This post was originally published in 2009 – back then offline businesses still led the way in terms of profits, but things have changed a lot in last few years as you will see if you check out: Top Earning Websites
Top 30 earning companies in the world
First Point To make…
Running a website instead of a traditional company can be a lot better in so many ways.
For example:
- No physical products
- No physical location
- Can work from anywhere in the world
- You don’t need customers
- Can be automated
- Outsource everything
- The 9 – 5 doesn’t exist, this post was published while I was in bed!
- You have no one barking orders at you.
With that in mind, the benefits of having a traditional business over a web business are second to none. When I compare the top earning company and the top earning website, the difference is clear! Wal-Mart are on course to earn $400,000,000,000 this year with profit under $14,000,000,000 compared to Googles $21,000,000,000 in 2008 with a profit of $4,200,000,000 – making Google more than 5 times more profitable!
Wal-Mart Stores Earn $12,011.64 a Second!
| Rank | Company | Industry | Founders | Revenue Per Year | Revenue Per Second |
| 1 | Wal-Mart Stores | General Merchandisers | Sam Walton | $378,799,000,000 | $12,011.64 |
| 2 | Exxon Mobil | Petroleum Refining | John D. Rockefeller | $372,824,000,000 | $11,822.17 |
| 3 | Royal Dutch Shell | Petroleum Refining | Jean Baptiste August Kessler | $355,782,000,000 | $11,281.77 |
| 4 | BP | Petroleum Refining | T. Boone Pickens | $291,438,000,000 | $9,241.44 |
| 5 | Toyota Motor | Motor Vehicles and Parts | Kiichiro Toyoda | $230,201,000,000 | $7,299.63 |
| 6 | Chevron | Petroleum Refining | Lyman Stewar | $210,783,000,000 | $6,683.89 |
| 7 | ING Group | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Jan Hommen | $201,516,000,000 | $6,390.03 |
| 8 | Total | Petroleum Refining | Ernest Mercier | $187,280,000,000 | $5,938.61 |
| 9 | General Motors | Motor Vehicles and Parts | William C. Durant | $182,347,000,000 | $5,782.19 |
| 10 | ConocoPhillips | Petroleum Refining | Frank and L.E. Phillips | $178,558,000,000 | $5,662.04 |
| 11 | Daimler | Motor Vehicles and Parts | Gottlieb Daimler. | $177,167,000,000 | $5,617.93 |
| 12 | General Electric | Diversified Financials | Thomas Edison | $176,656,000,000 | $5,601.73 |
| 13 | Ford Motor | Motor Vehicles and Parts | Henry Ford | $172,468,000,000 | $5,468.92 |
| 14 | Fortis | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Kira Bruno | $164,877,000,000 | $5,228.22 |
| 15 | AXA | Insurance: Life, Health (stock) | Claude Bébéar | $162,762,000,000 | $5,161.15 |
| 16 | Sinopec | Petroleum Refining | Su Shulin | $159,260,000,000 | $5,050.10 |
| 17 | Citigroup | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Bill Smith | $159,229,000,000 | $5,049.12 |
| 18 | Volkswagen | Motor Vehicles and Parts | Ferdinand Porsche | $149,054,000,000 | $4,726.47 |
| 19 | Dexia Group | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Michael Wilson | $147,648,000,000 | $4,681.89 |
| 20 | HSBC Holdings | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Thomas Sutherland | $146,500,000,000 | $4,645.49 |
| 21 | BNP Paribas | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Louis Pasteu | $140,726,000,000 | $4,462.39 |
| 22 | Allianz | Insurance: Property and Casualty | Henning Schulte-Noelle | $140,618,000,000 | $4,458.97 |
| 23 | Crédit Agricole | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Henri Germain | $138,155,000,000 | $4,380.87 |
| 24 | State Grid | Utilities | Liu Zhenya | $132,885,000,000 | $4,213.76 |
| 25 | China National Petroleum | Petroleum Refining | Chinese National Government | $129,798,000,000 | $4,115.87 |
| 26 | Deutsche Bank | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Georg Siemens | $122,644,000,000 | $3,889.02 |
| 27 | ENI | Petroleum Refining | Tully Ryan | $120,565,000,000 | $3,823.09 |
| 28 | Bank of America Corp. | Banks: Commercial and Savings | Madeo Giannini | $119,190,000,000 | $3,779.49 |
| 29 | AT&T | Telecommunications | Alexander Graham Bell | $118,928,000,000 | $3,771.18 |
| 30 | Berkshire Hathaway | Insurance: Property and Casualty (stock) | Oliver Chace | $118,245,000,000 | $3,749.52 |
Which would you prefer a top earning website or a top earning company?
Read more: ‘Top 30 Website Sales Of All Time’