EUROPE'S HOT GROWTH COMPANIES 2004 Europe's 500 Scoreboard BusinessWeek and Europe's Entrepreneurs for Growth, a Brussels-based organization that represents more than 3,000 entrepreneurs, have teamed up to create a listing of Europe's high-growth, job-creating companies. To be ranked on the Europe's 500 list, companies must be based either in one of the 15 core European Union member states or in Iceland, Norway, or Switzerland. An entrepreneur must own a minimum equity stake in the company, but no single shareholder can own a stake of more than 50%. Companies must also have been founded before 2001, have at least 50 employees in the year 2003 and a maximum of 5,000 in the year 2000, and show profits at least once during a three-year reference period. Companies nominate themselves as candidates for the ranking.
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Click twice to reorder from lowest to highest. 1 CITY REFRIGERATION HOLDINGS Britain Industrial Goods 324 553 6,280 7,217 48,370 2 KRAAMZORG NEDERLAND Netherlands Consumer Services 14 6,340 420 430 18,060 3 BAKKAVÖR GROUP Iceland Consumer Goods 207 513 1,775 2,051 13,190 4 ESPOTTING MEDIA Britain IT Services 36 65,887 171 175 7,481 5 OMEGA PHARMA Belgium Industrial Goods 739 315 1,889 2,575 7,091 6 CPL RESOURCES Ireland Management Services 52 156 1,166 1,406 6,831 7 THE BEST CONNECTION GROUP Britain Management Services 137 114 2,903 5,993 5,630 8 LA FITNESS Britain Consumer Services 99 340 1,600 2,300 5,257 9 BRITISH SEAFOOD Britain Consumer Goods 256 752 326 350 4,754 10 CATERING INTERNATIONAL & SERVICES France Management Services 58 143 1,943 3,349 4,628 11 MERCURY HOLDINGS Ireland Construction & Real Estate 310 104 1,581 2,500 4,301 12 PHARMEXX SALES & MARKETING INTELLIGENCE Germany Management Services 48 175 714 857 4,279 13 CRESTON Britain Management Services 44 1,023 227 241 3,908 14 INDUS HOLDING Germany Management Services 706 35 2,084 4,727 3,727 15 LASTMINUTE.COM Britain Consumer Services 191 444 917 1,224 3,656 16 HEXAL Germany Biotech & Life Sciences 1,110 75 2,255 5,890 3,654 17 ARUP GROUP Britain Management Services 593 44 2,266 7,000 3,351 18 BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE Germany Industrial Goods 1,925 36 2,200 7,100 3,188 19 ALIPLAST Belgium Industrial Goods 151 61 731 952 3,149 20 CAFFE NERO GROUP Britain Consumer Services 75 218 1,100 1,700 3,117 21 EUROPASTRY Spain Industrial Goods 200 117 1,160 2,000 2,762 22 EUROFINS SCIENTIFIC France Biotech & Life Sciences 169 228 1,147 2,117 2,503 23 RANGERPLAST Italy Industrial Goods 67 146 532 697 2,247 24 APETITO Germany Consumer Goods 478 66 1,629 6,463 2,178 25 SURTECO Germany Biotech & Life Sciences 355 84 1,001 1,941 2,067 26 RPS GROUP Britain Management Services 187 117 1,021 2,083 2,003 27 DOPPELMAYR HOLDING Austria Industrial Goods 418 58 1,030 2,130 1,994 28 DORMA HOLDING Germany Industrial Goods 663 34 1,397 5,590 1,862 29 WINCOR NIXDORF Germany Communications & Electronics 1,440 8 1,350 5,000 1,849 30 ALUMIL MILONAS - ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY Greece Industrial Goods 135 60 772 1,352 1,800 31 H&R WASAG Germany Biotech & Life Sciences 211 381 723 1,215 1,785 32 SICK Germany Industrial Goods 495 43 1,188 3,568 1,781 33 INTEGRATED CLEANING MANAGEMENT Britain Management Services 178 148 924 1,947 1,759 34 SDL Britain Management Services 97 117 695 1,174 1,703 35 SOPHOS Britain IT Services 62 179 415 550 1,691 36 HOPKINSON CATERING Britain Consumer Services 12 119 486 700 1,590 37 STORY CONSTRUCTION Britain Construction & Real Estate 45 129 375 492 1,577 38 AVL LIST Austria Industrial Goods 446 46 1,050 3,150 1,575 39 GÖTZ-GEBÄUDEMANAGEMENT WEST Germany Consumer Services 7 575 437 606 1,567 40 MARQUARD & BAHLS Germany Industrial Services 432 22 830 1,771 1,562 41 INFORM P. LYKOS Greece Management Services 80 40 695 1,255 1,558 42 BANNATYNE FITNESS Britain Consumer Services 42 208 541 829 1,557 43 PC-WARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Germany IT Services 464 338 480 700 1,527 44 SLIGRO FOOD GROUP Netherlands Consumer Goods 1,356 73 978 2,747 1,519 45 ISOFT GROUP Britain IT Services 138 438 418 580 1,497 46 WEBASTO Germany Industrial Goods 1,358 23 1,181 5,779 1,484 47 TRIMET ALUMINIUM Germany Industrial Services 454 85 687 1,341 1,409 48 UNITED INTERNET Germany IT Services 415 114 1,040 4,032 1,401 49 WANDERER WERKE Germany Management Services 445 36 990 3,430 1,392 50 CATTLES Britain Financial Services 911 85 1,059 4,952 1,347 51 UMWELTKONTOR RENEWABLE ENERGY Germany Agriculture, Mining, Utilities 150 72 244 300 1,307 52 MARSEILLE-KLINIKEN Germany Consumer Services 190 1,118 975 4,122 1,277 53 BECHTLE Germany IT Services 792 62 835 2,515 1,250 54 S & T SYSTEM INTEGRATION & TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTION Austria IT Services 209 80 609 1,208 1,228 55 HUNTLEIGH TECHNOLOGY Britain Industrial Goods 282 37 790 2,330 1,195 56 RESOLUTION SECURITY Britain Consumer Services 33 86 494 846 1,187 57 BUW UNTERNEHMENSGRUPPE Germany Management Services 30 6 512 912 1,167 58 ADONIX France IT Services 65 44 510 930 1,129 59 NEW WAVE GROUP Sweden Industrial Goods 207 77 468 806 1,116 60 CORPORACIÓN ALIMENTARIA GUISSONA Spain Agriculture, Mining, Utilities 530 11 758 2,458 1,096 61 INFOCARE Norway IT Services 81 129 478 848 1,096 62 ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK Germany Communications & Electronics 144 32 647 1,687 1,050 63 CLINPHONE GROUP Britain Biotech & Life Sciences 31 327 236 306 1,032 64 INTEC TELECOM SYSTEMS Britain Communications & Electronics 76 150 391 630 1,031 65 CCC ZORG Netherlands Consumer Services 6 1,467 161 191 1,025 66 PRODRIVE HOLDINGS Britain Transport & Logistics 188 119 484 920 1,021 67 CISALFA SPORT Italy Industrial Goods 283 16 666 1,977 1,004 68 ÖSSUR Iceland Biotech & Life Sciences 77 104 383 620 1,002 69 HOME ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION Britain Consumer Goods 182 104 650 2,037 955 70 SOITEC France Communications & Electronics 88 103 315 471 951 71 UJG Netherlands Communications & Electronics 12 356 165 200 943 72 VM MATERIAUX France Industrial Goods 404 51 626 1,894 935 73 PERTEMPS GROUP Britain Management Services 517 68 594 1,646 929 74 SALZBURGER ALUMINIUM Austria Industrial Goods 210 50 443 849 926 75 NORTHGATE Britain Consumer Services 508 55 589 1,666 911 76 INSPECS Britain Industrial Goods 24 190 195 250 886 77 DEVOTEAM France IT Services 126 90 550 1,450 886 78 DCC Ireland IT Services 2,198 18 712 3,768 878 79 COSMO Italy Consumer Services 95 56 250 350 875 80 S.E.A. SOCIETA EUROPEA AUTOCARAVAN Italy Industrial Goods 254 197 296 448 872 81 WATERMAN GROUP Britain Management Services 92 79 500 1,200 857 82 FORMULA SERVIZI SOCIETÀ COOPERATIVA A RESPONSABILITÀ LIMITATA Italy Industrial Services 28 33 513 1,291 851 83 BUSINESS & DECISION France IT Services 53 196 353 606 846 84 SÉCURITÉFRANCE France Security 73 49 640 2,800 830 85 KINGSPAN GROUP Ireland Construction & Real Estate 784 18 653 3,102 827 86 SCANFIL Finland Communications & Electronics 275 52 530 1,580 798 87 CATCH COMMUNICATIONS Norway IT Services 32 52,636 104 120 780 88 DE VIZIA TRANSFER Italy Agriculture, Mining, Utilities 80 20 500 1,400 778 89 RODL & PARTNER Germany Management Services 147 58 580 2,300 776 90 ADVANCED PROCESSING Britain Consumer Services 12 179 216 300 771 91 OPIN KERFI GROUP Iceland IT Services 135 116 321 551 769 92 FORMEL D - PARTNER FÜR TECHNIK UND DOKUMENTATION Germany Industrial Services 50 71 350 650 758 93 CENTRAL TRUST Britain Financial Services 76 309 241 354 755 94 STATER Netherlands Financial Services 72 81 314 553 727 95 EBISCOM Italy Communications & Electronics 529 1,148 480 1,480 710 96 ITWAY Italy IT Services 61 76 156 201 697 97 PALFINGER Austria Industrial Goods 334 6 534 2,293 696 98 SOCIETA ESECUIZIONE LAVORI IDRAULICI (SELI) Italy Construction & Real Estate 123 87 241 371 688 99 MA POTTERS Britain Consumer Services 17 197 254 412 662 100 TYPSA Spain Industrial Services 78 81 398 1,054 639 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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