2024 global list of leading chemical companies based on revenue

The German chemical company BASF was ranked number one in the ranking of the world's leading chemical companies based on revenue, generating a revenue of approximately 72.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Follow this link to get access to the top 100 chemical companies list. Revenue of the top chemical companies worldwideChemical companies produce and develop industrial chemicals through the conversion of raw materials –organic and inorganic- into a wide variety of products. Chemical production is classified into two separate categories. There are specialty batch manufacturers that produce more expensive chemicals that are less commonly used within the chemical market. These performance chemicals are often produced by smaller manufacturers. On the other hand, commodity manufacturers tend to produce a large volume of basic and inexpensive compounds. The production of organic polymers for plastics, fibers, and elastomers are a rapidly growing sector of the chemical industry. Leading chemical manufacturing countriesThe chemical manufacturing industry in the United States is quite prominent, with companies such as Dow, DuPont, and LyondellBasell Industries. The chemical sector in Europe is also very prominent, as demonstrated by the fact that represents a great proportion of their manufacturing trade surplus. Europe (and the European Union) is one of the largest chemical trading regions in the world. With Germany accounting for the largest share of total EU chemical revenue. Three of Germany’s chemical companies are considered some of the largest in the world. German companies BASF and Bayer are consistently among the largest earning chemical companies in the world. BASF operates on a global scale and maintains its segmental operations in chemicals, materials, surface technologies, nutrition and care, industrial solutions, and agricultural solutions. With headquarters around the world, Bayer is known for marketing heroin in the past and branding aspirin.

德国化学巨头巴斯夫（BASF）依据营收位列全球领先化学公司排名首位，2023年营收约达729亿美元。点击此链接可获取全球前100家化学公司榜单。全球顶级化学公司的营收主要由化学公司生产并开发工业化学品构成，这些化学品通过将原材料——包括有机和无机材料——转化为各式各样的产品。化学生产可分为两大类别：一类是专业批量制造商，它们生产价格较高且在化学市场使用较少的化学品，此类高性能化学品通常由小型制造商生产；另一类则是大宗化学品制造商，它们倾向于生产大量基本且价格低廉的化合物。用于塑料、纤维和弹性体的有机聚合物生产是化学工业中一个快速增长的部分。领先的化学制造业国家中，美国的化学制造业十分突出，道化学（Dow）、杜邦（DuPont）和林德巴塞尔工业（LyondellBasell Industries）等公司赫赫有名。欧洲的化学行业同样非常显著，这从其制造业贸易顺差中可见一斑。欧洲（以及欧盟）是世界上最大的化学贸易区之一，德国占欧盟化学总营收的最大份额。德国的三家化学公司被认为是世界上最大的公司之一。德国公司巴斯夫和拜耳（Bayer）一直位列全球最大盈利化学公司之列。巴斯夫在全球范围内运营，并在化学品、材料、表面技术、营养与护理、工业解决方案和农业解决方案等领域维持其业务板块。总部遍布全球的拜耳公司曾因销售海洛因而闻名，并以其阿司匹林品牌而著称。