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

Nestle AG 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 preferred FMCG products, and Nestle is present in 191 countries around the world. Headquarters is in Switzerland.

Brands of Nestle:

• Milk Products and Nutrition
• Beverages
• Prepared Dishes and Cooking Aids
• Chocolates and Confectionery

• Vending and Food Services
• Imports
• Exports

Roche Holding 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 has 163,000 employees as on 2020 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 has Registered 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. At the same time, Novartis is expanding their presence in the emerging markets of Asia, Africa and Latin America, where there is fast-growing demand for access to high- quality medicines and healthcare. They have over 103,000 employees worldwide as on 2019.

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.

L'Oreal is France based Cosmetics and Beauty Products manufacturing Company. L'Oreal had 88,000 employees as on December 2019.

As on Dec 2019, L'Oreal has Annual Revenues of 29.87 Billion EUR and Annual Operating Profit of 5.54 Billion EUR.

As on Dec 2019, 497 registered patents are there with L'Oreal.

L'Oreal has 36 brands of Cosmetics and Beauty Products which is marketed across 150 countries.

AB-Inbev is Belgium based multi-national Brewing Company. AB-Inbev manufactures Beers and they have more than 630 brands which are popular across the World. As on 2019, they support 20,000 farmers across 13 countries to grow best barley, wheat, cassava, hops, maize, rice and sorghum. Headquarters is in Belgium.

As on December 2019, AB-Inbev annual revenues is 52,329 Million USD and Net Income is 9,171 Million USD.

HSBC is Banking and Financial Services Company with Headquarters in London, UK. Headquarters is in UK.

HSBC has an international network of around 3,900 offices in 65 countries and territories as on 2020.

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.

Medtronic Annual Revenues for year ending April 2020 is 28,913 Million USD and Net Income is 4,806 Million USD.

As on April 2020, Medtronic has 104,950 full time equivalent employees.