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Leader della crescita 2026

Leader della crescita 2026

Il Sole 24 Ore and Statista are planning the eight edition of the Leader della crescita ranking, to be published in November 2025.

Statista and Il Sole 24 Ore will seek to identify the 500 Italian companies with the strongest revenue growth between 2021 and 2024. They will be featured in a special report in a weekday edition of Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper and on ilsole24ore.com. Last year’s report can be found here.

To participate, you will need to provide your revenue figures for the years 2021-2024 as well as some additional information, including your company’s headcount at the end of those years. Potential candidates will be contacted by Statista or can put their names forward now, via the link below:

Pre-register now
Benefits
  • New business opportunities
  • Employer branding
  • Effective media coverage
  • Reputation
  • Access to more than one million facts
It is as easy as this
  • Pre-register your company to leave your contact information and be invited directly by Statista.
  • Register with Statista by July 11, 2025.
  • Verify your revenue data by July 11, 2025.
  • Enjoy and benefit from your company’s success!

Who is eligible?

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

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

  • Revenue of at least 100,000 Euro generated in 2021.
  • Revenue of at least 1.5 million Euro generated in 2024.
  • Be independent (the applying company is not a subsidiary or branch office of another company) *1
  • Be headquartered in Italy.
  • The revenue growth between 2021 and 2024 was primarily organic (i.e. “internally” stimulated).
  • The company is not in any of the conditions referred to in the art. 80 of the Decreto Legislativo 50/2016.

*1 See Note of Independence 

How do I register?

Online registration

Online registration
Please register with Statista by 11 July 2025 here:

Pre-register now
Verification of revenue information

Your revenue data requires verification. Upon survey completion, you will receive an email containing both a download link for the verification document and instructions on where to upload it.

The form must be signed in person by a Managing Director or a member of your Executive Committee (CEO or CFO). All necessary address details can be found on the form.

Contact us

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?
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 Il Sole 24 Ore and Statista logos with the title Leader della Crescita 2026 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 "Leader della crescita 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 Top 500 are completely free to publicise this fact. The official seal Leader della crescita 2026, 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 "Leader della crescita 2025" ranking commissioned and paid for by customers?
No, this project has two revenue sources: revenues from licence fees, as outlined above, and advertisements in a special report from Il Sole 24 Ore where the ranking will be published (see last year’s report) alongside articles from Il Sole 24 Ore on Italian company growth trends and profiles. The special report, to appear as part of Il Sole 24 Ore in print and online, is an independent piece of journalism written and commissioned by journalists from Il Sole 24 Ore, drawing where relevant on the data collected for the ranking.
Eligibility
Who is eligible to participate?
In order to be included in the ranking your company must meet the following criteria:


  • Revenue of at least €100,000 generated in 2021.
  • Revenue of at least €1.5 m generated in 2024.
  • Be independent (NO subsidiary or branch office of any kind).
  • Be headquartered in Italy.
  • The company is not in any of the conditions referred to in the art. 80 of the Decreto Legislativo 50/2016.

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 complies with the aforementioned criteria.
My company was founded during the course of 2020. Can I still participate?
Yes, as long as it complies with the aforementioned criteria.
How do you verify the data provided by participants?
Your revenue data requires verification. Upon survey completion, you will receive an email containing both a download link for the verification document and instructions on where to upload it.
Dates
When is the registration deadline?
Registration through the online form can be completed until July 11 2025.
Until when am I able to submit the revenue verification form?
The deadline for us to receive this document is July 11 2025.
Methodology
On what criteria is the ranking of the top companies in the "Leader della crescita 2025" ranking determined?
The ranking is determined by the growth in revenue between the years 2021 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 €1.5m in 2021 and total revenue of €7.5m in 2024, we calculate an average yearly increase of 71%:


  • (Revenue 2021/ Revenue 2024)^1/3 - 1 = CAGR

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 2020 and 2023. Which revenue information should I provide?
Please provide the revenue details for the fiscal years which fall predominantly in the calendar years of 2021 and 2024. For example:


  • 01/06/2024 to 31/05/2025 use this for 2024 as 7 months were in 2024
  • 01/10/2020 to 30/09/2021 use this for 2021 as 9 months were in 2021

Special scenario - your fiscal years split the calendar years exactly in half:


  • 01/07/2020 to 30/06/2021 and 01/07/2023 to 30/06/2024
or
  • 01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022 and 01/07/2024 to 30/06/2025

You may one of these combinations of fiscal years. Just make sure you don’t mix them.
Which definition of revenue will be observed in "Leader della crescita 2025" 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 "Leader della crescita 2025" ranking?
No.
Publication
When will the "Leader della crescita 2025" ranking be published?
The ranking will be published in November 2025.
Which information concerning individual companies will be published by Il Sole 24 Ore?
The following information will be released about the top 500 companies: the company name, the average growth in revenue and the total revenue for the years of 2021 and 2024, the number of employees in 2021 and 2024, the founding date of the company, the URL of the company website, as well as the location of the head office and the pre-tax profit if provided.
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 Il Sole 24 Ore and outside the paywall of ilsole24ore.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
Il Sole 24 Ore and Statista retain the right to change the criteria and/or produce new criteria at any point in the project’s lifetime.