Europe Top Companies by market value as on Jan 1st, 2020

Nestle is the world’s largest food and non-alcoholic beverages company with headquarters in Switzerland. Nestle have more than 2000 brands ranging from global icons to local favourites, and Nestle is present in 191 countries around the world.

Roche is a pioneer in Healthcare Company with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Roche is the world's number 1 in biotech with 17 biopharmaceuticals on the market. Over half of the compounds in Roche Company products pipeline are biopharmaceuticals, enabling them to deliver better-targeted therapies. They are specialized in Oncology, Neuroscience, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Cardiovascual and Metabolism, Opthamology and Respiratory branches Medicines.

LVMH group manufacture luxury goods and quality products in five major sectors of the luxury market:  Wines & Spirits, Fashion & Leather Goods, Perfumes & Cosmetics, Watches & Jewelry and Selective Retailing. LVMH currently employs 156,000 people across the world and reported sales of 53.65 billion euros in 2019.

Royal Dutch Shell is Oil and Gas Company headquartered in Netherland and Regitered Office in UK. Royal Dutch Shell A and Royal Dutch Shell B are not two different companies. Key difference is Royal Dutch A and B shares is related to Taxation and Dividend.

Novartis is Switzerland based Multi-National Healthcare and Pharmaceutical company. Novartis Company focus on patented medicines, generic medicines and eye care – segments where they have the innovation power and global scale necessary to compete effectively.

SAP is world leader in providing Enterprise Application Software Packages with headquarters in Germany. As the market leader in enterprise application software, SAP is at the center of today’s business and technology revolution. SAP helps to streamline company business processes and giving them the ability to use real-time data to predict customer trends across their entire business. SAP is committed to helping every customer become a best-run business.

Loreal is France based Cosmetics and Beauty Products manufacturing Company. L'Oreal had 87,974 employees as on 2019.

AB-Inbev is Belgium based multi-national Brewing Company. AB-Inbev manufactures Beers and they have more than 500 brands which are popular across the World.
 

HSBC is Banking and Financial Services Company with Headquarters in London, UK. HSBC operates through long-established businesses and an international network of around 3,800 offices in 66 countries and territories.

Medtronic Plc is USA based healthcare and pharmaceutical company with more than 86,300 employees as on 2019. Medtronic operates from more than 370 locations in approximately 160 countries.