We talk about blockchain with many of our potential clients and investors. And the same question keeps coming up: who are the top blockchain companies? The answer to this question can vary a lot. How do you define the top companies? Is it market share? Or team size? Or investor interest? Or potential? Or technology contribution? Are we talking globally? Or by country? Or, maybe, by industry?
We decided to collect a few top blockchain companies lists in this blog post, so that we could use it as a reference when we answer the question.
50 largest public companies exploring blockchain
Forbes published 50 largest public companies exploring blockchain last year. Not surprisingly, these are not blockchain-only companies. So for each of those the article provides a brief description of what they are doing with blockchain.
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- China Construction Bank Corporation
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- Agricultural Bank of China
- Bank of America
- Wells Fargo & Company
- Apple Inc.
- Bank of China Ltd.
- Ping An Insurance Company
- Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
- Toyota Motor Corp.
- Samsung Electronics Co.
- BNP Paribas SA
- Microsoft Corporation
- Allianz SE
- Alphabet Inc.
- Walmart
- Daimler AG
- Banco Santander
- AXA Group
- Comcast Corporation
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Pfizer
- Sberbank Russia
- Nestle
- Intel Corporation
- Morgan Stanley
- Siemens AG
- Amazon.com Inc.
- ING Group
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
- Prudential
- Ford Motor Company
- IBM
- Walt Disney Company
- Prudential Financial
- Facebook, Inc.
- MetLife, Inc.
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
- AIA Group
- Tencent Holdings Ltd
- Oracle Corporation
- BHP Billiton Limited
- Mizuho Financial Group
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
- American Express Company
Top blockchain companies by investor interest
Investing News Network picked the following companies as the top of the stock investor interest list.
- Atlas Blockchain Group
- BLOCKstrain Technology
- Cobalt Blockchain
- DMG Blockchain Solutions
- DigitalX
- Global Gaming Technologies
- HIVE Blockchain
- Interbit
- Kontrol Energy
- Marathon Patent Group
- Northern Bitcoin
- Overstock.com
- RESAAS Services
Additionally, EU Startups lists the following 10 most promising blockchain startups in Europe.
- Bitcliq
- Legal Nodes
- Neufund
- Authenteq
- Lendonomy
- Ambrosus
- CargoX
- Colendi
- ODEM
- Fieldcoin
Other resources
Here are a few other resources that provide lists, analytics and coverage of blockchain technology and companies.
Top blockchain startups by industry
Ignite published the list of 50+ leading blockchain startups to watch for 2019, grouped by industry.
- Healthcare
- BurstIQ, Inc.
- Shivom
- Bodyo
- Insurance
- Nexus Mutual
- Fidential
- B3i
- Real Estate
- SafeChain
- Propy
- BrikBit
- Supply Chain
- BlockVerify
- Omnichain
- CircularTree
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Filament
- Xage
- TWO IoT
- Logistics
- CargoX
- ShipChain
- PAKET
- Banking
- Bitt
- Stellar
- BABB
- Finance
- Debitum Network
- Omisego
- TradeIX
- FinTech
- Rate3
- CULedger
- Equi Capital
- Identity
- Nuggets
- Civic
- Authenteq
- Energy
- LO3 Energy
- Greeneum
- ImpactPPA
- Retail
- Lolli
- Beam
- Shopin
- Smart Contracts
- SMRT
- Zilliqa
- Treon
- Ethereum
- Bancor
- Consensys
- Augur
- Legal
- Legaler
- Openlaw.io
- Integra Ledger
- Music
- Choon
- Audius
- Tracer
- Food
- Ripe.io
- FoodCoin
- SynchroLife
Top blockchain companies by patents count
According to the PatentVue these are the companies with the most blockchain patents.
- Bank of America
- IBM
- Mastercard
- Fidelity
- Coinbase
- World Award Foundation
- World Award Academy
- AMobilePay Inc.
- TD Bank
- 402 Technologies S.A.
- Accenture
- Dell
More information on the blockchain patent landscape is available here and here.
Top blockchain-related stocks
Here’s another Forbes list of the top 5 blockchain-related stocks (for 2019), complete with the analysis of the blockchain strategy for each.
- IBM
- Alibaba Group
- Fujitsu
- Mastercard
- ING Groep
Did we miss anything?
Do you know of any other lists or categorizations that we missed? Please do let us know and we’ll update this collection