Largest European companies based on revenue 2021

In 2021, the German car manufacturer Volkswagen had a revenue of 253.97 billion US dollars, the largest of any European company. BP had the second largest revenue in this year at 183.5. billion US dollars, followed by the the Dutch petroleum company Royal Dutch Shell at 183.2 billion dollars with Daimler AG having the fourth-highest revenue in Europe at 175.83 billion US dollars.

VW employs over 671 thousand

Volkswagen alsoemployed more people worldwide than any other European company in 2020, with over 671 thousand working for the German car giant. Volkswagen was followed by the British foodservice company, Compass Group in terms of employee numbers at 596 thousand, then by Deustche Post DHL, which employed around 504 thousand.

Walmart tops global rankings

When the scope is broadened to look at companies worldwide, Walmart had both the largest revenue of any company, (523 billion US dollars) and the highest number of employees at over 2.2 million people. The Chinese petroleum company Sinopec had the second highest revenue in 2019, at over 407 billion US dollars.