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Europe’s Long-Term Growth Champions 2026

Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions 2026

The Financial Times will present Europe’s Long-Term Growth Champions, a special report on long-term growing companies in Europe, to be published in November 2025.

For the second edition, FT and Statista will identify companies headquarted in Europe that have achieved the highest percentage 10-year growth in revenues between 2014 and 2024. They will be featured in a special report in the FT Newspaper and on FT.com. If your company has been growing in the last 10 years, you may register for entry.

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Benefits
  • New business opportunities
  • Employer branding
  • Effective media coverage
  • Reputation
It is as easy as this
  • Pre-register now and get notified when the application phase opens
  • Register on Statista by May 31, 2025 when applications open
  • Verify your revenue data by May 31, 2025

Who is eligible?

In order to be included in the ranking your company must meet the following criteria:

  • Revenue of at least €100,000 generated in 2014.1
  • Revenue of at least €1 million generated in 2024.1
  • Be independent (the applying company is not a subsidiary or branch office of another company).
  • Headquartered in Europe2
  • The revenue growth between 2014 and 2024 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.

How do I register?

Online registration

Please pre-register and get notifed when the application opens here:

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Should you have any additional questions or would otherwise like to contact us, please email

FAQ

Costs
Do I have to pay to register?
No.
Do I have to pay to be included in the ranking?
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.
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.
Eligibility
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 2019. 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.
Dates
When is the registration deadline?
Registration through the online form can be completed by 31 May 2025.
Until when am I able to submit the revenue verification form?
The deadline for us to receive this document is 31 May 2025.
Methodology
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 2014 and 2024.
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 2014 and total revenue of 15m EUR in 2024, 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 2019 and 2022. Which revenue information should I provide?
Please provide the revenue details for the fiscal years which end during the calendar years of 2014 and 2024. For example if your company’s fiscal year is from 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024, this fiscal year ends during the course of the year 2024, so use this for 2024 revenues. If your company’s fiscal year is from 01/10/2023 to 30/09/2024, this fiscal year ends during the course of the year 2024 as well, so use this for 2024 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.
Publication
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 2014 and 2024, the number of employees in 2014 and 2024, 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.