List of largest employers
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Largest public and private employers in the world
Non-corporate employers are included in these lists:
Employees | |||
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Employer | 2015[1] | 2010[2] | Headquarters |
United States Department of Defense | 3.2 million | 3.2 million | United States |
People's Liberation Army | 2.3 million | 2.3 million | China |
Walmart | 2.1 million | 2.1 million | United States |
McDonald's [note 1] | 1.9 million | 1.7 million | United States |
National Health Service | 1.7 million | 1.4 million | United Kingdom |
China National Petroleum Corporation | 1.6 million | 1.7 million | China |
State Grid Corporation of China | 1.5 million | 1.6 million | China |
Indian Railways | 1.4 million | 1.4 million | India |
Indian Armed Forces | 1.3 million | [note 2] | India |
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) | 1.2 million | 0.8 million | Taiwan |
Largest private employers
The rankings below are the six private-sector companies providing the most jobs worldwide, which do not include government-owned corporations.
Companies with the most employees in the world | |||
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Rank | Employer | Country | Employees |
1 | Walmart | ![]() |
2,200,000 |
2 | Hon Hai Precision Industry (T.A. Foxconn) | ![]() |
1,090,000 |
3 | Sinopec | ![]() |
1,021,979 |
4 | G4S | ![]() |
620,000 |
5 | Tata Group | ![]() |
602,000 |
6 | United States Postal Service | ![]() |
601,601 |
7 | Tesco | ![]() |
597,784 |
Notes
See also
- List of largest employers in the United States
- List of companies of the United States
- List of largest United Kingdom employers
- Fortune Global 500
- Forbes Global 2000
- List of multinational corporations
- List of largest European manufacturing companies by revenue
- List of the largest software companies
- List of largest Internet companies
- List of the largest information technology companies
- List of private equity firms
- List of largest companies by revenue
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- List of companies by profit and loss
- List of professions
- List of types of tradesman
- Lists of companies – company-related list articles on Wikipedia
References
- ^ "The World's Biggest Employers". Forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "Employment: Defending jobs - The Economist". 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-10-02.