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
Congratulations to all the award winners at this year’s @ST_FastTrack awards https://t.co/ZfNZsJlTEq #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 https://t.co/HiopJ4DOty
Congratulations to @cultbeauty, winner of the Excellence in international e-commerce award, presented by Abi Brodie of DHL at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event
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Congratulations to @TropicSkincare, winner of the Outstanding achievement award, presented by Megan Paul of Charles Russell Speechlys at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event @CRS_Lawyers @susanma
Congratulations to @Chillysbottles, winner of the Fastest-growing company award, presented by Juha Jarvinen of @VirginAtlantic at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event @juhahelsinki
Congratulations to @Mowglistfood, winner of the Emerging brand award, presented by @olivershah of @thesundaytimes at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event @NishaKatona
Congratulations to Needle & Thread, winner of the SME Export award, presented by Ross Baker of Heathrow at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event @needlethreadltd @HeathrowAirport
Congratulations to @cultbeauty, winner of the Excellence in international commerce award, presented by Abi Brodie of DHL at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event @dhlexpressuk @AlexiaInge
Congratulations to @boxpark, winner of the Effective use of capital award, presented by Stephen Welton of BGF at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event @sfwelton @MrBoxpark
Congratulations to Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, winner of the Best management team award, presented by Stuart Lisle of @bdoaccountant at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event @CTilburyMakeup
Congratulations to @TokamakEnergy, winner of the Disruptors to Watch award, presented by Ben Davey of Barclays UK Ventures at the #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 virtual event @Barclays
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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