1. DID YOU KNOW?
of business value in the USA
is made up of intangible
assets, such as brand.
72
%
$1,000,000,000$1,000,000,000
BRAND VALUE
BY STATE
BRAND VALUE
BY SECTOR
BRAND FINANCE US 500:
Total Brands: 75
Total Brand Value: $422 billion
Total Brands: 61
Total Brand Value: $484 billion
2014
Total Value
Number of Brands
$105
$237
$837
$1,267
BILLION DOLLAR
BRANDS CLUB
$52.5
$53.5
$45.4
$62.8
$68.6
$45.1
$44.8
$33.7
$41.5
($ billion)
($ billion)
TOP 10 BRANDS
$104.7
Value of ‘Brand USA’ – the
most valuable nation brand in
the world
Combined value of all American
billion dollar brands - greater than
the GDP of the United Kingdom
Apple's brand value - more than
the cost of the Apollo Space
Program in today's dollars
$17.9TRILLION: $2.5 TRILLION: $105BILLION:
BRAND VALUE
BY SIZE
IN BRANDS
WE TRUST
1
4
40
455
>$100
>$50
>$10
>$1
I can make a whole lot more money
skillfully managing intangible assets
than managing tangible assets.
Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway
BRAND SHOWDOWN
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NEW YORK
CALIFORNIA
$104.7
$78.8
$52.5
$20.4
$20.8
$7.8
$53.5
$29.6
$30.2
$26.9
($ billion)
THE WORLDUSA V S
THE
#BillionDollarBrandsClub
52 Technology:
$547
72 Retail
& Apparel
$341
54 Financial Services:
$305
42 Telecoms & Media: $304
51 Food & Beverages: $212
37 Healthcare &
Beauty: $123
23 Oil & Gas: $96
9 Conglomerates: $83
11 Transportation
& Airlines: $62
14 Automotive: $60
31 Utilities: $58
14 Professional Services: $36
11 Pharma & Chemicals: $34
10 Aerospace & Defence: $33 69 Other: $152
22%
14%
12%
12%
9%
5%
3%
3%
2%
2%
1%
1% 1% 6%
TOTAL
BRAND VALUE
TRILLION
$2.5
4%
20%
17%