Fortune India 500

Summary

Fortune India 500
Top 10 companies on the list (2021)[1]
Rank Company Total revenue
(in billion ₹)
1 Steady Reliance Industries 5142.17
2 Increase State Bank of India 3853.38
3 Decrease Indian Oil Corporation 3748.28
4 Decrease Oil & Natural Gas Corporation 3251.79
5 Increase Tata Motors 2496.46
6 Decrease Bharat Petroleum Corporation 2414.25
7 Increase Tata Consultancy Services 1673.11
8 Increase ICICI Bank 1613.36
9 Increase Tata Steel 1561.74
10 Increase HDFC Bank 1558.85
Fortune India official website

The Fortune India 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations in India compiled on the basis of latest sales and gross revenue figures. The list is published annually by Fortune magazine.[2] Fortune India is Fortune's sixth international edition following local editions for China, Turkey, Korea, Indonesia as well as a special edition for Greece.[3][4]

Fortune India is published monthly in English, through a licence agreement between Time Inc., the publisher of Fortune (US) and Kolkata-based ABP Group, one of India's largest media companies.[5][6] The first issue of Fortune India was published in September 2010 with Dibyendra Nath Mukerjea as the editor and Pavan Varshnei as the president.[7][8] In October 2011, the publication celebrated its first anniversary with a double issue.[9]

The Fortune India 500 list ranks publicly traded companies by their annual audited total income for the financial year ending on or before 30 June. The list has been published in its current form since 2010, and also includes financial corporations and service providers, leading by revenue.[10]

History edit

2021 Fortune's Global 500 list edit

Reliance Industries retained at the top spot for three successive years, whilst State Bank of India climbed up to second place and Indian Oil Corporation fell to third place.[11]

2020 list edit

Reliance Industries continued on top place in the 2020 Fortune India 500 rankings, while Indian Oil Corporation and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation were second and third respectively.[12] Reliance Industries was ranked 96th in the Global Fortune 500 list, and the top 7 positioned companies in the Indian list made it to the global Fortune 500 list.[13]

2019 list edit

Reliance Industries exchanged positions with Indian Oil Corporation for the top place in the 2019 Fortune India 500 rankings, while Oil & Natural Gas Corporation continued on the third position.[14]

2018 list edit

Indian Oil Corporation continued on top place in the 2018 Fortune India 500 rankings, while Reliance Industries and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation was second and third respectively.[15]

2017 list edit

Indian Oil Corporation topped the 2017 Fortune India 500 rankings, and Reliance Industries was listed second. The next three places were taken by State Bank of India, Tata Motors, and Rajesh Exports, respectively.[16]

2011 list edit

Indian Oil Corporation, Reliance Industries and Bharat Petroleum Corporation dominate the list in the second year.[17]

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (#1 media, #256 overall), Sun TV Network (#2, #347), HT Media (#3, #383), Network 18 (#4, #413) and Dish TV (#5, #437) are in the list of media companies in the Fortune India 500 roster of India's largest corporations.[18]

Tata Consultancy Services (#1 IT, #20 overall), Wipro (#2, #25), Infosys (#3, #27), HCL Technologies Limited (#4, #49), Satyam Computer Services (#5, #153) and Tech Mahindra (#6, #161) are the top IT companies in the list.[19]

2011 breakdown by city edit

This is a ranking of the top ten cities, with the most global 500 companies.[20]

Rank Cities Biggest companies of India
1 Mumbai 177
2 Delhi NCR 111
3 Kolkata 38
4 Chennai 34
5 Bangalore 25
6 Pune 25
7 Kochi 24
8 Ahmedabad 19
9 Hyderabad 17
10 Trivandrum 13

2010 list edit

Indian Oil Corporation topped the inaugural Fortune India 500 rankings, and Reliance Industries was listed second. The next three places were taken by State Bank of India, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum respectively.[21]

See also edit

References edit

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  11. ^ "Fortune India 500: 2021". Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  12. ^ "India's largest corporations". Fortune India. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Fortune Global 500 2020". Fortune. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  14. ^ "India's largest corporations". Fortune India. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Fortune India 500 Ranking". Fortune India. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Fortune India 500 2017". Fortune. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Fortune India 500 second year list". Fortune. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  18. ^ Media TV Print Media Radio Ooh Mediaah!. "Dish TV makes it to Fortune India 500, 4 biggies exit list". MxM India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  19. ^ "Fortune India 500 complete list" (PDF). Fortune India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  20. ^ "India 500 2011: City". Fortune India. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011. Number of companies data taken from the "Pick a city" box.[dead link]
  21. ^ "Fortune India 500". Fortune. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

External links edit

  • Fortune India
  • "Fortune India 500 list, 2017". Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  • "Fortune India 500 list, 2016". Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2022.