#5 General Electric

Brand value: $34.2 billion

1-year change: 2 percent

GE has been experiencing slow growth in recent years, but with its order backlog hitting a record $229 billion in the third quarter, U.S. orders rose by 18 percent. And despite the weak economy, they were up to 17 percent in Europe. The company, taking advantage of its role as an Olympic sponsor, generated $700 million in sales from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

#4 Google

Brand value: $47.3 billion

1-year change: 26 percent

Google, benefitting from its diversified range of Internet services and products generated more than $13 billion in the year 2012, before interest and taxes. The search giant generates revenue primarily from AdWords, an online advertising service. With Google Search being the most widely used search engine in the World Wide Web, it does everything to help add more revenue.

#3 IBM

Brand value: $50.7 billion

1-year change: 5 percent

IBM had its fair share of hard times in the 1990s, but it has since then reinvented itself and has emerged as a powerful name in the tech world as a software and services giant. The company has racked up the most U.S. patents for 20 years straight.

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