EY & University of St. Gallen Global 500 Family Business Index 2025: Top 500 Family Businesses with $8.8 Trillion Revenue, $17.6 Billion Average Revenue & 50,200 Average Employees, Top 10 Business Families Company by Revenue are Walmart, Volkswagen Group, Schwarz Group, Cargill, Ford Motor Company, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW), Tata Sons, Koch Industries, Comcast Corporation, Reliance Industries, Top 5 Revenue By Industry are Retail $2.25 Trillion, Consumer Products $1.5 Trillion, Mobility $1.35 Trillion, Advanced Manufacturing $902 Billion, Oil & Gas $604 Billion, Oldest Business Family is Takenaka Corporation (Japan, Takenaka Family, $11.4 Billion Revenue) in 1610
15th May 2025 | Hong Kong
EY & University of St. Gallen has released the Global 500 Family Business Index 2025, providing key insights into the 500 largest family businesses in the world by revenue. The top 500 family businesses have a total revenue of $8.8 trillion, with average $17.6 billion revenue per family business. No. of employees – 25.1 million. Average employees per family business – 50,200 employees. No. Jurisdiction of family businesses HQ – 44. No. of Companies founded before 1900 – 102. M&A Transactions – 47% with at least 1 transaction. Jurisdiction HQ by region – Europe 47%, North America 29%, Asia 18%, Others 6%. Top 2 Most HQs – United States with 115 family businesses, Germany with 78 family businesses. Largest Business Family by Revenue – Walmart (Walton, United States) with $648 billion. 2nd largest Business Family by Revenue – Volkswagen Group (Porsche / Piëch, Germany) with $356 billion. 3rd largest Largest Business Family by Revenue – Schwarz Group (Schwarz, Germany) with $179 billion. Top 10 Business Families Company by Revenue – Walmart, Volkswagen Group, Schwarz Group, Cargill, Ford Motor Company, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW), Tata Sons, Koch Industries, Comcast Corporation, Reliance Industries. Top 10 Business Families Company in Asia by Revenue – Tata Sons, Reliance Industries, SK, Idemitsu Kosan Co, Aditya Birla Management Corporation, LG, Country Garden Holdings, Rongsheng Petrochemical Co, Meritz Financial Group, Hanwha Corporation. Oldest Business Family (Country, Family, Revenue) Year Founded – Takenaka Corporation (Japan, Takenaka family, $11.4 billion) in 1610. 2nd Oldest Business Family (Country, Family, Revenue) Year Founded – Merck (Germany, Merck family, $22.7 billion) in 1668. 3rd Oldest Business Family (Country, Family, Revenue) Year Founded – Wendel (France, Wendel family, $7.71 billion) in 1704. Top 5 Revenue by industry – Retail $2.25 trillion, Consumer Products $1.5 trillion, Mobility $1.35 trillion, Advanced Manufacturing $902 billion, Oil & Gas $604 billion. Top 5 Jurisdiction of family business HQ by Revenue – United States $2.59 trillion, Germany $1.65 trillion, India $512 billion, France $487 billion, South Korea $348 billion. Top 10 Jurisdiction of family business HQ by Revenue – United States, Germany, India, France, South Korea, Switzerland, China, Brazil, Canada, Mexico. See below for key findings & summary | View Report here | View Ranking here
“ EY & University of St. Gallen Global 500 Family Business Index 2025: Top 500 Family Businesses with $8.8 Trillion Revenue, $17.6 Billion Average Revenue & 50,200 Average Employees, Top 10 Business Families Company by Revenue are Walmart, Volkswagen Group, Schwarz Group, Cargill, Ford Motor Company, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW), Tata Sons, Koch Industries, Comcast Corporation, Reliance Industries, Top 5 Revenue By Industry are Retail $2.25 Trillion, Consumer Products $1.5 Trillion, Mobility $1.35 Trillion, Advanced Manufacturing $902 Billion, Oil & Gas $604 Billion, Oldest Business Family is Takenaka Corporation (Japan, Takenaka Family, $11.4 Billion Revenue) in 1610 “
EY & University of St. Gallen Global 500 Family Business Index 2025: Top 500 Family Businesses with $8.8 Trillion Revenue, $17.6 Billion Average Revenue & 50,200 Average Employees, Top 10 Business Families Company by Revenue are Walmart, Volkswagen Group, Schwarz Group, Cargill, Ford Motor Company, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW), Tata Sons, Koch Industries, Comcast Corporation, Reliance Industries, Top 5 Revenue By Industry are Retail $2.25 Trillion, Consumer Products $1.5 Trillion, Mobility $1.35 Trillion, Advanced Manufacturing $902 Billion, Oil & Gas $604 Billion, Oldest Business Family is Takenaka Corporation (Japan, Takenaka Family, $11.4 Billion Revenue) in 1610

EY & University of St. Gallen Global 500 Family Business Index 2025
Profile
- No. of family businesses – 500
- Total revenue – $8.8 trillion
- Average revenue per family business – $17.6 billion
- No. of employees – 25.1 million
- Average employees per family business – 50,200 employees
- No. Jurisdiction of family businesses HQ – 44
- No. of Companies founded before 1900 – 102
- M&A Transactions – 47% with at least 1 transaction
- Jurisdiction HQ by region – Europe 47%, North America 29%, Asia 18%, Others 6%
- Top 2 Most HQs – United States with 115 family businesses, Germany with 78 family businesses
Summary
- Largest Business Family by Revenue – Walmart (Walton, United States) with $648 billion
- 2nd largest Business Family by Revenue – Volkswagen Group (Porsche / Piëch, Germany) with $356 billion
- 3rd largest Largest Business Family by Revenue – Schwarz Group (Schwarz, Germany) with $179 billion
- Top 10 Business Families Company by Revenue – Walmart, Volkswagen Group, Schwarz Group, Cargill, Ford Motor Company, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW), Tata Sons, Koch Industries, Comcast Corporation, Reliance Industries
- Top 10 Business Families Company in Asia by Revenue – Tata Sons, Reliance Industries, SK, Idemitsu Kosan Co, Aditya Birla Management Corporation, LG, Country Garden Holdings, Rongsheng Petrochemical Co, Meritz Financial Group, Hanwha Corporation
- Oldest Business Family (Country, Family, Revenue) Year Founded – Takenaka Corporation (Japan, Takenaka family, $11.4 billion) in 1610
- 2nd Oldest Business Family (Country, Family, Revenue) Year Founded – Merck (Germany, Merck family, $22.7 billion) in 1668
- 3rd Oldest Business Family (Country, Family, Revenue) Year Founded – Wendel (France, Wendel family, $7.71 billion) in 1704
- Top 5 Revenue by industry – Retail $2.25 trillion, Consumer Products $1.5 trillion, Mobility $1.35 trillion, Advanced Manufacturing $902 billion, Oil & Gas $604 billion
- Top 5 Jurisdiction of family business HQ by Revenue – United States $2.59 trillion, Germany $1.65 trillion, India $512 billion, France $487 billion, South Korea $348 billion
- Top 10 Jurisdiction of family business HQ by Revenue – United States, Germany, India, France, South Korea, Switzerland, China, Brazil, Canada, Mexico
EY & University of St. Gallen Global 500 Family Business Index 2025
1) Business Families Profile
- No. of family businesses – 500
- Total revenue – $8.8 trillion
- Average revenue per family business – $17.6 billion
- No. of employees – 25.1 million
- Average employees per family business – 50,200 employees
- No. Jurisdiction of family businesses HQ – 44
- No. of Companies founded before 1900 – 102
- M&A Transactions – 47% with at least 1 transaction
2) Business Families Revenue
Top 30 Business Families by Revenue – Company (Family, Country):
- Walmart (Walton, United States) – $648 billion
- Volkswagen Group (Porsche / Piëch, Germany) – $356 billion
- Schwarz Group (Schwarz, Germany) – $179 billion
- Cargill (Cargill-MacMillan, United States) – $177 billion
- Ford Motor Company (Ford, United States) – $176 billion
- Bayerische Motoren Werke, BMW (Quandt, Germany) – $168 billion
- Tata Sons (Tata, India) – $165 billion
- Koch Industries (Koch, United States) – $125 billion
- Comcast Corporation (Roberts, United States) – $121 billion
- Reliance Industries (Ambani, India) – $109 billion
- SK (Chey, South Korea) – $101 billion
- Robert Bosch (Bosch, Germany) – $99.9 billion
- LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (Arnault, France) – $93.1 billion
- MSC Group (Aponte, Switzerland) – $92.6 billion
- ALDI SÜD Group (Albrecht, Germany) – $91.7 billion
- JBS (Batista, Brazil) – $72.9 billion
- Idemitsu Kosan Co (Idemitsu, Japan) – $69.8 billion
- ArcelorMittal (Mittal, Luxembourg) – $68.2 billion
- Koç Holding (Koç, Turkey) – $67.7 billion
- Roche Holding (Hoffmann / Oeri, Switzerland) – $67.2 billion
- Aditya Birla Management Corporation (Birla, India) – $66 billion
- INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co (Schaeffler, Germany) – $65.6 billion
- LG (Koo, South Korea) – $64.6 billion
- Country Garden Holdings (Yang, China) – $63.9 billion
- AnheuserBusch InBev (De Spoelberch / De Mévius / Van Damme, Belgium) – $59.3 billion
- Tyson Foods (Tyson, United States) – $52.8 billion
- PHOENIX Pharma (Merckle, Germany) – $51.3 billion
- A.P. Møller – Mærsk (Maersk, Denmark) – $51 billion
- Louis Dreyfus Company (Dreyfus, Netherlands) – $50 billion
- Enterprise Products Partners (Duncan, United States) – $49.7 billion
Top 10 Business Families by Revenue in Asia Jurisdiction – Company (Family, Country):
- Tata Sons (Tata, India) – $165 billion
- Reliance Industries (Ambani, India) – $109 billion
- SK (Chey, South Korea) – $101 billion
- Idemitsu Kosan Co (Idemitsu, Japan) – $69.8 billion
- Aditya Birla Management Corporation (Birla, India) – $66 billion
- LG (Koo, South Korea) – $64.6 billion
- Country Garden Holdings (Yang, China) – $63.9 billion
- Rongsheng Petrochemical Co (Li, China) – $45.9 billion
- Meritz Financial Group (Cho, South Korea) – $44.9 billion
- Hanwha Corporation (Kim, South Korea) – $40.8 billion
3) Business Families Year of Founding
Top 10 Oldest Business Families (Country, Family, Revenue) – Year Founded:
- Takenaka Corporation (Japan, Takenaka family, $11.4 billion) – 1610
- Merck (Germany, Merck family, $22.7 billion) – 1668
- Wendel (France, Wendel family, $7.71 billion) – 1704
- Franz Haniel & Cie (Germany , Haniel family, $4.4 billion) – 1756
- Jerónimo Martins (Portugal, Soares dos Santos family, $33 billion) – 1792
- Schroders (United Kingdom, Schroder family, $3.6 billion) – 1800
- D’Ieteren Group (Belgium, D’Ieteren family, $8.6 billion) – 1805
- Bucher Industries (Switzerland, Hauser family, $3.9 billion) – 1807
- Swire Pacific (Hong Kong, Swire family, $12.1 billion) – 1816
- Wieland-Werke (Germany, Schleicher family, $6.8 billion) – 1820
Top 500 Business Families founding timeline:
- 25 years & below – 9
- 26 to 50 years – 70
- 51 to 75 years – 145
- 76 to 100 years – 109
- 101 to 125 years – 69
- 126 to 150 years – 48
- 151 to 200 years – 39
- 201 years & above – 11
4) Revenue by Industry
Top Revenue by industry:
- Retail – $2.25 trillion
- Consumer Products – $1.5 trillion
- Mobility – $1.35 trillion
- Advanced Manufacturing – $902 billion
- Oil & Gas – $604 billion
- Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction – $333 billion
- Technology – $266 billion
- Mining & Metals – $253 billion
- Telecom – $243 billion
- Wealth & Asset Management – $234 billion
- Life Science – $229 billion
- Banking & Capital Markets – $166 billion
- Insurance – $144 billion
- Media & Entertainment – $124 billion
- Professional Firms & Services – $91 billion
- Power & Utilities – $82 billion
- Health – $20 billion
5) Business Families HQ
Jurisdiction HQ by region:
- Europe – 47%
- North America – 29%
- Asia – 18%
- Others – 6%
Top 2 Most HQs:
- United States – 115 family businesses
- Germany – 78 family businesses
Top 19 Jurisdiction of family business HQ by Revenue:
- United States – $2.59 trillion
- Germany – $1.65 trillion
- India – $512 billion
- France – $487 billion
- South Korea – $348 billion
- Switzerland – $334 billion
- China – $243 billion
- Brazil – $227 billion
- Canada – $232 billion
- Mexico – $188 billion
- Netherlands – $180 billion
- Italy – $179 billion
- Spain – $171 billion
- Japan – $166 billion
- Hong Kong – $133 billion
- Turkey – $131 billion
- Denmark – $114 billion
- Luxembourg – $110 billion
- Belgium – $106 billion
6) Top 100 Business Families by Revenue – Company (Family):
- Walmart (Walton) – $648 billion
- Volkswagen Group (Porsche / Piëch) – $356 billion
- Schwarz Group (Schwarz) – $179 billion
- Cargill (Cargill-MacMillan) – $177 billion
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) – $176 billion
- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, BMW (Quandt) – $168 billion
- Tata Sons (Tata) – $165 billion
- Koch Industries (Koch) – $125 billion
- Comcast Corporation (Roberts) – $121 billion
- Reliance Industries (Ambani) – $109 billion
- SK (Chey) – $101 billion
- Robert Bosch (Bosch) – $99.9 billion
- LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (Arnault) – $93.1 billion
- MSC Group (Aponte) – $92.6 billion
- ALDI SÜD Group (Albrecht) – $91.7 billion
- JBS (Batista) – $72.9 billion
- Idemitsu Kosan Co (Idemitsu) – $69.8 billion
- ArcelorMittal (Mittal, Luxembourg) – $68.2 billion
- Koç Holding (Koç) – $67.7 billion
- Roche Holding (Hoffmann / Oeri) – $67.2 billion
- Aditya Birla Management Corporation (Birla) – $66 billion
- INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co (Schaeffler) – $65.6 billion
- LG (Koo) – $64.6 billion
- Country Garden Holdings (Yang) – $63.9 billion
- AnheuserBusch InBev (De Spoelberch / De Mévius / Van Damme) – $59.3 billion
- Tyson Foods (Tyson) – $52.8 billion
- PHOENIX Pharma (Merckle) – $51.3 billion
- A.P. Møller – Mærsk (Maersk) – $51 billion
- Louis Dreyfus Company (Dreyfus) – $50 billion
- Enterprise Products Partners (Duncan) – $49.7 billion
- Exor Group (Agnelli) – $48.3 billion
- América Móvil (Slim) – $48.3 billion
- Mars (Mars) – $47 billion
- CMA CGM Group (Saadé) – $47 billion
- Rongsheng Petrochemical Co (Li) – $45.9 billion
- Meritz Financial Group (Cho) – $44.9 billion
- George Weston (Weston) – $44.5 billion
- L’Oréal Groupe (Bettencourt) – $44.5 billion
- H.E. Butt Grocery Company (Butt ) – $43.6 billion
- Hanwha Corporation (Kim) – $40.8 billion
- Reyes Holdings (Reyes) – $40 billion
- Heineken (de Carvalho-Heineken) – $39.7 billion
- Inditex Group (Ortega) – $38.9 billion
- Enterprise Mobility (Taylor) – $38 billion
- Sonepar (Coisne) – $36.3 billion
- Jardine Matheson Holdings (Keswick) – $36 billion
- Groupe Auchan (Mulliez) – $35.9 billion
- Mercadona (Roig) – $35.8 billion
- C&S Wholesale Grocers (Cohen) – $34.7 billion
- Lennar Corporation (Miller) – $34.2 billion
- Rajesh Exports (Mehta) – $33.9 billion
- Jerónimo Martins (Soares dos Santos) – $33 billion
- Itaú Unibanco Holding (Moreira Salles / Souza Aranha) – $32.9 billion
- Groupe Lactalis (Besnier) – $32.2 billion
- CJ Corporation (Lee) – $31.6 billion
- Antarchile (Angelini ) – $30.7 billion
- Paramount Global (Redstone) – $29.6 billion
- Penske Automotive Group (Penske) – $29.5 billion
- Power Corporation of Canada (Desmarais) – $29.2 billion
- Heraeus Group (Heraeus) – $28 billion
- C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co (Boehringer) – $27.9 billion
- Kühne + Nagel International (Kuehne) – $26.5 billion
- Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores (Love ) – $26.5 billion
- WH Group (Wan) – $26.2 billion
- Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Glazer / Chaplin) – $26 billion
- Ultrapar Participações (Igel) – $25.9 billion
- Fairfax Financial Holdings (Watsa) – $25.8 billion
- CP ALL (Chearavanont) – $25.7 billion
- SHV Holdings (Fentener van Vlissingen) – $24.8 billion
- RETHMANN Group (Rethmann) – $24.7 billion
- Great Wall Motor, GWM (Wei) – $24.4 billion
- Sodexo (Bellon) – $23.9 billion
- Marriott International (Marriott) – $23.7 billion
- Henkel AG & Co (Henkel) – $23.2 billion
- Cox Enterprises (Cox) – $23 billion
- Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (Wang ) – $22.8 billion
- Empire Company (Sobey) – $22.7 billion
- Liberty Media Corporation (Malone) – $22.7 billion
- Merck (Merck) – $22.7 billion
- Grupo Bimbo (Servitje) – $22.5 billion
- Compagnie Financiere Richemont (Rupert) – $22.3 billion
- Adolf Würth GmbH & Co (Würth) – $22.2 billion
- H&M (Persson ) – $22.2 billion
- Bertelsmann SE & Co (Mohn) – $21.8 billion
- Kering (Pinault) – $21.1 billion
- Meijer (Meijer) – $21 billion
- Gordon Food Service (Gordon) – $21 billion
- Suntory Holdings (Saji) – $20.9 billion
- JSW Steel (Jindal) – $20.8 billion
- QuikTrip (Cadieux) – $20.3 billion
- Banco Bradesco (Aguiar) – $20 billion
- New Hope Liuhe (Liu) – $20 billion
- JM Family Enterprises (Moran) – $20 billion
- Fast Retailing (Yanai) – $19.9 billion
- Chanel (Wertheimer) – $19.7 billion
- RaceTrac (Bolch) – $19.7 billion
- Aker ASA (Røkke) – $18.9 billion
- Wawa (Wood) – $18.9 billion
- China Hongqiao (Zhang) – $18.8 billion
- DKV Mobility (Fischer) – $18.5 billion
7) Top 100 Business Families
Company | Jurisdiction | Rank | Revenue | Founded | Industry |
Walmart | United States | 1 | $648 billion | 1962 | Retail |
Volkswagen Group | Germany | 2 | $356 billion | 1937 | Mobility |
Schwarz Group | Germany | 3 | $179 billion | 1930 | Retail |
Cargill | United States | 4 | $177 billion | 1865 | Consumer Products |
Ford Motor Company | United States | 5 | $176 billion | 1903 | Mobility |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) | Germany | 6 | $168 billion | 1916 | Mobility |
Tata Sons | India | 7 | $165 billion | 1917 | Advanced Manufacturing |
Koch Industries | United States | 8 | $125 billion | 1940 | Oil & Gas |
Comcast Corporation | United States | 9 | $121 billion | 1963 | Telecommunications |
Reliance Industries | India | 10 | $109 billion | 1966 | Oil & Gas |
SK | South Korea | 11 | $101 billion | 1953 | Technology |
Robert Bosch | Germany | 12 | $99.9 billion | 1886 | Advanced Manufacturing |
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton | France | 13 | $93.1 billion | 1987 | Retail |
MSC Group | Switzerland | 14 | $92.6 billion | 1970 | Mobility |
ALDI SÜD Group | Germany | 15 | $91.7 billion | 1913 | Retail |
JBS | Brazil | 16 | $72.9 billion | 1953 | Consumer Products |
Idemitsu Kosan Co | Japan | 17 | $69.8 billion | 1911 | Oil & Gas |
ArcelorMittal | Luxembourg | 18 | $68.2 billion | 1976 | Mining & Metals |
Koç Holding | Türkiye | 19 | $67.7 billion | 1926 | Oil & Gas |
Roche Holding | Switzerland | 20 | $67.2 billion | 1896 | Life Sciences |
Aditya Birla Management Corporation | India | 21 | $66 billion | 1857 | Advanced Manufacturing |
INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co | Germany | 22 | $65.6 billion | 1946 | Mobility |
LG | South Korea | 23 | $64.6 billion | 1947 | Technology |
Country Garden Holdings | China | 24 | $63.9 billion | 1992 | RE, Hospitality & Construction |
AnheuserBusch InBev | Belgium | 25 | $59.3 billion | 1852 | Consumer Products |
Tyson Foods | United States | 26 | $52.8 billion | 1935 | Consumer Products |
PHOENIX Pharma | Germany | 27 | $51.3 billion | 1994 | Life Sciences |
A.P. Møller – Mærsk | Denmark | 28 | $51 billion | 1904 | Mobility |
Louis Dreyfus Company | Netherlands | 29 | $50 billion | 1851 | Consumer Products |
Enterprise Products Partners | United States | 30 | $49.7 billion | 1968 | Oil & Gas |
Exor Group | Italy | 31 | $48.3 billion | 1899 | Banking & Capital Markets |
América Móvil | Mexico | 32 | $48.3 billion | 2000 | Telecommunications |
Mars | United States | 33 | $47 billion | 1911 | Consumer Products |
CMA CGM Group | France | 34 | $47 billion | 1978 | Mobility |
Rongsheng Petrochemical Co | China | 35 | $45.9 billion | 1995 | Consumer Products |
Meritz Financial Group | South Korea | 36 | $44.9 billion | 1945 | Insurance |
George Weston | Canada | 37 | $44.5 billion | 1882 | Retail |
L’Oréal Groupe | France | 38 | $44.5 billion | 1909 | Consumer Products |
H.E. Butt Grocery Company | United States | 39 | $43.6 billion | 1905 | Retail |
Hanwha Corporation | South Korea | 40 | $40.8 billion | 1952 | Advanced Manufacturing |
Reyes Holdings | United States | 41 | $40 billion | 1976 | Retail |
Heineken | Netherlands | 42 | $39.7 billion | 1864 | Consumer Products |
Inditex Group | Spain | 43 | $38.9 billion | 1963 | Retail |
Enterprise Mobility | United States | 44 | $38 billion | 1957 | Professional Firms & Services |
Sonepar | France | 45 | $36.3 billion | 1969 | Retail |
Jardine Matheson Holdings | Hong Kong | 46 | $36 billion | 1832 | Wealth & Asset Management |
Groupe Auchan | France | 47 | $35.9 billion | 1961 | Consumer Products |
Mercadona | Spain | 48 | $35.8 billion | 1977 | Retail |
C&S Wholesale Grocers | United States | 49 | $34.7 billion | 1918 | Retail |
Lennar Corporation | United States | 50 | $34.2 billion | 1954 | RE, Hospitality & Construction |
Rajesh Exports | India | 51 | $33.9 billion | 1988 | Consumer Products |
Jerónimo Martins | Portugal | 52 | $33 billion | 1792 | Retail |
Itaú Unibanco Holding | Brazil | 53 | $32.9 billion | 1924 | Banking & Capital Markets |
Groupe Lactalis | France | 54 | $32.2 billion | 1933 | Consumer Products |
CJ Corporation | South Korea | 55 | $31.6 billion | 1953 | Consumer Products |
Antarchile | Chile | 56 | $30.7 billion | 1989 | Banking & Capital Markets |
Paramount Global | United States | 57 | $29.6 billion | 1986 | Media & Entertainment |
Penske Automotive Group | United States | 58 | $29.5 billion | 1969 | Mobility |
Power Corporation of Canada | Canada | 59 | $29.2 billion | 1925 | Insurance |
Heraeus Group | Germany | 60 | $28 billion | 1851 | Technology |
C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co | Germany | 61 | $27.9 billion | 1885 | Life Sciences |
Kühne + Nagel International | Switzerland | 62 | $26.5 billion | 1890 | Mobility |
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores | United States | 63 | $26.5 billion | 1964 | Retail |
WH Group | Hong Kong | 64 | $26.2 billion | 1984 | Consumer Products |
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits | United States | 65 | $26 billion | 1968 | Retail |
Ultrapar Participações | Brazil | 66 | $25.9 billion | 1937 | Oil & Gas |
Fairfax Financial Holdings | Canada | 67 | $25.8 billion | 1985 | Insurance |
CP ALL | Thailand | 68 | $25.7 billion | 1921 | Retail |
SHV Holdings | Netherlands | 69 | $24.8 billion | 1896 | Wealth & Asset Management |
RETHMANN Group | Germany | 70 | $24.7 billion | 1934 | Power & Utilities |
Great Wall Motor (GWM) | China | 71 | $24.4 billion | 1976 | Mobility |
Sodexo | France | 72 | $23.9 billion | 1966 | Consumer Products |
Marriott International | United States | 73 | $23.7 billion | 1927 | RE, Hospitality & Construction |
Henkel AG & Co | Germany | 74 | $23.2 billion | 1876 | Consumer Products |
Cox Enterprises | United States | 75 | $23 billion | 1898 | Telecommunications |
Formosa Petrochemical Corporation | Taiwan | 76 | $22.8 billion | 1954 | Oil & Gas |
Empire Company | Canada | 77 | $22.7 billion | 1963 | Retail |
Liberty Media Corporation | United States | 78 | $22.7 billion | 1965 | Media & Entertainment |
Merck | Germany | 79 | $22.7 billion | 1668 | Life Sciences |
Grupo Bimbo | Mexico | 80 | $22.5 billion | 1945 | Consumer Products |
Compagnie Financiere Richemont | Switzerland | 81 | $22.3 billion | 1948 | Retail |
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co | Germany | 82 | $22.2 billion | 1945 | Advanced Manufacturing |
H&M | Sweden | 83 | $22.2 billion | 1947 | Consumer Products |
Bertelsmann SE & Co | Germany | 84 | $21.8 billion | 1835 | Media & Entertainment |
Kering | France | 85 | $21.1 billion | 1962 | Consumer Products |
Meijer | United States | 86 | $21 billion | 1934 | Retail |
Gordon Food Service. | United States | 87 | $21 billion | 1897 | Retail |
Suntory Holdings | Japan | 88 | $20.9 billion | 1899 | Consumer Products |
JSW Steel | India | 89 | $20.8 billion | 1982 | Mining & Metals |
QuikTrip | United States | 90 | $20.3 billion | 1958 | Retail |
Banco Bradesco | Brazil | 91 | $20 billion | 1943 | Banking & Capital Markets |
New Hope Liuhe | China | 92 | $20 billion | 1982 | Consumer Products |
JM Family Enterprises | United States | 93 | $20 billion | 1968 | Mobility |
Fast Retailing | Japan | 94 | $19.9 billion | 1949 | Retail |
Chanel | France | 95 | $19.7 billion | 1910 | Consumer Products |
RaceTrac | United States | 96 | $19.7 billion | 1934 | Oil & Gas |
Aker ASA | Norway | 97 | $18.9 billion | 1841 | Advanced Manufacturing |
Wawa | United States | 98 | $18.9 billion | 1902 | Retail |
China Hongqiao | China | 99 | $18.8 billion | 1951 | Mining & Metals |
DKV Mobility | Germany | 100 | $18.5 billion | 1934 | Banking & Capital Markets |
EY & University of St. Gallen Global 500 Family Business Index 2025
The 2025 EY and University of St.Gallen Global 500 Family Business Index highlights the extent to which the world’s largest family enterprises are contributing in distinctive ways to the global economy.
Methodology – The EY organization and University of St. Gallen have published the EY and St.Gallen Family Business Global 500 Index every two years since 2015. It includes the 500 largest family-controlled businesses based on revenues. The criteria for inclusion are as follows:
- Revenues of qualified businesses are sourced from published accounts or disclosed financial information that are no more than 24 months old.
- Qualified businesses have substantial family voting control in the business. Businesses where the family is believed to have voting rights of 50% or more are eligible. For publicly listed businesses, family voting control of at least 32% is considered as substantial for inclusion.i
- Qualified businesses have trans-generational profiles in that they have a demonstrated involvement of multiple generations and/or are at least 50 years old.
- Where two or more businesses are controlled by the same family group, the parent, holding company or business with the highest disclosed revenues is featured. As a result, the Index is limited to one business per family group.
- The Index reflects our best efforts and practical judgements in discovering and interpreting information available about the world’s leading family businesses and the families that control them.
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