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The corporations on our annual list of the world's 500 largest companies combined to generate $41.7 trillion in revenue over the past year.

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Almost $20 trillion in revenue—and a record-breaking $1.87 trillion in profits. Introducing the 2025 Fortune 500, the definitive list of the biggest companies in America.

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The corporations on our annual list posted aggregate revenues of $41 trillion for the second year in a row.

Industries included in the sector are beverages, food consumer products, and food production.

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The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies delivered a record $41 trillion in aggregate revenues.

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The Fortune 500, in its 69th year in 2023, ranks the biggest U.S. companies by revenue.

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Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) produces industrial ingredients as varied as high-fructose corn syrup and the cotton cellulose pulp used to make paper. It also runs a commodities trading operation for goods like grain and corn. 
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 	<li>ADM’s ag services division, which sells seeds for industrial agriculture, had a strong year. Its revenue surged 18.7%, and operating income soared 58% as constrained supplies kept prices of commodities like corn, wheat, and soybeans high.</li> 
 	<li>Meanwhile, ADM’s nutrition business, which produces goods from livestock feed to food coloring, proved a drag on company performance: Sales grew just 6.5%, a sluggish pace the company attributed to global currency fluctuations and lower consumption amid rising inflation.</li> 
 	<li>In August 2022 ADM entered a joint venture with South Korean chemical company LG Chem to produce sustainable bioplastics in the U.S.</li> 
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Aggregate sales hit $37.8 trillion last year—an increase of 19%, the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history.

This year’s Fortune 500 marks the 68th running of the list.

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ADM is a nutrition, food processing, and commodities company whose broad product lineup ranges from high fructose corn syrup to products used in gasoline and cosmetics. The company climbed 12 spots to No. 38 on this year’s Fortune 500; its revenue shot up 32.5% in 2021 to $85 billion, driven by big sales gains for projects as varied as ethanol and vegetable oil. ADM expanded its footprint in pet nutrition, acquiring majority stakes in four pet food companies for $450 million. It also acquired South African flavor distributor Comhan in February 2022 for an undisclosed amount, aiming to boost its production of cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate.

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Total revenue for the world’s biggest companies fell 4.8% to $31.7 trillion this year—the first decline in half a decade.

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<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;The Chicago-based agricultural processor’s business spans 200 countries and touches everything from animal feed and human food to cosmetics, alcohol, and paint. Its annual performance has much to do with market conditions and commodity prices: In 2020, sales dipped 0.5% due to lower sales volumes of rice, ethanol, oils, and corn by-products. (ADM idled some facilities because of decreased demand last year.) Still, profits increased 28.5% over the previous year owing to more robust global trade—particularly between the U.S. and China—and strong demand for specialty ingredients like probiotics and plant-based proteins.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:12673,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}">The Chicago-based agricultural processor’s business spans 200 countries and touches everything from animal feed and human food to cosmetics, alcohol, and paint. Its annual performance has much to do with market conditions and commodity prices: In 2020, sales dipped 0.5% due to lower sales volumes of rice, ethanol, oils, and corn by-products. (ADM idled some facilities because of decreased demand last year.) Still, profits increased 28.5% over the previous year owing to more robust global trade—particularly between the U.S. and China—and strong demand for specialty ingredients like probiotics and plant-based proteins.

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ADM has been on a quest to turn plants into meat substitutes since the 1950s, and claims the title of inventor of the soy veggie patty. Today, as a $64 billion ingredient company supplying global food brands, it may be the biggest plant-based protein producer you’ve never heard of. Its 10 joint ventures and investments in the category range from growing meat from animal cells to creating protein through fermentation to building the world’s largest insect protein production facility (it’s designed to convert flies into animal feed). These deals are key to ADM’s effort to remake itself into more than an agri-giant processor of commodity crops. ADM expects the $10 billion plant-protein sector to triple in size over the next decade as consumers become more concerned about the impact of their diets on the environment.

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This year’s Fortune 500 marks the 67th running of the list.

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For an astounding 13th straight year, Apple claims the top spot in Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate reputation, based on a survey of almost 3,800 executives, directors, and analysts.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $33.3 trillion in revenues and $2.1 trillion in profits.

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The agricultural commodities and food processing giant, which fell 13 places on this year’s list, faced a bevy of challenges in 2019, including spring flooding in the American Midwest, an African swine fever outbreak in China, and continuing trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Revenues rose only 0.5% from the previous year, due to the weak performance of ADM’s ag services and oilseeds division, as well as its carbohydrate solutions unit. Both were challenged by lower sales volumes and commodity price declines. A bright spot was the company’s nutrition business, where sales were up 50%, largely due to acquisitions including that of Neovia, a French animal nutrition company.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 66th running of the list.

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The agricultural commodities and food processing giant, which falls five places on this year’s list, faced a bevy of challenges in 2019, including spring flooding in the American Midwest, an African swine fever outbreak in China, and continuing trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Revenues rose only 0.5% from the previous year due to the weak performance of ADM’s ag services and oilseeds division, as well as its carbohydrate solutions unit. Both were challenged by lower sales volumes and commodity price declines. A bright spot was the company’s nutrition business, where sales were up 50% largely due to acquisitions like Neovia, a French animal nutrition company.

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Global business is back. After limping through a worldwide financial crisis and economic slowdown, the 500 largest companies ranked by revenues shattered all sorts of performance records in 2013: They racked up combined revenues of $31.1 trillion, up 2.5% from 2012, and profits soared 27% to nearly $2 trillion. China’s 95 companies (up from 89 last year) posted $5.8 trillion in revenues. The U.S. has four fewer companies on the list than last year but remains (for now) the country leader, with 128 corporations on the list—including No. 1 Wal-Mart Stores—reporting $8.6 trillion in revenues. 

Wal-Mart stayed on top as its sales crept closer to half-a-trillion dollars. Apple moved into the top five. And UnitedHealth Group continued its steady climb. 

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Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), founded in 1902, is one of the largest global players in food processing and commodities trading. Headquartered in Chicago, ADM operates more than 800 facilities worldwide, processing oilseeds, corn, wheat, and other agricultural products. The company is a leading supplier of food ingredients, animal feed, and biofuels. ADM plays a crucial role in the global food supply chain, connecting crops to markets and providing essential ingredients to various industries.

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