Most of the business press and financial news focuses our attention on public companies. Because they are public, information on those companies is easy to find and they issues all forms of communications to keep up their visibility. Private companies are private for a reason and they do make that much information avaialble. It all makes sense.
Take a look at the stats on private companies and how they stack with the other Global 5000 companies
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Here’s a look at 2011 corporate actvity for Global 5000 companies including #mergers, IPO’s, divesting and spin-offs.
Among the larer firms with activities in 2011 are listed here. If you have your sightes on any of these, it is time to ensure the database is current.
•Wal-Mart Stores
•China Petroleum & Chemical
•ConocoPhillips
•General Electric
•Berkshire Hathaway
•Bank of America Corporation
•Samsung Electronics
•Hewlett-Packard
•GDF Suez
•Cargill
•Hitachi Ltd
•Nestle
•Siemens
•IBM
•HSBC
•Aviva
Take a look at our summary for all these M&A, IPO’s Ch 11 filings and other related corporate activities — check out our web site article click here
AMR, the parent of American Airlines filed bankruptcy this week. The airlines have a long history of filing bankruptcy — they’ve all done it at one time or another.
If you look at the business of the airlines compared to the top companies across the globe, the metrics show how that business has a number of elements working against it.
Read our full post here to look at how the airlines compare to others
Forbes magazine has published their annual list of the largest private companies in the US – listed here. They cover US private companies with $2 billion + revenue. This past year (2010 revenue) there were 212 companies that fit the criteria. Except for a few of the very large firms (like Cargill or Koch Industries) most are smaller than a list like the Fortune 500.
The Global 5000 has 645 private companies included — see more about The Global 5000 company database click here
Europe and North America are in slow growth mode compared to Asia Pac, South America and Middle East/Africa which are all growing at a good pace. Further proof of this trend is shown in the revenue growth of the top companies in The Global 5000
To see the data in the full post on our web site – click here
Our focus of The Global 5000 database activity is to identify the largest (by revenue) 5000 companies in the world. Looking at where they are, AsiaPac is a region on the rise and after North America, has more companies than any other region.
Beyond these large firms, there is plenty of opportunity across the region at mid-size developing organizations. To get a look at some of these companies, take a look at CNCData.
Take a look at our latest post on AsiaPac countries and record counts in the database.
During the month of October, Global 5000 companies announced 15 major deals – mostly M&A but also included Ch11 filings by MF Global and Friendly Ice Cream.
For B2B database marketers, keeping the database updated is key to providing quality info throughout the organization.
See the full list of corporate actions – click here
Pang Da is a Chinese auto marketer and one of Saab’s new owners.
If Pang Da was a US firm, it would be in the Fortune 500. Global firms like these belong in any global company’s marketing database.
To read more click here.
Recently posted an article with data on Global 5000 companies in the BRIC countries
They represent 6.5% of the Global 5000 companies but 10% of the revenue
Read the full post and some of the leading companies on The Global 5000 web site.
An interesting benchmark many companies use to compare themselves to their peer group is revenue per employee.
We did the calculation for Global 5000 companies by region — here are the stats.
