In 2022, Lockheed Martin was the world's largest arms-producing and military services company, with arms sales amounting to nearly 60 billion U.S. dollars. Arms sales constituted almost 90 percent of total company sales in that year. Raytheon and Boeing followed on the places behind. Except for three European companies and one Russian, all the largest arms dealers in the world were either based in the Untied States or China.
Worsening security landscape drives global military spending
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions between China and the United States, particularly concerning the status of Taiwan, global military spending reached new records in 2022. Whereas global military spending remained stable during the 2010s, it has increased annually the last years.
Leading military spenders
The United States is, by far, the largest military spender in the world, spending three times as much as China in second. In terms of share of the gross domestic product (GDP), Ukraine is the leading military spender, which must be seen in light if its war with Russia.
Largest arms-producing and military services companies worldwide in 2022, by arms sales
(in million U.S. dollars)
*Renamed RTX in 2023.
**High degree of uncertainty.
***Has no direct manufacturing capacity and would usually not be included in the Top 100 list. Is included here because data for almost all other Russian companies is lacking and who are now controlled by Rostec.
****Headquarters in more than one European country.
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