Decline of the Generals / Global Rankings

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Fortune 500 ranking comparisons:

1955 / 2017

General Motors 1 / 8
General Electric 4 / 13
General Dynamics 41 / 90
General Mills 31 / 165

Global 500 ranking comparisons (2017) -- Worldwide ranking of Auto Makers:

5 Toyota
6 Volkswagon
17 Daimler (parent company of Chrysler)
18 General Motors
21 Ford Motor
29 Honda Motor
41 SAIC Motor (China)
44 Nissan
52 BMW Group
78 Hyundai

Global 500 ranking:

Walmart has been #1 for the past four years; #2, #3, and #4 are Chinese companies.

Interesting to watch Costco creeping up on Walmart:

Rank / Year
36 / 2017
38 / 2016
52 / 2015
60 / 2014
67 / 2013
78 / 2012
85 / 2011
79 / 2010
88 / 2009
99 / 2008

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2018 Update . . .

Fortune 500 Rankings

General Electric fell from 8 in 2017 to 18 in 2018
General Motors fell from 8 in 2017 to 10 in 2018
General Dynamics fell from 90 in 2017 to 99 in 2018
General Mills fell from 165 in 2017 to 182 in 2018
So the decline in the "Generals" continues.

Global 500 Rankings (the world's largest companies, by revenue)

Automotive Rankings

6 Toyota
7 Volkswagon
16 Daimler
21 General Motors
22 Ford
30 Honda
36 SAIC Motor
51 BMW
54 Nissan
78 Hyundai

Costco rose from 36 in 2017 to 35 in 2018

South Korea's Samsung Electronics continued its meteoric rise from 15 in 2017 to 12 in 2018