World Brand Lab, which regularly publishes the most influential companies in the world every year, shared the list for 2022. The list, which includes 33 countries in total, includes companies from many categories, from automotive to food industry, especially technology.
One of the most remarkable developments on the list this year has been the incredible rise of Apple. Apple, which was in the fourth place of the list last year, in 2021, took the first place of the list this year. While Microsoft is in the second place of the list, we see Google and Amazon in the continuation.
The World’s Most Influential Companies (2022)
Tesla, which was in the 72nd place of the company in 2020, has achieved a serious rise over the past two years and has put its name on the list at the 10th place this year. It is among the brands that have increased their ranking in VISA from the financial sector compared to the previous year.
Order | Brand | Country | Sector | Last year’s order |
one | apple | USA | Technology | 4 |
2 | Microsoft | USA | Technology | 3 |
3 | USA | Technology | one | |
4 | Amazon | USA | E-commerce | 2 |
5 | Walmart | USA | Retail | 5 |
6 | Toyota | Japan | Automotive | 9 |
7 | McDonald’s | USA | Convenience food | 7 |
8 | Mercedes-Benz | Germany | Automotive | 8 |
9 | Coca Cola | USA | Food & beverage | 11th |
10 | Tesla | USA | Automotive | 72 |
11th | VISA | USA | finance | 79 |
12 | AT&T | USA | Telecommunication | 6 |
13 | Cisco | USA | Technology | 12 |
14 | Nike | USA | Clothes | 10 |
15 | BMW | Germany | Automotive | 13 |
16 | YouTube | USA | Internet | 14 |
17 | Johnson & Johnson | USA | Cosmetics & Hygiene | 77 |
18 | Nestle | Switzerland | Food & beverage | 20 |
19 | MasterCard | USA | finance | 68 |
20 | PG | USA | Cosmetics & Hygiene | 22 |
198 out of 500 brands are US owned
World Brand Lab president Dr. In his statement, Steve Woolgar states that 198 brands in the list, which includes a total of 500 brands, come from the USA. Just behind are France and Japan. Other major countries are listed as follows;
Country | Brand |
USA | 198 |
Chinese | 45 |
United Kingdom | 35 |
Germany | 28 |
Italy | 15 |
Switzerland | 18 |
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