List of public corporations by market capitalization - Wikipedia List of public corporations by market capitalization The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization. This list is based on the Financial Times Global 500 rankings. The list of non-public companies by estimated market value is attached for comparison. Market capitalization is calculated from the share price ( as recorded on selected day ) multiplied by the number of outstanding shares. Figures are converted into USD millions ( using rate from selected day ) to allow for comparison. Only companies with free float at least 15 % are included, value of unlisted stock classes is excluded. Investment companies are not included in the list. Contents 1 Record market capitalizations 2 Publicly traded companies 2.1 2018 2.2 2017 2.3 2016 2.4 2015 2.5 2014 2.6 2013 2.7 2012 2.8 2011 3 2000 -- 2010 3.1 2010 3.2 2009 3.3 2008 3.4 2007 3.5 2006 3.6 2004 3.7 2003 3.8 2002 3.9 2001 3.10 2000 4 1996 -- 1999 4.1 1999 4.2 1998 4.3 1997 4.4 1996 5 Non-public companies 6 Notes 7 References 8 See also Record market capitalizations Date Company Record value ( in billions USD ) Record value ( in billions USD ) ( inflation - adjusted ) Notes 30 December 1999 Microsoft 618.9 861 Microsoft reached an intraday high share price of $119.94 in December 1999. With 5,160,024,593 outstanding shares, it had a market capitalization of $618.9 billion. 5 November 2007 PetroChina 1000 1145 On 5 November 2007, A shares of PetroChina on the first day of trading after its IPO on Shanghai Stock Exchange skyrocketed from the IPO price of 16.7 RMB to 43.96 RMB by the close ( the opening price was even 48.6 RMB ). That gave a market capitalization of about $1 trillion. Only 4 billion A shares were floated during the IPO, another 158 billion A shares were still held by China National Petroleum Corporation. 21 billion H Shares were already floated on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. However, market capitalization based on H - shares never reached $500 billion. 10 May 2018 Apple Inc. 963.3 -- With 5,074,013,000 shares outstanding, Apple reached this new record high after its share price reached $190.37 in intra-day trading on May 10, 2018. Publicly traded companies All market capitalization figures are in USD millions. 2018 This list is up to date as of March 31, 2018. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Apple Inc. 851,317 Alphabet Inc. 717,404 Microsoft 702,760 Amazon.com 700,672 5 Tencent 507,990 6 Berkshire Hathaway 492,019 7 Alibaba Group 470,930 8 Facebook 464,189 9 JPMorgan Chase 377,410 10 Johnson & Johnson 343,780 2017 This list is up to date as of December 31, 2017. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Apple Inc. 753,718 Apple Inc. 749,124 Apple Inc. 791,726 Apple Inc. 868,880 Alphabet Inc. 573,570 Alphabet Inc. 628,610 Alphabet Inc. 664,550 Alphabet Inc. 727,040 Microsoft 508,935 Microsoft 528,778 Microsoft 568,965 Microsoft 659,910 Amazon.com 423,031 Amazon.com 466,471 Amazon.com 459,435 Amazon.com 563,540 5 Berkshire Hathaway 410,880 Berkshire Hathaway 418,880 Berkshire Hathaway 451,840 Facebook 512,760 6 ExxonMobil 339,897 Johnson & Johnson 357,310 Alibaba Group 436,850 Tencent 493,340 7 Johnson & Johnson 337,947 Facebook 357,176 Tencent 405,007 Berkshire Hathaway 489,490 8 Facebook 334,552 Alibaba Group 356,390 Facebook 399,946 Alibaba Group 440,712 9 JPMorgan Chase 313,761 Tencent 344,879 ExxonMobil 348,248 Johnson & Johnson 375,360 10 Wells Fargo 278,516 ExxonMobil 341,947 Johnson & Johnson 347,497 JPMorgan Chase 371,050 2016 This list is up to date as of December 31, 2016. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Apple Inc. 607,465 Apple Inc. 517,069 Apple Inc. 604,475 Apple Inc. 617,588.49 Alphabet Inc. 535,660 Alphabet Inc. 475,320 Alphabet Inc. 535,660 Alphabet Inc. 531,970 Microsoft 439,734 Microsoft 397,268 Microsoft 447,290 Microsoft 483,160.28 ExxonMobil 350,991 ExxonMobil 383,396 Amazon.com 393,030 Berkshire Hathaway 404,390 5 Berkshire Hathaway 349,740 Berkshire Hathaway 345,860 ExxonMobil 358,519 ExxonMobil 374,280 6 Johnson & Johnson 300,604 Amazon.com 337,641 Berkshire Hathaway 358,300 Amazon.com 356,313.12 7 General Electric 295,546 Johnson & Johnson 328,234 Johnson & Johnson 320,836 Johnson & Johnson 313,432.46 8 Amazon.com 281,888 General Electric 280,927 Facebook 297,548 JPMorgan Chase 308,768.42 9 Facebook 259,192 Facebook 263,930 Tencent 265,603 General Electric 279,545.92 10 Wells Fargo 246,035 AT&T 261,035 General Electric 261,876 Wells Fargo 276,779.12 2015 This Financial Times Global 500 -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2015. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Apple Inc. 724,773.1 Apple Inc. 722,576.9 Apple Inc. 621,939 Apple Inc. 598,344 Exxon Mobil 356,548.7 Microsoft 357,154.4 Google 407,870 Alphabet 534,090 Berkshire Hathaway 356,510.7 Exxon Mobil 347,868.1 Microsoft 347,432 Microsoft 449,799 Google 345,849.2 Google 336,014.5 Berkshire Hathaway 318,180 Berkshire Hathaway 323,750 5 Microsoft 333,524.8 Berkshire Hathaway 336,014.5 Exxon Mobil 304,245 Exxon Mobil 325,167 6 Petro China 329,715.1 Petro China 319,391.6 Johnson & Johnson 257,637 Amazon 323,009 7 Wells Fargo 279,919.7 ICBC 298,531.5 General Electric 248,069 General Electric 313,892 8 Johnson & Johnson 279,723.9 Wells Fargo 289,591.3 China Mobile 243,186 Johnson & Johnson 287,153 9 ICBC 275,389.1 Johnson & Johnson 270,260.8 Novartis 240,373 Wells Fargo 281,770 10 Novartis 267,897.0 General Electric 267,717.4 Nestlé 233,361 JPMorgan Chase 245,126 2014 This Financial Times Global 500 -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2014. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Apple Inc. 478,766.1 Apple Inc. 560,337.4 Apple Inc. 603,277.4 Apple Inc. 647,361.0 Exxon Mobil 422,098.3 Exxon Mobil 432,357.3 Exxon Mobil 401,094.1 Exxon Mobil 391,481.9 Microsoft 340,216.8 Google 358,347.3 Microsoft 381,959.7 Microsoft 382,880.3 Google 313,003.9 Microsoft 344,458.8 Google 361,998.4 Berkshire Hathaway 370,652.6 5 Berkshire Hathaway 308,090.6 Berkshire Hathaway 312,216.7 Berkshire Hathaway 340,055.0 Google 329,768.5 6 Johnson & Johnson 277,826.2 Johnson & Johnson 276,837.0 Johnson & Johnson 300,614.2 PetroChina 305,536.1 7 Wells Fargo 261,217.5 Wells Fargo 261,217.5 Wells Fargo 270,782.4 Johnson & Johnson 292,702.8 8 General Electric 259,547.3 Royal Dutch Shell 269,563.4 General Electric 257,068.4 Wells Fargo 284,385.6 9 Hoffmann - La Roche 258,542.1 General Electric 263,529.6 Novartis 255,326.4 Wal - Mart 276,807.4 10 Walmart 246,805.7 Hoffmann - La Roche 256,322.8 Hoffmann - La Roche 254,543.8 ICBC 271,146.1 2013 This Financial Times Global 500 -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2013. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Apple Inc. 415,683.3 Exxon Mobil 401,729.8 Apple Inc. 433,099.6 Apple Inc. 504,770.8 Exxon Mobil 403,733.1 Apple Inc. 372,202.3 Exxon Mobil 378,716.2 Exxon Mobil 442,142.8 Berkshire Hathaway 256,801.8 Microsoft 288,488.8 Berkshire Hathaway 280,001.5 Microsoft 312,297.3 PetroChina 254,618.7 Berkshire Hathaway 276,548.5 Microsoft 277,220.9 Google 310,079.1 5 Wal - Mart 246,373.3 Wal - Mart 244,079.4 Johnson & Johnson 244,298.5 Berkshire Hathaway 292,396.0 6 General Electric 239,775.6 Johnson & Johnson 241,170.9 General Electric 243,290.4 General Electric 283,589.8 7 Microsoft 239,602.3 General Electric 239,787.2 Wal - Mart 240,773.3 Johnson & Johnson 258,415.4 8 IBM 237,724.7 Google 238,688.6 Google 237,479.4 Wal - Mart 254,622.8 9 Nestlé 233,792.1 Chevron Corporation 229,402.6 Chevron Corporation 234,740.8 Hoffmann - La Roche 241,368.0 10 Chevron Corporation 230,831.2 ICBC 226,879.8 Hoffmann - La Roche 232,495.2 Chevron Corporation 240,223.4 2012 This Financial Times Global 500 -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2012. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Apple Inc. 559,002.1 Apple Inc. 546,076.1 Apple Inc. 625,348.1 Apple Inc. 500,610.7 Exxon Mobil 408,777.4 Exxon Mobil 400,139.1 Exxon Mobil 422,127.5 Exxon Mobil 394,610.9 PetroChina 278,968.4 PetroChina 257,685.8 PetroChina 253,853.3 PetroChina 264,833.4 Microsoft 270,644.1 Microsoft 256,982.4 Microsoft 249,489.8 BHP Billiton 247,409.0 5 IBM 241,754.6 Wal - Mart 235,900.3 Wal - Mart 248,074.4 ICBC 236,457.9 6 ICBC 236,335.4 IBM 225,598.5 General Electric 239,791.2 China Mobile 234,040.2 7 Royal Dutch Shell 222,425.1 General Electric 220,806.3 IBM 237,068.4 Wal - Mart 228,245.4 8 China Mobile 220,978.9 China Mobile 219,481.3 Chevron Corporation 228,707.1 Samsung Electronics 227,581.8 9 General Electric 212,317.7 Royal Dutch Shell 217,048.2 China Mobile 222,817.8 Microsoft 224,801.0 10 Chevron Corporation 211,950.6 ICBC 211,196.0 Royal Dutch Shell 222,669.6 Royal Dutch Shell 222,669.6 2011 This Financial Times Global 500 -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2011. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Exxon Mobil 417,166.7 Exxon Mobil 400,884.5 Apple Inc. 353,518.1 Exxon Mobil 406,272.1 PetroChina 326,199.2 Apple Inc. 310,412.3 Exxon Mobil 353,135.2 Apple Inc. 376,410.6 Apple Inc. 321,072.1 PetroChina 303,649.9 PetroChina 276,473.9 PetroChina 276,844.9 ICBC 251,078.1 ICBC 246,850.5 IBM 208,843.5 Royal Dutch Shell 236,677.0 5 Petrobras 247,417.6 BHP Billiton 233,626.5 Microsoft 208,534.9 ICBC 228,168.1 6 BHP Billiton 247,079.5 Royal Dutch Shell 225,122.8 ICBC 206,021.4 Microsoft 218,380.1 7 China Construction Bank 232,608.6 Microsoft 219,251.9 China Mobile 198,778.7 IBM 216,724.4 8 Royal Dutch Shell 226,128.7 Nestlé 215,017.5 Royal Dutch Shell 197,061.1 Chevron Corporation 211,893.9 9 Chevron Corporation 215,780.6 Petrobras 210,111.4 Nestlé 191,115.6 Wal - Mart 204,659.8 10 Microsoft 213,336.4 IBM 207,781.4 Chevron Corporation 185,456.1 China Mobile 196,148.4 2000 -- 2010 Click on right to reveal information for 2000 -- 2010 This Financial Times Global 500 -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2010. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter PetroChina 329,259.7 Exxon Mobil 291,789.1 Exxon Mobil 314,622.5 Exxon Mobil 368,711.5 Exxon Mobil 316,230.8 PetroChina 268,504.8 PetroChina 270,889.9 PetroChina 303,273.6 Microsoft 256,864.7 Apple Inc. 228,876.8 Apple Inc. 259,223.4 Apple Inc. 295,886.3 ICBC 246,419.8 ICBC 211,258.7 Petrobras 220,616.5 BHP Billiton 243,540.3 5 Apple Inc. 213,096.7 Microsoft 201,655.8 ICBC 213,364.1 Microsoft 238,784.5 6 BHP Billiton 209,935.1 China Mobile 201,471.2 Microsoft 210,676.4 ICBC 233,369.1 7 Wal - Mart 209,000.7 Berkshire Hathaway 197,356.8 China Mobile 205,339.6 Petrobras 229,066.6 8 Berkshire Hathaway 200,620.5 China Construction Bank 189,170.7 Berkshire Hathaway 204,792.0 China Construction Bank 222,245.1 9 General Electric 194,246.2 Wal - Mart 178,322.7 China Construction Bank 202,998.4 Royal Dutch Shell 208,593.7 10 China Mobile 192,998.6 Procter & Gamble 172,736.5 BHP Billiton 196,866.0 Nestlé 203,534.3 2009 This Financial Times Global 500 -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2009. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Exxon Mobil 336,527 PetroChina 366,662.9 Exxon Mobil 329,725 PetroChina 353,140.1 PetroChina 287,185 Exxon Mobil 341,140.3 PetroChina 325,097.5 Exxon Mobil 323,717.1 Wal - Mart 204,365 ICBC 257,004.4 ICBC 237,951.5 Microsoft 270,635.4 ICBC 187,885 Microsoft 211,546.2 Microsoft 229,630.7 ICBC 268,956.2 5 China Mobile 174,673 China Mobile 200,832.4 HSBC 198,561.1 Wal - Mart 203,653.6 6 Microsoft 163,320 Wal - Mart 188,752.0 China Mobile 195,680.4 China Construction Bank 201,436.1 7 AT&T 148,511 China Construction Bank 182,186.7 Wal - Mart 189,331.6 BHP Billiton 201,248 8 Johnson & Johnson 145,481 Petrobras 165,056.9 Petrobras 189,027.7 HSBC 199,254.9 9 Royal Dutch Shell 138,999 Johnson & Johnson 156,515.9 China Construction Bank 186,816.7 Petrobras 199,107.9 10 Procter & Gamble 138,013 Royal Dutch Shell 156,386.7 Royal Dutch Shell 175,986.1 Apple Inc. 189,801.7 2008 This Financial Times Global 500 -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2008. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Exxon Mobil 452,505 Exxon Mobil 465,652 Exxon Mobil 403,366 Exxon Mobil 406,067 PetroChina 423,996 PetroChina 341,140.3 PetroChina 325,097.5 PetroChina 259,836 General Electric 369,569 ICBC 257,004.4 ICBC 237,951.5 Wal - Mart 219,898 Gazprom 299,764 Microsoft 211,546.2 Microsoft 229,630.7 China Mobile 201,291 5 China Mobile 298,093 China Mobile 200,832.4 HSBC 198,561.1 Procter & Gamble 184,576 6 ICBC 277,236 Wal - Mart 188,752.0 China Mobile 195,680.4 ICBC 173,930 7 Microsoft 264,132 China Construction Bank 182,186.7 Wal - Mart 189,331.6 Microsoft 172,929 8 AT&T 231,168 Petrobras 165,056.9 Petrobras 189,027.7 AT&T 167,950 9 Royal Dutch Shell 220,110 Johnson & Johnson 156,515.9 China Construction Bank 186,816.7 Johnson & Johnson 166,002 10 Procter & Gamble 215,640 Royal Dutch Shell 156,386.7 Royal Dutch Shell 175,986.1 General Electric 161,278 2007 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of December 31, 2007. Indicated changes in rank and market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Exxon Mobil 429,567 Exxon Mobil 472,519 Exxon Mobil 513,362 Petrochina 723,952 General Electric 363,611 General Electric 393,831 General Electric 424,191 Exxon Mobil 511,887 Microsoft 272,912 Microsoft 281,934 China Mobile 327,937 General Electric 374,637 Citigroup 252,857 Royal Dutch Shell 266,141 ICBC 279,269 China Mobile 354,120 5 AT&T 246,206 AT&T 255,871 Microsoft 276,202 ICBC 338,989 6 Gazprom 245,911 Citigroup 253,703 Royal Dutch Shell 264,397 Microsoft 333,054 7 Toyota Motor Corporation 230,832 Gazprom 245,757 Gazprom 260,249 Gazprom 329,591 8 Bank of America 228,177 BP 231,491 AT&T 258,047 Royal Dutch Shell 269,544 9 ICBC 224,788 Toyota Motor Corporation 228,009 Citigroup 232,162 AT&T 252,051 10 Royal Dutch Shell 214,018 Bank of America 216,963 Bank of America 223,066 Sinopec 249,645 2006 Fourth quarter This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of December 2006. Indicated changes in rank and market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 446,943 General Electric United States Conglomerate 383,564 Microsoft United States Software industry 293,537 Citigroup United States Banking 273,691 5 Gazprom Russia Oil and gas 271,482 6 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China China Banking 254,592 7 Toyota Motor Corporation Japan Automotive 241,161 8 Bank of America United States Banking 239,758 9 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 225,781 10 BP United Kingdom Oil and gas 218,643 Third quarter This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 30 September 2006. Indicated changes in rank and market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 398,906 General Electric United States Conglomerate 364,414 Microsoft United States Software industry 272,679.0 Gazprom Russia Oil and gas 254,634.3 5 Citigroup United States Banking 246,727 6 Bank of America United States Banking 242,451 7 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 216,368 8 BP United Kingdom Oil and gas 215,623 9 HSBC United Kingdom Banking 209,774 10 Pfizer United States Health care 206,785 Second quarter This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 30 June 2006. Indicated changes in rank and market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 371,187 General Electric United States Conglomerate 342,731 Gazprom Russia Oil and gas 246,341 Citigroup United States Banking 239,862 5 Microsoft United States Software industry 237,688 6 BP United Kingdom Oil and gas 233,151 7 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 224,925 8 Bank of America United States Banking 219,504 9 HSBC United Kingdom Banking 201,854 10 Wal - Mart United States Retail 200,762 First quarter This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of March 2006. Indicated changes in rank and market value are relative to the previous quarter. Rank Name Headquarters Industry Market value ( USD million ) Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 371,631 General Electric United States Conglomerate 362,527 Microsoft United States Software industry 281,171 Citigroup United States Banking 238,935 5 BP United Kingdom Oil and gas 233,260 6 Bank of America United States Banking 211,706 7 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 211,280 8 Wal - Mart United States Retail 196,860 9 Toyota Motor Corporation Japan Automotive 196,731 10 Gazprom Russia Oil and gas 196,339 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 31 March 2005. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) General Electric United States Conglomerate 382,233 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 380,567 Microsoft United States Software industry 262,975 Citigroup United States Banking 234,437 5 BP United Kingdom Oil and gas 221,365 6 Wal - Mart United States Retail 212,209 7 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 210,630 8 Johnson & Johnson United States Health care 199,711 9 Pfizer United States Health care 195,945 10 Bank of America United States Banking 178,765 2003 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 31 March 2004. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) General Electric United States Conglomerate 299,336 Microsoft United States Software industry 271,911 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 263,940 Pfizer United States Health care 261,616 5 Citigroup United States Banking 259,191 6 Wal - Mart United States Retail 258,888 7 American International Group United States Insurance 183,696 8 Intel Corporation United States Computer hardware 179,996 9 BP United Kingdom Oil and gas 174,648 10 HSBC United Kingdom Banking 163,574 2002 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 31 March 2003. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) Microsoft United States Software industry 264,003 General Electric United States Conglomerate 259,647 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 241,037 Wal - Mart United States Retail 234,399 5 Pfizer United States Health care 195,948 6 Citigroup United States Banking 183,887 7 Johnson & Johnson United States Health care 170,417 8 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 149,034 9 BP United Kingdom Oil and gas 144,381 10 IBM United States Computer software, Computer hardware 139,272 2001 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 31 March 2002. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) General Electric United States Conglomerate 372,089 Microsoft United States Software industry 326,639 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 299,820 Wal - Mart United States Retail 273,220 5 Citigroup United States Banking 255,299 6 Pfizer United States Health care 249,021 7 Intel Corporation United States Computer hardware 203,838 8 BP United Kingdom Oil and gas 200,794 9 Johnson & Johnson United States Health care 197,912 10 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 189,913 2000 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 31 March 2001. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) General Electric United States Conglomerate 477,406 Cisco Systems United States Networking hardware 304,699 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 286,367 Pfizer United States Health care 263,996 5 Microsoft United States Software industry 258,436 6 Wal - Mart United States Retail 250,955 7 Citigroup United States Banking 250,143 8 Vodafone United Kingdom Telecommunications 227,175 9 Intel Corporation United States Computer hardware 227,048 10 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 206,340 1996 -- 1999 Click on right to reveal information for 1996 -- 1999 1999 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 31 March 2000. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) Microsoft United States Software industry 586,197 General Electric United States Conglomerate 474,956 NTT DoCoMo Japan Telecommunications 366,204 Cisco Systems United States Networking hardware 348,965 5 Wal - Mart United States Retail 286,153 6 Intel Corporation United States Computer hardware 277,096 7 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Japan Telecommunications 274,905 8 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 265,894 9 Lucent Technologies United States Telecommunications 237,668 10 Deutsche Telekom Germany Telecommunications 209,628 1998 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 30 September 1998. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) Microsoft United States Software industry 271,854 General Electric United States Conglomerate 258,871 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 172,213 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 164,157 5 Merck United States Health care 154,753 6 Pfizer United States Health care 148,074 7 Intel Corporation United States Computer hardware 144,060 8 The Coca - Cola Company United States Beverage 142,164 9 Wal - Mart United States Retail 123,062 10 IBM United States Software industry, Computer hardware 121,184 1997 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 30 September 1997. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) General Electric United States Conglomerate 222,748 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 191,002 Microsoft United States Software industry 159,660 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 157,970 5 The Coca - Cola Company United States Beverage 151,288 6 Intel Corporation United States Computer hardware 150,838 7 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Japan Telecommunications 146,139 8 Merck United States Health care 120,757 9 Toyota Motor Corporation Japan Automotive 116,585 10 Novartis Switzerland Health care 104,468 This Financial Times -- based list is up to date as of 30 September 1996. Rank Name Headquarters Primary industry Market value ( USD million ) General Electric United States Conglomerate 136,515 Royal Dutch Shell The Netherlands Oil and gas 128,206 The Coca - Cola Company United States Beverage 117,258 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Japan Telecommunications 113,609 5 Exxon Mobil United States Oil and gas 102,161 Non-Public companies This section needs to be updated. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( August 2015 ) This Financial Times Non-Public 150 based list is up to date as of December, 2006. All companies in top 10 are government - owned corporations. Figures are in USD millions. 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Question: largest companies in the united states by market cap
Answer: Apple Inc.