo Alto, California, US
14 United States Meta(Facebook) $55.838 35,587 $1569.05611 Menlo Park, California, US
15 South Korea LG Electronics $55.757 72,600 $768.00275 Seoul, South Korea
16 China 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 United States Apple Inc. September 30, 2017[11] $229.2[10][12] 123,000[12] $1863.41463 Cupertino, California, US
2 South Korea Samsung Electronics December 31, 2017[13] $211.9[10][14][15] 320,670[16][17] $660.80394 Suwon, South Korea
3 United States Amazon December 31, 2017[18][19] $177.9[10][19] 613,300[20] $290.07011 Seattle, Washington, US
4 Taiwan Foxconn December 31, 2017[21][22] $154.7–158[10][22][23] 803,126[24] $192.62232 New Taipei City, Taiwan
5 United States Alphabet Inc. December 31, 2017[25][26] $110.8[10][26] 80,110[27] $1383.09823 Mountain View, California, US
6 United States Microsoft June 30, 2017[28] $90.0[10] 124,000[28] $725.80645 Redmond, Washington, US
7 China Huawei December 31, 2017[29][30] $89.3–92.5[10][30] 180,000 $496.11111 Shenzhen, China
8 Japan Hitachi March 31, 2018[31] $84.6[10] 307,275 $275.3234 Tokyo, Japan
9 United States IBM December 31, 2017[32][33] $79.1[10] 397,800 $198.84364 Armonk, New York, US
10 United States Dell Technologies January 31, 2018[34][35] $78.7[10][35] 145,000[34] $542.75862 Round Rock, Texas, US
11 Japan Sony March 31, 2018[36] $77.1[10][37] 117,300[36] $657.289 Tokyo, Japan
12 Japan Panasonic March 31, 2018[38] $72.0[10] 274,143 $262.63665 Osaka, Japan
13 United States Intel December 31, 2017[39] $62.8[10] 102,700 $611.48977 Santa Clara, California, US
14 South Korea LG Electronics December 31, 2017[40] $54.3[10] 74,000 $733.78378 Seoul, South Korea
15 China JD.com December 31, 2017[41] $54.0[10] 157,831 $342.1381 Beijing, China
16 United States HP Inc. October 31, 2017[42] $52.0[10] 49,000 $1061.22448 Palo Alto, California, US

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