SM Investments Corp, 6 other PH companies on Forbes' Global 2000 List
Seven Philippine companies made it into Forbes' list of the 2,000 largest companies globally for 2025.
SM Investment Corp. topped the Philippine conglomerates in 811st spot after recording $10.56 billion sales, $1.44 billion in profit, $29.37 billion in assets, and $18.67 in market value.
Banking giant BDO Unibank, Inc. came at 846th garnering $6.31 billion in sales, $1.43 billion in profit, $84.33 billion in assets, and a market value of $15.09 billion.
Rounding up the list of Philippine firms are Top Tier Frontier Investment Holdings, Inc. at 1,116th; Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. at 1,317th; Manila Electric Company at 1,530th; Ayala Corporation at 1,644th; and the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. at 1,702nd.
The United States has the most entries on the list with 612 companies. It was followed by China with 317, Japan with 180, India with 70, and the United Kingdom with 68.
American banking firm J.P. Morgan Chase remained at the top spot for the third straight year after gaining 30% from 2024. It was followed by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., another US-based firm.
China's Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Saudi Arabia's Saudi Aramco, and America's Amazon rounded up the top five of the list.
Further, Forbes noted that banking is the most represented industry in the list with 328 companies listed. — Vince Angelo Ferreras/BM, GMA Integrated News
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