Top 10 Agricultural Products Companies in the World in 2021 by Revenue

Cargill Inc, BASF SE, Archer Daniels Midland Co, Wilmar International Ltd, and Bunge Ltd are the top 5 agricultural products companies in the world in 2021 by revenue. Cumulatively, the top 10 agricultural products companies in the world generated revenue of $597,083 million, with average revenue growth of 25.9%, the highest revenue was generated by Cargill Inc ($134,400 million), followed by BASF SE ($92,938 million), while the lowest increases were registered by Associated British Foods Plc ($17,807 million). As of FY2021, the highest revenue growth was registered by Bunge Ltd (42.9%), followed by CHS Inc (35.4%), while the lowest revenue increase was registered by Bayer AG (6.5%). Associated British Foods Plc reported a decline in its revenues by 0.4%. In terms of the geographical split, 4 out of the world's top 10 agricultural products companies are based in Europe, while 4 are based in North America, and the remaining 1 company is based in Asia. They employed a total of 690,743 people in 2021. The United States of America-based Cargill Inc is the leading agricultural products company in the world (by revenue). The company reported revenues of $114,600 million for the fiscal year ended June 2021 (FY2021). The company is a provider of products and services in the food, financial products, agricultural, industrial, and risk management fields. It carries out marketing, processing, and distribution of salt, cotton, sugar, grains, oilseeds, meat, other food products, petroleum trading, financial trading, futures brokering, feed and fertilizer production activities and employs 155,000 people. BASF SE is one of the leading agricultural products companies in the world (by revenue). The company reported revenues of $92,938 million for the fiscal year ended June 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 32.9% over FY2020. The company is a chemical company. It carries out the production, marketing and sales of chemicals, plastics, crop protection products, and performance products. It operates 347 production plants and six Verbund sites worldwide. The company has operations in more than 80 countries and employs 110,725 People.