Among the world's top 500 companies chosen by FORTUNE , 76 multinationals have made investment and funded 157 enterprises in TEDA. TEDA is also the zone with the highest rate of return on investment in China.

| Country |
Company name |
Rank order |
 |
The Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. |
5 |
| Mitsubishi Corporation |
130 |
| Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
140 |
| Itochu Corporation |
322 |
| Sumitomo Corporation |
236 |
| Marubeni Corporation |
201 |
| Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
40 |
| Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. |
72 |
| Nissho Iwai |
96 |
| Canon Inc. |
189 |
| The Daiei, Inc. |
353(Year 2005) |
| Denso Corporation |
212 |
| Toyota Tsusho |
209 |
| Aisin Seiki |
345 |
| Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. |
459 |
| Idemitsu Kosan |
262 |
| Bridgestone |
276 |
| SEKISUI |
486(Year 2005) |
| Nippon Yusen |
372 |
| NEC |
174 |
| Mitsubishi Chemical |
317 |
| Kyocera |
451 |
| NomuraSecurities |
443 |
| Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
470 |
 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
46 |
| Exxon Mobil |
2 |
| Altria Group |
190 |
| Motorola, Inc. |
200 |
| PepsiCo, Inc. |
184 |
| Honeywell, Inc. |
220 |
| The Coca-Cola Company |
403 |
| Emerson Electric Co. |
375 |
| Halliburton Co. |
286(Year 2005) |
| Deere & Company |
334 |
| Tyco International |
103(Year 2002) |
| Eastman Kodak |
447 |
| United Technologies |
123 |
| Emerson Electric |
375 |
| Chevron |
6 |
| AT&T |
29 |
| Bunge |
191 |
 |
Volkswagen AG, Germany |
18 |
| Robert Bosch |
101 |
| Thyssen Krupp |
89 |
| Continental |
376 |
 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
38 |
| Hyundai Motor Company |
82 |
| LG International Co. |
67 |
| Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. |
276(Year 2005) |
 |
Akzo Nobel |
455 |
| SHV Holdings |
404 |
 |
Flextronics International Ltd. |
292 |
 |
Alcatel Co. |
342 |
| The Lafarge Group |
333 |
| Schneider-Electric |
342 |
| Veolia |
153 |
 |
HSBC HOLDING |
20 |
| Standard Chartered |
390 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. |
151 |
 |
 |
57 |
| ABB Group |
258 |
Taiwan (China) |
Foxconn |
132 |