List of most indebted companies

The following article lists the indebted companies in the world by total corporate debt according estimates by the British-Australian investment firm Janus Henderson. In 2019, the total debt of the 900 most indebted companies was $8,325 billion. The most indebted companies were in the oil and gas, utilities, telecommunication and automotive industries.[1] The world's most indebted company in 2019 was Volkswagen AG.[2]

2021 Top 20

The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2021.[3]

Rank Company Country Debt

(billions of US$)

1 Toyota Japan 186
2 Volkswagen AG Germany 185
3 AT&T United States 182
4 Verizon Communications United States 174
5 Deutsche Telekom AG Germany 153
6 Mercedes-Benz Group AG Germany 109
7 Électricité de France SA France 104
8 Comcast United States 98
9 BMW Germany 96
10 Charter Communications United States 92
11 Ford Motor Company United States 90
12 General Motors United States 79
13 Anheuser-Busch and In-Bev Belgium 76
14 Enel SpA Italy 72
15 Duke Energy United States 68
16 AbbVie, Inc. United States 68
17 Korea Electric Power South Korea 68
18 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Japan 67
19 Hyundai United States 65
20 Vodafone United Kingdom 62

2019 Top 20

The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2019.[1]

Rank Company Country Debt
(billions of US$)
1 Volkswagen AG  Germany 192
2 AT&T  United States 176
3 Daimler AG  Germany 151
4 Toyota  Japan 138
5 SoftBank Group  Japan 135
6 Verizon Communications  United States 129
7 Ford Motor Company  United States 122
8 BMW  Germany 114
9 Comcast  United States 104
10 Anheuser-Busch and InBev  Belgium 96
11 Deutsche Telekom  Germany 87
12 CVS Health  United States 81
13 Petrobras  Brazil 79
14 Royal Dutch Shell  Netherlands 78
15 General Motors  United States 78
16 Charter Communications  United States 77
17 PetroChina  China 76
18 Walmart  United States 63
19 Duke Energy  United States 62
20 Korea Electric Power Corporation  South Korea 60

2016 Top 20

The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2016.[1]

Rank Company Country Debt
(billions of US$)
1 AT&T  United States 139
2 Volkswagen AG  Germany 136
3 Verizon Communications  United States 126
4 Toyota  Japan 119
5 Anheuser-Busch and InBev  Belgium 107
6 Daimler AG  Germany 104
7 Ford Motor Company  United States 104
8 Petrobras  Brazil 95
9 BMW  Germany 95
10 General Electric  United States 91
11 Royal Dutch Shell  Netherlands 89
12 SoftBank Group  Japan 82
13 PetroChina  China 81
14 Deutsche Telekom  Germany 76
15 Telefónica  Spain 69
16 Charter Communications  United States 61
17 Walmart  United States 58
18 General Motors  United States 58
19 Comcast  United States 58
20 Électricité de France  France 57

2014 Top 20

The 20 companies with the highest debt in 2014.[1]

Rank Company Country Debt
(billions of US$)
1 General Electric  United States 278
2 Volkswagen AG  Germany 134
3 Verizon Communications  United States 123
4 Toyota  Japan 115
5 Petrobras  Brazil 105
6 PetroChina  China 96
7 AT&T  United States 93
8 Daimler AG  Germany 90
9 Ford Motor Company  United States 88
10 BMW  Germany 84
11 Deutsche Telekom  Germany 79
12 Telefónica  Spain 73
13 Sinopec  China 71
14 SoftBank Group  Japan 70
15 Walmart  United States 66
16 Korea Electric Power Corporation  South Korea 57
17 Mitsubishi Corporation  Japan 55
18 Électricité de France  France 53
19 Rosneft  Russia 50
20 Orange S.A.  France 48

See also

References
  1. "Janus Henderson Corporate Debt Index Edition 1" (PDF). Janus Henderson.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "VW Becomes The World's Most Indebted Company, Owes More Than South Africa!". Carscoops. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  3. Henderson, Janus (February 23, 2023). "JANUS HENDERSON CORPORATE DEBT INDEX, Edition 3" (PDF). Janus Henderson (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
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