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EUROPE’S HOT GROWTH COMPANIES
THETOP100
HERE’S HOW WE RANK THEM.
BUSINESSWEEK and europe’s 500 entrepreneurs for growth, a Brussels organization that represents more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, have teamed up for the second year in a row to showcase the Top 100 fastest-growing companies of the annual Europe’s 500 list. ¶ While many of Europe’s blue chips are shedding thousands of workers, these small and mid-size companies are bulking up payrolls and posting healthy sales growth. To be ranked on Europe’s 500 list, a company must be based either in one of the 25 European Union member states or in Iceland, Norway, or Switzerland. A company must have been founded before 2002, have had at least 50 employees but no more than 5,000 at the beginning of 2001, and have shown profits at least once during a three-year reference period. Companies nominate themselves as candidates for the ranking. Both publicly listed and privately held companies are eligible. Below is a list of the Top 100 companies. To see all 500, go to www.businessweek.com/extras.
SALES 2004 (€ MIL.) % CHANGE SALES 2001-2004 JOBS CREATED 2001-2004 RANK COMPANY COUNTRY EMPLOYEES 2004 BIRCH INDEX BUSINESS SECTOR
1 Assystem † 2 Avion Group 3 CPL Resources † 4 Gameloft † 5 Sebeco 6 C1 Group 7
DCC †
France Iceland Ireland France Belgium Germany Ireland Britain Germany Germany Germany Britain Britain Britain Britain Italy Britain Germany Germany Britain
465.1 728.7 73.9 23.2 6.8 66.1 2700.0 210.9 128.7 67.9 1,995.0 1,401.6 97.2 163.5 245.8 250.0 240.0 2,016.6 471.6 98.2
320 373 111 582 278 831 33 380 12,770 170 35 699 73 100 156 67 127 99 1,587 161
6,571 3,200 2,000 722 704 566 4,700 1,338 484 1,446 8,150 2,220 1,292 7,552 2,500 2,000 3,065 3,910 1,127 2,300
4,847 2,700 1,728 664 648 520 2,652 1,086 445 1,141 3,240 1,564 1,035 3,048 1,675 1,400 1,703 1,898 858 1,400
18,142 17,280 12,706 8,266 8,146 6,398 6,086 5,766 5,523 5,409 5,378 5,293 5,203 5,111 5,076 4,667 3,832 3,688 3,595 3,578
Information Technology Services Transport & Logistics Personnel Recruitment Video Games Telemarketing Information Technology Services Sales, Marketing & Business Support Software for Healthcare Industry Solar Powered Technologies Sales and Marketing for Health-care Industry Auto Parts Travel Website Operations Support Systems for Telecom Personnel Recruitment Facilities Management Plastic Film Environmental Planning & Engineering Sports Footwear & Apparel Internet Service Provider Coffee Retailer
8 iSOFT Group † 9 Q-Cells † 10 Pharmexx 11 Brose Fahrzeugteile 12
Lastminute.com †
13 Intec Telecom Systems † 14 The Best Connection Group 15 Mears Group † 16 Nuova Pansac 17
RPS Group †
18 Puma † 19 freenet.de † 20 Caffè Nero Group †
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RANK COMPANY
COUNTRY
SALES 2004 (€ MIL.)
% CHANGE SALES 2001-2004
EMPLOYEES 2004
JOBS CREATED 2001-2004
BIRCH INDEX
BUSINESS SECTOR
21 Naturex † 22 Omega Pharma † 23 Actavis Group † 24 Holroyd Howe 25 Alumil Milonas † 26 Coloplast † 27 Sophos 29 I.K. Hofmann 30 New Wave Group † 31 QVC Deutschland 32 Europastry 33 Rangerplast 34 35 36 37
Sword Group † AT&S † Catch Communications †
France Belgium Iceland Britain Greece Denmark Britain
34.8 856.7 451.7 25.7 179.7 816.2 77.7 24.8 125.9 255.3 516.0 217.6 135.1 78.7 332.5 71.2 50.5 175.8 14.5 1,445.0 22.0 401.1 187.5 1,316.0 1,088.1 29.6 464.0 45.2 1,416.3 80.0 497.1 298.3 472.0 7.9 538.2 1,074.0 2,849.6 551.8 39.6 17.2
116 97 157 232 66 51 143 172 49 81 135 107 268 209 21 2,092 27 66 3,591 25 633 33 46 19 69 60,137 75 111 31 45 157 108 2,465 227 40 121 11 1,130 211 8,500
235 2,881 6,841 566 1,810 6,157 920 2,835 5,425 1,269 3,001 2,225 794 895 4,059 242 3,412 1,132 284 6,200 240 2,650 2,230 3,093 3,178 195 2,102 1,078 4,976 3,200 1,634 504 1,150 679 3,633 2,300 3,867 379 1,000 113
219 1,506 2,128 478 1,133 1,954 694 1,402 1,801 847 1,361 1,173 598 650 1,459 216 1,262 702 245 1,365 210 1,020 950 1,073 1,072 174 882 625 1,128 1,000 753 369 619 450 964 833 965 290 550 103
3,217 3,155 3,089 3,074 3,029 2,862 2,825 2,774 2,696 2,547 2,490 2,481 2,423 2,374 2,278 2,010 2,003 1,848 1,784 1,750 1,680 1,658 1,655 1,643 1,618 1,616 1,520 1,487 1,459 1,455 1,397 1,378 1,341 1,334 1,312 1,306 1,286 1,235 1,222 1,164
Natural Flavorings Over-the-Counter Medicines Generic Pharmaceuticals Food Service Aluminium Products Medical Equipment Computer Security Cleaning Services Personnel Recruitment Leisureware, Shoes & Accessories Teleshopping Frozen Baked Goods Auto Parts IT Consulting Printed Circuit Boards Broadband Operator Food Service Aluminium Products Facilities Management Autoparts Phone & Computer Repair Sporting Goods Chain Coaxial Connectors Food & Agri-Business Computer Hardware & Software Wholesaler Paid Internet Listings Ropeway Systems Fitness Clubs Supermarkets Security Services Specialty Chemicals Recreational Vehicles Insurance Cleaning Services Sensors for Industrial Applications Budget Airline Broadcast & Pay Television Homewares Retailer Restaurants Trading Technology for Financial Services October 24, 2005 | BusinessWeek | 71
28 Integrated Cleaning Management Britain
Germany Sweden Germany Spain Italy France Austria Norway
Catering International & Services † France
Belgium Britain Germany Netherlands Italy Germany Ireland Germany Britain Austria Britain Italy France Germany Italy Ireland Germany Germany Ireland France France Britain Netherlands
38 Aliplast 39 Covion Limited 40 Webasto 41 Dynafix Group 42 Cisalfa Sport 43 Rosenberger 44 IAWS Group † 45 Bechtle † 46 Espotting Media * 47 Doppelmayr Holding 48 Bannatyne Fitness 49 Bennet 50 Sécuritéfrance 51 H&R Wasag † 52 S.E.A. 53 QUINN-direct Insurance 54 Götz 55 SICK 56 57
Ryanair Holdings † Société Télévision Française1 †
58 Cap 3P 59 Loch Fyne Restaurants 60 MarketXS
EUROPE’S HOT GROWTH COMPANIES
RANK COMPANY COUNTRY SALES 2004 (€ MIL.) % CHANGE SALES 2001-2004 EMPLOYEES 2004 JOBS CREATED 2001-2004 BIRCH INDEX BUSINESS SECTOR
61 Marseille-Kliniken † 62 Adonix 63 Huntleigh Technology † 64
SDL †
Germany France Britain Britain France Britain Italy Britain Britain Britain Britain Greece Britain Italy Belgium Austria Germany Germany Britain Iceland Germany Greece Belgium France Britain Netherlands Germany Spain Britain Italy Germany Norway Greece Switzerland Spain Switzerland France Ireland Italy Denmark
200.0 92.3 280.7 88.6 20.0 311.5 335.0 17.1 98.8 148.3 39.6 404.3 342.4 88.1 28.0 1,481.0 36.0 203.0 1,037.9 59.2 301.4 233.3 128.6 796.6 147.2 79.8 439.5 101.5 149.4 678.2 216.0 236.2 232.8 272.1 717.9 623.9 150.0 2,145.7 719.6 93.3
19 102 13 86 86 2 54 120 60 5 218 38 27 79 229 12 64 41 74 364 48 155 19 7 33 57 95 61 70 28 23 132 118 81 42 70 47 8 355 23
4,380 930 2,530 1,310 260 2,000 3,309 855 1,222 950 450 2,187 1,350 1,472 450 5,314 759 1,900 4,977 362 1,919 800 1,424 4,456 1,252 1,235 736 1,490 1,134 3,973 1,650 890 852 1,104 2,492 1,970 1,073 2,979 2,108 2,964
910 510 780 603 210 700 808 475 570 500 314 689 563 572 301 769 409 600 717 251 569 400 508 656 472 465 369 490 443 607 499 396 388 431 544 504 412 543 504 539
1,149 1,129 1,128 1,117 1,092 1,077 1,069 1,069 1,068 1,056 1,039 1,006 966 936 909 899 887 877 838 819 809 800 790 769 758 746 740 730 727 716 715 713 712 707 696 677 669 664 662 659
Nursing Care & Rehabilitation Enterprise Software Medical Equipment Translation Software Video Games Broadcast Software Information Technology Services Food Service Business Support for Leisure, Car, and Retail Automotive Technology Internet Technology for Drug Development Metal Mining & Processing Aerospace Supplier Waste Management Health Clubs Equipment for Pulp, Paper & Steel Industries Call Centers & Business Support Information Technology Services Consumer Credit Information Technology Services Refrigeration & Air Cooling Maritime Transport Automation Systems Computer-Assisted Design Software Accounting & Finance Software Transport & Logistics Optical Storage Media Transport & Logistics Apparel & Accessories Retailer Auto Parts Heating Systems & Chimneys Plant Nurseries Computer & Office Supplies Dental Implants Animal Feed & Medicines Semiconductors Software for Financial Industry Fresh Produce Distributors Broadband Operator Personnel Recruitment
65 In-Fusio 66 NDS Group † 67 Engineering † 68 Hopkinson Catering 69
Christie Group †
70 Prodrive Holdings 71 Clinphone Group 72 S&B Industrial Minerals † 73 UMECO † 74 De Vizia Transfer 75 Passage Fitness 76 Andritz † 77 Bi-Log 78 msg systems 79 80
Cattles † Kögun †
81 Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau 82 Tsakos Energy Navigation † 83 Ipte † 84 85
Dassault Systèmes † Systems Union Group †
86 Heisterkamp Transport 87 Singulus Technologies † 88 Redur 89 90
Ted Baker † Brembo †
91 Kago-Kamine-Kachelofen 92 Plantasjen 93 Plaisio Computers † 94
Straumann Holding †
95 Corp. Alimentaria Guissona 96 Micronas Semiconductor † 97 GL Trade † 98 Fyffes † 99
Fastweb †
100 Juhler Holding
†Listed on Stock Exchange *Now called Miva Note: Data provided by Europe’s Entrepreneurs for Growth is not guaranteed by BusinessWeek for correctness or completeness. This material is not an offer to buy or sell any security. Companies are ranked on the basis of the David Birch Employee Growth Index. The index measures employment creation according to the following formula: The absolute difference in employment between the upper (end 2004) and the lower (end 2001) reference year, multiplied by employment in the upper reference year, divided by employment in the lower reference year.
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