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The corporations on our annual list posted aggregate revenues of $41 trillion for the second year in a row.

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The Fortune 500, in its 70th year in 2024, ranks the biggest U.S. companies by revenue.

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The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies delivered a record $41 trillion in aggregate revenues.

The Fortune 500, in its 69th year in 2023, ranks the biggest U.S. companies by revenue.

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Freddie Mac, shorthand for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., jumped 11 spots on this year’s Fortune 500. The government-backed enterprise provides liquidity to the housing market through its purchase of home mortgages from small banks and credit unions, among other lenders. From there, Freddie Mac (like Fannie Mae) holds on to these mortgages or packages the loans into mortgage-backed securities that can be sold. 
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 	<li>Freddie Mac raked in $86.7 billion in revenue in 2022, a nearly 32% increase from the previous year.</li> 
 	<li>The company had a shaky start to 2023: In the first quarter, it reported revenue of $4.8 billion, down 17% year over year, and net income of $2 billion, which represents a 47% decline from 2021. Overall, its new business activity in the first quarter of 2023 was down 72% year over year, as higher mortgage rates slowed home sales and refinancing.</li> 
 	<li>In 2022, Freddie Mac financed 1.8 million mortgages (with 58% of eligible loans affordable for low- and moderate-income families) and 693,000 rental units (with 96% of eligible units affordable for low- and moderate-income families).</li> 
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Aggregate sales hit $37.8 trillion last year—an increase of 19%, the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history.

This year’s Fortune 500 marks the 68th running of the list.

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The government-backed mortgage provider had an eventful year as the U.S. housing market entered uncharted territory in 2021. Between a historically low inventory of homes for sale and soaring demand, Freddie Mac—which buys and securitizes mortgages issued by commercial lenders—was still able to help nearly 5 million families buy, refinance, or rent their homes in 2021, helping keep interest rates lower.

Total revenue for the world’s biggest companies fell 4.8% to $31.7 trillion this year—the first decline in half a decade.

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This year’s Fortune 500 marks the 67th running of the list.

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This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $33.3 trillion in revenues and $2.1 trillion in profits.

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Like Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac is still government controlled. Also like Fannie, it saw a steep decline in profits last year, which were down 22%, even as the lender's top line grew more than 2%. The financials don’t tell the whole story, however. Freddie plays an outsized role in helping millions of Americans own or rent a home, providing nearly $558 billion in liquidity to the mortgage market last year. In 2019, it served nearly 95% of all single-family home lenders in the country—and it's seeing growth with younger families and couples. First-time home buyers represented nearly half of Freddie’s new single-family purchase loans last year.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 66th running of the list.

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This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.7 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 65th running of the list.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 64th running of the list.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 63rd running of the list.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.6 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 62nd running of the list.

The world's 500 largest companies generated $31.2 trillion in revenues and $1.7 trillion in profits in 2014. Together, this year's Fortune Global 500 employ 65 million people worldwide and are represented by 36 countries.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 61st running of the list. Wal-Mart claims the top spot again. See who made the list.

Global business is back. After limping through a worldwide financial crisis and economic slowdown, the 500 largest companies ranked by revenues shattered all sorts of performance records in 2013: They racked up combined revenues of $31.1 trillion, up 2.5% from 2012, and profits soared 27% to nearly $2 trillion. China’s 95 companies (up from 89 last year) posted $5.8 trillion in revenues. The U.S. has four fewer companies on the list than last year but remains (for now) the country leader, with 128 corporations on the list—including No. 1 Wal-Mart Stores—reporting $8.6 trillion in revenues. 

Wal-Mart stayed on top as its sales crept closer to half-a-trillion dollars. Apple moved into the top five. And UnitedHealth Group continued its steady climb. 

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Freddie Mac is a government-backed enterprise established to give the U.S. housing market liquidity, stability, and affordability. It pools mortgages that it buys from lenders and sells them to investors as mortgage-backed securities. That boosts the amount of money available for mortgage lending, which in turn supports new home purchases. Freddie Mac provides competition to—and serves a similar purpose as—Fannie Mae.&nbsp;

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Freddie Mac is a government-backed enterprise established to give the U.S. housing market liquidity, stability, and affordability. It pools mortgages that it buys from lenders and sells them to investors as mortgage-backed securities. That boosts the amount of money available for mortgage lending, which in turn supports new home purchases. Freddie Mac provides competition to—and serves a similar purpose as—Fannie Mae. 

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