Tech Track 100

Tech Track 100 entry criteria

The closing date for nominations for the 2020 league table is 3 July 2020, with publication on 6 September 2020.

Tech companies

• Independent tech* company
• UK registered, unquoted, and not subsidiaries
• Sales of at least £250,000 in the base year (2016 or 2017)
• Sales of at least £5m in the latest year (2019 or 2020)
• Year-on-year sales growth in the latest year from 2018 to 2019, or 2019 to 2020, plus forecast (or actual) sales growth
• Trading weeks in the base and latest years have to exceed 25
• Excluded companies include payday lenders, computer resellers and companies that are equal joint ventures, or majority-owned by quoted or other companies. IT consultancies and IT services companies are required to generate a significant proportion of their sales from proprietary technologies.
• 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
• Companies that do not meet the criteria can still be considered for the Ones to Watch programme. This is a selection of companies that have either achieved, or predict, good sales growth

* The definition of a technology company is based on the London Stock Exchange’s techMARK definition, i.e. “a company that shows a commitment to innovation, research and product development, and operates in sectors including software, internet, telecoms and biotech.”