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Ranked: The Top 100 Brands by Value in 2023

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Ranked: The Top 100 Brands by Value in 2023

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Brand value can be a critical part of any company’s intangible assets.

These kind of non-physical assets, such as patents and brand names, are having an increasing influence on a company’s overall value. A 2020 analysis found that intangibles made up 90% of the S&P 500’s market value, an increase of 22 percentage points since 1995.

This graphic shows the world’s 100 most valuable brands in 2023 based on an annual ranking from Brand Finance, illustrating the role brand equity plays in a company’s market position.

The Top 100 Companies, by Brand Value

Brand Finance examined over 5,000 companies (and in cases of groups like Alphabet and Meta, their subsidiary brands) across 38 countries.

Broadly speaking, a brand’s value represents the allocation of company earnings that are linked to the brand. More details on the methodology are found at the end of this article.

Here are the most valuable brands in 2023:

Rank	Brand	Brand Value (B)	Country	Sector
1	Amazon	$299.3	U.S.	Retail
2	Apple	$297.5	U.S.	Tech
3	Google	$281.4	U.S.	Media
4	Microsoft	$191.6	U.S.	Tech
5	Walmart	$113.8	U.S.	Retail
6	Samsung Group	$99.7	South Korea	Tech
7	ICBC	$69.5	China	Banking
8	Verizon	$67.4	U.S.	Telecoms
9	Tesla	$66.2	U.S.	Automobiles
10	TikTok/Douyin	$65.7	China	Media
11	Deutsche Telekom	$62.9	Germany	Telecoms
12	China Construction Bank	$62.7	China	Banking
13	Home Depot	$61.1	U.S.	Retail
14	Facebook	$59.0	U.S.	Media
15	State Grid	$58.8	China	Utilities
16	Mercedes-Benz	$58.8	Germany	Automobiles
17	Agricultural Bank Of China	$57.7	China	Banking
18	Starbucks	$53.4	U.S.	Restaurants
19	Toyota	$52.5	Japan	Automobiles
20	WeChat	$50.2	China	Media
21	Moutai	$49.7	China	Spirits
22	AT&T	$49.6	U.S.	Telecoms
23	Disney	$49.5	U.S.	Media
24	Allianz Group	$48.4	Germany	Insurance
25	Shell	$48.2	UK	Oil & Gas
26	Instagram	$47.4	U.S.	Media
27	Bank of China	$47.3	China	Banking
28	Costco	$46.6	U.S.	Retail
29	Aramco	$45.2	Saudi Arabia	Oil & Gas
30	Ping An	$44.7	China	Insurance
31	Huawei	$44.3	China	Tech
32	China Mobile	$43.4	China	Telecoms
33	BMW	$40.4	Germany	Automobiles
34	accenture	$39.9	U.S.	Tech
35	Oracle	$39.6	U.S.	Tech
36	Bank of America	$38.6	U.S.	Banking
37	Tencent	$38.1	China	Media
38	UnitedHealthcare	$37.1	U.S.	Healthcare Services
39	McDonald's	$36.9	U.S.	Restaurants
40	Porsche	$36.8	Germany	Automobiles
41	NTT Group	$36.6	Japan	Telecoms
42	UPS	$35.4	U.S.	Logistics
43	Mitsubishi Group	$35.0	Japan	Automobiles
44	Marlboro	$34.7	U.S.	Tobacco
45	Deloitte	$34.5	U.S.	Commercial Services
46	American Express	$34.1	U.S.	Commercial Services
47	Volkswagen	$34.0	Germany	Automobiles
48	Coca-Cola	$33.5	U.S.	Soft Drinks
49	Wells Fargo	$33.0	U.S.	Banking
50	CSCEC	$31.9	China	Engineering & Construction
51	J.P. Morgan	$31.8	U.S.	Banking
52	Lowe's	$31.6	U.S.	Retail
53	Chase	$31.3	U.S.	Banking
54	Nike	$31.3	U.S.	Apparel
55	Mitsui	$30.7	Japan	Engineering & Construction
56	CVS	$30.6	U.S.	Retail
57	Citi	$30.6	U.S.	Banking
58	Taobao	$30.5	China	Retail
59	Wuliangye	$30.3	China	Spirits
60	YouTube	$29.7	U.S.	Media
61	PetroChina	$29.6	China	Oil & Gas
62	VISA	$29.6	U.S.	Commercial Services
63	FedEx	$28.9	U.S.	Logistics
64	Xfinity	$28.8	U.S.	Telecoms
65	Target	$27.6	U.S.	Retail
66	Tmall	$27.4	China	Retail
67	Hyundai Group	$27.3	South Korea	Automobiles
68	Sinopec	$27.1	China	Oil & Gas
69	Tata Group	$26.4	India	Engineering & Construction
70	Louis Vuitton	$26.3	France	Apparel
71	IBM	$26.2	U.S.	Tech
72	EY	$25.7	UK	Commercial Services
73	PWC	$25.3	U.S.	Commercial Services
74	Mastercard	$24.8	U.S.	Commercial Services
75	China Merchants Bank	$24.5	China	Banking
76	Honda	$24.2	Japan	Automobiles
77	Netflix	$24.2	U.S.	Media
78	Cisco	$23.9	U.S.	Tech
79	Sumitomo Group	$23.9	Japan	Trading Houses
80	Spectrum	$23.3	U.S.	Telecoms
81	Uber	$23.3	U.S.	Mobility
82	Intel	$22.9	U.S.	Tech
83	Dell Technologies	$22.6	U.S.	Tech
84	SK Group	$22.5	South Korea	Telecoms
85	Nestlé	$22.4	Switzerland	Food
86	Ford	$22.3	U.S.	Automobiles
87	TSMC	$21.6	Taiwan	Tech
88	Walgreens	$21.6	U.S.	Retail
89	Siemens Group	$ 21.4	Germany	Engineering & Construction
90	LG Group	$21.3	South Korea	Tech
91	SAP	$21.1	Germany	Tech
92	TotalEnergies	$20.7	France	Oil & Gas
93	TD	$20.4	Canada	Banking
94	Optum	$20.1	U.S.	Healthcare Services
95	Elevance Health (formerly Anthem)	$19.9	U.S.	Healthcare Services
96	HSBC	$19.9	UK	Banking
97	CREC	$19.8	China	Engineering & Construction
98	CHANEL	$19.4	France	Apparel
99	General Electric	$19.3	U.S.	Engineering & Construction
100	Salesforce	$19.1	U.S.	Tech

Amazon ranks number one globally with its brand valued at $299 billion. As a market leader in online retail, it has strong brand loyalty in its B2C segment which generates its largest share of revenue, and is a key player in cloud services for its B2B platforms.

Apple is in close second with a $298 billion brand. It’s important to note that both tech giants brands fell in value from last year, as supply chain disruptions, labor market constraints, and slower forecasted revenue impacted their brands.

Other big tech brands Google (#3) and Microsoft (#4) were next in the ranking. Korean conglomerate Samsung (#6) was the highest-ranking firm based outside of America.

Brand Value: Leading Sectors in 2023

Looking at brand value based on sector, we can see that tech continues to dominate. The sector breakdown below uses data from the top 500 brands covered by Brand Finance.

Rank	Sector	% of Total	Total Brand Value (B)
1	Tech	19.4%	$891.2
2	Retail	15.0%	$690.0
3	Media	14.0%	$645.2
4	Banking	10.2%	$467.4
5	Automobiles	8.6%	$397.3
6	Telecoms	7.3%	$334.6
7	Commercial Services	3.8%	$174.0
8	Oil & Gas	3.7%	$171.0
9	Engineering & Construction	3.3%	$149.5
10	Insurance	2.0%	$93.0
11	Restaurants	2.0%	$90.3
12	Spirits	1.7%	$80.0
13	Healthcare Services	1.7%	$77.1
14	Apparel	1.7%	$77.0
15	Logistics	1.4%	$64.3
16	Utilities	1.3%	$58.8
17	Tobacco	0.8%	$34.7
18	Soft Drinks	0.7%	$33.5
19	Trading Houses	0.5%	$23.9
20	Mobility	0.5%	$23.3
21	Food	0.5%	$22.4

Overall, the top tech brands were worth a combined $891 billion largely thanks to the outsized influence of Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung.

After retail and media, the banking sector still held significant brand sway at $467 billion. Automobiles rounded out the top five sectors at $397 billion, led by companies like Tesla and Mercedes-Benz.

The Fastest Rising Brands in 2023

While some brands such as Apple and Amazon fell in value over the last year, others have increased their brand value.

Below, we show the fastest rising brands across the top 500 around the world:

Rank	Name	Brand Value % Change (2022-2023)
1	BYD	57%
2	ConocoPhillips	56%
3	Maersk	53%
4	LinkedIn	49%
5	Christian Dior	46%
6	Tesla	44%
7	ADP	44%
8	United Airlines	42%
9	Instagram	42%
10	Equinor	40%

BYD, a leading electric vehicle (EV) firm in China, jumped the sharpest. Focused on budget EVs and backed by Warren Buffett, it has become a growing competitor to Tesla, and is the second-largest producer of lithium-ion batteries globally.

Energy firm ConocoPhillips saw the second-largest gain in brand value, driven by its focus on energy transition fuels, cutting production emissions, and lowering supply costs.

Following a series of difficult years for the airline industry, United Airline’s brand value increased 42% as travel demand accelerated.

As the economic landscape continues to shift, the value of these brands will shift as well.

Where does this data come from?

Source: Brand Finance Global 500 Report

Important note: The values shown above are brand value calculations as opposed to market capitalization. See below for more details.

How is brand value calculated? Generally speaking, the methodology for calculating “brand value” is a formula that is as follows:

Brand Strength (BSI) x Brand Royalty Rate x Brand Revenues = Brand Value

Brand Strength Index (BSI) looks at brand investment, brand equity, and brand performance. The brand royalty rate is determined based on sector. Lastly, forecast brand-specific revenues are determined based on the proportion of parent company revenues attributable to the brand in question. Brand value itself is discounted to net present value.

We recommend visiting page 83 of the report to view the full explanation of the methodology.

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Ranked: The World’s Top Diamond Mining Countries, by Carats and Value

Who are the leaders in rough diamond production and how much is their diamond output worth?

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September 29, 2023

Pallavi Rao

A cropped chart showing the leaders in rough diamond mining and how much their diamond output is worth.

Ranked: World Diamond Mining By Country, Carat, and Value

Only 22 countries in the world engage in rough diamond production—also known as uncut, raw or natural diamonds—mining for them from deposits within their territories.

This chart, by Sam Parker illustrates the leaders in rough diamond production by weight and value. It uses data from Kimberly Process (an international certification organization) along with estimates by Dr. Ashok Damarupurshad, a precious metals and diamond specialist in South Africa.

Rough Diamond Production, By Weight

Russia takes the top spot as the world’s largest rough diamond producer, mining close to 42 million carats in 2022, well ahead of its peers.

ℹ️ Carat is the unit of measurement for the physical weight of diamonds. One carat equals 0.200 grams, which means it takes over 2,265 carats to equal 1 pound.

Russia’s large lead over second-place Botswana (24.8 million carats) and third-ranked Canada (16.2 million carats) indicates that the country’s diamond production is circumventing sanctions due to the difficulties in tracing a diamond’s origin.

Here’s a quick breakdown of rough diamond production in the world.

Rank	Country	Rough Diamond Production (Carats)
1	🇷🇺 Russia	41,923,910
2	🇧🇼 Botswana	24,752,967
3	🇨🇦 Canada	16,249,218
4	🇨🇩 DRC	9,908,998
5	🇿🇦 South Africa	9,660,233
6	🇦🇴 Angola	8,763,309
7	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	4,461,450
8	🇳🇦 Namibia	2,054,227
9	🇱🇸 Lesotho	727,737
10	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	688,970
11	🇹🇿 Tanzania	375,533
12	🇧🇷 Brazil	158,420
13	🇬🇳 Guinea	128,771
14	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	118,044
15	🇬🇾 Guyana	83,382
16	🇬🇭 Ghana	82,500
17	🇱🇷 Liberia	52,165
18	🇨🇮 Cote D'Ivoire	3,904
19	🇨🇬 Republic of Congo	3,534
20	🇨🇲 Cameroon	2,431
21	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1,665
22	🇲🇱 Mali	92
	Total	120,201,460

Note: South Africa’s figures are estimated.

As with most other resources, (oil, gold, uranium), rough diamond production is distributed unequally. The top 10 rough diamond producing countries by weight account for 99.2% of all rough diamonds mined in 2022.

Diamond Mining, by Country

However, higher carat mined doesn’t necessarily mean better value for the diamond. Other factors like the cut, color, and clarity also influence a diamond’s value.

Here’s a quick breakdown of diamond production by value (USD) in 2022.

Rank	Country	Rough Diamond Value (USD)
1	🇧🇼 Botswana	$4,975M
2	🇷🇺 Russia	$3,553M
3	🇦🇴 Angola	$1,965M
4	🇨🇦 Canada	$1,877M
5	🇿🇦 South Africa	$1,538M
6	🇳🇦 Namibia	$1,234M
7	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	$424M
8	🇱🇸 Lesotho	$314M
9	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	$143M
10	🇹🇿 Tanzania	$110M
11	🇨🇩 DRC	$65M
12	🇧🇷 Brazil	$30M
13	🇱🇷 Liberia	$18M
14	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	$15M
15	🇬🇾 Guyana	$14M
16	🇬🇳 Guinea	$6M
17	🇬🇭 Ghana	$3M
18	🇨🇲 Cameroon	$0.25M
19	🇨🇬 Republic of Congo	$0.20M
20	🇨🇮 Cote D'Ivoire	$0.16M
21	🇻🇪 Venezuela	$0.10M
22	🇲🇱 Mali	$0.06M
	Total	$16,290M

Note: South Africa’s figures are estimated. Furthermore, numbers have been rounded and may not sum to the total.

Thus, even though Botswana only produced 59% of Russia’s diamond weight in 2022, it had a trade value of nearly $5 billion, approximately 1.5 times higher than Russia’s for the same year.

Another example is Angola, which is ranked 6th in diamond production, but 3rd in diamond value.

Both countries (as well as South Africa, Canada, and Namibia) produce gem-quality rough diamonds versus countries like Russia and the DRC whose diamonds are produced mainly for industrial use.

Which Regions Produce the Most Diamonds in 2022?

Unsurprisingly, Africa is the largest rough diamond producing region, accounting for 51% of output by weight, and 66% by value.

Rank	Region	Share of Rough Diamond Production (%)	Share of Rough Diamond Value (%)
1	Africa	51.4%	66.4%
2	Europe	34.9%	32.9%
3	North America	13.5%	52.8%
4	South America	0.2%	2.4%

However diamond mining in Africa is a relatively recent phenomenon, fewer than 200 years old. Diamonds had been discovered—and prized—as far back as 2,000 years ago in India, later on spreading west to Egyptian pharaohs and the Roman Empire.

By the start of the 20th century, diamond production on a large scale took off: first in South Africa, and decades later in other African countries. In fact between 1889–1959, Africa produced 98% of the world’s diamonds.

And in the latter half of the 20th century, the term blood diamond evolved from diamonds mined in African conflict zones used to finance insurgency or crime.