The company had 4,400 permanent employees in 2007, and the number of employees rose to around 66,500 by 2018. At the company u. a. Yahoo and Softbank involved. Sales on Alibaba Group's Chinese retail platforms totaled over 4.8 trillion yuan ($677 billion) in 2017.
In the Forbes Global 2000 of the world's largest companies, the Alibaba Group ranks 59th (as of 2019). Alibaba had a market value of approximately USD 500 billion in mid-2018, making it one of the world's financially strongest companies.
Market capitalization of Alibaba (BABA)
Market cap: $201.59 Billion
As of May 2023 Alibaba has a market cap of $201.59 Billion. This makes Alibaba the world's 50th most valuable company by market cap according to our data. The market capitalization, commonly called market cap, is the total market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares and is commonly used to measure how much a company is worth.
Market cap history of Alibaba from 2014 to 2023
End of year Market Cap
| Year | Market cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $201.59 B | -13.56% |
| 2022 | $233.22 B | -29.47% |
| 2021 | $330.67 B | -49% |
| 2020 | $648.31 B | 13.55% |
| 2019 | $570.94 B | 61.96% |
| 2018 | $352.53 B | -20.32% |
| 2017 | $442.42 B | 101.54% |
| 2016 | $219.52 B | 8.24% |
| 2015 | $202.80 B | -21.55% |
| 2014 | $258.53 B |
End of Day market cap according to different sources
On May 30th, 2023 the market cap of Alibaba was reported to be:
Market capitalization for similar companies or competitors
| Name | Market cap | Market cap differencediff. | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
 Amazon AMZN | $1.248 T | 519.21% | 🇺🇸 USA |
 eBay EBAY | $23.32 B | -88.43% | 🇺🇸 USA |
 Sohu.com SOHU | $0.38 B | -99.81% | 🇨🇳 China |
 Overstock.com
OSTK | $0.85 B | -99.57% | 🇺🇸 USA |