List of largest employers
The largest employers in the world include companies, militaries, and governments.
Largest employers
Public companies and institutions are included in this list:
| Employees | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer | 2015[1] | 2010[2][3] | Headquarters |
| United States Department of Defense |  | ||
| People's Liberation Army |  | ||
| Walmart | | ||
| McDonald's[note 1] | 1.9 million | 1.7 million | |
| National Health Service | 1.7 million | 1.4 million |  |
| China National Petroleum Corporation | 1.5 million | 1.7 million | |
| State Grid Corporation of China | 1.5 million | 1.6 million | |
| Indian Railways | 1.4 million | 1.3 million |  |
| Indian Armed Forces | | ||
| Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) | 1.2 million | 0.8 million |  |
Largest private and semiprivate employers
The rankings below are the ten private-sector companies providing the most jobs worldwide, according to the 2017 list compiled by Fortune magazine.[5]
| Private and semipublic companies with the most employees in the world | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Employer | Country | Employees |
| 1 | Walmart | |
2,300,000 |
| 2 | China National Petroleum | |
1,512,048 |
| 3 | China Post Group | |
941,211 |
| 4 | State Grid | |
926,067 |
| 5 | Hon Hai Precision Industry | |
726,772 |
| 6 | Sinopec Group | |
713,288 |
| 7 | Tata Group | |
695,000 |
| 8 | Volkswagen |  |
626,715 |
| 9 | United States Postal Service | |
574,359 |
| 10 | Compass Group | |
527,180 |
| 11 | Agricultural Bank of China | |
501,368 |
Notes
See also
- Fortune Global 500
- Forbes Global 2000
- List of multinational corporations
- List of largest European manufacturing companies by revenue
- List of largest financial services companies by revenue
- List of the largest software companies
- List of largest Internet companies
- List of the largest information technology companies
- List of private equity firms
- List of largest companies by revenue
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- List of companies by profit and loss
- List of professions
- List of types of tradesman
- Lists of companies – company-related list articles on Wikipedia
- List of largest employers in the United States
- List of wealthiest organizations
References
- ↑ "The World's Biggest Employers". Forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ↑ "Employment: Defending jobs - The Economist". 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ↑ IISS 2012, pp. 243–248
- ↑ "9 Most Largest Companies – by employee number". most09.com. March 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Fortune Global 500 List 2017: See Who Made It". Fortune.
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