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 event in October.
The closing date for nominations for the 2021 league table is 13 November 2020, with publication on 21 February 2021.
International Track 200 entry criteria
The closing date for nominations for the 2021 league table is 13 November 2020, with publication on 21 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
Revealed next Sunday: the UK’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales in our 24th annual @ST_Business #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 – a #Covid19 special edition @VirginAtlantic @bdoaccountant @dhlexpressuk @nplus1singer @Virgin https://t.co/0cvrVKD9ym
Our #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 alumnus @endclothing reportedly targeting £700m valuation with stake sale. The menswear retailer ships 7,000 products a day worldwide, with ebitda of £33m on sales of £170m in the year to March. https://t.co/nJfrBqfJne https://t.co/qgAbddKpXM
.@Gocompare agrees £594m sale to media group @futureplc. Founded in 2006 by Welsh entrepreneur Hayley Parsons (pictured), the price comparison site featured on our #SageTechTrack100 in 2011 https://t.co/U3Z8cInAuo https://t.co/PZhuAAi5zO
Our #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 alumnus Ennismore, which owns @Gleneagleshotel and @thehoxton hotel chain, to launch €1bn joint venture with @Accor comprising 73 hotels, with plans to build more than 100 worldwide @SharonPasricha https://t.co/eO5n7AMaL8 https://t.co/UpGkB1YULf
Our #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 alumnus @ao led by @johnrobertsAO reports pre-tax profits of £18.3m for six months to 30 Sept – compared to a £5.7m loss last year – with H1 sales up 53% to £717m as online shopping surges. https://t.co/ehOQlBW4GD https://t.co/PS2SlfsCEf
Eyewear designer @Inspecs acquires German eyewear firm Eschenbach for £85m. Our 2019 #BDOProfitTrack100 Ones to Watch award winner produces 8m frames annually, including brand products for the likes of @Superdry and @CaterpillarInc https://t.co/pIYvtAeywP https://t.co/eJknXcHe0Y
Watch highlights from our #HSBCTopTrack100 virtual networking event for senior directors, held yesterday, and read our news report. Hostage negotiator Suzanne Williams gave a keynote and took questions from guests. @HSBCUKBusiness @LinklatersLLP
“Virtual working has given us new possibilities” – Sarah Wiggins, senior corporate partner @LinklatersLLP, our main sponsor, welcomes 54 directors running Britain’s biggest private companies to our #TopTrack100 virtual networking event.
“Corporate Britain is starting to breathe again” – Jonathan Graham, head of large corporates @HSBCUKBusiness, our title sponsor, welcomes 54 senior directors running Britain’s biggest private companies to our #HSBCTopTrack100 virtual networking event. https://t.co/auE3mx2BR4
Hostage negotiator Suzanne Williams outlines how to succeed in pressure business negotiations at today’s #HSBCTopTrack100 virtual networking event for more than 65 senior directors running UK's biggest private cos – made possible by our sponsors @HSBCUKBusiness and @LinklatersLLP
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 £2.9bn in 2020 and employs 37,000 people
Featured with international sales of £314m; floated in 2014 and completed a $13bn merger with IHS in 2016
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