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Appendix 5A. The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2009
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Trends in the SIPRI Top 100
III. The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2009
Table 5A.1. Trends in arms sales of companies in the SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2002–2009
Table 5A.2. Regional and national shares of arms sales for the SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2009 compared to 2008
Table 5A.3. Change in arms sales of Russian companies in the SIPRI Top 100, measured in dollars and roubles, 2008–2009
Table 5A.4. The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies in the world excluding China, 2009
Summary
The SIPRI Top 100 list ranks the largest arms-producing companies in the world (outside China) according to their arms sales.
The 10 largest arms producing companies, 2009
| Company (country) |
Arms sales ($ m.) |
Profit ($ m.) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lockheed Martin | 33 430 | 3 024 |
| 2 | BAE Systems (UK) | 33 250 | –70 |
| 3 | Boeing | 32 300 | 1 312 |
| 4 | Northrop Grumman | 27 000 | 1 686 |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 25 590 | 2 394 |
| 6 | Raytheon | 23 080 | 1 976 |
| 7 | EADS (trans-Europe) | 15 930 | –1 060 |
| 8 | Finmeccanica (Italy) | 13 280 | 997 |
| 9 | L-3 Communications | 13 010 | 901 |
| 10 | United Technologies | 11 110 | 4 179 |
Companies are US-based, unless indicated otherwise. The profit figures are from all company activities, including non-military sales.
In general, the arms sales of companies in the Top 100 remained high in 2009. The total arms sales of the SIPRI Top 100 increased by $14.8 billion to reach $400.7 billion in 2009.
In 2009 for the first time a Kuwaiti company—the military services company Agility—entered the Top 100, at rank 34. The arms sales of some of the largest Russian arms producers fell, even as the Russian Government continued to invest in the industry.
National or regional shares of arms sales for the SIPRI Top 100 for 2009
| Region/ country |
No. of companies |
Arms sales ($ b.) |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 45 | 247.2 |
| Western Europe | 33 | 120.3 |
| Russia | 6 | 9.2 |
| Japan | 4 | 6.5 |
| Israel | 3 | 6.3 |
| India | 3 | 4.5 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1.9 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 2.5 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1.5 |
| Canada | 1 | 0.7 |
| Turkey | 1 | 0.6 |
| Total | 100 | 400.7 |
Figures refer to the arms sales of Top 100 companies headquartered in each country or region, including those of their foreign subsidiaries, not the sales of arms actually produced in that country or region.
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