| Rank | Name | Dominant operational format | Retail revenue
| Net profit margin | Headquarters | Country |
| 1 | Walmart | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 648,125 | 2.5% | Bentonville | |
| 2 | Amazon | Non-store | 251,902 | 5.3% | Seattle | |
| 3 | Costco | Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club | 242,290 | 2.6% | Issaquah | |
| 4 | Schwarz Gruppe | Discount store | 177,009 | ... | Neckarsulm | |
| 5 | The Home Depot | Home improvement | 152,669 | 9.9% | Atlanta | |
| 6 | The Kroger Company | Supermarket | 148,905 | -1.4% | Cincinnati | |
| 7 | Aldi | Discount store | 123,608 | ... | Essen and Mülheim | |
| 8 | JD.com | Non-store | 122,884 | 2.1% | Beijing | |
| 9 | Walgreens Boots Alliance | Drug store/Pharmacy | 121,191 | -2.5% | Deerfield | |
| 10 | CVS Health | Drug store/Pharmacy | 116,763 | ... | Woonsocket | |
| 11 | Target Corporation | Discount department store | 105,803 | 3.9% | Minneapolis | |
| 12 | Ahold Delhaize | Supermarket | 97,837 | 2.1% | Zaandam | |
| 13 | Carrefour | Discount department store | 90,803 | 1.9% | Boulogne-Billancourt | |
| 14 | Lowe's | Home improvement | 86,250 | 8.9% | Mooresville | |
| 15 | Tesco | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 85,218 | 1.7% | Welwyn Garden City | |
| 16 | Albertsons | Supermarket | 79,238 | 1.6% | Boise | |
| 17 | Edeka | Supermarket | 75,930 | ... | Hamburg | |
| 18 | LVMH | Other Specialty | 73,299 | 18.5% | Paris | |
| 19 | Seven & I Holdings | Convenience/Forecourt store | 72,750 | 2.1% | Tokyo | |
| 20 | Rewe Group | Supermarket | 62,735 | 0.9% | Cologne | |
| 21 | E.Leclerc | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 63,229 | ... | Ivry-sur-Seine | |
| 22 | Æon | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 58,671 | 1.1% | Chiba | |
| 23 | Publix | Supermarket | 57,100 | 7.6% | Lakeland | |
| 24 | TJX Companies | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 54,217 | 8.3% | Framingham | |
| 25 | Loblaw Companies | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 44,012 | 3.7% | Brampton | |
| 26 | HE Butt Grocery | Supermarket | 43,600 | ... | San Antonio | |
| 27 | Best Buy | Electronics store | 43,452 | 2.9% | Richfield | |
| 28 | Les Mousquetaires | Supermarket | 43,377 | 0.2% | Bondoufle | |
| 29 | IKEA | Furniture speciality | 42,960 | 3.4% | Delft | |
| 30 | Woolworths Group | Supermarket | 42,005 | 0.2% | Sydney | |
| 31 | Sainsbury's | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 40,580 | 0.4% | London | |
| 32 | Inditex | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 38,935 | 15.0% | Arteixo | |
| 33 | Dollar General | Discount store | 38,692 | 4.3% | Goodlettsville | |
| 34 | Coop | Supermarket | 36,794 | 2.1% | Basel | |
| 35 | Mercadona | Supermarket | 36,267 | 3.1% | Valencia | |
| 36 | Auchan | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 35,590 | -1.1% | Croix | |
| 37 | Jerónimo Martins | Discount store | 33,780 | 2.5% | Lisbon | |
| 38 | Asda | Supermarket | 32,611 | 0.8% | Leeds | |
| 39 | Groupe ADEO | Home improvement | 31,952 | 3.8% | Ronchin | |
| 40 | Reliance Retail | Supermarket | 31,002 | 3.4% | Mumbai | |
| 41 | Migros | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 30,688 | 0.5% | Zürich | |
| 42 | Shein | Non-store | 30,666 | 6.5% | | |
| 43 | Dollar Tree | Discount store | 30,604 | -3.3% | Chesapeake | |
| 44 | Coopérative U | Supermarket | 30,360 | ... | Rungis | |
| 45 | Coles Group | Supermarket | 29,061 | 2.6% | Hawthorn East | |
| 46 | FEMSA | Convenience/Forecourt store | 26,839 | ... | Monterrey | |
| 47 | CP All | Convenience/Forecourt store | 25,998 | 2.0% | Bangkok | |
| 48 | EssilorLuxottica | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 25,964 | 9.6% | Charenton-le-Pont | |
| 49 | Alibaba Group New Retail & Direct Sales | Department store | 24,890 | ... | | |
| 50 | Metro AG | Cash & carry/Warehouse club | 24,679 | 1.4% | Düsseldorf | |
| 51 | Ceconomy | Electronics specialty | 23,516 | -0.2% | Düsseldorf | |
| 52 | AS Watson Group | Drug store/Pharmacy | 23,479 | ... | | |
| 53 | Macy’s | Department store | 23,092 | 0.5% | New York City | |
| 54 | H&M | Clothing store | 22,621 | 3.7% | Stockholm | |
| 55 | Empire Company | Supermarket | 22,400 | 2.5% | Stellarton | |
| 56 | Nike Direct | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 22,351 | ... | Beaverton | |
| 57 | Wesfarmers | Department store/Home improvement | 22,288 | 5.8% | Perth | |
| 58 | Meijer | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 21,950 | ... | Grand Rapids | |
| 59 | Coupang | Non-store | 21,223 | 5.6% | Seoul | |
| 60 | Ross Stores | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 20,377 | 9.2% | Dublin | |
| 61 | BJ's Wholesale Club | Cash & carry/Warehouse club | 19,969 | 2.6% | Westborough | |
| 62 | Conad | Supermarket | 19,866 | ... | Bologna | |
| 63 | Berkshire-Hathaway Retail | Other specialty | 19,408 | ... | Omaha | |
| 64 | Fast Retailing | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 18,964 | 11.4% | Yamaguchi | |
| 65 | Wm Morrison Supermarkets | Supermarket | 18,776 | ... | Bradford | |
| 66 | Alimentation Couche-Tard | Convenience/Forecourt store | 17,536 | ... | Laval | |
| 67 | AutoZone | Other specialty | 17,457 | 14.5% | Memphis | |
| 68 | Decathlon Group | Other speciality | 12,993 | 5.1% | Villeneuve-d’Ascq | |
| 69 | Kering | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 17,047 | 15.7% | Paris | |
| 70 | e-mart | Supermarket | 17,017 | -1.3% | Seoul | |
| 71 | Cencosud | Supermarket | 16,768 | 5.4% | Las Condes | |
| 72 | Richemont | Other specialty | 16,662 | 11.4% | Bellevue | |
| 73 | Kohl's | Department store | 16,586 | 1.8% | Menomonee Falls | |
| 74 | Marks & Spencer | Department store | 16,541 | 3.2% | Lancing | |
| 75 | Kingfisher | Home improvement | 16,472 | 2.7% | London | |
| 76 | Coop Italia | Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore | 16,334 | ... | Casalecchio di Reno | |
| 77 | Spar Holding | Supermarket | 16,330 | 1.1% | Gossau SG | |
| 78 | O'Reilly Automotive | Other specialty | 15,812 | 14.8% | Springfield | |
| 79 | S Group | Supermarket | 15,681 | ... | Helsinki | |
| 80 | Chedraui | Supermarket | 15,407 | 3.0% | Xalapa | |
| 81 | Dirk Rossmann GmbH | Drug store/Pharmacy | 15,341 | ... | Burgwedel | |
| 82 | Metro Inc. | Supermarket | 15,259 | 4.9% | Montreal | |
| 83 | Avolta | Other specialty | 14,949 | 1.7% | Basel | |
| 84 | Gap | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 14,889 | 3.4% | San Francisco | |
| 85 | Vipshop | Non-store | 14,875 | 7.3% | Guangzhou | |
| 86 | Otto | Non-store | 14,657 | -2.8% | Hamburg | |
| 87 | Tractor Supply Company | Other specialty | 14,556 | 7.6% | Brentwood | |
| 88 | Genuine Parts Company | Other specialty | 14,247 | 5.7% | Atlanta | |
| 89 | Nordstrom | Department store | 14,219 | 0.9% | Seattle | |
| 90 | ICA Gruppen | Supermarket | 14,188 | 2.9% | Solna | |
| 91 | Chow Tai Fook | Other specialty | 13,891 | 6.1% | | |
| 92 | Assaí Atacadista | Cash & carry/Warehouse club | 13,701 | 1.1% | São Paulo | |
| 93 | John Lewis Partnership | Supermarket | 13,684 | 0.4% | London | |
| 94 | Hermès | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 13,485 | 32.2% | Paris | |
| 95 | El Corte Inglés | Department store | 13,372 | 3.5% | Madrid | |
| 96 | Menards | Home improvement | 13,240 | ... | Eau Claire | |
| 97 | Shoprite Holdings | Supermarket | 13,225 | 2.5% | Cape Town | |
| 98 | JD Sports | Apparel/Footwear specialty | 13,080 | 5.7% | Bury | |
| 99 | Hy-Vee | Supermarket | 13,000 | ... | West Des Moines | |
| 100 | Dick's Sporting Goods | Other specialty | 12,984 | 8.1% | Coraopolis | |