Top 20 listed companies by employees
The biggest employers on the world's stock exchanges
Updated · employees (employees)
Top 20 in (56):
Why these 20
Head count as reported in Wikidata for companies listed on a stock exchange. Big employers shape job markets: drill into your own country.
Built from the regions below: the best 20 of all of them.
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Accenture
multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company
779,000 · 🇮🇪 Ireland
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BYD Company
比亚迪
Chinese battery and electric vehicles manufacturer
703,500 · 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
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Tata Consultancy Services
टाटा कंसल्टेंसी सर्विसेज
Information technology consulting company
600,000 · 🇮🇳 India
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Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd.
中国航空工业集团有限公司
Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer
535,942 · 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
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Agricultural Bank of China
中国农业银行
major bank in the People's Republic of China
503,082 · 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
中国工商银行股份有限公司
Chinese multinational banking company
439,787 · 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
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How it is measured
Wikidata: items with a stock exchange (P414) and an employee count of 5,000 or more.
References
- Wikidata query: listed companies by employees, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-20 18:50 UTC.
Photo: OpenPlanRedBalloon1 by VeronicaTherese, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures in rows: Wikimedia Commons, GitHub and the linked pages.