Overview
Walmart, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, runs retail and wholesale operations through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International and Sam’s Club.[2] Walmart U.S. is a mass merchandiser trading as Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market, including walmart.com; Walmart International covers wholly owned businesses in Canada, Chile, China and Africa and majority-owned operations in India, Mexico and Central America; and Sam’s Club runs membership warehouse clubs.[2] Forbes records sales of US$713.2bn, up 4.7%, and profit of US$21.9bn.[2] Walmart was first on the prior-year figures but is now second to Amazon, though its revenue is almost entirely from selling goods. It has the largest workforce in this ranking, 2.1 million people, and a market value of US$1.05 trillion.[2] Forbes gives 1962 as its founding year.[7]
Walmart strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Largest retailer by merchandise sales
- 2.1 million employees
- Present in North America, Latin America, Africa, India and China
Limitations
- Overtaken by Amazon on total sales
- Profit margin about 3%
- Sales growth of 4.7% trails Amazon and Costco
Appears in
- Largest Companies in the World by Revenue (2026) #2
- Largest Employers in the US (2026) #1
- Largest Retailers in the World (2026) #2
Walmart peers and competitors
Companies ranked in the same lists as Walmart.
- Amazon
Costco Wholesale
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