The Europe's 500 Listing focuses on companies across all business sectors that are eligible and match the criteria below.
Business Sector
Companies from all business sectors will be considered.
Country
Europe's 500 selects companies from the 25 EU Member States plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. Companies from Bulgaria and Romania will be eligible to apply from 2008.
To be eligible for the 2007 Europe's 500 listing your company must be headquartered in
one of the following European countries:
Eligible Countries
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Austria (A) |
Latvia (LV) |
Belgium (B) |
Lithuania (LT) |
Cyprus (CY) |
Luxembourg (L) |
Czech Republic (CZ) |
Malta (M) |
Denmark (DK) |
Netherlands (NL) |
Estonia (EST) |
Norway (N) |
Finland (FIN) |
Poland (PL) |
France (F) |
Portugal (P) |
Germany (D) |
Slovakia (SK) |
Greece (GR) |
Slovenia (SLO) |
Hungary (H) |
Spain (E) |
Iceland (IS) |
Sweden (S) |
Ireland (IRE) |
Switzerland (CH) |
Italy (I) |
United Kingdom (GB) |
Criteria
To be considered for the 2007 Europe’s 500 Listing companies must match the following criteria:
Independence
The Company is not part (subsidiary) of another Group that owns an equity share of more than 50% of the company.
Growth in turnover and employment
The Company must demonstrate at least 30% growth in both turnover and employment between 31 December 2003 and 31 December 2006 (the reference period).
Size
The Company must have:
- a maximum of 5,000 Full-time Employees (FTE) at the beginning of the reference period (31 December 2003)
- a minimum of 50 FTEs at the end of the reference period (31 December 2006).
Age
The Company must have existed for at least three (3) years. Companies founded after 31 December 2003 will not be considered.
Companies that are eligible and fulfil all of the above criteria will be considered for the final ranking of the Europe’s 500 according to the David Birch Employee Growth Index.
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