FX.co ★ Top 10 largest foreign companies in Russia by Forbes

1. Aushan, Atac
Sector: trading
Owner: Groupe Auchan, France
Revenue: 404 billion rubles.* (in Russia in 2016 in billions of rubles, revenues in other currencies were recalculated at average exchange rates for 2016).
The group of companies, run by the Mulliez family, entered the Russian market in 2002. In 2007, the company bought 12 Ramstore hypermarkets for €180 million from the Turkish Enka, in 2013 - 16 Real hypermarkets from the German Metro Group, which were integrated into the Auchan. Despite the leadership, the company's revenue decreased by 1% compared to 2015.

2. Metro Cash&Carry и MediaMarkt
Sector: trading
Owner: Metro Group, Germany
Revenue: 310 billion rubles.
Metro and Media Markt were in the same group until the summer of 2017, when they were divided. The rating was compiled for 2016, therefore the companies are listed as a single business structure. After the division Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist Group deals with small wholesale centers and Ceconomy - with shops of technology and electronics. At the same time, the companies implement joint projects "shop-in-shop". In theory, Media Markt will open in 84 shopping centers of Metro, where you will be able to buy electronics.

3. Toyota Motor
Sector: mechanical engineering
Owner: Toyota Motor, Japan
Revenue: 278 billion rubles.

In 2007, Toyota Motor opened the first factory for the production of passenger cars in St. Petersburg, releasing only Camry. In June 2015, there were mass cutbacks due to a drop in demand in the Russian automotive market, but in August 2016 the production of the second model, Toyota RAV4, started.

According to the company's report, the production of cars at the plant in St. Petersburg more than doubled in the eight months of 2017 and reached 44,493 cars.

4. JTI Russia
Sector: production and sale of tobacco products
Owner: Japan Tobacco International, Japan
Revenue: 276 billion rubles.
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) was formed when Japan Tobacco bought the R.J. Reynolds business. Among other business units, the Russian tobacco factory Petro also became the part of the company. Then in 2007 the company merged with the Gallaher Group, which included the Moscow tobacco factory Liggett-Duсat. Two years ago it was announced that the company planned to close it due to the fall of the domestic tobacco market on higher prices for cigarettes.

5. PMSM
Sector: production and sale of tobacco products
Owner: Philip Morris International, Switzerland
Revenue: 269 billion rubles.
Philip Morris International has three affiliated companies in Russia. Cigarettes of the brands Parliament, Marlboro, Chesterfield, L&M, Optima, Muratt are manufactured at enterprises in Krasnodar and Leningrad region. In September 2017, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that the Russian government plans to launch in 2018 a pilot project for the labeling of tobacco products. In the project, as planned, the factory Philip Morris International will also take part.

6. IKEA House, IKEA Mos, IKEA Torg
Sector: trading
Owner: IKEA, Sweden
Revenue: 198 billion rubles.
The company was founded by the 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 in Sweden. Today the network consists of 389 stores in 47 countries (70% are in Europe). The first IKEA store in Russia was opened in 2000 in Khimki. IKEA's estimated investment is $2.3 billion up to 2020. IKEA is the second company in the rating, whose revenues in Russia have decreased compared to 2015 (by 1%).

7. Volkswagen Group Rus
Sector: mechanical engineering
Owner: Volkswagen Group, Germany
Revenue: 191 billion rubles.
The Volkswagen car factory is located in Kaluga. It produces Volkswagen Polo sedan, Volkswagen Tiguan, and Skoda Rapid. Since 2012, it has been producing three models of cars at a car factory in Nizhny Novgorod by agreement with the GAZ Group. In 2016, the market share of the Volkswagen Group in Russia reached 11%. For the nine months of 2017, compared to the same period last year, sales increased by 17.9% to 62,094 vehicles.

8. Leroy Merlin East
Sector: trading
Owner: Leroy Merlin, France
Revenue: 188 billion rubles.
For the first time, the company entered the Russian market in 2004, opening the first store in Mytischi, the Moscow region. Today in Russia there are 60 stores in 25 regions. The company plans to increase the number of hypermarkets to 140. At the same time, Leroy Merlin stores open not only in cities with the population is over a million people, but also in cities with a smaller population.

9. ITMS
Sector: production and sale of tobacco products
Owner: British American Tobacco, the UK
Revenue: 182 billion rubles.

Founded in 1902, British American Tobacco is today the world's second-largest tobacco company after Philip Morris International. It owns the brands: Dunhill, Kent, State Express 555, Vogue, Dallas, Rothmans, John Player, Lucky Strike, Viceroy and a number of local brands, as well as a number of brands in Russia, including Java Golden.

The volume of revenue in Russia in 2016 increased by 31% compared with 2015. The share of Russian revenue is 14%.

10. PepsiCo Russia
Sector: food processing
Owner: PepsiCo, the USA
Revenue: 177 billion rubles.
In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev tried the drink at the first American national exhibition in the USSR. In 1974, PepsiCo enters the Russian market. The company operates not only in the segment of carbonated beverages. It also produces juices, energy and non-carbonated drinks, dairy products, chips and snacks. The company manages the brands: Lebedyansky, Wimm-Bill-Dann, Adrenaline Rush, Russkii Dar, Ja, Fruktovyi Sad, J7, Lyubimyi, Lay's, Cheetos, KhrusTeam, Domik v derevne, and Veselyi molochnik.