2011 Buyout Track 100 supplement
The fifth annual Buyout Track 100 league table
supplement was published in The Sunday Times on 6 February
2011, with title sponsor Deloitte.
Over their latest two-year period, the companies increased their profits (EBITDA) an average of 48% a year from £691m to £1.4bn, created 16,198 jobs and now employ 90,909 staff.
27 of the companies had new private equity investors in the last 12 months, up from just 10 on last year's list.
Jack Wills, Dreams and YO! Sushi are among the household names on the league table. The No 1 company is online DVD rental provider LOVEFILM.com with profit growth of 284% a year to £16m in 2009, which is in the process of being bought for £200m by Amazon.
The Buyout Track '10 Biggest' ranks the ten private equity-owned companies with the fastest-growing profits above £50m. Pharmaceutical logistics provider Marken, backed by Apax Partners, topped the table with profit growth of 101% a year to £73m in 2009.
See the press releases.
The 2012 Buyout Track 100 league table will be published next February.
Over their latest two-year period, the companies increased their profits (EBITDA) an average of 48% a year from £691m to £1.4bn, created 16,198 jobs and now employ 90,909 staff.
27 of the companies had new private equity investors in the last 12 months, up from just 10 on last year's list.
Jack Wills, Dreams and YO! Sushi are among the household names on the league table. The No 1 company is online DVD rental provider LOVEFILM.com with profit growth of 284% a year to £16m in 2009, which is in the process of being bought for £200m by Amazon.
The Buyout Track '10 Biggest' ranks the ten private equity-owned companies with the fastest-growing profits above £50m. Pharmaceutical logistics provider Marken, backed by Apax Partners, topped the table with profit growth of 101% a year to £73m in 2009.
See the press releases.
The 2012 Buyout Track 100 league table will be published next February.
![]() |
![]() |

| Title sponsor: |
![]() |
| for all 5 years |
Main sponsors: |
![]() |
| for all 5 years |
![]() |
| for 1 year |
| Full supplement | |
| Research report | |
| Buyout Track 100 logos |




