List of most valuable brands
The following article lists the most valuable company brands in the world according to different estimates by Kantar Group, Interbrand, Brand Finance and Forbes. Factors that influence brand value are sales, market share, market capitalization, awareness of a brand, products, popularity, image, etc. Readers should note that lists like this, while informative, are somewhat subjective, as no single metric exists for determining valuation for brands.
Kantar list (2021)
The 10 most valuable company brands in 2021 according to Kantar.[1]
Rank | Brand | Country | Brand value (US$ millions) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Amazon | ![]() |
683,852 |
2 | Apple Inc. | ![]() |
611,997 |
3 | Google LLC | ![]() |
457,998 |
4 | Microsoft Corp | ![]() |
410,271 |
5 | Tencent | ![]() |
240,931 |
6 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | ![]() |
226,744 |
7 | Alibaba Group | ![]() |
196,912 |
8 | Visa Inc. | ![]() |
191,285 |
9 | McDonald's | ![]() |
154,921 |
10 | Mastercard | ![]() |
112,876 |
Interbrand list (2021)
The 10 most valuable company brands in 2021 according to Interbrand.[2]
Rank | Brand | Country | Brand value (US$ millions) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Apple Inc. | ![]() |
408,251 |
2 | Amazon.com, Inc. | ![]() |
249,249 |
3 | Microsoft Corp | ![]() |
210,191 |
4 | Google LLC | ![]() |
196,811 |
5 | Samsung | ![]() |
74,635 |
6 | Coca-Cola | ![]() |
57,488 |
7 | Toyota | ![]() |
54,107 |
8 | Mercedes-Benz | ![]() |
50,866 |
9 | McDonald's | ![]() |
45,865 |
10 | The Walt Disney Company | ![]() |
44,183 |
Brand Finance list (2021)
The 10 most valuable company brands in 2021 according to Brand Finance.[3]
Rank | Brand | Country | Brand value (US$ millions) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Apple Inc. | ![]() |
263,375 |
2 | Amazon.com, Inc. | ![]() |
254,188 |
3 | Google LLC | ![]() |
191,215 |
4 | Microsoft Corp | ![]() |
140,435 |
5 | Samsung | ![]() |
102,623 |
6 | Walmart, Inc | ![]() |
93,185 |
7 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | ![]() |
81,476 |
8 | ICBC | ![]() |
72,788 |
9 | Verizon Communications | ![]() |
68,890 |
10 | ![]() |
67,902 |
Forbes list (2020)
The 10 most valuable company brands in 2020 according to Forbes magazine.[4]
Rank | Brand | Country | Brand value (US$ billions) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Apple Inc. | ![]() |
241.2 |
2 | Google LLC | ![]() |
207.5 |
3 | Microsoft Corp | ![]() |
162.9 |
4 | Amazon.com, Inc. | ![]() |
135.4 |
5 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | ![]() |
70.3 |
6 | Coca-Cola | ![]() |
64.4 |
7 | The Walt Disney Company | ![]() |
61.3 |
8 | Samsung | ![]() |
50.4 |
9 | Louis Vuitton | ![]() |
47.2 |
10 | McDonald's | ![]() |
46.1 |
Most valuable brands over time
Top 10 since 2007 (Kantar)
The 10 most valuable brands every year since 2007 according to Kantar.
2000 (Interbrand)
The 20 most valuable company brands in 2000 according to Interbrand.[19][20]
Rank | Brand | Country | Brand value (US$ millions) |
Rank | Brand | Country | Brand value (US$ millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Coca-Cola | ![]() |
72,537 | 11 | Marlboro | ![]() |
22,110 |
2 | Microsoft | ![]() |
70,196 | 12 | Mercedes-Benz | ![]() |
21,104 |
3 | IBM | ![]() |
53,183 | 13 | Hewlett-Packard | ![]() |
20,572 |
4 | Intel | ![]() |
39,048 | 14 | Cisco | ![]() |
20,067 |
5 | Nokia | ![]() |
38,528 | 15 | Toyota | ![]() |
18,823 |
6 | General Electric | ![]() |
38,127 | 16 | Citi | ![]() |
18,809 |
7 | Ford | ![]() |
36,368 | 17 | Gillette | ![]() |
17,358 |
8 | Walt Disney | ![]() |
33,553 | 18 | Sony | ![]() |
16,409 |
9 | McDonald's | ![]() |
27,859 | 19 | American Express | ![]() |
16,122 |
10 | AT&T | ![]() |
25,548 | 20 | Honda | ![]() |
15,244 |
See also
References
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