Editorial policy
Billions / Trillions publishes what registries and regulatory filings state about companies. These are the rules every page follows. They are enforced by the software that builds the site, not left to habit; the methodology describes the mechanism step by step.
1. Every figure names its source
A number appears with the document it came from and the date it was retrieved. A figure we cannot attribute is not published. Where a source states nothing, the page shows Unknown rather than a plausible value.
2. Labels say what kind of claim you are reading
Each value is marked as a fact, an estimate, a recommendation or an assumption, and by where it comes from: reported in a filing, derived from a market, entered by an editor from a named document, or estimated. A reader should never be unsure whether a figure is a filing or a guess.
3. What is never estimated
Revenue, valuation, ownership, acquisitions and the people who run a company are published only from a source we may cite. We do not model, extrapolate or infer any of them. Market capitalisation appears nowhere, because no share price we may republish exists; a valuation shows only when a filing or an official document states it, verified and dated.
4. People are named only from filings
An officer is shown when the company’s own filing or announcement states the office, and after a second editor has checked it. We store the name, the office and the document, and nothing else about the person. Anyone named here may ask what is held and have it checked against the source; the privacy page says how.
5. Rankings are computed, not curated
A ranking orders companies by a stated figure on a stated date with the method published beside it. Nobody can pay to appear in one, move up one, or be left out of one.
6. Advertising is separate from content
Advertising is served by Google, labelled as advertising and set apart from the page in the advertising colour. It has no bearing on which companies appear, how they are ranked or what any page says. Editors do not see advertising revenue by company or page.
7. Corrections are made at the source
When a figure is wrong, the source record and the fact derived from it are corrected, so every page that used it changes together. A correction that alters a published figure is recorded on the corrections page. Report one from the contact page with the company, the figure and the document that states the right value.
8. Coverage is stated, not implied
We do not claim to list every company. The registries and filing systems we read, with their licences and what each contributes, are on the data and methodology page; a company page says when what it shows last changed.