Overview
Shell is the largest UK-headquartered company by revenue and ranks second in the Fortune 500 Europe overall, behind only Volkswagen.[1] Fortune records revenue of US$273.7bn for fiscal 2025, down 5.29% on the prior year in dollar terms, with 85,000 employees.[1] The group, created in 1907 from the combination of a British and a Dutch company, produces oil and gas, refines fuels, operates service stations and trades energy, and its long-term strategy centres on liquefied natural gas.[4]
Shell plc strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Largest European oil company by revenue
- Large liquefied natural gas business
Limitations
- Revenue fell 5.3% in 2025
- Profit well below ExxonMobil's
Appears in
- Largest European Companies by Revenue (2026) #2
- Largest UK Companies by Revenue (2026) #1
- Largest Companies in the World by Revenue (2026) #22
- Largest Oil and Gas Companies (2026) #5
Shell plc peers and competitors
Companies ranked in the same lists as Shell plc.
- BP p.l.c.
Volkswagen Group- Gazprom
- Glencore plc
Saudi Aramco- China National Petroleum
- Sinopec Group
- ExxonMobil
- Equinor ASA
- Tesco PLC
- TotalEnergies SE
HSBC Holdings plc
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