Europe— 47 markets

Largest companies in Europe

InfobelPRO holds 83M companies across 47 markets in Europe. The ranking and the breakdowns below are computed from the 39 markets with a published directory — 79.5M companies, registry-sourced and enriched with firmographics, location, financials and group structure. The remaining 8 markets are in the database and publish as their directories go live.

83M

companies in the database

markets covered

published directories

industries

September 2026

data updated

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Rankings

Largest companies in Europe

By reported (actual) revenue, one row per corporate group, merged across the 39 published markets of Europe — rebuilt September 2026.

#	Company (group)	Country	Industry	HQ	Revenue (USD)
1	VOLKSWAGEN AG	Germany	Manufacture of motor vehicles	Wolfsburg	$373.1B
2	SHELL PLC	United Kingdom	Wholesale of metals and metal ores	Balham	$266.9B
3	GLENCORE PLC	United Kingdom	Security and commodity contracts brokerage	Holborn-Strand-Covent Garden	$247.5B
4	Stellantis N.V.	Netherlands	Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories	Veenendaal	$165.9B
5	BP P.L.C.	United Kingdom	Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores	Grandhome	$158.9B
6	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG	Germany	Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles	München	$154.7B
7	Mercedes-Benz Group AG	Germany	Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles	Stuttgart	$153.3B
8	Allianz SE	Germany	Combined office administrative service activities	München	$141.3B
9	Deutsche Telekom AG	Germany	Wired telecommunications activities	Bonn	$138B
10	Nestle S.A.	Switzerland	Activities of holding companies	Vevey	$111.2B
11	TESCO PLC	United Kingdom	Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating	Oaklands	$101.6B
12	Equinor ASA	Norway	Extraction of crude petroleum	Stavanger	$99.6B
13	Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG	Germany	Activities of holding companies	Neckarsulm	$98.8B
14	Deutsche Post AG	Germany	Freight transport by road	Bonn	$96B
15	R o b e r t B o s c h S t i f t u n g Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung	Germany	Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles	Gerlingen	$95.5B
16	ENI SPA	Italy	Manufacture of refined petroleum products	Roma	$95.2B
17	Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.	Netherlands	Trusts, funds and similar financial entities	Zaandam	$94.5B
18	REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG	Germany	Financial leasing	Köln	$92.9B
19	Siemens AG	Germany	Manufacture of other electrical equipment	München	$91.8B
20	E.ON SE	Germany	Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	Essen (Oldenburg)	$91.2B
21	FACEBOOK INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS LIMITED	Ireland	Other information technology and computer service activities	Dublin 4	$90.2B
22	LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC	United Kingdom	Other monetary intermediation	Monument-Aldgate-Fenchurch Street-Tower Hill	$86B
23	ENEL SPA	Italy	Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	Roma	$78.2B
24	ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE	France	Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	Paris	$76.5B
25	Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Munchen	Germany	Non-life insurance	München	$74.7B

Top 25 corporate groups by reported revenue across the published markets of Europe, one row per group. Where a group files revenue in more than one market, the highest reported figure is kept and the duplicate rows are dropped. Entities the source flags as foreign-parented or as a branch of a foreign company are excluded. Methodology →

VOLKSWAGEN AG leads the ranking from Wolfsburg, Germany, at $373.1B in reported revenue.

Coverage

Companies by industry

The B2B industries we cover, summed across the 39 published markets in Europe. Browse a single market to open its directories.

construction companies

9,396,455

retail companies

9,199,225

real estate companies

8,494,378

distribution & wholesale

5,930,676

manufacturing companies

5,442,811

agriculture & agribusiness

4,732,105

healthcare providers

3,232,648

consulting companies

2,851,182

real estate agents

2,694,684

software companies

2,466,571

construction companies9,396,455
retail companies9,199,225
real estate companies8,494,378
distribution & wholesale5,930,676
manufacturing companies5,442,811
agriculture & agribusiness4,732,105
healthcare providers3,232,648
consulting companies2,851,182
real estate agents2,694,684
software companies2,466,571
automotive companies2,301,084
architecture & engineering firms1,939,189
advertising & marketing agencies1,640,957
cleaning & facility services1,575,840
trucking & freight1,440,400
steel & metals1,143,286
entertainment companies1,127,693
hotels1,023,363
food & beverage987,434
e-commerce971,979
car dealers968,796
logistics companies964,928
accounting & tax926,129
lawyers776,752
investment & asset mgmt761,933
energy companies639,038
textile & apparel606,270
electricity & power582,652
media & production501,233
recruitment & staffing410,672
publishing400,476
travel agencies354,638
furniture companies329,938
telecom companies323,692
printing companies304,837
recycling & waste287,499
courier & express239,667
biotech companies220,116
banks208,578
security companies200,547
electronics companies188,388
chemical companies156,750
medical device companies106,960
shipping companies83,712
mining companies78,648
shipbuilders74,666
insurance companies74,650
airlines & aviation62,079
lighting companies34,762
oil & gas34,237
debt collection agencies31,021
pharmaceutical companies30,086
breweries26,081
electric motor manufacturers24,020
packaging companies23,493
railway companies18,902

56 industries carry companies in Europe, led by construction companies at 9,396,455 records.

Distribution

Company size

By number of employees, summed across the published markets. Revenue bands are not shown at this scale — each national file reports them in local currency, so they cannot be added together.

1-4

62,741,149

5-9

4,957,346

10-19

2,101,999

20-49

1,293,325

50-99

428,815

100-199

207,357

200-499

117,351

500-999

49,005

1000+

32,129

8,155,874 companies have no disclosed headcount (excluded from the chart).

87% of the companies with a disclosed headcount fall in the 1-4 employee band.

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Geography

Companies by country in Europe

Every market of Europe in the database, by number of companies. 39 link to a published directory; the others link to their market data page until their directory ships.

14,408,917

8,829,957

6,980,707

6,749,890

6,283,092

5,361,461

3,836,420

3,509,113

3,066,927

2,375,595

2,013,238

1,973,416

1,858,933

1,715,720

1,362,948

1,343,137

1,301,039

1,241,748

1,202,448

1,116,810

954,752

863,886

841,251

632,878

398,114

381,607

362,749

254,347

254,301

Bosnia and Herzegovina

220,631

194,965

186,208

184,823

164,267

157,603

138,675

92,604

75,305

23,506

12,711

12,303

12,193

11,625

9,931

6,290

5,821

4,125

Counts are the full database figure for each market. A market with a published directory also breaks down by industry, size, region and corporate group on its own page.

France is the largest market at 14.4M companies — 17.4% of every record we hold in Europe.

Directory coverage

Markets with a published directory

39 of 47 markets in Europe have a browsable directory today. The rest are held in the database and publish progressively.

The figure on each card is the number of industry directories live for that market.

In the database, directory to come: Russia, Belarus, Andorra, Georgia, Monaco, Macedonia, Gibraltar, San Marino.

Group linkage

Corporate structure in Europe

How much of the market is part of a corporate group vs independent.

25.6%

Part of a corporate group

74.4%

Independent

Average of 39national files, each computed on that market's top 1,500 companies by revenue — not an absolute figure for every registered company.

Across 39 markets in Europe, 25.6% of the largest companies belong to a corporate group.

Corporate groups

Largest corporate groups in Europe

Groups headquartered in the region, ranked by total group entities worldwide — a measure of corporate reach.

#	Group	Country	Group entities (worldwide)
1	BANCO SANTANDER SA	Spain	9,590
2	SODEXO	France	9,523
3	ESSILORLUXOTTICA	France	9,052
4	CAIXABANK SA	Spain	8,963
5	BPCE	France	8,959
6	Deutsche Telekom AG	Germany	8,591
7	VINCI	France	8,116
8	REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG	Germany	7,650
9	Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG	Germany	6,356
10	Deutsche Post AG	Germany	6,264

Group entities = total members of the corporate family worldwide, for groups whose ultimate parent sits in the market shown.

BANCO SANTANDER SA has the widest corporate family in Europe, with 9,590 entities worldwide.

FAQ

Company data in Europe — frequently asked questions

InfobelPRO holds 83M companies across 47 markets in Europe, sourced from official business registries. 39 of those markets have a browsable directory today, covering 79.5M companies.

By reported revenue in our data, the largest corporate group headquartered in Europe is VOLKSWAGEN AG, based in Wolfsburg, Germany, in manufacture of motor vehicles.

France, with 14.4M companies in the database — the largest of the 47 markets we cover in Europe.

39 of 47: France, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Belgium, Romania, Norway, Sweden and 27 more. The remaining 8 markets are held in the database and publish as their directories go live.

Registered name and address, national registration number, industry classification in NACE and SIC, company status and legal form, employee count, reported revenue where filed, and parent, subsidiary and group relationships. Contact fields are present where available.

The 39 published directories behind this page were rebuilt in September 2026. Each market is refreshed on its own registry cycle.

The ranking merges the largest companies by reported revenue from each published market, converts nothing (figures are already in USD), and keeps one row per corporate group: where a group files in more than one market, the highest reported figure is kept and the duplicates are dropped. 439 rows across Europe are excluded, on the source's own flags: revenue the source marked aberrant, a legal name it has not curated or withheld, a revenue-per-employee figure outside the plausible band, a record held for review, and local entities whose ultimate parent sits outside the market — a branch of a foreign bank is a real registry record but not a company of the region. Two more never reach a ranking: a public insurance or pension scheme, whose turnover is contributions passing through rather than trade, and a figure that cannot describe a trading business — revenue out of all proportion to the staff reported alongside it, or both enormous in absolute terms and out of scale with its own market, which is how a corrupt revenue shows itself when the source has not flagged it. Two country-level sections are deliberately absent at this scale: revenue bands, which each national file reports in local currency and which cannot be summed, and foreign ownership, whose country-of-ownership labels are not uniform across national files.

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