A logo is an essential factor in the marketing of a company. Here are 10 logos of some of the most successful corporations in the world. All are symmetrical, perhaps this has something to do with their effectiveness?

  1. McDonald’s

    It is the world’s largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. More recently, it also offers salads, fruit, snack wraps, and carrot sticks.
    The business began in 1940. The introduction of the “Speedee Service System” in 1948 established the principles of the modern fast-food restaurant.
    With successful expansions of McDonald’s internationally, the company has become a symbol of globalization.

  2. Mercedes-Benz

    Mercedes-Benz is a German brand name of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It was born on June 28, 1926, when two companies, Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG), the inventors of the automobile, merged.
    Karl Benz is credited as the inventor of the first “true” automobile (patented in 1886).
    Mercedes-Benz is now the brand name applied to the models of one of the premier automotive manufacturers in the world.

  3. Toyota

    Toyota is a Japanese multinational corporation and the world’s largest automaker, by sales revenue, as of 2007. The company was founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spin-off from his father’s company Toyota Industries to create automobiles.
    It created its first product, the Type A engine in 1934, and its first passenger car, the Toyota AA, in 1936.
    It is headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. It also manufactures robots, in addition to automobiles.

  4. Malaysia Airlines

    Malaysia Airlines is the national airline of Malaysia, operating scheduled services to over 100 destinations worldwide. Its main base is Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
    It is one of only five airlines in the world to have been awarded a 5-star rating by Skytrax, along with Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines.

  5. BMW

    Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. BMW is the parent company of the MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands.
    The blue-and-white roundel BMW logo, which is still used, alludes to the white and blue checkered flag of Bavaria. It is often said to symbolize a spinning white propeller on a blue-sky background, although this interpretation developed after the logo was already in use.
    It was founded on July 21, 1917.

  6. Audi

    Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99.7%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1964.
    The company evolved from Auto Union, NSU, Horch and DWK the former having incorporated the historic Audi company which was originally founded in 1910.
    Audi’s German tagline is “Vorsprung durch Technik,” meaning “Advancement Through Technology,” implying an advantage because of superior technology.

  7. Mitsubishi

    The Mitsubishi Group is a Japanese conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses, which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark, and legacy.
    The Mitsubishi group of companies form a loose entity, the Mitsubishi Keiretsu. A keiretsu refers to a collaborative group of integrated companies with extensive share crossholdings, personnel swaps and strategic co-operation. The top 29 companies are also members of the Mitsubishi Kin’yōkai(Friday Club).

  8. Rolex

    Rolex SA is a Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches and accessories renowned for their quality and prestige, as well as their cost. Rolex watches are instantly recognizable status symbols.
    It is the largest single luxury watch brand.
    It was founded in 1905 by the German Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law, Alfred Davis.

  9. Motorola

    Motorola Inc. is an American multinational communications company.
    The name Motorola was adopted in 1947, but the word had been used as a trademark since the 1930s. Founders Paul Galvin and Joe Galvin came up with the name Motorola when his company started manufacturing car radios.
    Many of Motorola’s products have been radio-related. The company also makes semiconductor technology, including integrated circuits used in computers. It has been the main supplier for the microprocessors used in Commodore Amiga, Apple Macintosh and Power Macintosh personal computers.

  10. Olympics

    The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad).
    The original Olympic Games began in 776 BCE in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until CE 393. Since the first modern games in Athens, Greece, participation in the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly all nations worldwide.
    With the improvement of satellite communications and global telecasts of the events, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters.
    The most recent Summer Olympics were the 2004 Games in Athens and the most recent Winter Olympics were the 2006 Games in Turin.