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Automakers in the Fortune Global 500
27 July 2005
Fortune Magazine has published its annual list of the top 500 Global corporations (Global 500). The revenue cutoff for the list this year rose a record 15%, to $12.4 billion. (More, as the Fortune editors point out, than the GDP of Jordan or Jamaica.)
Oil companies—as one might expect—had an excellent revenue year last year. ExxonMobil, although No. 3 on the list, was the world’s most profitable, netting $25.3 billion.
| Automakers in the Fortune Global 500 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | 2005 rank | Change | 2004 Rank | 2004 revenue (US $billion) | Change from prior year |
| General Motors | 5 |  |
5 | $193.5 | -0.9% |
| DaimlerChrysler | 6 |  |
7 | $176.7 | +12.8% |
| Toyota | 7 | |
8 | $172.6 | +12.7% |
| Ford | 8 |  |
6 | $172.2 | +4.7% |
| Volkswagen | 15 | |
15 | $110.6 | +12.2% |
| Honda | 27 | |
25 | $80.5 | +11.4% |
| Nissan | 29 | |
32 | $79.8 | +21.3% |
| Peugeot | 41 | |
39 | $70.6 | +15.1% |
| Fiat | 57 | |
58 | $60.0 | +8.2% |
| BMW | 71 | |
74 | $55.1 | +17.3% |
| Renault | 80 | |
89 | $50.6 | +19.2% |
| Hyundai | 92 | |
98 | $46.4 | +18.6% |
| Mazda | 211 | |
184 | $25.1 | -2.8% |
| Suzuki | 255 | |
265 | $22.0 | +13.1% |
| Mitsubishi | 304 | |
224 | $19.8 | -11.5% |
| Isuzu | 444 | |
428 | $13.9 | +9.7% |
| China FAW | 448 | NEW | N/A | $13.8 | +0.4% |
| Fuji Heavy | 461 | |
426 | $13.5 | +5.6% |
There was quite a bit of reshuffling of the automotive deck, reflective of the changes affecting that market.
DaimlerChrysler and Toyota Motor moved ahead of Ford, pushing it down two notches. Although DaimlerChrysler’s profits increased sixfold, to $3.1 billion, Toyota earned $10.9 billion: more than GM, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler combined.
Nissan is coming on very strong, with the largest percentage change in revenue among the G500 automakers, and jumped up four positions.
Other Japanese carmakers did not fare as well: Honda,Mazda, Mitsubishi, Isuzu and Fuji Heavy (Subaru) all saw their positions drop.
In fact, the new entry to the G500 automaker list—China’s FAW—came in above Fuji Heavy.
Chinese companies overall increased their presence on the Global 500, climbing to a total of 16 this year from 15 last year, and up from just three in 1995.
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It is alluded to in the text, but does anyway have a list of the G500 automakers ranked by profit, rather than revenue? No doubt this will shuffle the order significantly.