Introduction: Business Services Download PDF

The business services industry is exactly as it sounds: companies providing business-related services to fellow companies. Companies in this industry offer a variety of services, including marketing and advertising, consulting, legal services, logistics and shipping, human resources and staffing, leasing, security, outsourcing, and facility management.

Main Sectors

The business services industry is a very broad industry, encompassing many different categories of business operations; all of them provide some sort of non-financial service to other companies. Nearly every business in operation has need of at least one of the different kinds of service offered by the industry. These services include advertising and marketing, consulting, legal services, logistics and shipping (including warehousing, trucking, and air, rail, and marine shipping), staffing, leasing, and security.

Forbes2000 Corporations in Countries

Corporations (By Sales)

Corporation: Allianz
Country: Germany
Business Sector: Insurance
Sales: $127.24 Billion USD
Corporation: Mxller-Maersk
Country: Denmark
Business Sector: Transportation
Sales: $61.21 Billion USD
Business Sector: Transportation
Sales: $51.49 Billion USD
Corporation: FedEx
Business Sector: Transportation
Sales: $38.81 Billion USD
Corporation: Noble Group
Business Sector: Transportation
Sales: $36.09 Billion USD