Rank | Company | Location | Year end | Annual sales rise over 3 years | Latest sales £000s | Staff | Comment |
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1 | Chilly’s BottlesReusable bottle brand | Central London | Jul-19 | 284.01% | *31,471 | 15 | Name inspired by how the bottles can keep drinks cold and chilly, or hot like a chilli pepper |
2 | Junkyard Golf ClubMini golf course operator | Manchester | Mar-19 | 204.21% | *12,841 | 230 | Giant bears, fairground rides and scrapped cars all feature on its crazy golf courses |
3 | CurveWorkplace design and construction | Berkshire | Sep-19 | 186.16% | *9,241 | 16 | Designed an office with a star-shaped entrance and a racetrack carpet for children's charity Make-A-Wish |
4 | Performance54Golf marketing agency | Surrey | Apr-19 | 181.13% | *6,190 | 16 | The number '54' represents the perfect round of golf; 18 birdies |
5 | Xpress CentresCar repair services | Banbury | Jul-19 | 178.24% | *5,633 | 65 | Carries out 15,000 bodywork repairs per year in supermarket car parks |
6 | MissomaOnline jewellery brand | West London | Mar-19 | 165.91% | *11,991 | 43 | The brand is popular among younger royals including the Duchess of Sussex |
7 | OoniPizza oven manufacturer | Edinburgh | Dec-18 | 148.13% | *9,987 | 28 | Says its Koda oven can reach a temperature of 500 degrees celsius and cook a pizza in 60 seconds |
8 | Evergen GroupSolar panel installer | Maidenhead | May-19 | 142.97% | *9,299 | 25 | Installed a CityTree, an anti-pollution device equivalent to 275 trees, at Piccadilly Circus |
9 | Childs FarmChildren's toiletries maker | Hampshire | Dec-18 | 142.72% | 12,818 | 28 | Its products are now available in more than 7,500 stores nationwide and launched in New Zealand this August |
10 | GymsharkFitness clothing retailer | Solihull | Jul-19 | 141.26% | *179,546 | 300 | Has launched a “try now, pay later” service in the UK and Scandinavia |
11 | One Retail GroupConsumer products retailer | Northwest London | Dec-18 | 136.64% | 25,420 | 11 | Founder Joshua Stevens learned Mandarin during his commute to negotiate better with suppliers |
12 | Warner’s DistilleryGin distillery | Northamptonshire | Dec-18 | 131.13% | *10,859 | 34 | Claims to have started the recent pink gin craze when it created its rhubarb gin |
13 | Oh PollyOnline fashion retailer | Glasgow | Apr-19 | 124.07% | *21,380 | 168 | Founders Claire Henderson and Mike Branney met while they were studying aeronautical engineering |
14 | Prodigi GroupDigital printing | Cardiff | Mar-19 | 123.55% | 17,861 | 80 | A live snake once accidentally found its way into one of its deliveries |
15 | Bluefin TradingSports equipment supplier | West Yorkshire | Dec-18 | 121.81% | †*6,672 | 10 | This firm’s HQ is a farm in the West Yorkshire Pennines, 1,200ft above sea level |
16 | StrathberryLuxury handbag designer | Edinburgh | Apr-19 | 118.07% | *11,825 | 40 | Founders met at a wedding, got married and started a business together |
17 | Missy EmpireOnline fashion retailer | Manchester | Mar-19 | 115.30% | *13,864 | 45 | Has clothing collaborations with reality TV stars from Made in Chelsea and Love Island |
18 | Brisant SecureLock and hinge manufacturer | West Yorkshire | Dec-18 | 111.27% | *8,783 | 40 | A harrowing burglary experience prompted the creation of the firm’s Ultion door lock |
19 | Sleek EventsEvents agency | Southwest London | Jul-19 | 110.00% | *7,676 | 10 | Founder and first employee worked out of her kitchen for first two years after company was set up |
20 | CField ConstructionConstruction contractor | Central London | Dec-18 | 98.66% | 67,545 | 55 | Has commenced work on the conversion of a grade II listed Cornish jail into a luxury hotel |
21 | Otto CarCar-hire provider | West London | Mar-19 | 97.08% | *12,078 | 50 | Expanded its fleet of hire cars from one to 2,000 in four years |
22 | BoxparkRetail and leisure developer | Brighton | Apr-19 | 96.02% | *12,800 | 110 | Grime artist Stormzy launched his 2017 album Gang Signs & Prayer at Boxpark Croydon |
23 | ImproveasyEnergy efficiency consultancy | Manchester | Mar-19 | 95.96% | *11,928 | 23 | Says it has contracts with five of the Big Six energy companies |
24 | Candour LogisticsLogistics services provider | Warrington | Mar-19 | 93.07% | *56,437 | 17 | Ships goods ranging from dog toys to timber across the world |
25 | Northern Gas and PowerEnergy management consultancy | Gateshead | Dec-18 | 92.85% | 29,616 | 285 | Offers staff an annual holiday in Majorca and December off if they meet targets |
26 | VashiDiamond jewellery retailer | Central London | Dec-18 | 90.95% | 20,666 | 55 | Customers can customise, forge, set and engrave their own diamond rings at its workshops |
27 | Lusso StoneLuxury bathroom retailer | Middlesbrough | Sep-19 | 89.70% | *12,563 | 12 | Its baths, sinks and showers can be found in high-end hotels such as Claridge’s in Mayfair |
28 | Cult BeautyOnline beauty retailer | Central London | May-19 | 86.95% | *89,000 | 140 | Launched a female sexual pleasure and wellness range to celebrate International Women’s Day |
29 | Tarquin’s Cornish GinGin distillery | Cornwall | Mar-19 | 85.30% | *5,103 | 27 | Founder Tarquin Leadbetter started making gin on his home cooker aged 23 |
30 | Velocity CommerceOnline marketplace specialist | Cambridge | Dec-18 | 83.87% | *16,744 | 26 | Also designs digital radios that it names after Cambridge colleges |
31 | Super 8 RestaurantsRestaurant group | East London | Jul-19 | 83.19% | *7,214 | 114 | Its Kiln restaurant, in London’s Soho, focuses on clay-baked Thai dishes |
32 | Stiltz LiftsHome lift manufacturer | West Midlands | Dec-18 | 81.66% | 18,991 | 162 | Its Trio lift can fit three people or a wheelchair and is designed for installation in private homes |
33 | HalalBookingSpecialist online travel agency | Reading | Dec-18 | 81.13% | *17,632 | 49 | This year, over 100,000 holidaymakers stayed in accommodation booked on this company's website |
34 | Midstream LightingSpecialist lighting manufacturer | Southwest London | Jan-19 | 78.24% | 5,044 | 14 | Its floodlights are used at more than 100 international airports, including Gatwick, Istanbul and Bangalore |
35 | Revolution BeautyBeauty products retailer | Kent | Dec-18 | 76.66% | 112,621 | 180 | Following its launch in Australia, fans queued up for hours to buy its new beauty products |
36 | AerFinAircraft and spares services | Caerphilly | Dec-18 | 76.54% | 84,365 | 101 | Opened a new aircraft parts storage and distribution centre in Atlanta this April to expand its US presence |
37 | Real Wrap Co.Food-to-go manufacturer | Bristol | Mar-19 | 76.53% | *9,077 | 171 | Produces over 13m sandwiches and meals each year across the UK |
38 | Eden MillDistillery and brewery | St Andrews | Mar-19 | 74.20% | *7,773 | 51 | First single malt whisky sold for a world record price of £7,100 for a first release |
39 | GrenadeSports nutrition brand | Solihull | Dec-18 | 72.78% | *44,169 | 48 | Says its Carb Killa protein bars are the UK’s second bestselling chocolate bar |
40 | Phoenix CellularMobile phone distributor | Crewe | Oct-19 | 72.28% | *56,000 | 65 | Sells about 30,000 used phones a month to European networks, insurance firms and wholesalers |
41 | Sherbet LondonTaxi fleet operator | North London | Dec-18 | 71.69% | 6,571 | 30 | Its luxury electric taxis come with card machines, charging ports and WiFi |
42 | Character.comBranded clothing retailer | Swansea | Jul-18 | 70.90% | *19,090 | 38 | Products range from Star Wars stormtrooper backpacks to Peppa Pig dressing gowns |
43 | TransmissionMarketing agency | East London | Dec-18 | 68.25% | *17,392 | 60 | Opened three overseas offices in January, in San Francisco, Singapore and Sydney |
44 | Tropic SkincareBeauty products manufacturer | Croydon | Jun-19 | 66.71% | *34,943 | 160 | Founder Susie Ma started selling cosmetic products at Greenwich Market aged 15 |
45 | Mowgli Street FoodIndian restaurant chain | Liverpool | Jul-19 | 66.05% | 11,986 | 301 | Founder spent 20 years working as a child-protection barrister before opening her first restaurant |
46 | Charlotte Tilbury BeautyBeauty products retailer | West London | Dec-18 | 65.30% | 145,437 | 878 | Says its newest foundation had a waiting list of 10,000 ahead of its launch in August |
47 | CP HireConstruction equipment hire | Cardiff | May-19 | 64.90% | *12,719 | 90 | Began with £40,000 worth of construction equipment and now runs a fleet valued at £40m |
48 | TattuChinese restaurant chain | Manchester | Dec-18 | 63.97% | *8,673 | 170 | Opened its fourth venue in October, in Edinburgh, and plans to open in London next year |
49 | INSTAsmileDental veneer retailer | Merseyside | Sep-19 | 62.76% | *6,500 | 50 | Prints 3D models of customers’ teeth to create accurate veneers |
50 | Oxford Summer CoursesEducational course provider | Oxford | Sep-19 | 62.42% | *9,272 | 36 | Students from 112 countries have enlisted in its summer courses |
51 | Envisage DentalDental practice | Basingstoke | Mar-19 | 61.24% | *6,287 | 68 | Offers a sedation service for nervous patients with dental phobia |
52 | VPZVaping shop chain | Edinburgh | Dec-18 | 60.04% | 26,397 | 226 | Stocks a range of over 500 e-liquid flavours in its online shop, including ‘Darth Vapour’ |
53 | Highwood GroupConstruction contractor and developer | Hampshire | Feb-19 | 59.85% | 66,706 | 62 | There are currently 4,000 development plots under this group's control |
54 | Corley + WoolleyFit-out contractor | Central London | Dec-18 | 58.82% | 32,072 | 37 | Refurbished an entire shopping centre in Northampton while it was open and fully occupied |
55 | Braidwater GroupHousebuilder | Londonderry | Mar-19 | 58.28% | 34,904 | 65 | Growth capital firm BGF has invested three times in the past four years |
56 | The Resin MillSurfacing resin wholesaler | West Yorkshire | Dec-18 | 56.76% | *7,520 | 13 | Its School of Resin is a resin-bound surfacing academy with a practice driveway |
57 | BrewDogBrewery | Aberdeenshire | Dec-18 | 56.55% | 171,619 | 1,247 | Founders’ £100,000 pitch on Dragons’ Den was turned down in 2009; it would now be worth over £360m |
58 | Beavertown BreweryBrewery | North London | Mar-19 | 56.53% | *19,559 | 112 | Is the official craft beer supplier of the new Tottenham Hotspur stadium |
59 | ReassuredLife insurance broker | Basingstoke | Jan-19 | 56.31% | 37,811 | 411 | Says that it has sold over £46bn of life insurance policies, covering over 440,000 UK families |
60 | Gravity Active EntertainmentTrampoline park operator | West Yorkshire | Dec-18 | 56.11% | 9,797 | 302 | A trampoline park on The Real Housewives of Beverley Hills TV show gave the founder’s wife a brainwave |
61 | TwinklEducational resources provider | Sheffield | Apr-19 | 55.86% | *18,891 | 440 | Its website has over 625,000 educational resources, available in 18 languages |
62 | Plimsoll ProductionsTV show producer | Bristol | Aug-19 | 54.98% | *37,284 | 195 | A second series of its Yellowstone Live documentary aired in June after the first got 13m viewers |
63 | Flat IronSteak restaurant chain | Central London | Aug-18 | 54.59% | 14,477 | 234 | Bookable ‘butcher’s feasts’ serve 1kg rib-eyes and giant Yorkshire puddings |
64 | Task Consumer ProductsToilet paper manufacturer | Wolverhampton | Dec-18 | 54.08% | 45,822 | 63 | Its brands of kitchen and toilet paper include Little Duck, Cusheen and Maxx |
65 | Nurture LandscapesLandscape maintenance | Surrey | Mar-19 | 53.05% | 73,135 | 1,093 | Maintains three of London's Royal Parks – Richmond Park, Bushy Park and Greenwich Park |
66 | Marine ProductsFish processor and supplier | Glasgow | Dec-18 | 52.98% | 26,950 | 150 | Its logo of the gannet bird symbolises a fellow fisher with respect for the sea |
67 | END.Designer menswear retailer | Newcastle upon Tyne | Mar-19 | 52.55% | 134,658 | 464 | Boasts more than 2.4m followers across its social media platforms |
68 | OMG How CheapOnline stationery retailer | Colchester | Feb-19 | 52.21% | *7,127 | 32 | Stationery salesman David Field founded his own company after being made redundant in 2011 |
69 | Needle & ThreadWomenswear designer | Northwest London | Mar-19 | 51.85% | 13,576 | 74 | Net-a-Porter, Harrods and Moda Operandi stock this womenswear label |
70 | Green ParkRecruitment consultancy | Central London | Jan-19 | 51.50% | 90,107 | 66 | Has placed interim senior executives in more than 55 countries |
71 | ExceedWell management and engineering | Aberdeen | Feb-19 | 51.28% | 20,748 | 43 | Has helped decommission over 120 wells in the North Sea in the past three years |
72 | VetCTVeterinary radiology services | Cambridge | Jul-19 | 50.86% | *6,300 | 100 | Married owners first met at an animal hospital and now run their own veterinary company together |
73 | Red IndustriesWaste management provider | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Dec-18 | 50.51% | 23,832 | 180 | Founder walked, cycled and rowed from the Eiffel Tower to Tower Bridge to raise money for charity |
74 | ITD GlobalInternational courier | Manchester | Apr-19 | 50.46% | *23,078 | 43 | Works with delivery partners including Hermes, UPS and FedEx |
75 | PlantforcePlant hire | Bristol | Sep-19 | 50.24% | *35,300 | 131 | Supplying HS2 and Hinkley Point with excavation equipment has boosted the company's sales |
76 | Flame Heating GroupHeating and plumbing merchant | Tyne and Wear | Jun-19 | 49.98% | *20,087 | 70 | Uses virtual reality to show customers what their new bathrooms could look like |
77 | InteviDisplay and software supplier | Hampshire | Dec-18 | 49.71% | *5,538 | 24 | Its interactive displays can detect the user’s age and gender and change content accordingly |
78 | RinkitOnline home and garden retailer | Chichester | Feb-19 | 49.49% | *17,090 | 45 | Started life in a spare bedroom and now receives more than 1.5m orders a year |
79 | Munnelly GroupConstruction/infrastructure logistics | Harrow | Mar-19 | 48.26% | 81,163 | 523 | Founder Philip Munnelly launched the company with money saved up from various jobs including a milk round |
80 | Oliver’s TravelsLuxury travel website | South London | Sep-19 | 48.18% | *6,206 | 53 | Its largest holiday booking cost £152,000 for one month in a luxury Tuscan villa |
81 | BioPhorumBiopharmaceutical forum organiser | Central London | Dec-18 | 47.49% | *6,707 | 10 | Says it has signed up 24 of the world's 25 largest biopharmaceutical firms as clients |
82 | Pizza PilgrimsPizzeria operator | Central London | Jun-19 | 47.48% | *11,900 | 215 | A friend's quip about the founder brothers' search for the perfect pizza as a 'pilgrimage' stuck |
83 | Total Management GroupEvents and travel agency | Central London | Mar-19 | 47.21% | *15,153 | 44 | Over 30,000 people have attended its events in 50 countries |
84 | LiformeYoga mat manufacturer & retailer | North London | Mar-19 | 46.89% | *6,022 | 15 | Within four years this company had sold yoga mats to 85 countries and to every US state |
85 | Prime GlobalMedical communications agency | Knutsford | Dec-18 | 46.57% | 19,176 | 156 | Its first offices were located on the site of a former tuberculosis hospital near Chester |
86 | ClearabeeWaste collection services | Birmingham | Dec-18 | 46.53% | *12,212 | 179 | Purchased 10 acres of native woodland in the Scottish Borders to offset its CO2 emissions |
87 | Spirit HealthcareHealthcare products supplier | Leicester | Mar-19 | 46.41% | *14,318 | 66 | An NHS study found that this company's software helped reduce hospital admissions by two thirds |
88 | Aspens ServicesContract caterer | Worcestershire | Apr-19 | 46.40% | 49,676 | 2,172 | Serves over one million meals a week to schools and universities across the Midlands |
89 | BrandAlleyOnline flash sales site | Central London | Dec-18 | 45.99% | 45,840 | 72 | Runs a members-only site which stocks hundreds of luxury brands at discounted prices |
90 | IdentityEvents management agency | East Sussex | Aug-19 | 45.70% | *8,722 | 43 | Says it puts on more than 1,000 events a year for the likes of Google and ITV |
91 | Age PartnershipEquity release adviser | Leeds | Dec-18 | 45.45% | 50,124 | 552 | Founder set up the business after a disappointing investigation into equity release for his mother |
92 | The AlchemistBar and restaurant operator | Greater Manchester | Mar-19 | 45.08% | 41,032 | 929 | Its 'Augmented Reality' cocktail menu utilises an app to bring the customer's drink to life |
93 | EquifinanceSecured loans provider | East London | Aug-19 | 44.89% | *6,757 | 25 | Has a loan portfolio of £81m with over 2,500 business customers |
94 | United Gas & PowerBusiness energy supplier | Leeds | Jun-19 | 44.88% | *23,211 | 60 | Says that 100% of the electricity it sells is from renewable energy sources |
95 | Superyacht Tenders & ToysYacht equipment supplier | Ipswich | Oct-18 | 44.81% | *6,596 | 11 | Supplies jet skis, submarines and inflatable slides to superyachts made across the world |
96 | Honest BurgersBurger restaurant chain | Central London | Jan-19 | 44.58% | 30,669 | 589 | Offers burgers with regional themes, such as the leek and bacon special served at its Cardiff restaurant |
97 | VanaramaVehicle leasing broker | Hemel Hempstead | Dec-18 | 44.18% | *75,055 | 226 | Positioned a “car vending machine” at London’s Waterloo station to promote its car leasing website, Motorama |
98 | Hamilton Court FXForeign exchange services | Central London | Mar-19 | 44.06% | *15,265 | 45 | It once changed £150m into euros in a single transaction |
99 | Airline Component ServicesAircraft parts and repairs | Braintree | Mar-19 | 44.02% | *6,225 | 10 | Supplies and repairs aircraft parts for customers including British Airways, TUI and easyjet |
100 | VivobarefootFootwear manufacturer & retailer | Central London | Jun-19 | 43.57% | *26,176 | 61 | Founder has heritage in the footwear world, hailing from the Clark family |
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