The Largest Consumer Staple Companies by Market Cap in April 2025

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) is the largest consumer staples company, with Costco Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) ranking second and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) coming in third. The top of this market sector also includes popular household brands and some of the biggest tobacco companies.

Largest consumer staples companies

Largest companies by market cap in the consumer staples sector

(Editor's note: Rankings are as of April 2, 2025.)

1. Walmart

• Market cap: $719.59 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $681.0 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $169.2 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 19.30%
• Year founded: 1962

Retail giant Walmart is the No. 1 company in the world in terms of revenue. It's known for offering low prices on a massive selection of products, including general merchandise, groceries, and health products, with the selection depending on the store. Walmart also owns Sam's Club, a warehouse club.

In total across both brands, Walmart operates more than 10,750 retail locations in 19 countries. It employs more than 2 million associates worldwide.

2. Costco Wholesale

• Market cap: $423.45 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $264.1 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $35.1 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 28.91%
• Year founded: 1983

Costco is the most popular warehouse club in the U.S., boasting more than 130 million members. It has a unique business model, making enough money on membership fees to cover most of its operating expenses. This allows it to offer lower prices on the products it carries.

The product selection at Costco warehouses and its website includes groceries, electronics, appliances, and clothing. Warehouses also have food courts, and Costco offers several other services, including a pharmacy and a travel booking service.

3. Procter & Gamble

• Market cap: $399.94 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $84.3 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $43.3 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 11.03%
• Year founded: 1837

Procter & Gamble is the company behind many of the most well-known household products. Its portfolio has dozens of popular brands, including Ariel laundry products, Pampers diapers, Bounty paper towels, and Gillette razors and skin care products.

This company has strong retail partnerships around the world, and its products are available in more than 180 countries. It also employs about 108,000 people.

4. Coca-Cola

• Market cap: $309.30 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $47.1 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $28.7 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 13.78%
• Year founded: 1892

Coca-Cola gets its name from its flagship product, the iconic Coca-Cola soft drink. Coca-Cola is now one of the beverage company's more than 500 brands, a list that also includes Minute Maid, Sprite, Dasani, and Powerade.

Coca-Cola products are sold in more than 200 countries. Worldwide, there are more than 2.2 billion beverage servings of Coca-Cola products per day.

5. Philip Morris International

• Market cap: $245.81 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $37.8 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $24.3 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 22.54%
• Year founded: 1847

Philip Morris International is the world's biggest tobacco company. Its leading brand is Marlboro, the bestselling international cigarette, and its portfolio also includes L&M, Chesterfield, Philip Morris, and Parliament. It's worth noting that this company doesn't operate in the U.S. In 2008, Philip Morris was split into two companies: Philip Morris International and Philip Morris USA, which is now a totally separate company.

Tobacco companies have faced criticism as the danger of smoking has become widely recognized. In 2014, Philip Morris started offering smoke-free products, and it now sells nicotine pouches, heated tobacco devices, and e-vapor products.

6. PepsiCo

• Market cap: $205.27 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $91.9 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $50.1 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 6.93%
• Year founded: 1898 (Pepsi-Cola Company), 1965 (PepsiCo)

A leading food and beverage company, PepsiCo started with the soft drink Pepsi, which is still its flagship product. It merged with Frito-Lay in 1965 and has acquired quite a few brands since then, resulting in a large portfolio of products.

PepsiCo has a market presence in more than 200 countries and has 23 brands that generate over $1 billion in revenue per year. Some of its major brands include Doritos, Gatorade, Quaker Oats, and Rockstar.

7. Unilever

• Market cap: $150.02 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $157.2 billion*
• Gross profit (TTM): $112.2 billion*
• Five-year annualized return: 7.46%
• Year founded: 1929

*Converted from British pounds.

Unilever is a British consumer goods company with beauty and wellness, personal care, home care, and food products. Its brands include Dove, Axe, and Vaseline. Unilever also has ice cream brands, most notably Ben & Jerry's, but it's planning to spin off that segment by the end of the year.

8. Anheuser-Busch InBev

• Market cap: $108.89 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $59.8 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $33.0 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 8.60%
• Year founded: 1852 (Anheuser-Busch), 2008 (acquired by AB InBev)

Anheuser-Busch InBev is the largest brewing company in the world, with more than 500 brands being sold in 150 countries. Its brands include Budweiser, Corona, and Michelob ULTRA.

The Anheuser-Busch brewing company traced its roots to 1852, when it was called Bavarian Brewery. It eventually became the largest brewer in the U.S. In 2008, drink and brewing company AB InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion.

9. Altria Group

• Market cap: $96.57 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $20.4 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $14.4 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 19.35%
• Year founded: 1985 (Philip Morris Companies), 2003 (name change to Altria Group)

Altria Group is a tobacco company that owns Philip Morris USA, as well as U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, John Middleton, Helix Innovations, and NJOY (which it acquired in 2023). Products include Marlboro cigarettes (the most popular in the U.S.), machine-made cigars, tobacco pouches, and nicotine pouches.

10. British American Tobacco

• Market cap: $90.24 billion (as of April 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $71.1 billion*
• Gross profit (TTM): $58.4 billion*
• Five-year annualized return: 10.61%
• Year founded: 1902

*Converted from British pounds.

British American Tobacco owns the Lucky Strike, Dunhill, Camel, and Newport brands of cigarettes, among others. It also owns the Grizzly brand of dipping tobacco.

With the declining popularity of tobacco, and the regulatory issues surrounding it, British American Tobacco has invested in what it calls "reduced-risk" alternatives. The tobacco company launched its first vaping product in 2013 with the Vuse line of electronic cigarettes. Vuse is now the top global vaping brand.

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Key Takeaways

Consumer staples sector takeaways for investors

The largest consumer staples companies are all widely recognized brands, or have well-known brands in their portfolios. Overall, this is one of the safer and more resilient market sectors. Top consumer staples companies are profitable businesses that see continued demand for their products, even during economic downturns. Many of them also pay high dividends.

Not all of those companies are safe picks, though. This sector also includes tobacco companies, and while they're often great for dividends, the tobacco business is a risky one. But there are many other types of businesses in this market sector, giving investors plenty of options.