Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) Top Companies by Market Value as Jan 1st 2020

BHP Billiton is Metals, Mining, Petroeum Company with headquarters in Australia. BHP Billiton is trading in London Stock Exchange and Australia Stock Exchange. BHP Group has 80,000 employees as on June 2020.

RIO TINTO GROUP is UK and Australia based Metals and Mining Company. Company producing major products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, gold, industrial minerals (borates, titanium dioxide and salt), iron ore, and uranium. Rio Tinto had around 49,000 employees around 35 countries as on 2021.

They are strongly represented in Australia and North America, and also have significant businesses in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America.

COMMONWEALTH BANK of Australia is Australia based bank and it is largest bank in Australia. Around 43,585 employees working for Common Wealth Bank as on 2020. Headquarters is in Australia.

COMMONWEALTH BANK of Australia has more than 1,118 branches and 3,542 ATM's and 3,547 Agencies and 190,118 EFTPOS terminals as on 2020.

As on 2020, it had 43,585 full time employees including discontinued operations.

CSL Limited is Biotechnology company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. CSL Limited has around 25,000 employees as on 2021. CSL has acquired a number of companies. They include: Aventis Behring, which is now known as global biotech leader CSL Behring, U.S.

WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION is Australia based Banking and Financial Services Company.  Westpac Bank offers services in Australia and New Zealand. Westpac provides a broad range of consumer, business and institutional banking and wealth management services through a portfolio of financial services brands and businesses. Westpac Bank has 36,849 employees as on 2020. Headquarters is in Australia.

WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION has 1,150 branches and more than 2,800 as on 2019.

National Australia Bank commonly called NAB is Australia Bank and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. By market capitalization, NAB is fourth largest bank in Australia followed by Common Wealth Bank, Westpac Bank and ANZ. Bank of New Zealand is subsidiary to NAB. They had over 33,950 employees over 900 locations as on 2019.

ANZ Bank is third largest bank in Australia and its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. As on 2019, ANZ Bank had 39,060 employees.

ANZ Bank has 570 branches as on 2020.

Macquarie Group Limited is a  Investment Bank and Financial Service Oriented Company with headquarters in Sydney, Australia. Macquarie Group provides banking, advisory, trading, asset management and retail financial services across the globe. As on 2021, they have employees around 17,209. 

Macquarie is a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management and finance, banking, advisory and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity and commodities.

WESFARMERS has diverse business operations cover: supermarkets, liquor, hotels and convenience stores; home improvement; office supplies; department stores; and an industrials division with businesses in chemicals, energy and fertilizers, industrial and safety products and coal. Headquarters is in Perth, Australia.

WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED is Australia's biggest Super Markets company. Woolworths Super Markets are spread across the Australia. As on 2018, Woolworths group had around 205,000 employees. Headquarters is in Australia.

As on 2020, Woolworths Group had 995 stores in Australia.