# Forbes API: Get company rankings

> Finds a Forbes company profile by name and returns its Forbes list rankings, company facts and headline financial figures (Forbes list years; market value from the matching Global 2000 list).

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/forbes.com/get-company-rankings
- Method: `forbes.com/get_company_rankings`, version 1
- Website: forbes.com
- Returns: list rankings, revenue, profit, assets, market value, employees, CEO, headquarters, industry, founded year, profile link
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `company` | string | yes | `"Microsoft"` | Company name, for example Microsoft. |

## Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input:

```json
{
  "company": "Microsoft"
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "ceo": "Satya Nadella",
  "currency": "USD",
  "industry": "IT Software & Services",
  "employees": 228000,
  "company_name": "Microsoft",
  "founded_year": 1975,
  "list_rankings": [
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "year": 2026,
      "list_link": "https://www.forbes.com/best-employers-for-tech-workers/",
      "list_name": "America's Best Employers for Tech Workers"
    },
    {
      "rank": 13,
      "year": 2026,
      "list_link": "https://www.forbes.com/innovative-large-companies/",
      "list_name": "America's Most Innovative Large Companies"
    },
    {
      "rank": null,
      "year": 2026,
      "list_link": "https://www.forbes.com/best-employers-by-state/",
      "list_name": "America's Best Employers By State"
    }
  ],
  "financial_year": 2026,
  "headquarters_city": "Redmond",
  "assets_billion_usd": 694.2,
  "profit_billion_usd": 125.2,
  "forbes_company_link": "https://www.forbes.com/companies/microsoft/",
  "revenue_billion_usd": 318.3,
  "headquarters_country": "United States",
  "market_value_billion_usd": 3134.203
}
```

## 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":"forbes.com/get_company_rankings","input":{"company":"Microsoft"}}'
```

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

- Where does Toyota rank on the Forbes Global 2000, and what are its revenue, profit and market value?
- Pull up Forbes' profile for Nvidia: list rankings, CEO, headquarters and employee count
- How many employees does Samsung Electronics have, and who runs it? I'd also like its total assets and the year it was founded.
- Which big company lists does JPMorgan Chase appear on, and at what positions? Include the latest market value figure.
- Give me Saudi Aramco's headline financials (sales, profits, assets) plus its industry and a link to the profile.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "company"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "company": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Company name, for example Microsoft."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "company_name",
    "list_rankings",
    "revenue_billion_usd",
    "profit_billion_usd",
    "assets_billion_usd",
    "market_value_billion_usd",
    "financial_year",
    "currency",
    "employees",
    "ceo",
    "headquarters_city",
    "headquarters_country",
    "industry",
    "founded_year",
    "forbes_company_link"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ceo": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Chief executive officer."
    },
    "currency": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Currency code for the financial figures."
    },
    "industry": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Forbes industry."
    },
    "employees": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Employee count."
    },
    "company_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name shown on Forbes."
    },
    "founded_year": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Year founded."
    },
    "list_rankings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "list_name",
          "year",
          "rank",
          "list_link"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "rank": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "year": {
            "type": [
              "integer",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "list_link": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "list_name": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "description": "Forbes list appearances, including unranked appearances."
    },
    "financial_year": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Forbes list year for the financial figures; not necessarily the fiscal year-end."
    },
    "headquarters_city": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Headquarters city."
    },
    "assets_billion_usd": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Forbes assets in billions of US dollars."
    },
    "profit_billion_usd": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Forbes profit in billions of US dollars."
    },
    "forbes_company_link": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Forbes company profile page."
    },
    "revenue_billion_usd": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Forbes revenue in billions of US dollars."
    },
    "headquarters_country": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Headquarters country."
    },
    "market_value_billion_usd": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Global 2000 market value in billions of US dollars for the financial list year."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## See more

- [Forbes API: List Forbes Global 2000 companies](https://fous.com/methods/forbes.com/list-global-2000.md): Lists companies in the Forbes Global 2000 in rank order, optionally for a given year, country of headquarters and industry. Financial figures are in billions of US dollars; up to 500 results.
- [Forbes API: List billionaires](https://fous.com/methods/forbes.com/list-billionaires.md): Lists the richest people in rank order from Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, with net worth, daily change and profile details. Filter by country of citizenship or industry; wealth and changes are in billions of US dollars.
- [Forbes API: Get billionaire net worth](https://fous.com/methods/forbes.com/get-person-net-worth.md): Looks up a billionaire by name on the Forbes real-time billionaires list and returns their real-time net worth, today's change, rank and public profile details. Wealth figures change throughout the trading day.
- [Fortune API: Get company Fortune 500 rank](https://fous.com/methods/fortune.com/get-company-rank.md): Gets a company's Fortune 500 or Fortune 1000 rank and headline figures for a list year. CEO, ticker and website come from the current company profile and may not reflect a historical year.
- [Fortune API: List Fortune 500 companies](https://fous.com/methods/fortune.com/list-fortune-500.md): Lists the Fortune 500 for a year. You can filter by industry or sector and by headquarters state. Each company comes with its public financial and company details.
- [LinkedIn API: Get company profile](https://fous.com/methods/linkedin.com/get-company-profile.md): Gets the public overview of a LinkedIn company from its name or company page link. Details not shown publicly are null.
- [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.
- [CompaniesMarketCap API: List largest companies](https://fous.com/methods/companiesmarketcap.com/list-largest-companies.md): 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.
- [All Forbes methods](https://fous.com/methods/forbes.com.md)
