18 Cities in the World Where the Biggest Companies Are Headquartered

The locations of companies that generate billions and trillions of dollars aid economic growth and global diversification, earning public recognition as a reward. This is especially important if they’re located in cities outside the West as that helps increase global appeal and awareness.

Mckinsey reported that the number of the biggest companies in emerging cities will triple by 2025. This is quite the case though it looks like only a few cities are controlling global wealth as of recent. According to this GOBankingRates research, the United States is the top host of the biggest companies’ headquarters with other emerging cities following behind.

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While these cities may not be up to par with the U.S. in terms of several companies, they’re certainly pulling in their own weight, especially with their largest company’s market cap. Yahoo Finance also reported that China has generated about $6.1 trillion dollars from its company headquarters.

Check out the cities where these company headquarters are located and how they compare to each other below.

United States

• Number of Companies: 61

• Largest Company: Microsoft

• Largest Company Market Cap: 3.15725E+12

• Headquarters Location: Redmond, Washington

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China

• Number of Companies: 10

• Largest Company: Tencent

• Largest Company Market Cap: 4.73424E+11

• Headquarters Location: Shenzhen, China

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France

• Number of Companies: 5

• Largest Company: LVMH

• Largest Company Market Cap: 4.22862E+11

• Headquarters Location: Paris, France

United Kingdom

• Number of Companies: 4

• Largest Company: AstraZeneca

• Largest Company Market Cap: 2.400224E+11

• Headquarters Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Switzerland

• Number of Companies: 3

• Largest Company: Nestle

• Largest Company Market Cap: 2.78275E+11

• Headquarters Location: Vevey, Switzerland

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India

• Number of Companies: 3

• Largest Company: Reliance Industries

• Largest Company Market Cap: 2.33209E+11

• Headquarters Location: Mumbai, India

Germany

• Number of Companies: 2

• Largest Company: SAP

• Largest Company Market Cap: 2.28176E+11

• Headquarters Location: Walldorf, Germany

Netherlands

• Number of Companies: 2

• Largest Company: ASML

• Largest Company Market Cap: 3.75E+11

• Headquarters Location: Veldoven, Netherlands

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United Arab Emirates

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: International Holding Companies

• Largest Company Market Cap: 2.38591E+11

• Headquarters Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Australia

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: BHP Group

• Largest Company Market Cap: 1.56195E+11

• Headquarters Location: Melbourne

Japan

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: Toyota

• Largest Company Market Cap: 2.98747E+11

• Headquarters Location: Plano, TX

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South Korea

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: Samsung

• Largest Company Market Cap: 3.78659E+11

• Headquarters Location: Suwon-Si, South Korea

Canada

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: Royal Bank of Canada

• Largest Company Market Cap: 1.50254E+11

• Headquarters Location: Toronto, Canada

Ireland

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: Accenture

• Largest Company Market Cap: 1.92265E+11

• Headquarters Location: Dublin, Ireland

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Saudi Arabia

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: Saudi Aramco

• Largest Company Market Cap: 1,93071E+11

• Headquarters Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Spain

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: Inditex

• Largest Company Market Cap: 1.46693E+11

• Headquarters Location: Municipality of Arteixo, Spain

Denmark

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: Novo Nordisk

• Largest Company Market Cap: 5.93028E+11

• Headquarters Location: Bagsvaerd, Denmark

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Taiwan

• Number of Companies: 1

• Largest Company: TSMC

• Largest Company Market Cap: 7.96293E+11

• Headquarters Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan

Methodology: For this study, GOBankingRates analyzed the top 100 companies by market cap across the world as sourced from companiesmarketcap.com. For each of the top companies, the headquarters location was recorded. The countries were counted to show the number of the top 100 companies who have headquarters within. The highest market cap company within each country was recorded for this study. All data was collected on and is up-to-date as-of May 20th, 2024.

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