Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions 2025
For the first time, Financial Times and Statista are going to identify and celebrate the companies in Europe, those that have demonstrated steady revenue growth for the last 10 years. The companies with the strongest revenue growth between the years 2013 and 2023 will be featured in a Financial Times special report in November 2024.
Achieving consistent growth over a decade is no small feat. It requires strategic planning, adaptability, resilience, and a deep understanding of market trends. Companies with sustaining growth serve as a testament to the power of sustainable business practices and long-term vision. Exploring and making these exceptional performances publicly visible is the aim of the FT - Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions.
Potential candidates may be contacted by Statista and can also register themselves for inclusion in the ranking by completing the online registration below.
Who is eligible?
In order to be included in the ranking your company must meet the following criteria:
- Revenue of at least 100,000 Euro1 generated in 2013.
- Revenue of at least 10 million Euro1 generated in 2023.
- Be independent (the applying company is not a subsidiary or branch office of another company).
- Be headquartered in Europe.2
- The revenue growth between 2013 and 2023 was primarily organic (i.e. “internally” stimulated)
- Have not experienced share price irregularities in the past 12 months3
1 Average currency value equivalent over the course of the relevant fiscal year
2 Eligible to participate are all companies from these countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
3 FT and Statista reserve the right to exclude companies that have experienced share price irregularities or any other factors that could affect the list's credibility.
Why should my company participate?
New business opportunities: An inclusion in the list of the Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions is a visible and public acknowledgement of your company’s performance that extends far beyond your specific industry and country. It will also generate attention for your business on the part of potential partners, customers, and investors around the world.
Employer branding: Corporate growth usually generates demand for new employees. Being featured in the high-profile ranking of the Long-Term Growth Champions will not only increase awareness of you as an employer, it also gives potential employees an understanding of your company’s future potential.
Effective media coverage: The ranking will be covered on FT.com. While the full ranking will be published online, FT reporters will focus on particularly interesting companies, sectors and trends in the articles of a special report that will appear on the Financial Times newspaper as well as on FT.com.
Reputation: All companies that make it into the list may use the award logo for marketing purposes.1
1 The use of the label and the word-and-image logo “FT- Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions 2025“ for marketing purposes is subject to a one-off payment of a licence fee. Inclusion in the ranking, however, is completely free of charge.
How do I register?
Online registration
Please register with Statista by 31 May 2024. You can find the online form here.
Verification of revenue information
Your revenue data requires verification. The verification form must be signed in person by a Managing Director or a member of your Executive Committee (CEO or CFO). Upon survey completion, you will receive a confirmation email, where you can find the verification form as well as instructions on how to submit.
Downloads
Registration form (pdf)
Contact details
Should you have any additional questions or would otherwise like to contact us, please email europe-longterm-growth@statista.com.
FAQ
- Do I have to pay to register?
No.
- Do I have to pay to be included in the ranking?
Not at all. If included in the ranking, your company is free to celebrate its success via a press release, social media, or a company website. Only businesses that want to use the official seal featuring the FT and Statista logos with the title Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions 2025 have to pay a licence fee, in a one-off payment. The seal will be available after publication of the ranking.
- Do I have to purchase the Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions 2025 licence in order to point out or make reference to my place in the rankings?
No. All those who apply and make it into the toplist are completely free to publicise this fact. The official seal, available for a licence fee, is merely an additional option for those who want to advertise and promote their achievement in a more visually striking manner.
- Is the creation of the FT ranking commissioned and paid for by customers?
No, this project has two revenue sources: revenues from licence fees, as outlined above, and advertisements in an ft.com/special-reports where the ranking will be published (in full online) alongside FT articles on company growth trends and profiles. The special report, to appear as part of the FT online, is an independent piece of journalism written and commissioned by FT journalists, drawing where relevant on the data collected for the ranking.
- Who is eligible to participate?
All companies that meet the above mentioned requirements.
- My company is wholly or partly owned by venture capital, private equity firms or investment funds. Can my company still qualify for the ranking?
Yes, as long as it meets the aforementioned criteria.
- My company was founded during the course of 2013. Can I still participate?
Yes, as long as it meets the aforementioned criteria. Additionally there will be a footnote stating that your first fiscal year was incomplete.
- How do you verify the data provided by participants?
Revenue data are verified through the signing off of this form by the managing director/CEO, the finance director/CFO or a member of your executive committee. The form must be submitted via upload link provided in the confirmation email, which you will receive after completing the online registration.
- When is the registration deadline?
Registration through the online form can be completed by 31 May 2024.
- Until when am I able to submit the revenue verification form?
The deadline for us to receive this document is 31 May 2024.
- On what criteria is the ranking of the top companies in the FT ranking determined?
The ranking is determined by the growth in revenue between the years 2013 and 2023.
- How will Statista calculate the average growth in revenue of a company?
We use the compound annual growth rate. For example, if a company achieved total revenue of 150,000 EUR in 2013 and total revenue of 15m EUR in 2023, we calculate an average yearly increase of 58%.
- The fiscal year of my company does not coincide with the calendar year. However, the survey and the form ask for the total revenue for the calendar years of 2013 and 2023. Which revenue information should I provide?
Please provide the revenue details for the fiscal years which end during the calendar years of 2013 and 2023. For example if your company’s fiscal year is from 01/04/2022 to 31/03/2023, this fiscal year ends during the course of the year 2023, so use this for 2023 revenues. If your company’s fiscal year is from 01/10/2022 to 30/09/2023, this fiscal year ends during the course of the year 2023 as well, so use this for 2023 revenues.
- Which definition of revenue will be observed in the FT list?
Net revenue adjusted for returns, excluding value added tax and derived solely from business activities (excluding any other operating income) as disclosed in your company report.
- Are further key data, such as profitability, relevant for the FT ranking?
As a minimum, we require data on revenue growth. However, we also encourage you to add any pre-tax profit information to the registration form. While we state that pre-tax profit is not required, such information will help us better understand your company.
- When will the Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions 2025 ranking be published?
The ranking will be published in November 2024.
- Which information concerning individual companies will be published by The Financial Times?
The following information will be released about the top companies: the company name, the average growth in revenue and the total revenue for the years of 2013 and 2023, the number of employees in 2013 and 2023, the founding date of the company, the URL of the company website, as well as the location of the head office.
- How will I find out whether or not my company has made it into the ranking?
The results of our research will be published in the Financial Times and outside the paywall of FT.com so that the findings can be read and shared by everybody. In advance of this, the successful companies will be informed by post of their inclusion in the list.
Disclaimer
The Financial Times and Statista retain the right to change the criteria and/or produce new criteria at any point in the project’s lifetime.