Six Polish firms in Forbes Global 2000 ranking

As many as six Polish state-owned companies were included in this year's edition of The Forbes Global 2000 ranking, among them PKO PB was ranked the highest, KGHM the lowest. 61 countries were classified in the ranking, the US were represented by 579 firms, China by 232 and Europe by 486.

The Forbes Global 2000 is a comprehensive list of the world’s largest, most powerful public companies, as measured by revenues, profits, assets and market value.

Poland's largest lender by assets took 743th spot (sales revenue at $5 billion, net profits at $1 billion, total value of assets at $70 billion, market value at $48 billion). PGE was ranked 778th (sales revenue at $8.9 billion, net profits at $1.2 billion, total value of assets at $18.6 billion, market value at $10.5 billion). PZU took 855th spot (sales revenue at $6.2 billion, net profits at $941 million, total value of assets at $18.8 billion, market value at $11.5 billion). PGNiG was ranked 887th (sales revenue at $10.9 billion, net profits at $895 million, total value of assets at $13.8 billion, market value at $8.7 billion). PKN Orlen took 1217th place (sales revenue at $33.9 billion, net profits at - $1.8 million, total value of assets at $13.2 billion, market value at $7 billion). KGHM was ranked 1302th (sales revenue at $6.5 billion, net profits at - $759 million, total value of assets at $11.4 billion, market value at $6.5 billion).