# CompaniesMarketCap API: List largest companies > Ranks public companies worldwide, or by country and industry, by market cap, revenue, earnings, employees or dividend yield. When both a country and an industry are set, the industry ranking order is kept and only companies from that country are shown. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by CompaniesMarketCap. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/companiesmarketcap.com/list-largest-companies - Method: `companiesmarketcap.com/list_largest_companies`, version 1 - Website: companiesmarketcap.com - Returns: rank, company name, ticker, ranking value, share price, today's change, country, company page link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `country` | string | no | `"Germany"` | Country name, such as Germany; World for all countries. Default "World". | | `rank_by` | string | no | `"market_cap"` | Measure for ranking companies, such as revenue. One of "market_cap", "revenue", "earnings", "employees", "dividend_yield". Default "market_cap". | | `industry` | string | no | `"semiconductors"` | Industry name, such as semiconductors; All for all industries. Default "All". | | `max_results` | integer | no | `10` | Maximum number of companies, such as 50. Default 50. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "country": "Germany", "rank_by": "market_cap", "industry": "semiconductors", "max_results": 10 } ``` Its output: ```json { "companies": [ { "rank": 1, "ticker": "IFX.DE", "country": "Germany", "company_name": "Infineon", "ranking_unit": "USD", "ranking_value": 72835919839, "share_price_usd": 56.05, "company_page_link": "https://companiesmarketcap.com/infineon/marketcap/", "ranking_value_shown": "$72.83 B", "todays_change_percent": 0.02 }, { "rank": 2, "ticker": "AIXA.F", "country": "Germany", "company_name": "Aixtron", "ranking_unit": "USD", "ranking_value": 3783178675, "share_price_usd": 33.54, "company_page_link": "https://companiesmarketcap.com/aixtron/marketcap/", "ranking_value_shown": "$3.78 B", "todays_change_percent": 2.23 }, { "rank": 3, "ticker": "ELG.DE", "country": "Germany", "company_name": "Elmos Semiconductor", "ranking_unit": "USD", "ranking_value": 2360640453, "share_price_usd": 137.05, "company_page_link": "https://companiesmarketcap.com/elmos-semiconductor/marketcap/", "ranking_value_shown": "$2.36 B", "todays_change_percent": -0.49 } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"companiesmarketcap.com/list_largest_companies","input":{"country":"Germany","rank_by":"market_cap","industry":"semiconductors","max_results":10}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Show me the top 20 companies in Germany ranked by revenue - What are the biggest semiconductor companies in the world by market cap? - List the top 30 companies with the highest dividend yield worldwide - Which Japanese banks have the largest market capitalization on companiesmarketcap.com? - Rank the world's top 50 companies by number of employees ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "country": { "type": "string", "default": "World", "description": "Country name, such as Germany; World for all countries." }, "rank_by": { "enum": [ "market_cap", "revenue", "earnings", "employees", "dividend_yield" ], "type": "string", "default": "market_cap", "description": "Measure for ranking companies, such as revenue." }, "industry": { "type": "string", "default": "All", "description": "Industry name, such as semiconductors; All for all industries." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 50, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of companies, such as 50." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "companies" ], "properties": { "companies": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "rank", "company_name", "ranking_value_shown", "ranking_unit", "company_page_link" ], "properties": { "rank": { "type": "integer" }, "ticker": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "country": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "company_name": { "type": "string" }, "ranking_unit": { "enum": [ "USD", "employees", "percent" ], "type": "string" }, "ranking_value": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "share_price_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "company_page_link": { "type": "string" }, "ranking_value_shown": { "type": "string" }, "todays_change_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } } } } } ``` ## See more - [CompaniesMarketCap API: Get company size](https://fous.com/methods/companiesmarketcap.com/get-company-size.md): Looks up a public company's size, financial figures and completed-year market-cap history from its name or ticker. - [CoinMarketCap API: List top coins by market cap](https://fous.com/methods/coinmarketcap.com/list-top-coins.md): Lists the largest cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap ranked by market cap. 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