The Financial Times is planning the seventh edition of the FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies ranking, to be published in March 2023.
In partnership with Statista, the German data provider, the FT will seek to identify the 1,000 European companies with the strongest revenue growth between 2018 and 2021. They will be featured in a special report in a weekday edition of the FT newspaper and on FT.com. Last year’s report can be found here.
To participate, you will need to provide your revenue figures for the years 2018-2021 as well as some additional information, including your company’s headcount at the end of those years.
Potential candidates will be contacted by Statista or can put their names forward now, via this website.
Why should my company participate?
NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Inclusion in the FT 1000 ranking is a visible and public acknowledgment of your company’s performance, which can focus attention on your business from potential partners, customers, and investors around the world.
EMPLOYER AWARENESS
Revenue growth usually results in a need for additional employees. Being featured in this high-profile ranking will not only increase awareness of you as an employer; it also gives potential employees an understanding of your company’s future potential.
MEDIA COVERAGE
The ranking will be covered in a special report: a supplement within a weekday edition of the FT newspaper and on FT.com. The full ranking will be published online and FT reporters will focus on interesting companies, sectors and trends in the articles within the special report.
REPUTATION AND MARKETING
All companies that make it into the list may use the award logo for marketing purposes¹.
ACCESS TO MORE THAN 1 MILLION FACTS
All participants that provide us with data on their revenues will receive a free two-week Statista corporate subscription trial — irrespective of whether or not they are among the top 1,000 companies.
¹ The use of the label and the word-and-image logo “FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2023” for marketing purposes is subject to a one-off payment of a licence fee. Inclusion in the ranking, however, is completely free of charge.
Who is eligible?
To be included in the ranking your company must meet the following criteria:
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Revenue of at least €100,000 generated in 2018¹
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Revenue of at least €1.5mn generated in 2021¹
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An independent entity (ie the company applying to participate is not a subsidiary or branch office of another company)
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Headquartered in Europe²
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Revenue growth between 2017 and 2020 that was primarily organic (ie “internally” stimulated rather than via acquisitions)
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No share price irregularities in the past 12 months³
¹ Non-euro countries: currency value equivalent as of 31/12/18 and 31/12/2021.
² Companies from these countries are eligible to participate: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
³FT and Statista reserve the right to exclude companies that have experienced share price irregularities in the past 12 months or any other event that could affect the credibility of the list. For example, companies may be excluded if their share price drops 25 per cent over that period. We may also change the criteria at any point during the project’s lifetime.
In addition, companies with three or fewer employees, or companies that are not a legal entity, will be subject to additional checks to verify their revenue numbers.
How do I register?
STEP ONE: ONLINE REGISTRATION
Please register with Statista online here, by November 30. Alternatively, you can download a registration form and send it to FT1000@statista.com upon completion (also available in Spanish via the links below).
STEP TWO: VERIFICATION OF REVENUE INFORMATION
Your revenue data needs to be verified. Please use one of the forms below for this purpose. The form must be signed in person by a managing director or a member of your executive committee (CEO or CFO). It must then be sent to Statista by email, fax, or mail — address details can be found on the form.
Online registration webpage: English / Spanish
Registration form PDF: English / Spanish
