Largest European Companies by Market Cap | Live Rankings

ASML, founded in 1984 in the Netherlands, holds a near-monopoly on extreme ultraviolet lithography machines — the equipment that the world’s leading chipmakers depend on to manufacture advanced microchips. It is regularly among the largest European companies by market capitalization, alongside names like Novo Nordisk, LVMH, and SAP.

While U.S. tech giants often dominate global headlines, Europe is home to world leaders in luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, enterprise software, and consumer staples. The three largest economies on the continent — Germany, the UK, and France — together with Switzerland, Denmark, and the Netherlands, account for most of the top European stocks by market cap.

The sectors that define Europe’s equity market are distinct from those leading in the U.S.:

  • Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals: Roche, Novartis (both Swiss), AstraZeneca (UK), and Novo Nordisk (Denmark) — the world’s leading supplier of insulin and maker of GLP-1 treatments like Ozempic and Wegovy.
  • Luxury Goods: LVMH manages brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Tiffany & Co., and Moët & Chandon. Hermès and L’Oréal, the world’s largest cosmetics company, are also French-headquartered.
  • Technology: ASML in semiconductors and SAP, Germany’s global leader in enterprise resource planning software.
  • Energy & Industrials: Shell, TotalEnergies, Siemens, and Airbus.
  • Banking & Consumer Staples: HSBC, Nestlé, and Inditex (Spain’s retail giant).

The broadest European benchmark is the STOXX Europe 600 (ticker: SXXP), introduced in 1998, which tracks 600 large-, mid-, and small-cap companies across 17 European countries. The EURO STOXX 50 is another widely followed index, covering 50 blue-chip eurozone stocks. Prosus, spun off from South Africa’s Naspers and listed on Euronext Amsterdam, also regularly appears among the largest European companies thanks to its significant stake in Chinese tech giant Tencent.

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The following table contains a list of the largest European publicly traded companies by market capitalization, covering firms headquartered across the EU, UK, Switzerland, and Norway. The list includes only publicly traded companies, and the presented data (price, market cap) are regularly updated to reflect the current market situation.

Best European stocks
StockPriceMarketcap
MC.PA
LVMH
MC.PA
€481.45237.40B
NVO
Novo Nordisk
NVO
€39.78175.86B
OR.PA
L'Oréal
OR.PA
€390.40207.95B
ASML
ASML
ASML
€1,474.86566.49B
RMS.PA
Hermès
RMS.PA
€1,626.00170.31B
ACN
Accenture
ACN
€148.0790.61B
CDI.PA
Dior
CDI.PA
€440.0079.38B
SAP
SAP
SAP
€172.60199.22B
TTE
TotalEnergies
TTE
€74.65165.64B
PRX.AS
Prosus
PRX.AS
€41.1887.74B
SNY
Sanofi
SNY
€37.1190.12B
SIE.DE
Siemens
SIE.DE
€273.10208.31B
BUD
Anheuser-Busch Inbev
BUD
€72.66143.08B
MDT
Medtronic
MDT
€74.3595.17B
DTE.DE
Deutsche Telekom
DTE.DE
€29.15141.03B
P911.DE
Porsche
P911.DE
€43.5439.66B
AIR.PA
Airbus
AIR.PA
€212.45168.15B
IDEXY
Inditex
IDEXY
€14.63182.23B
ALV.DE
Allianz
ALV.DE
€440.70167.15B
SU.PA
Schneider Electric
SU.PA
€300.60169.45B
AI.PA
Air Liquide
AI.PA
€173.22110.15B
EL.PA
EssilorLuxottica
EL.PA
€171.3078.73B
MBG.DE
Mercedes-Benz
MBG.DE
€46.7744.77B
IBE.MC
Iberdrola
IBE.MC
€20.72138.27B
BNP.PA
BNP Paribas
BNP.PA
€112.60123.41B
KER.PA
Kering
KER.PA
€289.7535.53B
MRK.DE
Merck KGaA
MRK.DE
€145.1563.11B
VOW3.DE
Volkswagen
VOW3.DE
€75.5637.88B
CS.PA
AXA
CS.PA
€45.0591.65B
BMW.DE
BMW
BMW.DE
€58.6234.98B
SHL.DE
Siemens Healthineers
SHL.DE
€39.1043.76B
DG.PA
Vinci
DG.PA
€126.6070.24B
ENEL.MI
Enel
ENEL.MI
€9.9798.94B
ATCO-B.ST
Atlas Copco
ATCO-B.ST
€16.7781.82B
ETN
Eaton
ETN
€387.84150.64B
BAYZF
Bayer A.G.
BAYZF
€49.6448.77B
INVE-B.ST
Investor AB
INVE-B.ST
€38.660.118T
SAF.PA
Safran
SAF.PA
€355.20147.20B
HEIA.AS
Heineken
HEIA.AS
€78.5843.63B
RI.PA
Pernod Ricard
RI.PA
€69.0217.38B
SAN
Santander
SAN
€12.68181.08B
DSY.PA
Dassault Systèmes
DSY.PA
€21.7328.55B
HLAG.DE
Hapag-Lloyd
HLAG.DE
€124.3021.85B
STLA
Stellantis
STLA
€4.8018.09B
E
ENI
E
€46.9668.14B
MUV2.DE
Munich RE (Münchener Rück)
MUV2.DE
€522.6066.87B
RACE
Ferrari
RACE
€352.4461.95B
ADYEN.AS
Adyen
ADYEN.AS
€933.2029.43B
RAA.F
Rational AG
RAA.F
€663.507.54B
ISP.MI
Intesa Sanpaolo
ISP.MI
€6.80119.15B
IFX.DE
Infineon
IFX.DE
€60.3278.39B
BAS.DE
BASF
BAS.DE
€51.3245.38B
ING
ING
ING
€30.9088.30B
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
BBVA
€24.35134.37B
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
NXPI
€200.5750.58B
TT
Trane Technologies
TT
€414.2091.13B
BN.PA
Danone
BN.PA
€68.1643.77B
VOLVF
Volvo AB
VOLVF
€32.5466.16B
JCI
Johnson Controls
JCI
€133.7481.01B
DSV.VI
DSV
DSV.VI
€178.1542.54B
NDA-FI.HE
Nordea Bank
NDA-FI.HE
€17.5159.41B
UMG.AS
Universal Music Group
UMG.AS
€15.1627.86B
ENGI.PA
ENGIE
ENGI.PA
€26.5667.49B
UCG.MI
UniCredit
UCG.MI
€84.73126.95B
DOGEF
Ørsted
DOGEF
€19.04369.77B
NESTE.HE
Neste
NESTE.HE
€28.4121.83B
ACA.PA
Crédit Agricole
ACA.PA
€19.4658.88B
CRH
Cement Roadstone Holding
CRH
€84.5156.22B
DB1.DE
Deutsche Börse
DB1.DE
€269.4048.57B
EOAN.DE
E.ON
EOAN.DE
€18.9549.52B
AD.AS
Ahold Delhaize
AD.AS
€33.9729.95B
CAP.PA
Capgemini
CAP.PA
€109.2518.14B
WKL.AS
Wolters Kluwer
WKL.AS
€69.6215.50B
EXPGF
Experian
EXPGF
€33.5429.65B
HO.PA
Thales
HO.PA
€264.6054.37B
HEN3.DE
Henkel
HEN3.DE
€79.5432.20B
RWE.DE
RWE
RWE.DE
€56.4842.34B
BEI.DE
Beiersdorf
BEI.DE
€81.9217.86B
AMS.MC
Amadeus IT Group
AMS.MC
€56.4823.72B
HXGBF
Hexagon AB
HXGBF
€8.6723.09B
G.MI
Generali
G.MI
€44.8367.06B
ADS.DE
Adidas
ADS.DE
€164.8028.85B
OEWA.F
Verbund AG
OEWA.F
€58.1020.18B
MAERSK-B.CO
Maersk
MAERSK-B.CO
€2,272.0832.81B
COLO-B.CO
Coloplast
COLO-B.CO
€57.0012.85B
KBCSF
KBC
KBCSF
€126.5150.47B
NTGY.MC
Naturgy
NTGY.MC
€28.7826.66B
CLNX.MC
Cellnex Telecom
CLNX.MC
€26.8017.78B
EXO.AS
Exor
EXO.AS
€70.3523.12B
SGO.PA
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
SGO.PA
€84.7241.45B
KNEBV.HE
KONE
KNEBV.HE
€51.3626.62B
EVO.ST
Evolution Gaming
EVO.ST
€66.6312.69B
APTV
Aptiv
APTV
€40.078.32B
CEZ.PR
ČEZ Group
CEZ.PR
€56.1830.16B
BNTX
BioNTech
BNTX
€78.9119.82B
VWS.CO
Vestas Wind Systems
VWS.CO
€23.5623.09B
CABK.MC
CaixaBank
CABK.MC
€12.8889.53B
GMAB
Genmab
GMAB
€25.8115.85B
DTG.F
Daimler Truck
DTG.F
€47.9836.67B
EBK.DE
EnBW Energie
EBK.DE
€66.4021.54B
ASAZF
Assa Abloy AB
ASAZF
€33.9637.73B
SPOT
Spotify
SPOT
€411.1084.52B
SAMPO.HE
Sampo
SAMPO.HE
€9.5825.24B
HNR1.DE
Hannover Rück
HNR1.DE
€252.4030.44B
SAND.ST
Sandvik
SAND.ST
€33.5542.09B
EQT.ST
EQT
EQT.ST
€31.3436.63B
AENA.MC
Aena
AENA.MC
€26.8240.23B
LR.PA
Legrand
LR.PA
€139.0536.45B
SEB-A.ST
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
SEB-A.ST
€20.5840.08B
SRT.DE
Sartorius
SRT.DE
€187.2012.93B
HM-B.ST
H&M
HM-B.ST
€16.3326.07B
NOK
Nokia
NOK
€8.1645.55B
ELE.MC
Endesa
ELE.MC
€42.4743.38B
EDPR.LS
EDP Renováveis
EDPR.LS
€13.4214.22B
CARL-B.CO
Carlsberg
CARL-B.CO
€127.9416.91B
IR
Ingersoll Rand
IR
€76.3629.63B
EPI-A.ST
Epiroc
EPI-A.ST
€23.0727.91B
EDP.F
EDP Group
EDP.F
€4.4318.33B
DB
Deutsche Bank
DB
€32.5661.19B
FER.MC
Ferrovial
FER.MC
€57.1041.16B
MT
ArcelorMittal
MT
€63.3647.78B
ARGX
Argenx
ARGX
€757.4347.39B
ML.PA
Michelin
ML.PA
€34.170.00000000000000
NIBE-B.ST
NIBE Industrier
NIBE-B.ST
€3.687.41B
VIE.PA
Veolia
VIE.PA
€35.0725.68B
RYAAY
Ryanair
RYAAY
€52.4027.19B
ESSITY-B.ST
Essity
ESSITY-B.ST
€25.7117.42B
PUB.PA
Publicis Groupe
PUB.PA
€99.2824.79B
MONC.MI
Moncler
MONC.MI
€51.0813.89B
BOP.F
BOLLORE INH. EO 0,16
BOP.F
€3.7710.59B
SWED-A.ST
Swedbank
SWED-A.ST
€35.4339.82B
ENR.F
Siemens Energy
ENR.F
€153.14130.30B
GLE.PA
Société Générale
GLE.PA
€84.2362.04B
REP.MC
Repsol
REP.MC
€25.4627.74B
PHG
Philips
PHG
€22.7822.27B
SRG.MI
Snam
SRG.MI
€5.8019.46B
ASM.AS
ASM International
ASM.AS
€833.0040.80B
1913.HK
Prada
1913.HK
€4.9612.68B
STE
Steris
STE
€200.5719.55B
KRZ.IR
Kerry Group
KRZ.IR
€83.6013.29B
ERIC
Ericsson
ERIC
€8.7928.84B
UCB.VI
UCB
UCB.VI
€228.9043.64B
DANS.VI
Danske Bank
DANS.VI
€50.4040.67B
TRN.MI
Terna
TRN.MI
€10.0520.17B
SHB-A.ST
Svenska Handelsbanken
SHB-A.ST
€13.5927.24B
TS
Tenaris
TS
€46.2123.33B
PKN.WA
PKN Orlen
PKN.WA
€35.5141.23B
VNA.DE
Vonovia
VNA.DE
€20.7417.60B
PAH3.DE
Porsche SE
PAH3.DE
€29.048.89B
UPM.HE
UPM-Kymmene
UPM.HE
€23.4812.38B
AM.PA
Dassault Aviation
AM.PA
€313.6024.16B
SY1.DE
Symrise
SY1.DE
€91.8212.60B
FRE.DE
Fresenius
FRE.DE
€46.6826.29B
EDEN.PA
Edenred
EDEN.PA
€28.906.85B
SW.PA
Sodexo
SW.PA
€56.958.31B
ICLR
ICON plc
ICLR
€139.4710.76B
ADP.PA
Aéroports de Paris
ADP.PA
€116.7011.55B
JEM.F
Jerónimo Martins
JEM.F
€17.3810.92B
CA.PA
Carrefour
CA.PA
€15.9311.25B
ALFA.ST
Alfa Laval
ALFA.ST
€52.2321.59B
OMV.F
OMV
OMV.F
€63.2020.61B
EBO.F
Erste Group Bank
EBO.F
€123.0047.78B
TRYG.CO
Tryg
TRYG.CO
€20.5212.23B
KPN.AS
KPN
KPN.AS
€4.0715.62B
FMS
Fresenius Medical Care
FMS
€20.8511.10B
CPR.MI
Davide Campari-Milano
CPR.MI
€5.907.08B
NZYM.VI
Novozymes
NZYM.VI
€56.7626.46B
AKZA.AS
AkzoNobel
AKZA.AS
€63.5610.89B
ABN.AS
ABN AMRO
ABN.AS
€39.7832.42B
HEI.DE
HeidelbergCement
HEI.DE
€162.3528.54B
MTX.DE
MTU Aero Engines
MTX.DE
€373.7020.12B
CON.DE
Continental
CON.DE
€68.0813.62B
TEP.PA
Teleperformance
TEP.PA
€68.684.10B
CBK.F
Commerzbank
CBK.F
€38.6842.41B
AER
AerCap
AER
€134.3421.12B
EN.PA
Bouygues
EN.PA
€49.1918.99B
AMUN.PA
Amundi
AMUN.PA
€97.1019.58B
PST.MI
Poste Italiane
PST.MI
€27.3335.35B
ERF.PA
Eurofins Scientific
ERF.PA
€69.8812.07B
INW.MI
INWIT
INW.MI
€6.455.82B
FORTUM.HE
Fortum
FORTUM.HE
€19.4817.48B
BVI.PA
Bureau Veritas
BVI.PA
€28.4412.63B
LHA.DE
Lufthansa
LHA.DE
€8.5610.29B
BIM.PA
bioMérieux
BIM.PA
€72.508.53B
TLX.DE
Talanx
TLX.DE
€116.2030.01B
RHM.F
Rheinmetall
RHM.F
€1,153.8053.83B
KRX.IR
Kingspan Group
KRX.IR
€81.5514.68B
BNR.DE
Brenntag
BNR.DE
€64.649.33B