The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales, measured over their latest two years of available accounts. It is compiled by Fast Track and published in The Sunday Times in February, with an awards dinner in October.
The closing date for nominations for the 2020 league table is 6 November 2020, with publication on 14 February 2021.
International Track 200 entry criteria
The closing date for nominations for the 2021 league table is 6 November 2020, with publication on 14 February 2021.
Total sales £25m-£1bn
- UK registered, unquoted, and not subsidiaries
- International sales of at least £500,000 in the base year (2017 or 2018)
- International sales of at least £1m in the latest year (2019 or 2020)
- Total sales of at least £25m and less than £1bn in the latest year (2019 or 2020)
- International sales of at least 5% of total sales in the latest year (2019 or 2020)
- Year-on-year international sales growth in the latest year from 2018 to 2019, or 2019 to 2020
- Operating profit must be positive in the latest year (2019 or 2020)
- Ten or more employees in the latest year (2019 or 2020)
- Trading weeks in the base and latest years have to exceed 25
- Recruitment firms, payroll services providers, media agencies and travel agencies are required to have gross profits of at least £5m. Sales for recruitment and payroll firms are the total amount invoiced to clients
- Excluded companies include LLPs, pure property and financial trading companies; companies that are equal joint ventures, or majority-owned by quoted or other companies
- We reserve the right to change the qualification criteria set out above and to make exceptions. This is not a competition; the compiler’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into
Revolut sales rocket 180% to hit £163m, though losses widen to £107m as our #SageTechTrack100 No 1 acquired 6.5m customers and added nearly 2,000 staff in 2019. CEO Nik Storonsky said the focus is now on profitability at the $5.5bn fintech https://t.co/EQZdx5Vkyx
.@goustocooking to create 400 jobs with new Warrington distribution site after reporting online sales of its recipe boxes up 115% during #Covid19. Our 20th #SageTechTrack100 is published with @ST_Business on 6 Sept. @sabbygill7 https://t.co/d5IQ3cy8Bq https://t.co/F9oNoHehhT
@FrancoMancaPizz boss David Page – who floated @PizzaExpress – hails success of Eat Out to Help Out. Page grew our 2016 #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 ‘One to Watch’ @MEATLiquor from a burger van into a chain of 12 restaurants, with sales of £15m in 2019. https://t.co/f2tcbjRqlE https://t.co/AYkAgvPhnj
@OVOEnergy appoints @Ofwat chairman Jonson Cox as non-exec director. A #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 ‘One to Watch’ in 2013, OVO now has 5m customers with sales of £1bn in 2018. Noms are open for our 2020 Ones to Watch, published with @ST_Business on 6 Dec. https://t.co/1al4LNKqZW https://t.co/5RuOCokUd7
@Deliveroo – a ‘One to Watch’ in 2017 – has its sale of a 16% stake to @amazon approved. Our 16th annual #PwCTopTrack250 is published with @ST_Business on 27 Sept. https://t.co/lTqwzwecVY https://t.co/5IY5mSE1a8
#SageTechTrack100 alumnus @RateSetter acquired by @MetroBank_Help for £12m. Our 20th anniversary league table supplement is published with @ST_Business on 6 Sept. https://t.co/kHto45zw6Z https://t.co/5b3W3r6IJ2
@bdoaccountant supports #ExportAcademy launched by @tradegovuk to help UK #tech companies recover from #Covid19. BDO has sponsored our Tech Track 100 for 12 years and the 20th anniversary #SageTechTrack100 is published with @ST_Business on 6 Sept https://t.co/ZPcUZAkwFW
#SageTechTrack100 alumnus @oxfordnanopore providing 450,000 #COVID19 testing kits – with results in 90 mins – to UK govt next week, with millions more ready for winter. Our 20th anniversary league table is published with @ST_Business on 6 Sept. https://t.co/6B1KKuzNZF https://t.co/6brfuSeUUD
@Arm in talks over sale by @SoftBank to @nvidia in £24bn+ deal. The chip designer featured on our inaugural #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 in 1997 with sales of £17m. Noms are open for our 24th annual league table, published with @ST_Business on 6 Dec. https://t.co/4p4lePG8lc https://t.co/h7nK9D2XxA
@INEOS, the UK’s biggest private company, launches global consumer healthcare business – @INEOSHygienics – which will sponsor @MercedesAMGF1 @britgrandprix. #HSBCTopTrack100 https://t.co/WlA0Wkdg7B https://t.co/ITHwmh88aB
Types of company
Total sales
£25m - £200mInt’l sales
£1m - £100mAverage 2 year int’l sales growth
30% - 410% paStaff
10 - 1,000This is a great recognition of our efforts to expand internationally Nick Robinson, co-founder, WorldFirst
The International Track 200 is a wonderful recognition for the success of an ambitious British business Michael Teixeira, chief executive, MVF
A great demonstration to our clients of our growth for their benefit Melvin Thomas, co-founder, The Licensing Company
Really inspiring to see how many British companies are making such a huge impact on the international market Richard Hudson, marketing director, Sapphire Systems
Alumni success stories
Featured with international sales of £108m; American sales rose to £145m in 2018 on total sales of £383m
First featured with international sales of £593m; generated total sales of £2.8bn in 2019 and employs 35,000 people
Featured with international sales of £314m; floated in 2014 and completed a $13bn merger with IHS in 2016
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