With a market capitalization of 3.12 trillion U.S. dollars as of May 2024, Microsoft was the world’s largest company that year. Rounding out the top five were some of the world’s most recognizable brands: Apple, NVIDIA, Google’s parent company Alphabet, and Amazon. Saudi Aramco led the ranking of the world's most profitable companies in 2023, with a pre-tax income of nearly 250 billion U.S. dollars. How are market value and market capitalization determined? Market value and market capitalization are two terms frequently used – and confused - when discussing the profitability and viability of companies. Strictly speaking, market capitalization (or market cap) is the worth of a company based on the total value of all their shares; an important metric when determining the comparative value of companies for trading opportunities. Accordingly, many stock exchanges such as the New York or London Stock Exchange release market capitalization data on their listed companies. On the other hand, market value technically refers to what a company is worth in a much broader context. It is determined by multiple factors, including profitability, corporate debt, and the market environment as a whole. In this sense it aims to estimate the overall value of a company, with share price only being one element. Market value is therefore useful for determining whether a company’s shares are over- or undervalued, and in arriving at a price if the company is to be sold. Such valuations are generally made on a case-by-case basis though, and not regularly reported. For this reason, market capitalization is often reported as market value. What are the top companies in the world? The answer to this question depends on the metric used. Although the largest company by market capitalization, Microsoft's global revenue did not manage to crack the top 20 companies. Rather, American multinational retailer Walmart was ranked as the largest company in the world by revenue. Walmart also had the highest number of employees in the world.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the largest stock exchange in the world, with an equity market capitalization of almost ** trillion U.S. dollars as of June 2025. The following three exchanges were the NASDAQ, PINK Exchange, and the Frankfurt Exchange. What is a stock exchange? A stock exchange is a marketplace where stockbrokers, traders, buyers, and sellers can trade in equities products. The largest exchanges have thousands of listed companies. These companies sell shares of their business, giving the general public the opportunity to invest in them. The oldest stock exchange worldwide is the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, founded in the late sixteenth century. Other functions of a stock exchange Since these are publicly traded companies, every firm listed on a stock exchange has had an initial public offering (IPO). The largest IPOs can raise billions of dollars in equity for the firm involved. Related to stock exchanges are derivatives exchanges, where stock options, futures contracts, and other derivatives can be traded.

Turkey Turnover: Value: Watch List Companies Market: USD data was reported at 6.094 USD mn in Jul 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.766 USD mn for Jun 2018. Turkey Turnover: Value: Watch List Companies Market: USD data is updated monthly, averaging 4.890 USD mn from Jan 1986 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 391 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 96.858 USD mn in Feb 2010 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in Nov 1996. Turkey Turnover: Value: Watch List Companies Market: USD data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Borsa Istanbul . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.Z008: Borsa Istanbul: Turnover: Stocks.

Yahoo Finance Business Information dataset to access comprehensive details on companies, including financial data and business profiles. Popular use cases include market analysis, investment research, and competitive benchmarking.

Use our Yahoo Finance Business Information dataset to access comprehensive financial and corporate data, including company profiles, stock prices, market capitalization, revenue, and key performance metrics. This dataset is tailored for financial analysts, investors, and researchers to analyze market trends and evaluate company performance.

Popular use cases include investment research, competitor benchmarking, and trend forecasting. Leverage this dataset to make informed financial decisions, identify growth opportunities, and gain a deeper understanding of the business landscape.

Dataset Features

• name: Represents the company name.
• company_id: Unique identifier assigned to each company.
• entity_type: Denotes the type/category of the business entity.
• summary: A brief description or summary of the company.
• stock_ticker: The ticker symbol used for trading on stock exchanges.
• currency: The currency in which financial values are expressed.
• earnings_date: The date for the reported earnings.
• exchange: The stock exchange on which the company is listed.
• closing_price: The final stock price at the end of the trading day.
• previous_close: The stock price at the close of the previous trading day.
• open: The price at which the stock opened for the trading day.
• bid: The current highest price that a buyer is willing to pay for the stock.
• ask: The current lowest price that a seller is willing to accept.
• day_range: The range between the lowest and highest prices during the trading day.
• week_range: A broader price range over the past week.
• volume: Number of shares that traded in the session.
• avg_volume: Average daily share volume over a specific period.
• market_cap: Total market capitalization of the company.
• beta: A measure of the stock's volatility in comparison to the market.
• pe_ratio: Price-to-earnings ratio for valuation.
• eps: Earnings per share.
• dividend_yield: Dividend yield percentage.
• ex_dividend_date: The date on which the stock trades without the right to the declared dividend.
• target_est: The analyst's target price estimate.
• url: The URL to more detailed company information.
• people_also_watch: Companies frequently watched alongside this company.
• similar: Other companies with similar profiles.
• risk_score: A quantified risk score.
• risk_score_text: A textual interpretation of the risk score.
• risk_score_percentile: The risk score expressed in percentile terms.
• recommendation_rating: Analyst recommendation ratings.
• analyst_price_target: Analyst provided stock price target.
• company_profile_address: Company address from the profile.
• company_profile_website: URL for the company’s website.
• company_profile_phone: Contact phone number.
• company_profile_sector: The sector in which the company operates.
• company_profile_industry: Industry classification of the company.
• company_profile_employees: Number of employees in the company.
• company_profile_description: A detailed profile description of the company.
• valuation_measures: Contains key valuation ratios and metrics such as enterprise value, price-to-book, and price-to-sales ratios.
• Financial_highlights: Offers summary financial statistics including EPS, profit margin, revenue, and cash flow indicators.
• financials: This column appears to provide financial statement data.
• financials_quarterly: Similar to the previous field but intended to capture quarterly financial figures.
• earnings_estimate: Contains consensus earnings estimates including average, high, and low estimates along with the number of analysts involved.
• revenue_estimate: Provides revenue estimates with details such as average estimate, high and low values, and sales growth factors.
• earnings_history: This field tracks historical earnings and surprises by comparing actual EPS with estimates.
• eps_trend: Contains information on how the EPS has trended over various recent time intervals.
• eps_revisions: Captures recent changes in EPS forecasts.
• growth_estimates: Offers projections related to growth prospects over different time horizons.
• top_analysts: Intended to list the top analysts covering the company.
• upgrades_and_downgrades: This field shows recent analyst upgrades or downgrades.
• recent_news: Meant to contain recent news articles related to the company.
• fanacials_currency: Appears to indicate the currency used for financial reporting or valuation in the dataset.
• **company_profile_he

Turkey Turnover: Value: Watch List Companies Market data was reported at 29.330 TRY mn in Jul 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.744 TRY mn for Jun 2018. Turkey Turnover: Value: Watch List Companies Market data is updated monthly, averaging 5.458 TRY mn from Jan 1986 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 391 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 145.169 TRY mn in Feb 2010 and a record low of 0.000 TRY mn in Nov 1996. Turkey Turnover: Value: Watch List Companies Market data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Borsa Istanbul . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.Z008: Borsa Istanbul: Turnover: Stocks.

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List of 700+ Unicorn Companies across the globe.

Well, Unicorn company? A company which has a valuation of over $1 billion.

A unicorn company, or unicorn startup, is a private company with a valuation over $1 billion. As of June 2021, there are more than 700 unicorns around the world.

New subsets include a decacorn, companies which are valued at over $10 billion, and a hectocorn, companies which are valued at over $100 billion.

Acknowledgements

The dataset was obtained by scraping the following page

Inspiration

I wanted to find out the following things:

• Which are the top countries with most number of Unicorns?
• Most unicorns are in which domain?
• Year when most unicorns were started.
• City which is the HQ for most unicorns.

This dataset contains information about various startups from the year 2012 till 2021, including their valuations, founding dates, locations, industries, and select investors. It offers insights into the dynamic world of startups, showcasing their financial standing, geographical presence, and key backers.

In 2025, according to the source's ranking, Apple was the most valuable brand in the world. The technology giant had an estimated brand value of about 574.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Microsoft that was worth 461.1 billion dollars. The global dominance of technology companies   A closer look at the 2024 brand ranking reveals that U.S. tech brands once again dominated the top-10 list. As a case in point, the business technology and services platforms industry was the highest-valued sector worldwide among the 100 most valuable brands in 2023. Meanwhile, consumer technology and services platforms ranked second on the list. The importance of brand value Brand value, not to be mistaken with brand equity, is a term used in the marketing industry to describe the value of brands. The term is based on the implication that products with a well-known brand name can generate more money than those with a less well-known name. Strong brands enhance business performance primarily through their influence on three key stakeholder groups: customers, employees, and investors. They influence customer choice and create loyalty; attract, retain, and motivate talent; and lower the cost of financing for the companies.

As of May 2025, the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca was the leading company listed on the London Exchange (LSE), with a market capitalization of 159 billion British pounds. This made them the largest of all companies listed on the LSE. Seen as the heart of the global financial community, the London Stock Exchange is the second-largest stock market in Europe and ranks eighth globally. Key information The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is among the largest stock market operators globally and ranks 11th in terms of the oldest stock exchanges in existence, with 224 years of operation as of 2025. Performance after Covid The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on the global economy, causing considerable volatility on the stock market. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) saw a notable decline in the market capitalization value of its listed companies, reaching its lowest value in March 2020 at approximately three trillion British pounds in correlation with a surge in the average daily number of trades, which peaked at over two billion. Following this initial reaction, the LSE observed a decrease in the average daily active traders, alongside a gradual recovery in the market capitalization of the listed companies.

Turkey Listed Company: Borsa Istanbul: Watch List Company Market data was reported at 32.000 Unit in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 36.000 Unit for 2016. Turkey Listed Company: Borsa Istanbul: Watch List Company Market data is updated yearly, averaging 7.500 Unit from Dec 1986 (Median) to 2017, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36.000 Unit in 2016 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in 1995. Turkey Listed Company: Borsa Istanbul: Watch List Company Market data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Borsa Istanbul . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.Z017: Borsa Istanbul: Number of Listed Companies and Nominal Value.

Turkey Turnover: Value: NO: Watch List Companies data was reported at 18,254.408 TRY th in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 23,363.573 TRY th for Sep 2018. Turkey Turnover: Value: NO: Watch List Companies data is updated monthly, averaging 13,227.309 TRY th from Aug 1997 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 254 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 145,169.484 TRY th in Feb 2010 and a record low of 79.289 TRY th in Oct 1998. Turkey Turnover: Value: NO: Watch List Companies data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Borsa Istanbul . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.Z011: Borsa Istanbul: Turnover: by Orders.

When looking at the leading food and drink service chains by market value, as ranked by Forbes in its 2024 "Global 2000" list of the largest companies worldwide, McDonald's came out on top. The fast food chain accounted for a market value of approximately 196.3 billion U.S. dollars that year. Meanwhile, second in the ranking was Chipotle Mexican Grill, with a market value of 88.26 billion U.S. dollars.

With the growth of the Chinese economy, an increasing number of Chinese companies are appearing on the Forbes Global 2000 list. **************** was the Chinese company with the largest market value. Its market value amounted to around ****** billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Chinese companies on Forbes Global 2000 China had the second highest number of companies on this list, trailing behind the United States. Among the first ten public companies on the Global 2000 ranking, three were companies headquartered in China. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) ranked as first Chinese enterprise on Forbes Global 2000 ranking. The leading four Chinese companies on the 2024 ranking are all from the financial sector. The rise of China's tech-giants Besides companies from the financial sector and energy sector, China's biggest internet companies Tencent and Alibaba also had good rankings. Both companies have grown significantly over the past years due to the rapid development of the internet business sector and the huge market in China. However, they have fallen back in the global ranking recently due to Beijing's tightened control of the tech sector. Both companies are investing a lot in the application of artificial intelligence to improve their working efficiency and clients’ experience.

Corporate Profits in the United States decreased to 3203.60 USD Billion in the first quarter of 2025 from 3312 USD Billion in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Corporate Profits - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

New Zealand: Number of companies listed on the stock exchange: The latest value from 2022 is 123 companies, a decline from 127 companies in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 661 companies, based on data from 70 countries. Historically, the average for New Zealand from 1984 to 2022 is 163 companies. The minimum value, 113 companies, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 339 companies was recorded in 1986.

Japan JP: Stocks Traded: Total Value: % of GDP data was reported at 118.602 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 105.677 % for 2016. Japan JP: Stocks Traded: Total Value: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 44.469 % from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2017, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 145.857 % in 2007 and a record low of 11.545 % in 1975. Japan JP: Stocks Traded: Total Value: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.World Bank.WDI: Financial Sector. The value of shares traded is the total number of shares traded, both domestic and foreign, multiplied by their respective matching prices. Figures are single counted (only one side of the transaction is considered). Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data. Data are end of year values.; ; World Federation of Exchanges database.; Weighted average; Stock market data were previously sourced from Standard & Poor's until they discontinued their 'Global Stock Markets Factbook' and database in April 2013. Time series have been replaced in December 2015 with data from the World Federation of Exchanges and may differ from the previous S&P definitions and methodology.

Analysis of ‘Brazil Largest Companies’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/yamqwe/brazil-largest-companiese on 13 February 2022.

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About this dataset

From the Forbes Global 2000 list​ last updated on May 2013. Forbes publishes an annual list of the world's 2000 largest publicly listed corporations. ​The Forbes Global 2000 weigh​s​ sales, profits, assets and market value​ equally​ so companies can be ranked by size. Figures for all companies are in US dollars.

​Source: Economy Watch

This dataset was created by Finance and contains around 0 samples along with Assets ($billion), Sales ($billion), technical information and other features such as: - Profits ($billion) - Market Value ($billion) - and more.

How to use this dataset

• Analyze Assets ($billion) in relation to Sales ($billion)
• Study the influence of Profits ($billion) on Market Value ($billion)
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