The Top 20 Fortune Companies With Biggest Workforce In The World, 2017

With approximately 2.3 million employees across the globe, Wal-Mart is the world’s number one employer on the Fortune 500 list. Trailing far behind Wal-Mart, China National Petroleum is the number 2 employer on the Fortune 500 list with 1.5 million workers.

China Post Group Corporation is the 3rd biggest employer on the Fortune 500 list with 941,211 employees, followed by State Grid Corporation of China (926,067 employees) and Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology (726,772 employees). The next two biggest employers worldwide are Sinopec and Volkswagen Group.

The U.S. Postal Service is the 8th largest employer, with 400,000 people on its payroll, followed by Compass Group, the UK’s largest food and support services firm, and the Agricultural Bank of China.

Revealed: The Top 20 Fortune Companies With Biggest Workforce in the World, 2017

1. Walmart, US
   Number of employees: 2,300,000
2. China National Petroleum Corporation, China
   Number of employees: 1,512,048
3. China Post Group Corporation, China
   Number of employees: 941,211
4. State Grid Corporation of China, China
   Number of employees: 926,067
5. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Foxconn Technology), Taiwan
   Number of employees: 726,772
6. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec Limited, China
   Number of employees: 713,288
7. Volkswagen Group, Germany
   Number of employees: 626,715
8. U.S. Postal Service, US
   Number of employees: 574,349
9. Compass Group, UK
   Number of employees: 527,180
10. Agricultural Bank of China
    Number of employees: 501,368
11. Gazprom
    Number of employees: 467,400
12. China Mobile Communications
    Number of employees: 463,712
13. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
    Number of employees: 461,749
14. Deutsche Post DHL Group
    Number of employees: 459,262
15. Aviation Industry Corp. of China
    Number of employees: 457,097
16. Kroger
    Number of employees: 443,000
17. Jardine Matheson
    Number of employees: 430,000
18. Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance), France
    Number of employees: 425,594
19. China Resources, Hong Kong and China
    Number of employees: 420,572
20. IBM, US
    Number of employees: 414,400

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