As of 2026-10-13, Walmart tops the list with 2,300,000 employees.
- #1 Walmart — 2,300,000 employees
U.S. discount retailer based in Arkansas
Walmart Inc. is an American multinational omnichannel retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, and gas stations in the United States and 19 other countries. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded in 1962 by brothers Sam Walton and James "Bud" Walton in nearby Rogers, Arkansas. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Brazilian Army — 1,000,000 employees
land warfare branch of Brazil's military forces
The Brazilian Army is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country in eminently terrestrial operations and, internally, for guaranteeing law, order and the constitutional branches, subordinating itself, in the Federal Government's structure, to the Ministry of Defense, alongside the Brazilian Navy and Air Force. The Military Police and Military Firefighters Corps are legally designated as reserve and auxiliary forces to the army. Its operational... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Carrefour Group — 500,001 employees
French multinational retail and wholesaler
Carrefour Group, S.A., is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. It operates a chain of hypermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. By 2024, the group had 14,000 stores in 40 countries. It is the seventh-largest retailer in the world by revenue. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Sodexo — 420,000 employees
French food services and facilities management company
Sodexo is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. It has 426,464 employees as of 2025, operates in 43 countries and serves 80 million customers on a daily basis on 27,000 sites. It is Europe’s second largest company of its type by both number of employees and revenue after Compass Group and France’s second largest private employer worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Port of Rotterdam — 385,000 employees
largest port in Europe, located in the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Port of Rotterdam is the largest seaport in Europe, and the world's largest seaport outside of Asia, located in and near the city of Rotterdam, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. From 1962 until 2004, it was the world's busiest port by annual cargo tonnage. It was overtaken first in 2004 by the port of Singapore, and since then by Shanghai and other very large Chinese seaports. In 2020, Rotterdam was the world's tenth-largest container port in terms of twenty-foot... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 Toyota — 359,542 employees
Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, producing about 10 million vehicles per year. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Capgemini — 357,000 employees
French multinational corporation headquartered in Paris, France
Capgemini SE is a French multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company. It is headquartered in Paris, France. The business was established as the Société pour la Gestion de l'Entreprise et le Traitement de l'Information (Sogeti) by Serge Kampf in 1974. It adopted the name CAP Gemini Sogeti in 1975, shortly after it acquired the Centre d'Analyse et de Programmation (CAP) and Gemini Computer Systems. The company expanded considerably during the early 1980s, often via... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 IBM — 352,600 employees
American multinational technology company
International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is a publicly traded company and one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. IBM is the largest industrial research organization in the world, with 19 research facilities across a dozen countries; for 29 consecutive years, from 1993 to 2021, it held the record for most annual U.S. patents... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Ernst & Young — 312,250 employees
multinational professional services network based in England
EY, previously known as Ernst & Young, is a multinational professional services network that provides assurance, tax, information technology services, consulting, and transactions advice. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and PwC, it is one of the Big Four professional services firms. The EY network is composed of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee headquartered in London, England. EY is one of the largest professional services networks in the world. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Teleperformance — 300,000 employees
multinational French company
TP, formerly Teleperformance, is a French multinational business process outsourcing company founded in 1978 with headquarters in France. It provides services for debt collection, telemarketing, customer relationship management, content moderation, and communication. Read more on Wikipedia.
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