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THE EUROPEAN BW 50
2006 BW European 350 Scoreboard
In BusinessWeek's fourth annual ranking of European companies the rise of service companies, and the jobs they create, is the real growth engine as unionized factory jobs and protectionist government policies fade
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| 1 | BHP Billiton | (Brit.) | 61.1 | 246.3 | 24,410 | 29 | 25.2 | 5,279 | 89 | 57.9 | 21.6 | 37.3 | 15 | 18 | 10 | Diversified Metals & Mining | |
| 2 | Rio Tinto | (Brit.) | 88.9 | 165.1 | 15,703 | 47 | 25.5 | 4,303 | 58 | 91.9 | 27.4 | 34.9 | 43 | 49 | 24 | Diversified Metals & Mining | |
| 3 | Xstrata | (Brit.) | 118.0 | 386.4 | 6,641 | 24 | 66.6 | 1,405 | 60 | 141.0 | 21.2 | 22.5 | 31 | 36 | 15 | Diversified Metals & Mining | |
| 4 | BG Group | (Brit.) | 72.0 | 167.7 | 8,218 | 38 | 27.4 | 2,238 | 72 | 50.5 | 27.2 | 24.7 | 10 | 11 | 6 | Integrated Oil & Gas | |
| 5 | Arcelor | (Lux.) | 117.1 | 295.9 | 32,611 | 7 | 10.7 | 3,846 | 66 | 286.8 c | 11.8 | 25.5 | 33 | 36 | 16 | Steel | |
| 6 | Investor | (Swe.) | 30.3 | 156.1 | 4,987 | 292 | 131.7 | 4,677 | 402 | 190.1 c | 93.8 | 32.7 | 14 | 16 | 11 | Multi-Sector Holdings | |
| 7 | OMV | (Aust.) | 62.5 | 396.3 | 15,580 | 55 | 30.2 | 1,220 | 77 | 58.3 | 7.8 | 20.7 | 45 | 60 | 29 | Integrated Oil & Gas | |
| 8 | Statoil | (Nor.) | 63.0 | 229.0 | 49,393 | 28 | 17.8 | 3,887 | 23 | 24.8 | 7.9 | 28.8 | 23 | 27 | 15 | Integrated Oil & Gas | |
| 9 | UBS | (Switz.) | 46.5 | 108.9 | 66,344 | 43 | 15.7 | 6,334 | 29 | 38.4 | 9.5 | 22.2 | 88 | 97 | 63 | Diversified Capital Markets | |
| 10 | British Land | (Brit.) | 47.5 | 173.4 | 3,753 | 82 | 69.3 | 1,829 | 91 | 120.8 | 48.7 | 20.8 | 18 | 19 | 12 | Real Estate Management & Development | |
| 11 | Société Générale | (France) | 50.5 | 143.8 | 50,788 | 49 | 14.0 | 4,446 | 36 | 45.5 | 8.8 | 18.9 | 120 | 126 | 81 | Diversified Banks | |
| 12 | Land Securities | (Brit.) | 31.4 | 140.4 | 5,701 | 43 | 51.9 | 2,454 | 58 | 106.7 | 43.0 | 22.4 | 27 | 30 | 20 | Real Estate Management & Development | |
| 13 | Endesa | (Spain) | 52.3 | 108.1 | 17,508 | 30 | -0.5 | 3,182 | 154 | 31.1 | 18.2 | 27.5 | 26 | 28 | 18 | Electric Utilities | |
| 14 | Fortis | (Belg.) | 31.3 | 120.6 | 90,419 | 26 | 27.0 | 3,941 | 67 | 83.6 | 4.4 | 20.8 | 28 | 31 | 22 | Other Diversifed Financial Services | |
| 15 | ABB | (Switz.) | 90.4 | 374.8 | 18,515 | 9 | 7.3 | 724 | 117 | 126.1 | 3.9 | 26.7 | 10 | 12 | 5 | Heavy Electrical Equipment | |
| 16 | Banco Santander Central Hispano | (Spain) | 26.1 | 79.1 | 55,798 | 89 | 22.9 | 6,220 | 72 | 40.2 | 11.1 | 15.6 | 11 | 12 | 9 | Diversified Banks | |
| 17 | Old Mutual | (Brit.) | 47.8 | 112.1 | 21,119 | 26 | 23.3 | 1,270 | 55 | 79.4 | 6.0 | 18.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Life & Health Insurance | |
| 18 | ENI | (Italy) | 19.6 | 91.8 | 73,728 | 25 | 15.3 | 8,788 | 24 | 24.4 | 11.9 | 23.8 | 23 | 25 | 21 | Integrated Oil & Gas | |
| 19 | Sampo | (Fin.) | 36.2 | 168.5 | 6,539 | 33 | 41.9 | 949 | 15 | 42.4 | 14.5 | 22.0 | 15 | 18 | 11 | Multi-line Insurance | |
| 20 | BAE Systems | (Brit.) | 46.1 | 220.0 | 16,136 | 25 | 10.3 | 851 | 27 | 884.0 c | 5.3 | 20.1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Aerospace & Defense | |
| 21 | Atlas Copco | (Swe.) | 76.4 | 231.8 | 5,626 | 22 | 2.8 | 677 | 44 | 39.2 c | 12.0 | 24.7 | 21 | 25 | 12 | Industrial Machinery | |
| 22 | BBVA | (Spain) | 31.1 | 108.7 | 23,145 | 23 | 0.9 | 3,806 | 30 | 30.4 | 16.4 | 23.3 | 16 | 18 | 12 | Diversified Banks | |
| 23 | ING Groep | (Neth.) | 41.1 | 146.4 | 112,057 | 29 | 5.7 | 7,210 | 25 | 19.3 | 6.4 | 19.6 | 31 | 33 | 23 | Other Diversifed Financial Services | |
| 24 | Grupo ACS | (Spain) | 46.1 | 174.3 | 12,114 | 12 | 38.1 | 609 | 35 | 53.9 | 5.0 | 24.5 | 31 | 35 | 22 | Construction & Engineering | |
| 25 | Continental | (Ger.) | 50.4 | 440.9 | 13,837 | 10 | 6.9 | 930 | 30 | 66.0 | 6.7 | 26.0 | 85 | 97 | 57 | Tires & Rubber | |
| 26 | EDP-Energias de Portugal | (Port.) | 44.7 | 86.7 | 9,549 | 35 | 13.0 | 1,031 | 2,320 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 21.4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Electric Utilities | |
| 27 | Anglo American | (Brit.) | 70.1 | 144.2 | 24,284 | 12 | 26.3 | 2,905 | 1 | 38.1 | 12.0 | 14.9 | 31 | 37 | 19 | Diversified Metals & Mining | |
| 28 | BP | (Brit.) | 17.6 | 63.6 | 205,813 | 25 | 8.9 | 18,280 | 25 | 50.2 | 8.9 | 27.7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | Integrated Oil & Gas | |
| 29 | Anglo Irish Bank | (Ire.) | 29.4 | 235.3 | 2,356 | 41 | 28.6 | 499 | 32 | 40.5 | 21.2 | 23.2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | Diversified Banks | |
| 30 | Standard Chartered | (Brit.) | 35.8 | 94.5 | 9,082 | 54 | 17.9 | 1,606 | 31 | 33.5 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 19 | 23 | 15 | Diversified Banks | |
| 31 | Total | (France) | 22.2 | 87.1 | 122,618 | 22 | 5.1 | 12,273 | 13 | 29.9 | 10.0 | 30.2 | 51 | 57 | 46 | Integrated Oil & Gas | |
| 32 | Legal & General Group | (Brit.) | 23.4 | 68.1 | 45,379 | 80 | 41.4 | 1,382 | 104 | 52.9 c | 3.0 | 20.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Life & Health Insurance | |
| 33 | International Power | (Brit.) | 52.3 | 171.7 | 2,831 | 152 | 33.3 | 417 | 191 | 28.9 c | 14.7 | 13.6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders | |
| 34 | Orkla | (Nor.) | 39.5 | 183.2 | 6,809 | 71 | 3.8 | 733 | 92 | 53.8 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 38 | 45 | 28 | Industrial Conglomerates | |
| 35 | DnB NOR | (Nor.) | 30.8 | 137.6 | 7,804 | 13 | 33.5 | 1,281 | 24 | 71.6 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | Diversified Banks | |
| 36 | Norsk Hydro | (Nor.) | 82.3 | 233.1 | 22,032 | 13 | 1.0 | 1,988 | 37 | 19.7 | 9.0 | 16.5 | 22 | 25 | 14 | Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | |
| 37 | AGF | (France) | 50.4 | 211.3 | 24,528 | 9 | 10.1 | 1,604 | 18 | 81.2 | 6.5 | 17.3 | 94 | 104 | 65 | Multi-line Insurance | |
| 38 | Deutsche Bank | (Ger.) | 41.7 | 91.9 | 61,347 | 37 | 3.7 | 3,529 | 43 | 113.0 | 5.8 | 11.8 | 90 | 99 | 63 | Diversified Capital Markets | |
| 39 | 3i Group | (Brit.) | 29.3 | 57.4 | 1,598 | 45 | 64.0 | 1,248 | 71 | 100.5 | 78.1 | 21.3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | Asset Management & Custody Banks | |
| 40 | Danske Bank | (Den.) | 33.7 | 86.7 | 18,008 | 31 | 20.1 | 1,719 | 38 | 14.2 | 9.5 | 17.2 | 30 | 34 | 23 | Diversified Banks | |
| 41 | Randstad Holding | (Neth.) | 68.1 | 452.8 | 6,639 | 15 | 7.1 | 242 | 19 | 70.1 | 3.6 | 43.5 | 48 | 56 | 28 | Human Resource & Employment Services | |
| 42 | Telef—nica | (Spain) | 1.6 | 54.0 | 37,882 | 25 | 9.7 | 4,446 | 40 | 42.0 c | 11.7 | 34.9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | Integrated Telecommunication Services | |
| 43 | BNP Paribas | (France) | 39.5 | 95.3 | 69,190 | 29 | 8.5 | 5,852 | 18 | 22.1 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 73 | 78 | 55 | Diversified Banks | |
| 44 | Sandvik | (Swe.) | 48.4 | 130.7 | 6,760 | 16 | 9.4 | 642 | 24 | 25.1 | 9.5 | 25.6 | 46 | 56 | 31 | Industrial Machinery | |
| 45 | Hammerson | (Brit.) | 27.6 | 135.7 | 1,374 | 47 | 66.2 | 812 | 29 | 125.4 | 59.1 | 17.7 | 17 | 19 | 12 | Real Estate Management & Development | |
| 46 | Rolls-Royce | (Brit.) | 52.3 | 236.6 | 9,669 | 11 | 4.6 | 513 | 33 | 91.2 | 5.3 | 23.3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Aerospace & Defense | |
| 47 | Telenor | (Nor.) | 52.9 | 169.0 | 8,718 | 14 | 12.5 | 968 | 26 | 29.5 c | 11.1 | 16.5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | Integrated Telecommunication Services | |
| 48 | Inditex | (Spain) | 36.4 | 66.6 | 6,741 | 21 | 19.4 | 803 | 26 | 24.3 | 11.9 | 27.7 | 31 | 34 | 21 | Apparel Retail | |
| 49 | Holcim | (Switz.) | 30.2 | 137.9 | 11,883 | 40 | 11.6 | 991 | 75 | 43.2 | 8.3 | 13.4 | 61 | 69 | 48 | Construction Materials | |
| 50 | Deutsche Boerse | (Ger.) | 74.4 | 136.6 | 1,989 | 16 | 9.3 | 427 | 61 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 19.5 | 101 | 124 | 60 | Specialized Finance | |
| 51 | Aviva | (Brit.) | 25.4 | 86.0 | 74,592 | 26 | 22.0 | 2,588 | 39 | 36.5 c | 3.5 | 17.1 | 11 | 12 | 9 | Multi-line Insurance | |
| 52 | PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Sport | (Ger.) | 39.7 | 218.6 | 1,778 | 13 | 24.9 | 286 | 10 | 49.3 | 16.1 | 32.8 | 285 | 333 | 201 | Footwear | |
| 53 | AstraZeneca | (Brit.) | 24.5 | 21.9 | 19,759 | 11 | 10.8 | 3,883 | 28 | 18.6 | 19.6 | 34.6 | 41 | 45 | 33 | Pharmaceuticals | |
| 54 | HSBC Holdings | (Brit.) | 12.3 | 47.3 | 74,310 | 22 | 30.7 | 12,442 | 17 | 35.5 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14 | 15 | 13 | Diversified Banks | |
| 55 | Capitalia | (Italy) | 56.8 | 377.4 | 7,899 | 11 | -3.7 | 1,028 | 354 | 477.3 c | 13.0 | 11.7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Diversified Banks | |
| 56 | Uni—n Fenosa | (Spain) | 27.2 | 149.6 | 6,099 | 37 | -0.8 | 827 | 124 | 29.9 | 13.6 | 21.1 | 30 | 33 | 23 | Electric Utilities | |
| 57 | William Hill | (Brit.) | 28.6 | 147.5 | 15,736 | 30 | 46.5 | 163 | -25 | 67.4 | 1.0 | 50.7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | Casinos & Gaming | |
| 58 | BASF | (Ger.) | 22.7 | 90.8 | 42,745 | 14 | 10.1 | 3,007 | 50 | 33.2 | 7.0 | 17.6 | 64 | 69 | 54 | Diversified Chemicals | |
| 59 | Barclays | (Brit.) | 24.2 | 62.2 | 40,857 | 20 | 17.1 | 5,048 | 6 | 15.9 | 12.4 | 19.8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | Diversified Banks | |
| 60 | Volvo (Class B) | (Swe.) | 21.8 | 156.7 | 25,662 | 14 | 9.5 | 1,392 | 32 | 177.7 | 5.4 | 16.6 | 38 | 42 | 32 | Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks | |
| 61 | Royal Dutch Shell (Class A) | (Brit.) | 1.6 b | NA | 253,058 | 15 | 20.8 | 21,135 | 36 | 40.9 | 8.4 | 28.2 | 26 | 29 | 24 | Integrated Oil & Gas | |
| 62 | Banca Intesa | (Italy) | 24.7 | 88.0 | 16,358 | 8 | -3.2 | 3,025 | 63 | 135.7 | 18.5 | 16.8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Diversified Banks | |
| 63 | Scottish & Southern Energy | (Brit.) | 20.1 | 98.9 | 14,856 | 37 | 36.5 | 941 | 15 | 14.0 | 6.3 | 29.9 | 16 | 17 | 14 | Electric Utilities | |
| 64 | Nordea Bank | (Swe.) | 33.0 | 141.2 | 16,544 | 11 | 2.2 | 2,263 | 9 | 36.9 | 13.7 | 17.5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | Diversified Banks | |
| 65 | Axa | (France) | 41.2 | 128.9 | 104,839 | 10 | 14.7 | 4,174 | 12 | 77.8 | 4.0 | 12.3 | 27 | 31 | 20 | Multi-line Insurance | |
| 66 | national Bank of Greece | (Greece) | 25.0 | 266.8 | 3,848 | 15 | 5.5 | 698 | 179 | 37.6 | 18.1 | 15.5 | 33 | 44 | 27 | Diversified Banks | |
| 67 | Alpha Bank | (Greece) | 25.7 | 217.6 | 2,353 | 11 | 7.3 | 502 | 23 | 42.9 | 21.3 | 25.7 | 20 | 23 | 15 | Diversified Banks | |
| 68 | Crédit Agricole | (France) | 42.5 | 83.9 | 50,832 | 17 | -1.7 | 3,891 | 56 | 28.0 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 29 | 34 | 21 | Diversified Banks | |
| 69 | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken | (Swe.) | 38.5 | 124.9 | 9,513 | 41 | 13.5 | 900 | 15 | 17.8 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 19 | 21 | 14 | Diversified Banks | |
| 70 | SAP | (Ger.) | 23.7 | 76.4 | 8,512 | 13 | 5.0 | 1,496 | 14 | 41.5 | 17.6 | 25.9 | 164 | 187 | 135 | Application Software | |
| 71 | E.ON | (Ger.) | 41.2 | 140.1 | 51,854 | 22 | 11.4 | 4,379 | 9 | 5.3 c | 8.4 | 9.8 | 90 | 100 | 70 | Electric Utilities | |
| 72 | Schneider Electric | (France) | 39.1 | 122.9 | 11,679 | 13 | 9.7 | 994 | 42 | 35.7 | 8.5 | 12.1 | 81 | 93 | 59 | Electrical Components & Equipment | |
| 73 | Centrica | (Brit.) | 25.1 | 69.3 | 19,693 | 16 | -6.0 | 1,416 | 57 | 26.2 | 7.2 | 40.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Multi-Utilities | |
| 74 | Man Group | (Brit.) | 80.9 | 96.0 | 2,189 | 4 | 28.9 | 502 | 1 | 32.4 | 22.9 | 25.1 | 34 | 40 | 20 | Asset Management & Custody Banks | |
| 75 | Slough Estates | (Brit.) | 22.1 | 86.6 | 1,445 | 60 | 43.0 | 564 | 35 | 68.5 | 39.0 | 16.0 | 9 | 10 | 7 | Real Estate Management & Development | |
| 76 | InBev | (Belg.) | 41.6 | 116.2 | 11,656 | 36 | 18.9 | 904 | 26 | 26.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 38 | 41 | 27 | Brewers | |
| 77 | Aegon | (Neth.) | 29.5 | 77.7 | 45,042 | 19 | 33.9 | 2,732 | 21 | 21.4 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 13 | 16 | 10 | Life & Health Insurance | |
| 78 | Roche Holding (Genus) | (Switz.) | 22.1 | 97.2 | 22,849 | 20 | 4.9 | 3,724 | -12 | 37.3 c | 16.3 | 16.6 | 122 | 133 | 102 | Pharmaceuticals | |
| 79 | ABN AMRO Holding | (Neth.) | 20.3 | 49.8 | 45,736 | 22 | 7.4 | 4,382 | 13 | 22.0 | 9.6 | 19.7 | 22 | 26 | 19 | Diversified Banks | |
| 80 | Zurich Financial Services | (Switz.) | 34.7 | 79.1 | 55,953 | 10 | 19.1 | 2,652 | 30 | 23.1 | 4.7 | 14.3 | 177 | 206 | 132 | Multi-line Insurance | |
| 81 | KBC Group | (Belg.) | 31.2 | 154.7 | 18,037 | 3 | 5.9 | 2,249 | 28 | 32.1 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 84 | 93 | 64 | Diversified Banks | |
| 82 | Persimmon | (Brit.) | 65.2 | 176.5 | 3,347 | 7 | 10.4 | 505 | 6 | 26.3 | 15.1 | 20.4 | 17 | 21 | 11 | Homebuilding | |
| 83 | EDF | (France) | 31.8 a | NA | 51,051 | 11 | 1.9 | 3,242 | 420 | 71.7 | 6.4 | 16.9 | 43 | 49 | 31 | Electric Utilities | |
| 84 | Renault | (France) | 32.4 | 153.9 | 41,338 | 3 | 4.7 | 3,367 | 19 | 19.3 | 8.1 | 17.5 | 90 | 97 | 66 | Automobile Manufacturers | |
| 85 | Enterprise Inns | (Brit.) | 22.7 | 164.0 | 1,347 | 24 | 37.3 | 310 | 44 | 45.6 | 23.0 | 12.2 | 14 | 14 | 11 | Restaurants | |
| 86 | LVMH | (France) | 34.2 | 83.9 | 13,910x | 11 | 3.2 | 1,440 | 21 | 39.9 | 10.4 | 15.2 | 77 | 86 | 61 | Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods | |
| 87 | Lloyds TSB Group | (Brit.) | 19.6 | 38.1 | 44,477 | 18 | 31.0 | 3,651 | 4 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 24.5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | Diversified Banks | |
| 88 | Northern Rock | (Brit.) | 43.8 | 45.0 | 6,090 | 26 | 38.4 | 511 | 13 | 14.7 | 8.4 | 22.1 | 15 | 17 | 11 | Thrifts & Mortgage Finance | |
| 89 | Crédit Suisse Group | (Switz.) | 44.7 | 111.2 | 57,887 | 21 | 3.3 | 3,772 | 3 | 8.3 c | 6.5 | 13.9 | 45 | 51 | 32 | Diversified Capital Markets | |
| 90 | CRH | (Ire.) | 30.1 | 106.8 | 14,449 | 16 | 11.6 | 998 | 23 | 17.9 | 6.9 | 16.1 | 26 | 29 | 20 | Construction Materials | |
| 91 | Schroders | (Brit.) | 38.1 | 62.4 | 1,329 | 28 | 25.0 | 280 | 23 | 104.0 | 21.1 | 14.2 | 15 | 19 | 11 | Asset Management & Custody Banks | |
| 92 | LM Ericsson | (Swe.) | 0.6 | 197.4 | 16,196 | 15 | 2.4 | 2,594 | 39 | NC | 16.0 | 23.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Communications Equipment | |
| 93 | Repsol YPF | (Spain) | 9.9 | 72.1 | 48,024x | 25 | 10.1 | 3,120 | 29 | 17.2 | 6.5 | 19.2 | 22 | 28 | 20 | Integrated Oil & Gas | |
| 94 | SABMiller | (Brit.) | 20.9 | 163.2 | 12,629 | 19 | 31.6 | 1,188 | -5 | 75.1 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 15 | 18 | 12 | Brewers | |
| 95 | Nokia | (Fin.) | 25.2 | 16.6 | 34,191 | 16 | 4.0 | 3,616 | 13 | 0.8 | 10.6 | 29.7 | 17 | 19 | 13 | Communications Equipment | |
| 96 | Marks & Spencer Group | (Brit.) | |
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