The fifth annual Top Track 250 league table supplement was published in The Sunday Times on 11 October 2009, with title sponsor HSBC.

Top Track 250 ranks Britain's leading mid-market private companies, based on sales in their latest available audited accounts. It complements the Top Track 100 biggest private companies, and lists the next 250 biggest firms, provided they have increased turnover and made an operating profit in their latest year. Sales range from £153m to £592m.

Willmott Dixon, the Hertfordshire-based building firm, is the top company with sales of £592m. Other well-known names include Poundland, Flybe, Harvey Nichols, Arsenal and Manchester United football clubs, Sunseeker International and Virgin Active. See the press release.

The 2010 Top Track 250 league table will be published on 17 October.


Top 10 for 2009
Rank Company Sales £m
1 Willmott Dixon Group 592.4
2 Spire Healthcare 564.1
3 Odeon & UCI Cinema Group 548.1
4 Northgate Information Solutions 542.8
5 Murray International 542.4
6 flybe 535.9
7 Vasanta Group 517.2
8 Edwards 509.8
9 Watson Petroleum 500.1
10 CP Holdings 499.0
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