Forbes API: List Forbes Global 2000 companies
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.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.
- Year optional
year Ranking year, such as 2025. Defaults to the most recent published list.
Not set
Whole number.
- Country optional
country Country of headquarters, such as Japan. Omit for all countries.
(default)
- Industry optional
industry Industry name, such as Banking. Omit for all industries.
(default)
- Max Results optional
max_results Maximum companies to return, such as 50. Up to 500.
500
Whole number from 1 to 500. Default
50.
Input as JSON
{ "max_results": 500}Output
{ "year": 2026, "companies": [ { "rank": 1, "company": "JPMorganChase", "country": "United States", "industry": "Banking", "sales_billion_usd": 284.791, "assets_billion_usd": 4900.475, "profit_billion_usd": 58.63, "forbes_company_link": "https://www.forbes.com/companies/jpmorganchase/?list=global2000" , "market_value_billion_usd": 797.985 }, { "rank": 2, "company": "Amazon", "country": "United States", "industry": "Retail and Wholesale", "sales_billion_usd": 742.776, "assets_billion_usd": 916.63, "profit_billion_usd": 90.798, "forbes_company_link": "https://www.forbes.com/companies/amazon/?list=global2000" , "market_value_billion_usd": 2841.38 }, { "rank": 3, "company": "Berkshire Hathaway", "country": "United States", "industry": "Insurance", "sales_billion_usd": 375.394, "assets_billion_usd": 1252.271, "profit_billion_usd": 72.471, "forbes_company_link": "https://www.forbes.com/companies/berkshire-hathaway/?list=global2000" , "market_value_billion_usd": 1041.121 } ]}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"forbes.com/list_global_2000","input":{"max_results":500}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "forbes.com/list_global_2000" , "input": { "max_results": 500 }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "forbes.com/list_global_2000" , "input": { "max_results": 500 } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run forbes.com/list_global_2000# with {"max_results":500}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "properties": { "year": { "type": "integer", "description": "Ranking year, such as 2025. Defaults to the most recent published list." }, "country": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Country of headquarters, such as Japan. Omit for all countries." }, "industry": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Industry name, such as Banking. Omit for all industries." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 50, "maximum": 500, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum companies to return, such as 50. Up to 500." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "year", "companies" ], "properties": { "year": { "type": "integer" }, "companies": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "rank", "company", "country", "industry", "sales_billion_usd", "profit_billion_usd", "assets_billion_usd", "market_value_billion_usd", "forbes_company_link" ], "properties": { "rank": { "type": "integer" }, "company": { "type": "string" }, "country": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "industry": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "sales_billion_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "assets_billion_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "profit_billion_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "forbes_company_link": { "type": "string" }, "market_value_billion_usd": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
forbes.com/list_global_2000- Returns
- year, rank, company, country, industry, sales, profit, assets, market value, Forbes link
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method forbes.com/list_global_2000 with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- Show me the top 20 Japanese banks on the Forbes Global 2000 for 2024, with their sales, profits, assets and market value
- Which German companies made the 2025 list of the world's 2,000 largest public companies, and how do they rank?
- I need the 100 highest-ranked oil and gas firms globally by the latest Global 2000 ranking, with revenue and profit figures in billions
- List Indian companies in the 2023 Forbes ranking of the world's biggest public companies, including market cap and assets
- Pull the top 10 semiconductor companies from this year's global 2000 largest companies list along with their links on forbes.com
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