Top 20 Global Chemical Companies by Revenue in 2025

Industrial Gases Linde plc announced its Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results. Q4 sales totaled $8.764 billion, up from $8.282 billion in the prior-year period. Q4 operating profit amounted to $2.018 billion, down from $2.27 billion year-on-year. Q4 net income stood at $1.53 billion, compared to $1.725 billion a year earlier. Full-year sales reached $33.986 billion, up from $33.005 billion in 2024. Full-year operating profit was $8.923 billion, versus $8.635 billion in 2024. Full-year net income totaled $6.898 billion, up from $6.565 billion in 2024. Air Liquide reported its 2025 financial results. Total annual revenue amounted to €26.94 billion (approximately $31.6 billion), down slightly from €27.058 billion in 2024. Group net income attributable to shareholders was €3.518 billion, up from €3.306 billion in 2024. Air Products & Chemicals reported first fiscal quarter results ended December 31, 2025. Quarterly sales totaled $3.103 billion, up from $2.932 billion year-on-year. Quarterly operating profit was $735 million, up from $644 million in the prior-year quarter. Net income attributable to the company was $678 million, up from $617 million year-on-year. Crop Science Syngenta Group announced its Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results. Q4 group revenue totaled $7.6 billion, up from $7.5 billion in the prior-year period. Of this, Syngenta Crop Protection generated $3.9 billion, Adama $1.0 billion, Syngenta Seeds $1.6 billion, and Syngenta Group China $1.8 billion. Q4 group EBITDA was $900 million, down from $1.1 billion year-on-year. Full-year group revenue totaled $28.4 billion, down from $28.8 billion in 2024. Full-year group EBITDA was $4.4 billion, up from $3.9 billion in 2024. Specifically, Syngenta Crop Protection generated $13.7 billion, Adama $4.1 billion, Syngenta Seeds $4.8 billion, and Syngenta Group China $8.3 billion. Bayer Group announced its 2025 financial results. Full-year group net sales totaled €45.575 billion, down from €46.606 billion in 2024. Full-year EBIT was a loss of €1.077 billion, widening from a loss of €71 million in 2024. Full-year net loss attributable to shareholders was €3.62 billion, up from a net loss of €2.552 billion in 2024. Within this, the Crop Science division achieved full-year net sales of €21.678 billion (approx. $25.4 billion) and an EBIT loss of €2.532 billion; the Pharmaceuticals division recorded net sales of €17.834 billion and EBIT of €3.127 billion; and the Consumer Health division posted net sales of €5.808 billion and EBIT of €912 million. Corteva, Inc. announced its Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results. Q4 net sales totaled $3.91 billion, down from $3.978 billion year-on-year. Q4 net loss attributable to the company was $552 million, compared to a net loss of $41 million in the prior-year quarter.

Young Consumers Reject 'Settling' When Choosing Restaurants — The 'Invisible Giant' Behind Restaurant Cleanliness Makes Another Move

As a global expert in food safety and public health with over a century of history[3], Ecolab consistently leverages its 'cleaning power' to help Chinese foodservice enterprises strengthen their operational foundations. According to the company, leveraging R&D capabilities across Greater China, it has developed nearly 20 products tailored to foodservice cleaning and disinfection needs. Its ReadyDose tablet series—covering all scenarios from back-of-house to front-of-house—has sold nearly 200 million tablets to date, effectively addressing industry-wide challenges such as high cleaning costs and difficulties in improving efficiency. Compared to traditional liquid products, ReadyDose tablets offer high-concentration formulations free of inactive ingredients, and their phosphate-free design underscores environmental advantages. Their tablet format enhances transportability and ease of use while reducing hazardous waste generation—making them safer, more eco-friendly, and more sustainable. For example, replacing Kay5 powder with ReadyDose tablets reduces outer carton dimensions by 70% and per-carton weight by 80%.[4] For restaurant operators, precise, pre-measured dosing simplifies operations, minimizes waste through accurate usage, and saves water by eliminating rinsing requirements. The 'one tablet, one use' design enables immediate dissolution and spraying upon opening—ensuring standardized cleaning procedures while maximizing operational efficiency and reducing labor costs. By substituting conventional aluminum-plastic roll film with a novel paper-aluminum laminate structure, Ecolab has reduced annual plastic consumption by over 50 metric tons. Through product-form innovation alone, Ecolab helps a single client reduce warehouse space by nearly 500 m³ annually—and correspondingly lower logistics costs.[4] Thanks to these innovations, the case study 'ReadyDose Tablets Drive the Green Revolution in Foodservice' won the 'Green Dot China · Green Shell Award 2024 for Sustainable Practice'. This product delivers breakthrough innovation across green product form, formulation design, environmental certifications, and packaging design—including official certification under China’s Ten-Ring Environmental Label—ensuring eco-friendliness across the entire value chain. It not only helps restaurants cut costs and boost efficiency while advancing industry sustainability, but also provides strong support for chain foodservice brands to resolve food-safety pain points, achieve green innovation transformation, and sustain healthy business growth—emerging as one of the key solutions to industry-wide sustainability challenges.[5] This year marks Ecolab’s 102nd anniversary globally and its 50th year of operation in Greater China. As a vital link in the food supply chain, Ecolab continues optimizing its own practices—selecting more environmentally friendly chemicals and packaging materials to minimize pollution. In alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, Ecolab aims to halve its carbon emissions and source 60% of its energy from renewables by 2030—and achieve net-zero carbon emissions and 100% renewable energy usage by 2050. Its outstanding ESG performance has earned broad recognition: Ecolab holds MSCI’s highest ESG rating—AAA—and has been included in Fortune China’s ESG Impact List for two consecutive years.[4] Multi-Dimensional Empowerment Beyond restaurant cleaning, foodservice and beverage enterprises must establish crisis-prevention 'firewalls' targeting common food-safety risk points. Ecolab’s holistic solutions include highly effective, regulatory-compliant chemicals; digital smart monitoring systems; professional pest control services; and comprehensive food-safety training and audit programs. At a major domestic resort and theme park, Ecolab’s integrated solution covers rides, restaurants, hotels, and public areas: customized front- and back-of-house cleaning protocols for park restaurants ensure food safety compliance; professional pest management includes round-the-clock monitoring and assessment—building outdoor defenses and controlling breeding sources in high-risk zones; and end-to-end food-safety audits help strengthen overall management systems.