GCEIP 500 Company profile
Walmart
Walmart says about 270 million customers and members visit its stores and websites each week. The company’s scale also makes its workforce and supplier decisions consequential across many markets.
The company
What it does
Walmart operates discount stores, supercentres, Sam’s Club warehouses and e-commerce businesses. Its retail model combines local stores, distribution networks, sourcing at scale and online ordering.
Across markets
Walmart reported roughly 2.1 million associates worldwide and operations in 19 countries in its fiscal 2025 materials. Its reach gives it influence over retail prices, employment and supplier standards, but those effects differ by market and product category. The company’s own reporting describes its priorities and workforce figures; those disclosures should be read as company-reported data, not as an independent assessment of job quality or supply-chain outcomes.
The company’s footprint and context are linked to the public sources below.
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What the record tells us
TIME selected Walmart for its 2022 and 2025 TIME100 Companies lists. Fortune’s 2025 All-Stars page also places it among admired companies, though that programme remains under review in this project. These are editorial and reputation-list results, not three judged award wins. Walmart’s scale makes its recognition record interesting, while the page should keep list placements separate from awards decided through a category-based judging process.
Published recognition
Selected results
See published awards and company-list results 3 sources
- TIME100 Most Influential Companies · 2025View source
TIME100 Companies selection
Named by TIME editors among 105 businesses for company-specific influence, impact, innovation, ambition or success; analysis of the specific business case pending
- Fortune World's Most Admired Companies All-Stars · 2025View source
General Merchandisers
Overall All-Stars rank #8; published industry: General Merchandisers
- TIME100 Most Influential Companies · 2022View source
Titans
Investing in workers