The ten most profitable companies in the world, ranked by net income in the fiscal year covered by the Fortune Global 500 2026 edition, mostly calendar 2025.
Alphabet (Google) is the world's most profitable company, with net income of $132.17 billion in 2025, according to the Fortune Global 500 2026. Nvidia is second at $120.1 billion and Apple third at $112.0 billion. The ranking uses each company's reported net income for the fiscal year covered by Fortune's 2026 edition, mostly 2025.
Revenue shows how big a company is. Net income, what is left after all costs, interest and taxes, shows how much it earns. This list ranks the ten companies with the highest net income in the fiscal year covered by the Fortune Global 500 2026 edition, published in July 2026. For most companies that is calendar 2025. US technology companies take the top four places, and each of them earned at least $100 billion. Saudi Aramco, the most profitable company in the previous edition, fell to fifth as oil prices dropped. Nvidia and TSMC are both in the top ten, reflecting the boom in AI chips.
Google's parent company earned $132.17 billion in 2025. Fortune's 2026 Global 500 named it the world's most profitable company, taking the title from Saudi Aramco, and called it the second-highest profit ever recorded by a Global 500 company.
Nvidia ranked second in profits in the 2026 Global 500, earning $120.1 billion in the fiscal year that ended in January 2026, as demand for its AI data-center chips grew.
Apple earned $112.0 billion in the fiscal year that ended in September 2025. It is one of four companies on the list, all American, with a profit of at least $100 billion.
Microsoft earned $101.8 billion in the fiscal year that ended in June 2025, up 16% from $88.1 billion the year before. It is the fourth company to clear $100 billion.
Aramco reported net income of $93.38 billion for 2025, down about 12% from $106.2 billion in 2024 as oil prices fell. That cost it the title of most profitable company. Its adjusted net income was $104.7 billion, but this list uses the reported figure.
Amazon earned $77.67 billion in 2025. It also overtook Walmart as the world's largest company by revenue on the 2026 Global 500.
Warren Buffett's conglomerate reported net earnings of $66.97 billion for 2025. Berkshire's net earnings include unrealized gains and losses on its stock portfolio, so they can swing widely from year to year.
Facebook's parent company earned $60.46 billion in 2025, less than in 2024 even though revenue rose to about $201 billion.
The largest US bank earned $57.05 billion in 2025, the most of any bank in the world.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company earned about $55.1 billion in 2025 on revenue of about $122 billion. It is the only company from Greater China in Fortune's 2026 top ten by profit.
| # | Name | HQ | Industry | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet (Google) | Mountain View, California, United States | Technology / Advertising, Cloud | FY2025 (Dec 2025) |
| 2 | Nvidia | Santa Clara, California, United States | Semiconductors | FY2026 (Jan 2026) |
| 3 | Apple | Cupertino, California, United States | Technology / Consumer electronics | FY2025 (Sep 2025) |
| 4 | Microsoft | Redmond, Washington, United States | Technology / Software, Cloud | FY2025 (Jun 2025) |
| 5 | Saudi Aramco | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | Oil and gas | FY2025 (Dec 2025) |
| 6 | Amazon | Seattle, Washington, United States | E-commerce / Cloud computing | FY2025 (Dec 2025) |
| 7 | Berkshire Hathaway | Omaha, Nebraska, United States | Conglomerate / Insurance | FY2025 (Dec 2025) |
| 8 | Meta Platforms | Menlo Park, California, United States | Technology / Social media, Advertising | FY2025 (Dec 2025) |
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase | New York City, United States | Banking / Financial services | FY2025 (Dec 2025) |
| 10 | TSMC | Hsinchu, Taiwan | Semiconductors | FY2025 (Dec 2025) |
Companies are ranked by net income (profit) in US dollars for the fiscal year covered by the Fortune Global 500 2026 edition, published 28 July 2026. Fortune's edition uses fiscal years ending on or before 31 March 2026, which is calendar 2025 for most companies, the year to January 2026 for Nvidia, to September 2025 for Apple, and to June 2025 for Microsoft. Fortune's published profit table could not be opened during the 2026-10-18 audit. Alphabet's $132.17 billion is the figure Fortune reported. The other nine figures are each company's reported net income attributable to shareholders for the same fiscal year, from company filings and results releases. TSMC reports in New Taiwan dollars, and its US-dollar figure is a conversion, so Fortune's figure may differ slightly. The order matches what Fortune published: Alphabet first, Nvidia second, Alphabet, Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft each above $100 billion, and TSMC the only company from Greater China in the top ten by profit. Aramco is ranked on reported net income, not its adjusted figure. Next below the top ten is Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, at CNY 370.77 billion (about $51-52 billion).
Alphabet, Google's parent company. It earned $132.17 billion in 2025 and was named the most profitable company in the Fortune Global 500 2026, taking the title from Saudi Aramco.
Revenue is everything a company takes in from sales. Net income is what remains after all costs, interest and taxes. Amazon had the most revenue of any company in the 2026 Global 500, but ranks sixth here on net income.
Aramco's reported net income fell about 12% in 2025, from $106.2 billion to $93.38 billion, as oil prices declined. Alphabet's profit rose to $132.17 billion over the same period.
Berkshire's reported net earnings include gains and losses on the value of its stock investments, even when it sells nothing. Its profit can therefore rise or fall sharply with the stock market from one year to the next.
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